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ascend to the brain,) it will make the child ingenious ; 

 and on the contrary side, if the mother eat (much) 

 onions or beans, or such vaporous food ; or drink wine 

 or strong drink immoderately ; or fast much ; or be 

 given to much musing ; (all which send or draw va 

 pours to the head ;) it endangereth the child to become 

 lunatic, or of imperfect memory : and I make the same 

 judgment of tobacco often taken by the mother. 



978. The writers of natural magic report that the 

 heart of an ape, worn near the heart, comforteth the 

 heart, and increaseth audacity. It is true that the ape 

 is a merry and bold beast. And that the same heart 

 likewise of an ape, applied to the neck or head, helpeth 

 the wit ; and is good for the falling sickness : the ape 

 also is a witty beast, and hath a dry brain ; which may 

 be some cause of attenuation of vapours in the head. 

 Yet it is said to move dreams also. It may be the 

 heart of a man would do more, but that it is more 

 against men s minds to use it; except it be in such as 

 wear the reliques of saints. 



979. The flesh of a hedge-hog, dressed and eaten, is 

 said to be a great drier: it is true that the juice of 

 a hedge-hog must needs be harsh and dry, because it 

 putteth forth so many prickles : for plants also that are 

 full of prickles are generally dry ; as briars, thorns, 

 berberries ; and therefore the ashes of a hedge-hog are 

 said to be a great desiccative of fistulas. 



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980. Mummy hath great force in stanching of blood; 

 which, as it may be ascribed to the mixture of balms 

 that are glutinous ; so it may also partake of a secret 

 propriety; in that the blood draweth man s flesh. And 

 it is approved that the moss which groweth upon the 

 skull of a dead man unburied, will stanch blood po- 



