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moved before feven fitsbe paft. Nowell me (1 pray you) whatwas he that eould find out thisfe- .G_ 
cretfirft ? Gladly would I learne whatreafon there is in this mixture, and why an Owles claw or 
toe was chofen above all other for this purpofe.2 Certes,there be fome of them yet more modeft 
than cheir fellowes: and they have given out, Thatthe liver of a Cat killed in the waneof the | 
Moone,laid up in pouder with falc, is to bee given in a draught of wine a little before the accefle 
ot fit of a Quartane.And thefe Magicians have yer another pretiereceit againft fich agues: For 
they take the afhes of a Cow or Oxe mucke,and fprinckle it well with the urine of a young boy ; 
wherewith they annnoint the toes of the patient: but to his hands or armes they bind the heart 
of an Hare;which done,they ordain alfo to give him before the fit,the Hares rennet in a dravght 
of drinke. To conclude, they fay, that a freth greene cheefe made of Goats milke, ont of which 
the whey hath been well prefled,isfingular to be given in honey. : 
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2g Proper remedies againft the trouble of the braine by reafon of melanchelie,againft 
the letbargie drop/iefhingles and S, Authomies fire. A'fo for : 
she paine of the finewes , | 
7 He dung ofa Calfe fodden in wine,is an excellent remedie for thofe who are given to mes 
lanchohi¢. For toraife and awaken them that are in alethargie, there isnota better thing 
than therough werts growing upon an Affes leg, if the fame be tempered with vinegre in- 
to a liniment, and the nofthrils annointed therewith: alfo the perfume of the horne or haires of 
a Goatiyea,anda Boresliver : which is the caufe thatit is given ordinarily tothofe that have the 
drowfie difeafe,and be alwaies flcepie. | ! | 
For the phthyficke, the liver of a Wolfe fodden in wine is very good :likewife the lard of a 
Jeane running Sow feeding only upon grafle: as alfo Affe fleth fodden and eaten with the broth: 
And yerely ia Achaia this is the principall courfe they take for the cure of that difeafe,, Moreo- 
ver, itis faid,that toreceive through a pipe or reed the fmoake of the drie dungmadebyCowor | 
Oxe lying foorth and feeding onely upon greene grafle,is very holefome for thofe that have the 
phthyficke or confumption of the Jungs.Alfo there bee who calcine the tips of Boenfes hornes, 
and taking the meafure of twofpoonefuls of the afhes,incorporat the fame with honey, make it 
up into pils,and fo {wallow them downe for the {aid maladie. Many there are who atime, That 
the phthyficke and cough be cured by eating akind of pottage made with Frumentie corneand 
Goats fewet :andthey hold opinion, That the faid fuet taken frefh and {weet and fo diflolvedin 
mead ; with this proportion, thatto every cyath of the mead there bee put an ounce of fuet,and 
that order be taken to mingle them througlily well, with a braunch or {prig of Rueamong, isa 
foveraigne medicine for thofe infirmities, There is one writer of good credit and authority; who 
upon his cercaine knowledge doth avouch, That there was one fo farre gone ina phthyfick, that 
he was given over by the Phyficians,and yer he recovered by drinking the fuerot a Shamois or 
wild Goat together with milke, of each one cyath atatime. Ochers day, thatmuch good, hath 
ben found by drinking in {weet cnit,the afhes of Swines dung: as alfo by the lungs ofa red: Deer, 
efpecially the Spitter of thatkind,dried in the fmoke,reduced into poudetand fo drunkein wine, 
In cafe of the dropfie,the urine of a Bore found in his bladder givento the patientindrinke 
by little and litcle,helpeth very much : but of greater efficacie itis, if the fame bee'pemitted to 
drie within the bladder. Furthermore, the athes of Harts dung, and naniely of that deete which 
iscalled the Spitter: as alfo of Neats dung,fuchI meaneas goe abroad and feed with the heard, 
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(and thar they call by a peculiarname *Bolbiton)is a foveraigne remedie for the dropfie, Marie, - 
if the patient be a woman, there muft be choife made of Cow dung ;but ifaman,the dung of the 
other fex is to be taken: and this may tell youis fuch a fecret myfterie,that the Magicians would — 
not have to be revealed & madeknown.Many other medicinesthere be for thedropfie,to witjthe 
dung ofa Bull-calfe ufed ina liniment: the athes of a Calvesdung drunk in wine,with an equall 
quantitie of the wild Parfenep feed : Goats bloud together with the marrow, eaten with meat: M 
Ic isthought that this bloud will worke the better, if it bee taken from themale Goats; provided 
alwaies,that they feed upon the Lentiske tree,and thenno doubrit will doe the deed {urely.; 
As touching S, <athonies fire, the fhingles,&c.the meanes to quench the fame, isto annoint — 
the place with Beares greafe,and efpecially thefat thatis found aboutthekidneies:alfo withthe — 
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