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more effectually, chufe thefe excrements of the male afle, mix the fame with vinegre, and apply 
ic with wooll ;for.it will ftay any flux of blond whatfoever : ikewife if it be of the hair which is cur- 
ried from the horfe head or buttocke when he is drefled: or els the afhes of calves dung tempe- 
red with vinegre, and fo applied unto the place. In Jike manner the afhes of the goats horne or 
dong,with vinegre.And yer the bloud that iffueth out of a buck-goats liver when it is flicedand 
cut in f{under,is more effeCtuall :burthe afhes of them both, as well the male as female; theliver 
_ and the bloud drunke in wine, or applied unto the nofthrils with vinegre, is of yertue to ftaunch 
tinatand.heale 
an equall quantitie of rofin doth not onely ftop an iffue of bloud,but alfo 
their haunches 
a wound. Furthermore,the rennecof young kids, with vinegre; the afhes ali 
bloud.Moreover,the afhes onely of a leather wine-bottle made ofa male aan with 
-burnt, is thought to have like operation in ftaunching of bloud, If there beanyulcers uponthe 
fhins orany part of leg and chigh;bears greace & red oker incorporat togitherinto afalveydoth 
heale the fame: but in cafethe {aid fores be corrofive and eat farther,the gall ot abore with rofin 
and cerufe, curechi the fame: fo doth the afhes of a bores or fowes cheeke: likewife {wines dung 
Are and applied to the grieved place:as alfo goatstceddles warmed well over the fire with viue- 
gre,and laid too accordingly. But for to mundifie and incarnat all other fores;they ule burcers 
the athes of a {tags horne, or the marow ofred deere; buls gall likewife,with the oile of the plane 
Cypros;or els the dung of a goat,male or female it skills not whether. Iftherebe a wound made 
by {word or edged weapon, there is good means to heale it with the frefh dungiof {wine, omelfe 
the powder thereof being long kept and dried, ifthe place be drefled therewith. Incafetherebe | 
an ulcer that eateth deepe to the verie bone, or an hollow fiftula, itis good to inje@intoit witha © 
fyringe,a bulls gall with the juice of leeks or breft-milke : or elfe co drefle the fame with the pou. 
der of his bloud deied,incorporat with the hearbe called Vmbilicus Veneris, Is the famecance- 
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rous ?the rennet of a leveret with the heatbe Capers, taken ofeach alike quantitie, and {prinkled 
with wine,doth cure ic. If it growto mortification. and proove a gangrene, it isgood to annoint 
the place with bears gali,with a feather. As for corroding ulcers which {pread ftill farther, no ber- 
ter thing to reprefle them, than to {trew upon them the afhes of an afle-houfe. The bloud ofian 
horfe is corrofive, by vertue whereof it doth eat away and confume the excrefcenfe of prowd: 
ficth :fo.do the cinders of old horfe dung burnt. Asfor thofe kind of fretting cankers which the 
Greeks call Phagedene, the athes of a boeute hide mingled with honey, doth cure and heale 
perfitly. The application of raw veale unto a greene wound,keepeth it from {welling: and acata- 
plafine of beafts dung:and honey togither,doth the like, But fay the ulcers be maligneand filtbie 
morimals, {uch asthe Greeks call Cacoéthe, the afhes of a leg of veale incorporat with womans 
milke, doe heale up cleane. Freth wounds accafioned by {word or edged weapon, bulls glewdif- 
folved or melted,and fo applied,doth cure verie well; fo itbe notremooved untill the third day. 
If afore need to becleanfed,drie cheefe made of goats milke,tempered with vinegre and hony, 
is a fingular mundificative.An ulcer given to go farther,and to eat as it goeth, 1s reprefled by ap* 
plying rallowthereto and wax incorporat togither: putco it pitch and fulphur, it will heale.and 
skin the fame throughly, In like manner, for the untoward morimalsbeforefaid, which they call 
Cacoéthe, it is very good to lay a pultus made with the afhes of ‘dkids leg and breft-milke «. As 
forcarbuncles, take the brains of a tame fow,toft the fame and apply it unto thefores, itisafo- 
veraigne remedie. Touching thefcabs that men be fubje& unto, thereis notthe like medicine 
for killing the fame,to the marow of an affe: anda liniment made withthe urine of the faid beaft 
togither with the earch upon which he hath ftaled. Butyr likewife is verie goodin that cafe,jasal- 
fo for the farcins, fullanders, and mallanders in horfes, if it bee applied thereto with rofin made 
hot: fo is ftrong bulls glew diffolved in vinegre,with quick-lime put thereto :alfo goats gall tem- 
pered with the athes of alume calcined. For the red blifters and meazils likewife, there isnora 
better medicine than the dung ofa cow orox ; and therupon they tooke the name of Boz. The 
mange in dogs, is healed with beafts bloud, fo they bee bathed therewith whiles itis frefh and 
warme 3 and afterthe fame is dried upon the bodie, to follow it a fecond time the faine day:and 
the morrow after to wath them throughly with lie made of {trong afhes, . 4 
If thorns, fpills, bones, and fuch like things have gotten into the flefhand there flicke, cats 
dung is verie, good to draw the fame forth: likewife the treddles of a goat with wine. Any rendles 
alfo,, but efpecially,that whichis found jinan hares maw, ferve in that cafe, reduced intoa falve 
withthe, powder of frankincenfeand oile; or elf with the like quantitie of birdlime, orthe ce- 
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