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« The Spitefull -Scor/?«o«...

Would spet his venom over everything » (1)',

« Into a Serpent it did wholly change ; Crawling before the king, and ail along Spetting and hissing with his forked tongue » (2).

« Which instantly turn into Serpents too Hissing and spetting » (3).

« A poisonous Snake

Gnawes ail her bowells and despitefuU spets His hellish poyson in her inmost heart » (4).

« Like as a Lion, very late exil'd From's natiue Forrests; spet-at, and reuil'd » (5).

t Dar'st thou, profane, spet in the face of God Who for blasphemers hath so sharp a rod » (6) .

« Who but mis-speaks of thee, he spets at Heav'n » (7).

Spenser (8) et Drayton (9) se servent ég-alement de ce mot.