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of Plinies NaturallHiftorie, 333 
A Astouching the botches and carbuncles which arife in the privie members ; the brains and 
bloud of a Bore or Soware thought to be proper remedies for them.And fay there be fome can- 
kerous or corroding ulcers in thofe parts, the liver of a Bore or Swine burned ina fire made prin- 
cipally of Iuniper wood, together with the Papyr reed and Arfenicke, dooth heale thie fame : fo 
doth the afhes of their dung. Orelstake a Cow or Oxe gall and Agyptian Allum,wroughtand 
incorporat together with *Myrrhe,to the confiftence of honey. Beets alfo fodden,yeayand theit «sone read 
flefh boiled in wine and fo appliedas acataplafme. In cafe they bee running fores: the fuetand Muia,i.in pic 
marrow of a Calfe boiled in wine,or Goats tallow tempered with honey andthe juice of the bri-*!¢ 9" use. 
er, are reputed to be foveraigne. Nowif the faid fores fpread farther fill, tt is faid,that their dung 
incorporat with honey or vinegre,doth much good: asalfo butter and nothing els fimply appli- 
B edtothe greeved place, If the cods doe {well, the fuer of a Calfe made into a liniment, with fal- 
nitre put thereto,keepeth downe the tumor.Of the fame operation and effect is the dung alfo of 
a Calfe boyled in vinegre. ; bs | 
Suchas cannot hold their urine, but thatit paffeth from them againft their wils, find great 
helpe by eating of a Bores bladderrofted or broiled. And verely the athes of a Bores or Sowes 
cleyes, is fingular good againft the involuntarie fhedding of urine; if a cup or drinke bee fpiced 
therewith for the patienttotake. Likewife, the bladder of a Sow burnt and given to drinke, fer- 
veth well in this infirmitie: fo dooth the bladder of a Kid, or the lungs in that manner ufed. Fur- 
thermore, it is faid, That the braines of an Hare taken in wine, is fingular to helpe this infirmities 
Semblably,the ftones ofan Hare broiled and eaten,or the rennet in the Hares maw, incorporat 
. C with Goofe greafe in Barley groats. The kidneies befides of an Affe,reduced into pouder and 
drunke in pure wine of the grape. The Magicians have a devife by themfelves, and they affirme, 
That forto hold ones urine, itis paffling good to drinke the afhes of a Bores pizzle in fweet wine: 
but they inftruc the patient withall,to make water in a dogs kenel]; and in fo doing, to fay thefe 
words,! do this becau{2 1 would not piffe my bed as the dog doth his cowch. Thus much for the inconti- 
nencie of urine. Now if one bee pent and would gladly void urine, let him take the bladder of a 
Swine,fo that it never touched the ground, andapplie the fame tothe fhare, for it will provoke 
che water topafle. | i ‘ 
Butto come unto the difeafes of the “feat; there is nothing fo good for them as Beares gall, *That isto fay 
: 3 : ; : Piles,blind hc 
incorporat together with their greafe,Some put thereto litharge of filverand Frankincenfe. In jorhoide, 
D which cafes butter is very good, if with Goofe greafeand oile of Rofes it be reduced into a lini- chaps, fifures, 
ment : the confiftence or thickneffe of which compofition, muftbee fuch as the greeved place #7d!wslling 
will admit,;namely,that it be gentleand {mooth,fo astherebee no paine in the annointing.Alfo 
Buls gall is a foveraign medicine applied thereto upon foft lint :for it will quickly skin the chaps 
and clefts in the fundament. If that part be {welled, the fuet of a Calfeis very good to annointit 
therewith : but if the tumors appeare about the fhare,then there would be Rue joined therto.As 
for other infirmities incident to thofe parts, nothing better than Goats bloud, tempered with 
parched Barly meale. In like manner, for the hard knobs in the feat called Condylomata, Goats 
gall by it felfe is a {peciall remedie : fo is the gall of a Wolfe tempered in wine and fo applied. 
For the bilesand impoftumes rifing in any place thereabout,there is not a better medicine to 
E fcatter and diffolve them, than Beares blond or Buls bloud,dried firft and fo beaten to pouder, 
Butthe foveraigne remedie of allothers, is the ftone which a wild Affe is faid to void with his 
urine,at what time ashe is killed inchafe: which Urine as it commeth firft forth of his body, fee- 
meth very liquid and thin, out being fhed once upon the ground it groweth thicke and hard of 
itfelfe . This {tone tied tothe twift or inner part of the thigh, is faid to difpatch all colleGion of 
humors that mightingender biles and botches; or at leaftwife fo to refolve them, that they fhall 
never impoftumat and come to fuppuration. This {tone is very rare and hard to be found, for it 
is notin every wild Affe : but furely famous it is and much fpoken of by reafon of this medicina- 
ble propertie that it hath.Moreover,the urine of an Affe together with Nigella otherwife called 
Gith,is fingular good in thefe cafes. Likewife a liniment made with the afhes of an horfe houfe 
FE incorporat together with oile and water : fo is the bloud of any horfe,but efpecially of a ftallion: 
the bloud alfo and gall of a Cow or Oxe. Their fleth moreover, which wee call Boeufe,hath the 
fame effedt,if ic be laid warme unto the place. The afhes alfo of their cleyes tempered with wa- 
ter and honey. The urine of fhee Goats : the flefh of the male Goats boyled in water.In like ma- 
ner their dung fodden with honey.Beares gall orthe gall of aBore:laft of all,the urine ofa cH 
applie 
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