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ing of them forth. They tell a tale of the old Count 

 ess of Desmond, who lived till she was seven score 

 years old, that she did dentire twice or thrice ; casting 

 her old teeth, and others coming in their place. 



756. Teeth are much hurt by sweetmeats ; and by 

 painting with mercury ; and by things over-hot ; and 

 by things over-cold ; and by rheums. And the pain 

 of the teeth is one of the sharpest of pains. 



757. Concerning teeth, these things are to be con 

 sidered. 1. The preserving of them. 2. The keeping 

 of them white. 3. The drawing of them with least 

 pain. 4. The staying and easing of the toothache. 

 5. The binding in of artificial teeth, where teeth have 

 been strucken out. 6. And last of all, that great one 

 of restoring teeth in age. The instances that give any 

 likelihood of restoring teeth in age are, the late coming 

 of teeth in some ; and the renewing of the beaks in 

 birds, which are commaterial with teeth. Qucere there 

 fore more particularly how that cometh. And again, 

 the renewing of horns. But yet that hath not been 

 known to have been provoked by art ; therefore let 

 trial be made whether horns may be procured to grow 

 in beasts that are not horned, and how ? And whether 

 they may be procured to come larger than usual ; as to 

 make an ox or a deer have a greater head of horns ? 

 And whether the head of a deer, that by age is more 

 spitted, may be brought again to be more branched ? 

 for these trials, and the like, will show, whether by art 

 such hai d matter can be called and provoked. It may 

 be tried also whether birds may not have something 

 done to them when they are young, whereby they may 

 be made to have , greater or longer bills, or greater 

 and longer talons ? And whether children may not 



