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A propitious and favourable unto them: Fortune(I fay) who ordinarily commeth afrerto whip and, 
‘punith them, as the fcourge and tormentrefle of glorie and honour. Over and befides,thetooth 
of aman, efpecially when he is mad, is reckoned to be as daungerous and pernicious a biting as 
any other. The excrement found in mans ears, called ear-wax, is thought inthis cafe to be fove-) 
raigne :and letno man marveile thereof,confidering how it will heale the fling of fcorpions and 
ferpentsalfo, if itbe applied tothe place prefently : butit isthe beter and more effectually if ie 
be taken out of the Patients owne ears; who isthus wounded: and in that fort it healeth alfo the 
whitflaws and impoftumations that breed about the naile roots. Moreover, take amans or wos 
mans tooth,and {tampe it into powder, itis thought goodfor the fing ofa ferpemt. Fhe haire of 
young boy-children which isfirft clipped off, is held tobeafingular remedie forto affuage the 
B paintuil fits ofthe gour, if the fame be tied faft about the foot tharis grieved: and generally their 
haire, fo long as they be under fourteen yeers of age,eafeth the {aid anguilh, ificbe applied unto 
the place, Likewife,the haire of a mans head cureth the biting of amaddog, if icbelaid to the 
place wich vinegre: it healeth alfo the wounds in the headap plied with oileor wine-Bot ifitwere 
plucked from his head whiles he hangeth upon the gallows, then is it foveraigne forthe quartaia 
ague: Buc we may chufe whether we will beleeve it or no. Certainly the haire of the head burne 
toathes, is knowne to be verie good fora cancerous ulcer sIf awoman takethe firfttooth thata 
young child caft,{eritin a bracelet,and{o weare itcontinually about her wreft, ic will preferve her 
from the painsand grievances of hermiatrice & naturall parts. Tie the great toeand that which 
isnext unto ittogither, youfhall {ee howitwillallay any rifings and tumours in the fhare. Bind 
C gently the two middle fingers of the right hand, with a. linnenthread, marke of what force this 
remedic isto repreflethe rheume falling into the eies, and how it will keepe chem from beeing 
bleared. Ifall be true that is commonly faid, the tone chat one hath voided and thruft out of the 
bodie, eafeth all others thatbe pained with the ftone,if the fame be kept faft tied tothe fhare: al- 
- foi doth mitigat the griefe of the liver; and procureth {peedie deliverance to women in travaile 
with child. Gravis atiirmed moreover,that in all thefe cafes it would doethe berrer,if one were 
cut for it,and that it were takenforth of the bladder by way of incifion, If 2 woman be neare her 
timeand looksevery day tofall ro labourand crie out, let che mancome by whome the is with 
child, and after he hath ungirt himfelie,gird her about the middle with his owne girdle,and un- 
loofe the fame againe, faying withall thischarme, tied the knot, and iwillandoeit againe, and 
D therewith goc his waies, (he {hall foone after fall to her bufineffe and lave more {pecdie delive- 
rance .Orphews and Archelavs both, doc affirme, That ifthe {quinanicie be annointed with man 
orwomans bloud(itskilleth not out of what veine orpatt of the bodic itiflued) itis an excellent 
remedie for that difeafe. The like effect it hath, if their mouths bee rubbed with the faid bloud, 
~ who being overtaken wich the epilepfic, are falne downe, for immediatly thereupon they will rife 
‘and ftand upon their feer.Some write, Thatif the great toes be pricked untill they bleed againe, 
the drops that come forth worke the like effect in the falling fickneffe, fo thar the face of the Pa- 
tient be fprinkled or befmeared therewith :orifa maiden touch the parties face that lieth in afi 
of thefaid difeafe, with her bare thumbe or great toe, hee fhall come againe to himfelfe and re- 
cover. By which experiment, Phyficians going by conjeGure,are of opinion, That fuch perfons 
E fubjecéto thar difeafe,thould feed of che fiefh of * fuch beafts as never were with young. A/chi= ¢ pizcines cat. 
. nes Phyfician of Athens, was woont tocure {quinfies, the inflammations ef the amygdals, the ve: 
infirmities of the uvula,and all cancerous fores,with theaihes of aman or womans body burnt; 
and this medicine hecalledBotryon, . . 
Many maladies there be,that go away the firft time that either aman hath carnall knowledge 
of awoman, orthata maiden feeth her monethly fickneffe: butif they endnotat fucha time, 
commonly theyproove chronicke difeafes and contiue along time, and efpecially the falling 
ficknefle. Iris faidmoreover, That the companie ofa woman eafeth them very much who are 
ftang with a fcorpion:but women inthe fame cafe catch harme by that meanes. Some fay alfo, 
that ifthe eies bee dipped three times in that water wherein aman or woman hath wafhed their 
F feet,they hal] be troubled neither with bleeredneffe nor any other infirmitic. And others there 
be who affirme, thar the wens called the Kings evill the fwelling kernels alfo behind the ears,and 
the {quinancie,arecured with touching the hands of them that have diedaviolent and untimely 
death. Some ftand not fo much upon that point, but fay, That the backe of the hand of any on¢ 
that is dead(it skilleth not how nor by whatmeans) if ittouch the gtieved part, will workethe like 
Dd effect, 
