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Eusebius mentions, that St. Ulpian of Tyre suffered a like martyrdom, being thrown into the sea in a leather sack, together with a dog and an aspick.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March

Aristophanes and Plautus, to speak of her with justice, is a bacchanal at least, whose malignant tongue is dipped in gall, or in poison dangerous as that of the aspick or viper; but whose bursts of malice, and sallies of wit, often give a blow where it is not expected.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces