John Trapp on Revelation 12:4

Verſe 4. And his tail drew] A monſtrous tail for length and ſtrength. One interprets it of his dog-like flattering tail,Eraſ. Chil. [non-Latin text not transcribed]. whence the proverb grew, Caudâ blandiri. Iulian the apoſtate drew many from the faith by flatteries and fair promiſes. Luther was offered a Cardinalſhip to be quiet. The Pope offered Q.B. Carltons thankſ. remem. p. 12. Iac Revius de vit. Pontiſ. Elizabeth to confirm the Engliſh Liturgy by his authority, granting alſo the uſe of the Sacraments under both kindes, ſo that ſhe would joyn her ſelf to the Roman Church. And how the Pope clawed our King, when he was in Spain, an. 1623. is better known, then that I need here to relate.

For to devour her childe] As that Dragon Pharaoh (ſo he is called, Iſa. 51.9.) ſought to make away for the new-born babes of Iſrael, Exod. 1. Thus the Dragon Maximinus devoured Alexander the ſonne of Mammaea: and thus Decius devoured the two Philips, becauſe they ſeemed ſomewhat to favour the Chriſtians. Thus Philip King of Spain ſuffered his eldeſt Sonne Charles to be murdered by the cruell inquiſition, becauſe he was any whit inclinable to the reformed Religion. Constantine the great had like to have loſt his life for the like cauſe, but that God ſtrangely preſerved him for a better purpoſe.