History of Monsters — 378

Another marvelous monster was that one, an image of which was sent from the Baetica region of Spain. We display it here for the reader to observe, as it was found in our public museum; we are convinced that the birth of this monster provided the Spanish or Baetic seers with a significant occasion for speculation.

XII. A monster from the region of Baetica, Spain.

Likewise, in the year 1581, at the court of the Most Serene Prince and Most Eminent Cardinal de’ Medici, a creature was seen with the limbs of a dog and the head of a serpent. Whether monsters always portend some future event is a question to be explored in the section on "Problems." Since many people are inclined to wrongly