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effed,fo thatthe deadpartie and the Patient be both ofone fex.As forthe toothach,itisacom= G 
mon {peech, That if one bite off a peece of fome tree that ‘hath been blafted, or finitten with 
lightning, provided alwaies that he hold his hands behind him at his backe in fo doing, the faid 
morfell or peece of wood will take away the toothach ifit be laid untothe tooth. Some therebe 
who give direction to take the perfume of aimans tooth burning in the fire, for toeafe the cooth« 
ach of aman and femblably of a womans tooth to helpe women in the fame cafe, Others you 
{hall have, that prefcribe to draw one of the eye-teeth, called in Latin Canini, out of the head of 
man or woman lying dead and not yet enterred, and to weare the fame againft che roothach. Iris 
acommon fpeech,T hat the earth found in or abouta man or womans{cull, is afingular depilas 
torie,and fercheth away the haire of the eyebrows. Ass for the graffe or weed that groweth there- 
in(if any fach may be found)itcaufeth the teeth to fall out of the head with chewing only. Asalfo° 
that no ulcer will {pread farther butkeep ata ftay,ifthere bea circle drawn about it with the bone 
ofa man or womans bodie, As touching the cure ofatertian ague, fome there bewho lade up 
water out of three pits,as much out of one as another,and mingleall togither which done, they 
pur the faid water intoa new earthen pot thatnever was occupied before, andbegintothe Pati- 
ent out of it,giving the reft unto him or her forto drink,when the fict commeth,Eut for the quar- 
tan ague,they get mea broken fragment of a wooden pin which held the fides and crofle-peece 
of a paire of gallows togither,wrap it within alocke of wooll, andfo hang it about the Patient: 
or elfe they take a peece of the halter orrope from the gallows, and ufeit in likemanner forthe 
forefaid purpofe: but wot ye what ? when the Patient is by this means rid of the fever,the {aid par- 
cell of wood or cord they ule to burie or beftow clofe in fome hole within the ground, where the 
Sun may never {hine of it,and then the acceffe will returne no more. See the toies and vanities 
of thefe Magicians!and yet thefebe not all: for they run on ftill and fay, that ifone take a wher- 
ftone which hath ferved along timeto whet knives and other edge-tools on,and Jay the fameun- 
derthe boulfter or pillow where onelieth that isreadie to faint and give up the ghoft upon fome 
indirect means, by forcerie, witchcraft, or poifoning, (but this muft bee done without the know- 
ledge of the faid partie) you fhall {rom the verie mouth of the Patient heare,what poifon was gi- 
ven,in what place, and at what time; but whoit was that gave it, hee or thee thall notbe ableto 
name.Moreover,thisis knowne foratruth, That ifone be ftrucken {peechlefle with lightning, 
and then the bodie be bent and turned toward the wounded place, the partie fhall recover pre- 
fently and {peake againe, Some there be, whoto drive backe and keepe downe the bilesand bot- 
ches that rife in the fhare,take the thread or yarne out of the weavers loome which fetve forthe 
felvedge or lift, making feven ornineknots, and in the knitting of everic one of them name 
fome widow or other, and thentie itfaft about the grieved place. Alfo forto afluage the paine 
of any wound, they give order,that the wounded partie take a naile or fome other thing that one 
hath troden under foot, and to weare the fame tied about the necke, arme, or other part of the 
bodie, For tobe rid of werts,fome chufe atime to plucke them up by the roots, when the moon 
istwentic daigs old at leait, and then lay themfelves along upon their backes in fome ordinatie 
high way, looking fully upon the moone,and {tretching their armes backeward asfar as they can 
- beyond their heads, and looke what they can catch hold of with their hands, therewith they rub 
the place. Ifone cut and pare an agnel! or corne in any part of the bodie, obferving atimewhen . 
a ftarre feemeth to fhoot or fall they fay, it will quickly weare away and be healedfor ever. The: 
would beare usin hand, that if a man poure vinegre upon the hooks and hindges of doores, and 
make a liniment with the durt that commeth of the ruft thereof, and therewith annoint the fore- 
head, it will afluage the head-ach. They promife alfo to doe as much with a wichig or halter that 
aman is hanged withall upona gibbet, in cafe it be done about the temples of the head in mane 
ner of a frontall, Moreover, if any fith-bone fticke in the throat and will not remoove, it (hall in- 
continently goe downe, ifthe partie readie thus to be choked withall, put his feet into coldwa- 
ter : but iffome peece of any other bones be readie to choke one, make no more adoe, buttake _ 
fome other little fpils of the faidbone and lay them upon the head,you thal fee itpafle away and 
doe no harme. Ifa peece of bread have gone wrong orlie in the way readie to ftop the breath, 
take thecruins of the fame loafe & put them into both the ears, you hall fee it will befoon gone 
and do no farther harme. Furthermore,the Greeks(who were given much to make mony of eve- 
rie thing and namely of their publicke places of bodily exercife)made greataccountofcertaine — 
excrements that came from mens bodies, as fingular remedies for many difeafes :for the filth 
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