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132 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *l, entry *le/rna
   Lerna, in Argolis, the abode of the Hydra, Eur.:—adj. (23.56)

2. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *l, entry *le/rna
   Lerna, a marsh in Argolis, the mythol. abode of the Hydra, , ; also (21.23)

3. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) alphabetic letter A
   As Pausanias does not mention a lake Lerna, but only a district of this name, it is probable that the lake called Alcyonia by Pausanias is the same as the Lerna of other writers. (20.00)

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2 from The Works of Christopher Marlowe

1. Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta act 3, scene 4
   Barabas In few, the blood of Hydra, Lerna's bane;
   The jouyce of Hebon, and Cocitus breath,
   And all the poysons of the Stygian poole
   Breake from the fiery kingdome; and in this
   Vomit your venome, and invenome her
   That like a fiend hath left her father thus.
   (7.52)

2. Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine, Part 1 act 4, scene 4, line 14
   Bajazeth Ye Furies that can maske invisible,
   Dive to the bottome of Avernus poole,
   And in your hands bring hellish poison up,
   And squease it in the cup of Tamburlain
   Or winged snakes of Lerna cast your stings,
   And leave your venoms in this Tyrants dish.
   (3.28)

2 from Renaissance Materials

1. C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary entry Hydra
   Hydra:used attrib. = difficult to kill like the many-headed snake of Lerna (cf. (4.36)

2. Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works alphabetic letter H, entry hebenon
   lib. xxv. cap. 4); on the other hand, a passage of Marlowe's Jew of Malta, cited by Steevens, shows that the juice or sap of hebon (ebony) was accounted poisonous: “the blood of Hydra, Lerna's bane,
   The juice of hebon, and Cocytus' breath. (2.73)

1 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Peter Force, Tracts and other papers relating principally to the origin, settlement, and progress of the colonies in North America from the discovery of the country to the year 1776. Collected by Peter Force. Vol. 2 page 98
   Cloubs are turne'd trumps: so now the lott is cast,
   With fire and sword, to Hidras den they haste, Mars in th' assendant, Soll in Cancer now,
   And Lerna Lake to Plutos court must bow,
   What though they rebuk'd by thundering Iove,
   Tis neither Gods nor men that can remove,
   Their mindes from making this a dismall day,
   These nine will now be actors in this play,
   And Sum on Hidra to appeare a non,
   Before their witles Combination,
   But his undaunted spirit nursd with meate,
   Such as the Cecrops gave their babe to eate,
   Scorn'd their base accons, for with Cecrops charme,
   Hee knew he could defend himselfe from harme,
   Of Minos, Eacus, and Radamand,
   Princes of Limbo who must out of hand,
   Consult bout Hidra what must now be done,
   Who having sate in Counsell one by one,
   Retorne this answere to the Stiggean feinds,
   And first grim Minos spake: most loving freinds,
   Hidra prognosticks ruine to our state,
   And that our Kingdome will grow desolate,
   But if one head from thence be tane away,
   The Body and the members will decay,
   To take in hand, what Eacus this taske,
   Is such as barebrained Phaeton did aske,
   Of Phebus to begird the world about,
   Which graunted put the Netherlands to rout,
   Presumptious fooles learne wit at too much cost,
   For life and laboure both at once hee lost,
   Sterne Radamantus being last to speake,
   Made a great hum and thus did silence breake,
   What if with ratling chaines or Iron bands,
   Hidra be bound either by feete or hands,
   And after being lashed with smarting rodds,
   Hee be conveyed by Stix unto the godds,
   To be accused on the upper ground,
   Of Lesæ Majestatis this crime found,
   T' will be unpossible from thence I trowe,
   Hidra shall come to trouble us belowe,
   This sentence pleasd the friends exceedingly,
   That up they tost their bonnets and did cry,
   Long live our Court in great prosperity. (1.43)

1 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 5402
   A - HERAKLES AND THE HYDRA, HERMES, ATHENA, IOLAOS, AND LERNA (? (6.60)