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A thofe who beetroubled with the Sciatica: the fame cureth an old cough, efpecially the chin. 
cough in children ; and afluageth the paine of the loins. The Crocodiles have acertaine iat in 
them which is depilatorie ;forno fooner is the hatre rubbed therewith, but prefently ic fheddeth. 
The faid fat or greafe preferveth thofe who be annointed therwith, from the danger ofthe Cro- 
codiles, and is excellent good to bee melted and dropped into the wounds made by their bit. 
The Crocodiles heart lapped within a locke of wool which grew upon a blacke fheepe,and hath 
no othercolour medled therewith, fo that the faid fheepe were the firftlambe thatthe dam yeas, 
ned, is {aid to drive away quartan agus. doy phaes pias lice 
Tothisdifcourfe of Crocodiles, wee fhall not doe amiffe if wee annex other beafts in fome, 
_ fortrefembling them , and which bee likewife ftraungers as wellas they: And to begin with, the, 
B Chameleon, Democritws verely made {o greatreckoning of this beaft, that hee compiled one 
~ entire booke expreflely of it,and hath anatomized everic{everall tmember thereof, And certes. 
Icannnot chufe but take great pleafure therein, knowing as] doebythat means howto defci- 
pher and deliver abroad: the lowd lies of vaine Greekes, This Chameleon for fhapeand big-, 
neffe, is much an{werabie to the Crocodile laft named, differing. onely in the curbing or croo- 
kedneffe of the ridge-bone, and largeneffe of the taile, There is nora creature, in the world, 
thought more fearfuil than it ; whichis the reafon of that murabilitie whereby it tucneth into. 
{uch varietie of colours: howbeit of exceeding great power againft all che forts. of hawkes‘or 
birds of prey ; for by report, let them flie and foare never {o high over the Chameleon, thereis. 
an attractive vertue that will fercchthem downe, fo asthey thall fall upon the Chamzleon and, 
C yeeldthemfelves willinggly asa prey to be torne, mangled, and devoured; by other beafts; De- 
mocritws telleth usa tale, Phat if one burne the head and throat of the Chameleon in a fire. 
made of oken wood, there will immediatly arifecempefts of rainie ftorms and chundertogither 3. 
and the liver will doe as much (faith hee) if itburne upon the tiles of an houfe, As forallthe o- 
ther vertues which the faid author afcribeth tothe Chameleon,.becaufe they {mell of witch- 
ctaft, and L hold them meere lies, L will overpaflechem all, unleflechey be fome few, for which he 
deferveth well to be laughed at, and would indeed be reproved by no other means better:names 
ly, Thatthe righteye of this beaftif ibe pulled out of the head whiles it is alive, taketh away 
the pearle, pin and web in man or womans eyes, fo it be applied thereto with goats milke. The. 
tongue likewife plucked fortin quicke,fecuretha woman from the daunger of childbirth, ifthee 
D have it bouudto her bodie whiles fheeis in travaile. Ifthere be found by chaunce a Chamzleoa 
in the houfe where a woman isin labour,ihee fhalibe foone delivered in fafetie: but if fuch an 
one bee broughr thither of purpofe, the womans islure to die. Alfo, the Chameleons tongue 
pulled out of the head whilesine Chameleon is quicke, promifesh good fucceffe in judicial 
trials. The heart bound witisin blacke wooll of the firft (hearing, is a mott foveraigne rernedie 
againft quartan agues. The right forefoot hanged faft co the left arme within the skin of a Hyz- 
na, is fiugular againft the perils and danngers by theeves and robbers 5 as alfo to skare away hob 
goblins and night-{pirits. Inlike manner, whofoever carrie about them the right pap of this 
beaft, may be afiured againtt all fright and feare. But the left foot they ule totorrifie in an oven 
with the hearbe called alfo Chamzleon, and with fome convenient ointment or liquor to make 
E incertainetrofches, whereof if aman doe cartie any in a box of wood about him, he fhall goe 
invifible, as faith Democritus, if wee were fo wifeas to beleeve him: who affirmerh moreover, 
That whofoever hath about him the right fhoulder of the Chantzleon, fhallbe able to over- 
throw hisadverfarie at the barre, andto vanquith his enemte in the field: but irfthee muftbe 
fure to caft away and make riddance of the ftrings and finewes belonging thereto, andto tread 
them under foot. As for the left thoulder, 1 am afhamed torelate, unto what monftrous {pi- 
rits hee doth confecrat it; and namely how by the vertue thereof,a man may catife what dreams 
and fantafticall illufions hee lifteth, yea and make thofe whome hee will himfelfesto imagine the 
fame apparitions. Asalfo, how the right foot of the {aid beaft driveth away allfuch ftraunge vi- 
fions; even as the lethargic will goe away by the means of the lett fide of this beaft, which lechar- 
£ giewas occafioned by theright. Touching head-ach,hee faith plainly, that the next way tocure 
it, is to befprinkle and wet the fame with wine wherin either of the two fides were foked, Take the 
athes (quoth hee) of the left thigh or foot, chufe you whether, incorporat the fame with the 
milke of afow, and therewith annointthe feet, ic will bean occafion, {peedily to bring the gout 
~ bpon them, But of the Chameleons gall, for the moft part folke are in maner verely perfuaded, 
Ee ij thar 
