of Plintes Naturall Hiftorie. U1 
. A of the face from all illfayoured fpots,and keepeth it white and{mooth. The fame ointment hea- 
Jeth the skin that is {corched and pilled with cold, by travelling over mountaines charged with 
Snow;yea,and abateth the tumors and nodofities upon the joints. Now, if wee liftto beleeve the 
fooleries of Magicians,they would beare usin hand that whofoever beeannointed allover with 
the faid greafe, fhall bee gracious with princes and kings, yea, and win much favour among the 
people,and any State or nation where they fhallconverfe: bur principally it muft bee the fatin 
the forehead betweene the eyebrowes, (where indeed itis unpoilible to find any at all.) The like 
effects they doe promife of the Lionsteeth, and thofe efpecially of the right fide ; like as of the 
fhag haire (forfooth) that fhould hang under their nether jaw. Indeed the gall of a Lion mixed 
with water,clarifieth the eyefight,in cafe the eyes be bathedtherewith. Thefametempered with 
B the owne greafe,difpatcheth as they fay the falling ficknefle,in cafe the patient raft never fo little 
of it,and fo fooneas hee hath taken it,tun a while for to digeftthefame. A Lionsheart cureth 
the Quartaneague, if the ficke perfon doe cat thereof: and their favis a foveraigneremedie for 
the feaver Quotidian,if it be ufed with oile rofat. There is not a beaft fo fell and {avage,but it will 
run away from them that beannointed with Lions greafe : and itisthought tobe afingular pre- 
fervative forto prevent any fecret ambuthes or practifes intended againft one. i 
As touching the Cammell,his braine (by report) isexcellent good againft the epilepfie or 
falling ficknefle,it it bee dried and drunke with vinegte :fo dooth the gall likewife taken in drinke 
with honey : which alfo is a good medicine forthe Squinancie.Itisfaid,chat a Caminels taile dri- 
ed,caufeth loofenefle of the bellie: like as the dung reduced into afhes and incorporat with oile, 
C dothcurle andfrizle the haire of the head. The {aid afhes made into aliniment and fo applied, 
yea,& taken ‘in drinke as much as aman may comprehend with three fingers cureth the dyfente- 
rie :fo doth it alfothe falling ficknes.Cammels pille(they fay) ispaffing good for Fullers to {cour 
their cloth withall: and the fame healeth any running fores which bee bathed therein, Itis well 
_ knownethat the barbarous nations keepe this ftale of theirs untill irbe five yearesold,andthena 
draught thereof to the quantitie of one hemine,is a good laxative potion : likewife thatthe hair 
of theirtails,twifted into a wreath or cord,and fo worn about the left arme in manner ofa brace- 
Jet,cureth the Quartane ague, xfin9d) iC a | 
Asfor the Hyzna,there isnota wild beaft of the field thatthe Magicians have fo much in ad- 
~ miration asit:For they hold that in the Hyzna it felfe there is a certaine Magicall vertue,attribu- 
D ting a wonderfull power thereto, in tranfporting the mind of man or woman, and ravifhing their 
fences {o,as thatit will allure chem unto her very ftrangely. Concerning the rare property of thefe 
beaits to chaunge the fex each other yeare,that is tofay,to be male this yeare &temale thenext; - 
as alfo couching other monttrous qualities obferved in their nature ; becaufel have difcourfed al- 
readie of them,itremainethnowthatl proceed to fhew the medicinable vertues that are repor- 
ted to be found in them : whereof this may bee counted for one of the checfe, that confidering 
they be fo ternble unto *Panthers,that they dare not quetch nor make head againft them:who- “/-Luzernes. 
foever hath about him buta peece of the Hyznes skin may be fure thata Panther will notfet up- 
on him,nor once come near.And that which is awonderlullthing to be {fpoken,in cafe the hides 
of them both be hung up one againft another, the haire of he Panther will fall off. When the 
E Hyzne‘flicele before che hunter and would not bee taken, they wind with acariere out of the way 
toward the right hand,and wheele about untill the man be gotten before them,and this they do, 
becaufe they would meet with his tracts and footing; which if they happen upon, and get be- 
hind him,you thall fee the hunter incontinently to be fo intoxicat in his braine,that he is nota- 
bleto beare his head nor fit his horfe,but to fall from his backe. But in cafe that they turnonthe 
lett hand, it is an evident figne thatthey bee readie tofaint, and then will they quickly beetaken. 
Thefooner alfo and with more eafe be they caught(if we may beleeve art Magicke)if the hunter 
tic his girdle about his middle with feven knots,and the cord of his whip likewife wherewith hee 
ruleth andjerketh his horfe,with as many.Butfee howfubtle and cunning thefe Magicians be to 
cloke and colour their vanities and deceits with {uperftitious citcumftances! This chafeforfooth 
F aferthe Hyzne, muft be juft at the very point when the Mooneis paffing through thefigne Ge- 
mini: and then if they betaken,the huntfman muft be fure to fave every haire of theirskins, and 
riffenot one,fo medicinable they are. By their faying alfo the skin that groweth to the head of 
the Hyzne,if it be applied in manner of a frontale,is fingular good for the headach. The gall of 
the Hycene cureth bleared eyes, if the forehead be annointed therewith:but if the fame bee se 
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