CURIOUS CREATURES. 317 



for it hath the same operation which the fat of a Sea- 

 dogge, or Dog-fish hath, and, if those parts of men and 

 beasts which are hurt and wounded with Crocodile's 

 teeth, be annoynted with this fat, it also cureth them. 

 Being concocted with Water and Vineger, and so rowled 

 uppe and downe in the mouth, it cureth the tooth-ache : 

 and also it is outwardly applyed agaynst the byting of 

 Flyes, Spyders, Wormes, and such like, for this cause, 

 as also because it is thought to cure Wennes, bunches in 

 the flesh, and olde woundes. It is solde deare, and held 

 pretious in Alcair, (Cairo.) Scaliger writeth that it cureth 

 the Gangren. The Canyne teeth which are hollow, 

 filled with Frankinsence, and tyed to a man or woman, 

 which hath the toothach, cureth them, if the party know 

 not of the carrying them about : And so they write, that 

 if the little stones which are in their belly be taken forth 

 and so used, they work the same effect against Feavers. 

 The dung is profitable against the falling off of the hayre, 

 and many such other things." 



THE BASILISK AND COCKATRICE. 



Aldrovandus portrays the Basilisk with eight legs. 

 Topsell says it is the same as the Cockatrice, depicts it 

 as a crowned serpent, and says : " This Beast is called 



