Isaiah 30:6 (ESV)

“Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.”

The Nine Dragons (detail), 1244
Chen Rong (Chinese, 1200-1266)

Illumination of a 15th-century manuscript of Historia Regum Britanniae showing king of the Britons Vortigern and Ambros watching the fight between two dragons.
Manuscript illustrated by Master of Edward IV (Flemish, 1470-1500).