4627. THE ALMOST IRRESISTIBLE CLEVERNESS OF MAN. I spoke with a certain one concerning Anton Swab, that he was able to speak with such intelligence, modesty, and semblance of reason, as could scarce be resisted. Such cleverness, with the evil, or those who regard ends which are not good, was represented by the head of a certain animal, which I have not seen [before], from which went forth coarse spicula of salt, shaped in this way, of a yellow color. It was stated that it was poison salts, [which], when they penetrate, cannot be plucked out; and, at the same time, they infuse etter,* which is a sort of poison. * Etter = venom of an asp.