John Trapp on Proverbs 30:14-15

Verſ 14. There is a generation whoſe teeth, &c.] Theſe are ſycophants, and greedy gripers,Speed. of whom before, often, in this book. In the year 1235. there were ſpread through England certain Roman uſurers, called Caurſin[illegible: 1 letter] quaſi capientes urſi, devouring bears (quoth Paris) who had intangled the King, Nobles, and all that had to do with them. Theſe were called the Popes Merchants.

Sanguiſuga. Hirudo ab haerendo. Non miſſura cutem niſi plena cruoris hirudo. [non-Latin text not transcribed].Verſ. 15. The Horſe-leech hath two daughters] That is, two forks in her tongue, whereby ſhe firſt pricketh the fleſh, and then ſucketh the blood. Hereunto Salomon ſeemeth to reſemble thoſe cruel cormorants ſpoken of in the former verſe. By the horſe-leech ſome underſtand the devil, that great red Dragon, red with the blood of ſouls, which he hath ſucked and ſwallowed, 1 Pet. 5.8. (ſeeking whom he may let down his wide gullet, whiles he glut-gluts their blood, as the young Eaglets are ſaid to do (Joh. 39.30.) by a word made from the ſound.) By the horſe-leeches two daughters they underſtand, Covetouſneſs and Luxury: whom the devil hath long ſince eſpouſed to the Romiſh Clergy.Jegna legundum.

Cujus avaritiae totus non ſufficit orbis, Cujus luxuriae meretrix non ſufficit omnis.