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The eightand twentieth Booke 
Tread in Greeke writers of acertaine beaft leffe thana Sag, buthkein haire,calledOphion’ Ot 
which folke fay is wont to be found onely in the Ifle Sardinia.Butl fuppofethattheraceoitheny  - 
is utterly extiné and gone. Wherefore I will forbeare to write of the medicinable properties te- 
ported by chat beaft. : ROLLSGO UES fioti cjatelwy 
Cuar x Ys 1 Batos.019 ee 
Og» The medicines(againft Serpents)foundin the wild Bore,in Goats,and wild hor- © 
feseAlfo of other remedies which diverfe beafts doe yeeld ae 
againft all difeafes. . dire, 
He braines of awild Bore is highly commended againft the fing and venome of ferpents, 
So isthe bloud likewife.Semblably is the liver kept and preferved long with Rue, ifthe fame 
be drunke in wine.In like manner the fat of the wild Bore incorporat with honey and rofin, 
Alfo the liver of a tame Bore being cleanfed from the filaments and ftrings therein, taken tothe 
weight of foure oboli,or the very braines drunke in wine. ; 
It aman burne the horne or haire of Goats,the fume thereof driveth away ferpents, as itis 
commonly faid: and the afhes that come thereof either drank inwardly or applied ina liniment 
without, are of great force againft their ftings. Moreover, adraughtof Goats milketaken with 
the grape of the vine Taminia,or of their urine drunke with {quilliticke vinegre. Furthermore; it 
is {aid that cheefe made of Goats milke together with Origan ufed in a cataplafme, or their tal- 
low incorporat with wax worketh the like etfect.A thoufand medicines befides are reported to 
bee drawne from this beaft, asfhall hereafter appeare: :whereat for mine owne part] much mar- 
vell ,confidering,itis commonly faid that he is never out of a feaver. The wild of this kind doe af- 
fourd mediciaes more effetuall than thetame, and thofeas I have {aid multiplie exceedingly. 
As forthe Bucks or male Goats,they have medicinable properties apart by themfelves, And De- 
mocrttws faith, That the Bucke which the dam bare alone, is of greater efficacie than any other: 
who affirmeth moreover, thatit is very good to annoint the place {tung with ferpents,with Goats 
dung fodden in vinegre: alfo with the aihes of the faid dung frefh made,and tempered with wine 
intoa liniment, In funame,as many as hardly are cured of ferpents flings, recover therof pafling 
well, if they ordinarily haunt Goat-pens and ftals where they be kept. Butfuch as would havea 
more {peedie and affured cure,take the paunch cutout of aGoatnewly killed, cogetherwith the K 
dung found thereia, and prefently bind the fame fafteo the place affected, fo foone as they bee 
fiung. Others perfume the fleth newly hurt,with Kids hair burnt: and with the fame {moke chafe 
away ferpents : they ufe al{oto applie their skin newly flaied, to the wound :Iike as the fleth and 
dung of a horfe that lieth out and feedeth abroadin the field : the rennet likewife of an Harein 
vinegre againit the pricke of a{corpion and the venomous tooth of an hardifhrew. Moreover,it 
is faid,that as many as rub and annoint their bodies with Hares runnet,need not feare their ftin-. 
ging. If any be hurt bya fcorpion, Goats dung helpeth them, butthe better, ifit bee boiled in 
vinegre: and in cafe one be poyfoned with {wallowing downe thofe venomous flies called Bupre- 
fies, he fhall find great helpe by eating lard and drinking the brothor deco@iion thereot .'Fur- 
thermore, if aman round an affe in the care, and fay cloiely, That hee is wounded by afcorpion, 4 
the paine and grievance thereof will immediatly pafle away:yea and any venomous thing what. 
foever, will flie from the fume of hislunysas it burneth: alfo itis good for thofe who are ftung 
by fcorpions, to be perfumed with the {inoake of calves dung, Ifaman bee wounded by the bt 
ting of a mad dog, fome there be who cut round about the place to the very quick, laying therto 
the raw fleth of acalfe, and then give che patientto drinke the broth of the faid eth boiled , or 
elfe hoggs greafe ftamped with quicke-lime, Others highly praife the liver of a bucke-goat, af- 
firming that if it be once applied, hee fhall not fallinto that fymptome of hydrophobic or fea- 
ring water,incident to thofe that be bitten witha mad dog, They commend alfo.aliniment made 
of goats dung and wine or honey tempered togither: like as the decoction ofa grey or badger,of 
-a. cuckow and a {wallow, taken in drinke, For the biting of other beafts,it is an ordinarie pra@ufe NV 
to lay unto the fore, drie cheefe made of goats milk,togither with origan,butthey give direction - 
sto drink the fame in fome convenient liquor.In cafe one be bitten by.a mans tooth, they preferibe 
- + -boeute fedden and applied; howbeitthe fleth of a calfe is more effectual; with this charge, That 
this cataplafine bee not remooved before the fift day. It is a common faying, thatthe muiile or 
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