TWO RHYMING RIDDLES

1)

Be careful with each step you take,

Behead me and I become a snake.

2)

Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it,

Five in the middle is seen;E

The first of all figures, the first of all letters,

Take up their stations between.

Join all together, and then you will bring

Before you the name of an eminent king.

 

HINT:

2: Roman numerals

 

Answers:

 

1. LADDER

2. DAVID