Horse-Leach

HORSE-LEACH, a sort of Worm that lives in the water, of a black or brown colour, which fastens upon the flesh, and does not quit it till it is intirely full of Horat.blood: Non missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo. Solomon¹ in the Proverbs says, The Horse-leach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. This Horse-leach is Lust; its two daughters are Avarice and Ambition, which are never satisfied. The Septuagint say three daughters, instead of two. Boch. de Animal. Sacr. part.Bochart is of opinion, that the Hebrew word Halukah, which the Septuagint and Vulgate translate Horse-leach, signifies Destiny, and that the two daughters of this Destiny are Hell and the Grave,

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