John Trapp on Isaiah 9:14

Ver. 14. Head and tail] i. e. high and low, as ver. 15. [non-Latin text not transcribed] Sept. Parvi properemus & ampli. Here he compareth Iſrael, non ſine morſu, to a beaſt with a long tail, for the perverſeneſs of their practices. Or elſe to the Serpent Amphisbaena, which ſtingeth both with head and tail.

Branch and ruſh] ſtrong and feeble. A branch or bough hath ſome tack in it: a ruſh is a ſpungy, unſubſtantial ſubſtance.