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beats, And firft of all chey would makes beleeve, that bea buck-goat never fo muchenraged, G 
doe but ftroke him by the beard, he will comeintogoodorderandbe quictagaine:curandlop = 
the fame off with a paire of fheers, he will not ftray away nor depart to another flocke. Butto res 
turneto the griefe of the reins :the miagiciansaddtothe forefaid medicine, goats dung, which 
' being putinto alinnen cloth, andthe fame well greafed, they give direGtion to holdin the hol- 
low ball of the hand, as hot as may be endured; with this regard, thatif the painebeein thelefe 
fide,this medicine be made inthe right hand, and fo contrariwile, Moreover, thedung or tred- 
dies which muft ferve this turne, they give order,that it bt gathered and taken up with the point 
of a brafen needle or bodkin, Nowthe forelaid medicine muft be held in the hand{folong, untill 
the patient perceive that the vapour thereof doe pearce as far as the loins: which dune,they ap- 
point afterwards to annoint the head with thejuice of lecks{tamped: torub the Joinesalfowith py 
the faid dung tempered with honey: giving counfell, to cat the {tones alfo of anHare,for to 
appeafe the fame pain. As for thofe that berroubled with the Sciatica,they ordainea cataplafme 
of ox or cow dung,to be laid upon the grieved place; but it ought firft to belappedwithinfome 
leaves, and fo made hote in the embres. For the paine in thekidnies, they give orderto {wallow 
downe the kidnies of an Hare raw, or atleaftwifefodden, yerfo, asthe patient touchthem nor 
with his teeth. Over and befides, they doefay, that whofoever have aboutthemthe ankle-bone =~ 
of an Hare,fhall notbe grieved with the belly ach. As touching the paine of the fplene, the gall 
of afwine,be it Bore or Sowtaken in drinke, orthe afhes of Harts horne in vinegre, afluageth 
the fame. But the moft effeGtuall and foveraigne remedie of all other, is the milt ot an aflewhich 
hath been long kept; for within one three daies the benefit thereof willbe fele,andthe patient 
fhall find cafe. Alfo,for the difeafe ofthe fplene,they ufeto give in oxymell,che ordure of anafles 
fole,which firft came from it after it was foled (and this dung the Syrians call Polea.) Further: 
more, for this infirmitie thetongue of an horfe which hath been kept driealongtime, given in 
wine, isa prefent remedie: and this is a fecret which Cacélivs Bion reporteth that he learned of 
the Barbarians, whiles heeconverfed among them, In like manner, a beafts milt whether it bee 
cow or ox, hath the fame operation, if it be ufed in that manner: but fay it be freth and new taken 
out of the beaft, then it oughtto be cither rofted or fodden, and fotaken as meat, Over and be- 
fides, take tweatie heads of garlick,pun them all,and after they be bruifed,put them into a beafts © 
bladder with a fextar of vinegre; apply the fame tothe region ofthefplene,it afluageth thepain, | 
Andif all be true thas thefe magicians fay, the milrof a calfe is fingular good for the maladie of ¢ 
the fplene; but then itmuft bee bought at the fame price that the butcher fetteth firft upon it, 
without hucking and beating it lower for to have any thing abated; becaufe in their opinion (fo 
ceremonions they be) therein lieth a great matter. Now when itis thusbought, itwould be flit 
through the length in two parts, and both peeces attached tothe fhirt of the patients with this 
charge, That when he is aboutto puton his other cloaths and make himéelfe readie, he fuffer the 
{aid peeces to drop downe to his feet,and then take them up againe, and fo drie them in the thas 
dow: for in thus doing, the difeafed {plene of the ficke partie will likewife falland fettle downe, fo. 
asthe patient (hall fenfibly perceive himfelfe to be delivered of that inficmitie. Finally,the lungs 
of a Fox dried in the athes and fo drunke in water, is good for thefpleene: as alfo the mile of a 
kid, applied to the grieved part accordingly. : L 
Cuar, Xrrite Ay, 
26 For to flop a laske and knit the belke : for theflux proceeding from the imbecilitie of the || 
flomacke + for the dyfenterie or bloudie flix : for the ventofities and inflation of the ets 
bellie : for ruptures : the flraining upon the feege without doing any Boag 
thing : for she worms in the gutsand for the cholique. ? 
7 
W770 ftay the running outand extraordinaric loofenefieof the belly, thefe medicines follows 
ing be convenient: Jmprimes,the bloud ofa {tag : item, the athes of an harts horne:alie li- 
~ ver of abore frevh and withour any fale at all, taken inwine:likewife the liver ofafowro- MU 
ftéd or of a male goat fodden in one hemine of water : the crudledrennetinaharesmaw,drunke 
in wine to the quantitie ofa cich-peafe; or in water, in cafe the patient have anague.Some there 
be, who put gall nuts thereto; others: content themfelves with hares bloud alone fodden with 
milke; Alfo the afhes comming of horfe dung drunke in water: the athes of thar parcctians ia 
rhaheh | us. 
