of Plinies Naturall Hittorié. 339 
Av reous matter in the bee-hive called Propolis. 
Furthermore, the greace of an afleis fingular toreduce any {wert {ploches and. blacke skats to. 
a fiefh and native colour; which, ifthey overgrowsthe skin about them, are brought downe and. 
made more even and fubtile, by an inunGtion of calves gall: but the Phyficians prepare the faid: 
gall with an addition of myrrhe, honey, and faffton, and.then putit upin.abrafen box for their 
ule: yet fome there be,who mingle with thereft verdegris or. the raft of braffe. 
re sist apboté Pe sarees: goo! 
oe Ripaileappropriat 16 the wialadies of women, and the difeafes of fucking babes : 
iret alforemediesforthem that ave unable to perfourme the 
rs at of generation, 
O begin with the natural! courfe of womens puirgation: the gall of a bull or ox,appliedun- 
totheir fecret parts in unwafhed greafie wooll, is very effeciuall to bring the fame downe. 
The skilfull midwife of Thebes, O/ypias,uled to put thereto* byflope and fal-nitre. For + gy 24m; 
this purpofe, harts horne burnt to afhes is verie good to bee taken in drinke. Burif the matrice:fome read oF 
be out oforder and unfetled, itis not amiffe to apply the fame afbes unto che natural parts: jean iinet 
and bulls gall rogither with * Opium tothe weight oftwo oboli; or els perfume their fecret parts ries call Hy/fo- 
with a{ufiumigation of deers haire.Morepver,itis faid,that the hinds when they perceive them- ?” sie: is 
felvesto bein calfe, {wallow downea little ftone; which is fingular good for women with childto an wrewiia 
catrie about them, thatshey may goe out their full time: and therefore much feeking there is af- filth and{weat 
terthisftone,which iscommonly found among their excrements at {uch atime ; or elle in their fc: es 
wombe, if haply they be killed with calfe,for then isit tobe had there alfo. Moreover, there are’ wing in theeps 
found ¢ertaine little bones in the heartand matrice of an hind, and thofe beepafling good. for fanks: 
: s { : s ? O;é0,fome 
great bellied women, and{uch as be in travaile of childbirth: As for chat ftonie fubftance refem- 5654. pio, 
bling a pymih, which in like manner isfoundia the wombe of kine, [have fpoken alreadie. in i. perfley, 
my difcourfe of Kine, and theirnature. Ifthe matrice of a woman bee growne hard, and havea 
~ {cirrhe in it, the fat of a wolfe will mollifie it: if it be grieved with paine, the liver of a wolfe affua~ 
geth the fame. When women bee neare their time, and readie to crie out, it is good for them:-to 
eat wolves flefh: or if when they fall firftto travaile there bee but one by thera who hath eaten 
therof:and this is {uch an effectual ching that if chey were fore/poken, or indirectly dealt withalk 
by forcerie and witchcraft,thisis thought to eafethem of paine, and procure them fpcedie deli- 
verance, But in cafe fuch a one as hath eaten wolves fleth, chauncetocome intorhe chamber 
when a woman isin the mids of her travaile, fhee fhall {urely havea hard bargaine,and die of its 
_ Moreover, great ufe thereis of the hare in all womens infirmities stor che lungs of an hare dried; 
made into powder, and taken in drinke,iscomfortable to the matrice,and helpeth it in many ac- 
cidents thereof :the liver drunke with Samian earth in water, flaicth the exceffive Aux of their 
fleurs: the rennet of their maw fetcheth away the after-birth when it flaieth behind ; but then in 
any wife the woman mult notbath oriweatin baine the day before :the fame rennet appliedasa 
cataplaime upon a quilt of wooll, with faffcon & the juice of porres,forceth the dead infant with= 
in the mothers womb to come forth, Many are of opinion, that ifa woman eatwith her meat che 
matrice of an hare,fhe fhall thereupon conceive a man-child if fhe companie with her husband, 
And {fomefay, that the genetoirs of the male hare,yea & the rendles, are good for that purpofes 
And itisthought,that ifa woman who hath given ovet bearing children,do eatthe young leve- 
ret taken forth of the dams belly when fhe is newly bagd, (he will find the way againe to conceive 
and breed {rehly as before.But the magicians do prefcribe the husband al{o to drinke the blond 
ofan hare, for fo (fay they) hee fhall fooner get his wife with child. Andthey affieme moreover; 
that ifa maiden be defirous that her brefts or paps fhould not grow any more,butfland alwaies 
at one ftay knit up round aad {inall, the isto drinkenine treddles or grains of hares dung:and for 
the fame intent they advife a virgin to rub her bofome with the hares rennet and honey togither: 
- alfo to annoint the place with hares bloud where the haire is plucked off, ifthey be defirous that 
it fhouldnot growagaine. As touching the ventofities and inflation of the matrice, itis goodto 
ufe thereto a liniment made of bores or {wines dung, incorporat with oile: but in this difeafe, ie 
were better for to reprefle the {aid windineffe and flatuofitie,to {pice a cup with the powder of the 
faine dung dried and give it to the woman to drink;for whether fhe be vexed with wrings whiles 
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