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of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 
A . from the mature of amare after fhee hathbeen covered by a ftallion, if the wicke of a candle ot 
lampe be therewith befmeared and feta burning,doth reprefent a moft ftraunge and monftrous 
fight of horfe heads,as 4 maxilaws hath reported : everi {0 will thar alfo of the thee affe, makea . 
fhew and apparition of affe-heads. As for Hippomanes before-named, it is fo {trong and for- 
cible a venome, efpecially to inciteand ftirre unto Juft, that being upon atime poured into the 
brafen mettall that was caft into the forme and fimilitude of a mare at Olympia,the {tone-horles 
which came neare unto the faid image, were fet intofuch a heat and (0 fatre enraged, that they 
couldnot by any means bee held backe but they would needs cover the faid brafen mare, More- 
over, the glew thatcarpenters and joynets ufe, cureth the rooth-ach, if the fame be boiled iri 
water, and the teeth annointed therewith; bur the fame within a little while after mult be remoo- 
ved, and the mouth prefently wathed with wine, wherein were fodden the pill of {weet pomégra- 
nats. Furthermore, if the teeth be ill affected, a collution made with goats milke, or bulls gall, 
is thought ro be a remedie of greatefficacie. Finally, the afhes of the ankle-bones of a female 
goat whiles they be frefh and new, are counted an excellent dentifrice to whiten thé teeth: {o. 
are the {aid bones of all other foure-footed beafts, reated and nourifhed about a ferme houfe, if 
they be in like manner calcined: which Inote but once for all, becaufe I would not repeat one 
thing fo often, 
Cuap. xii, 
em Remedies obferved out of the oodies of beafts, for the accidents that befall 
to the vifage, necke,and breaf. 
T isthought generally, that the skin of the face may be made finooth and without wrinckles; 
tender and delicat, yea and be kept faire and white, with affes milke: for well knowne itis,that 
fome daintie dames (forfooth) there bee, that keepe and maintaine daily in ordinarie to. the 
number juft of five hundred thee affes for this purpofe: according toshe firft example oftheEm- 
prefle Peppea, wife to Nero the Emperour; for {hee ufed commonly to bath in afles milke, and 
devifed whole baines to {win therewith :and everas (hee rode in progreffe, or remooved from 
place to place, fhee had her cuiric of {hee-afles in ber traine attending upon her forno other 
intent, but onely to warh and bath her bodie in their milke. As for the pimples and wheales that 
breake outin the face, tf they bee annointed with butter, they will weareaway and be gone ; and 
thefooner, if Ceruffe or Spanith white bee tempered therewith: bar pure burter alone without 
any thing elfe mingled with it, killeth any fretting humours in the face that be corrofive, if fo be 
that prefently after the inunction, barley meale be caft upon the place. The gleane of a cowha- 
ving newly calved, taken whiles itis moift and{o applied, is good for any ulcers of the vifage. 
There is another réceit makiwa for this purpofe, which may {eeme bur a fancafticalland foohih 
thing ; howbeit, forto fatisfie and pleafe in fome fort, our fine dames that are defirous of fuch 
deviies, am content to fetit downe ¢ They fay (forfooth) thar the pafterne bones of a young 
white bulkin or fteere, fodden for the {pace of fortie daies and nights togither untill fuch time as 
they be refolved into the liquor, if the face be wet with a fine linnen cloth dipped in the faid de- 
coction, it cauleth the skin to looke cleare and white, and without any rivels or wrinkles ;but the 
{aid liniment mult be kept all night to the face in mariner of a maske. Moreover, they fay, that 
bulls thetne isan excellent complexion forfooth, to fera frefnrofat or vermilion colour in thie 
ball of the checke: and the liniment Crocodilea, made of crocodiles ordure, doth it no better: 
but then they give order, that the face be wafhed with cold warer both before and after this dref- 
fing. The dung of acalfe tempered and wrought in ones hand with oile and gumine, is fingular 
‘good to take away fun-burning, or any thing whatfoever whereby the colour is decaied and loft. 
As touching the ulcers and chaps appearing in the lips or face, the fewet of acalie, or beafts 
tallow, incorporat with goofe greace and the juice of bafill, maketh a fingulat pomardte to a- 
mend and rectific thofe defects and imperfeQions. There is another compofition alfo for this 
purpole ; to wit,calves fewetand deers marrow mixed togither,with the leaves ofthe white Saint 
Mary thiftle, punned all together and reducedintoa liniment, The fame operation hath any 
marow,though itbe of acow,and the broth of cowboeufe. The tettars and wild-fires breaking 
foorth about the mouth and nofe, there is not the like medicine againe to bee found, to kill and 
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