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A: of calves dung, of goats treddles likewife.ifthere be red Arfenicke or Orpinent mixed therewith: 
As touching werts, there is nota better thing to take thea away than the afhes of Calves 
dung tempered with vinegre, or the dure that is made by theurine of an Affe. 
For thofe that be fubject to the falling evill, it is fingular good to eat the genetoirsof aBeare, « 
orto drinke the {tones of a Bore either out of Mares milke or plaine water : alfo the brine of a 
Bore mingled with Oxymell. But moreeffedtuall in operation is that urine which hath becn fuf- 
fered to drie as it lieth in the own bladder. The ftones likewife of a Sow which are taken from her 
when theis {plaied, ifthey be kept untill they are dried,and fo broughcinto pouder, ate excellent 
in this cafe taken in the milk of a Sow, with this charge,that the patient abftain froin wine for cer- 
taine daies together,both before and after the receiving of this medicine.Por this infirmitie alfo 
_ B they ufeto give the lungs of an Hare poudred or kept in falt,with a third part of Frankincenfe in 
white wine forthirtie daies together. Alfothe rennet or cruds tound inthe maw. The braines of 
an Affe firft dried in the fmoake *within certaine leaves, drunke to the weight of halfe an ounce *s, filjs.Soime 
every day in honied water ; or the afhes of the faid beafts houfe, taken to the quantitie of two Fens 
{poonefuls daily fora month {pace, are appropriat medicines for thismaladie. in like manner, pogven 
their {tones preferved drie and reduced into ponder, ferve to {pice their drinke, whether it bee the 
milk of A fles(which is the beft) or fhere water. The pellicle wherein the yong fole was lapped in 
the dams wombe, efpecially if it were a male thatwas foled,is of great force to with{tand this di- 
feafe, if the patient doe but fmell thereto when thefit iscomming. Some give counfell to eat the 
heart of a blacke he Affe,together with bread : butin any wife it mutt be done abroad inthe open 
C ‘aire,and when the Moon is but one or two daies old at the moft.Others prefcribe to ear the fleth: 
and there be againe who advife to drinke their bloud dilaied with water ior fortie dais together. 
_ Some take Horfe {tale mingling it with finiths water freth out of the forge, for the {aid purpofe: 
and with the faid drinke cure thofe that be lunaticke and mad at certaine feafons, Mares milke is 
ordinarily given with good fuccefle to thofe that be troubled with the falling eviil: fo are the rug- 
ged “werts growing upon horfe legsto bee drunke in Oxymell.And to this ctfect the Magicians *Lichenes:fome 
would havea difh of meat made with Goats fleth rofted againft a funerall fire, where fome dead rahe: : 
corpsis burnt:who ordaine befides theirtallow and Buls gall, of eachanequall weight,to bee 
fodden,and then to be put upagaine in the bladder or burfe of the faid gall,thatittouch notthe 
ground in any cafe; and beeing thas prepared, the patient forfooth muft drinke ic in water (tans 
D ding upen the dorefiil,and under the very lintell chereof. Now, if you would know whetheraman 
befubject to this fickneffe or no,doe but burne before him either aGoats or Stags horn, the very. 
{moke or fume thereof will bring the firupon him;ifhe be tainted therewith. 
Concerning thofe that ve fur'dainely taken with a dead paifie of the one fide of their bodie: it 
isfaid chat the urine of an Affe-fole incorpo;acwith Spikenard into the forme of a liniment,isve- 
ry good for them if the inun€tion therewith be ufed, 
‘For the jaundife,Harts horne burntandreduced into athes,is a very proper medicine :fo is 
~ theblond of an Affe foledrunkin wine.Likewife the*dung of an Affes fole which came firftfrom *Called before 
it afters was foled,given to the quantitie ofa Beane ina draught of wine,cureth the jandife with- 
iathteedaies. The fame operation and effed there isin the frlt-ordure that a Colt maketh after 
E itiscomeinto the world, wer 
If anybonebe broken or bruifed,there isnot amore prefentremedy thantheafhes of achecke 
either ofa wild Bore ortame {wine, In like manner, their lard {odden and tied round about the 
broken bone,dotlconfolidatand fouder itagaine wonderousfoone. And verely ifthere bee any 
ribs in the fide broken; the foveraigne and onely remedie commended ,is Goats dung tempered 
with oldwine,for it openeth,draweth,and healeth thefra@ure throughly. 
As touching feavers,the feeding upon the venifon of red Deete driveth them all awayy as I 
_havebefore fhewed : but more particularly if it bee any of thefe Typicke and Periodicall agues, 
which be intermittent and returne by fits,thereis nota better thing, if wee may beleeve Magici- 
ans;than torake theright cic of a Wolfe, falt it,and fo tieit about the necke or hang it faft to: 
F part of the parient.Of thefe fevers,there is one called a Quotidian,which the Greeks name Am- 
phemerinos; & from it(by their faying)aman fhall bethroughly rid,in cafe heletan Affe bloud 
in theeare veine,and drinke three drops thereof juftin three hemines of water. But againft the 
Quartane ague,the Magicians give order toweare about the necke or hanging tothe arme cats 
dung,togetherwith the claw or to¢ of a *{criche Owle,but fo as they may not fall offnor bee - *Bubonis. 
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