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ten, That if the gumbs be {carrified with thetooth of aman violently flaine,itisa moh eficQuall G 3 
and prefentremiedie for the tooth-ach. 47temon hac no better receit for the falling ficknefle, 
than to draw up water out of a fountaine in the night feafon, andto give the fame unto the Pati- — 
ent to drinke in the brain-pan of a man who diedfome violent death,fohe werenot burnt, And 
Aunthews tooke the {cull of one that had been hanged, 'and made pills thereof, which hee mini- 4 
ftred unto thofe who were bitten by a mad dog,for a foveraigneremedie. Moreover, thefe wi- 
ters not content to ule thefe forceries about men, emploied the medicines alfoof the parts of =~ 
man tothe cure of foure-footed beats ; and namely, if kine or oxen were dew-blowne or other= 
wife putted up, they were woont to bore holes through their horns, and {fo to inlay orinterlard 
them (as it were) with mens bones: finally, when {wine were difeafed, theytooke thefine white . 
wheat Siligo, being permitted to lie one whole nightin the very place where fomemenwerekil- YH ~ 
led or burnt,and gave it chem toeat. As formee,andallus thatare Latin writers, God forbid we 
_fhould defile our papers with fuch filthineffe : Our intention is to put downe inwriting, thofe 
good and holefome medicines which man may affourd unto man, andnot tofet abroad any - 
{uch deteftable and heinous forceries : As forexample, to fhew what medicinable vertue there 
may bein breaft-milke of women newly delivered ; what healthfull operation there isin our[fa- 
fting | {pitcle; or what therouching of aman or womans bodie may availe in the cure of any ma- 
ladie sand many other femblable thingsarifing from naturall caufes. For mine owne part verely, 
| Lam of-this mind, That we ought not fo much to make of our health or life, as to maintain and 
| preferve the fame by any indirect courfe and unlawfull means: Andthon, whofoeverthou be, 
thatdoeft addi& thy felfeto fuch villanies whiles thou liveft, fhale die inthe end adeathanfwe- J] 
rable co thy beaftly and execrable life. To conclude therefore, let every man for to comfort his 
heart, and tocure the maladies of his mind, fet this principle before his eies, That of allthofe _ 
good gifts which Nature hath beftowed upon man, there is none better than todieina fit and _ 
*Tockefor i¢afonable time : And in fo doing, this is {imply the beft, *That in his power it is, and the means 
no betrer div;- he hath, to chufe what death hee lift. ; 
hitic in Pize, 
amecre Pa- 
x : as 
Se ee see 
i gan,Epicurca, Cuap, IIe : 
| eo clles e& Whether Words, Spelssor Charmes,are availeable in Phyficke. Alfo whither wonders 
| and [trange prodigies may be either wrenght and procured,or put by and K 
| avoided by them,or no. 
He firlt point,concerning the remedies medicinable drawnefrom outof man,whichmo- _ - 
| veth the greateft queftion,and the fame as yet not decided andrefolved, isthis, Whether | 
| bare Words,Charmes,and Enchauntments, be of any power orno? If itbe granted Yea, 
ij then io doubt oughtwee to afcribe that vertue unto man.But the wifeft Philofophers and grea- 
| teft Doctors, take them one by one,doubt thereof,and give no credit at all thereto.And yet goe 
| by the common voice of the whole world, you fhall find it a generall beleefe, anda blind opini- 
on alwaies received,whereof there isno reafon or certaine experience to ground upon. For firtt 
| and formoft we fee,tinatif any beaft be killed for facrifice without a fett forme of prater,itistono 
It purpofe,and held unlawfull : femblably,if thefe invocations bee omitted, when as menfeeketo L 
| any Oracles,and would be direGted in tlhe will of gods by beafts bowels or otherwife,all booteth 
| not,butthe gods feeme difpleafed thereby. Moreover, the words ufed in craving,to obtaine any 
thing at their hands,run in one forme ; andthe exorcifmes in diverting their ire,& turning away 
fome imminent plagues, are framed after another fort :alfo there bee proper tearmes ferving for 
| meditation onely and contemplation. Nay we have feene and obferved,howmen have come to — 
make fuit and tender petitions to thefoveraigne and higheft magiftrats, witha preamble of cer- 
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i taine fet praiers, Ceries, fo ftri@ and precife men are in this point about devine fervice, that for 
fear leaft fome words fhouldbe either leftiout,or pronounced out of order, there is one appoin- 
i ted of purpofe asa prompter to read the fame before the prieft,out of a written booke, that hee 
i miffe not ina tittle; another alfo fet neare at his‘elbow,asa keeper to obferveand marke,that Ps M 
faile not in any ceremonie or circumftance ; and a thitd ordained to goe before and make fis 
lence,faying thus to the whole aflembly and congregation, Favere linguis [7 {pare your tongues — 
andbe filent : Jand then the fluits and haut-bois begin to {ound and play, tothe endthatno o- - 
» therthing bee heard for to trouble his mind or interrupt him the while. And verely, there bom 
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