The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea], four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
Ver. 15. The horseleech a hath two daughters.] That is, Two forks in her tongue, whereby she first pricketh the flesh, and then sucketh the blood. Hereunto Solomon seemeth to resemble those cruel cormorants spoken of in the former verse. By the horseleech some understand the devil, that great red dragon, red with the blood of souls, which he hath sucked and swallowed, 1Pe 5:8 seeking whom he may (καταπιη) let down his wide gullet, while he glut gluts their blood, as the young eaglets are said to do, Job 39:30 by a word made from the sound, b By the horseleech's two daughters they understand covetousness and luxury, whom the devil hath long since espoused to the Romish clergy.
“Cuius avaritiae totus non sufficit orbis,
Cuius luxuriae meretrix non sufficit omnis.”
a Sanguisuga. Hirudo, ab haerendo. Non missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo.
b Iegna legundum.