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" caufeth a womian to bee meet for conception, if thee ufe it prefently upon the purgation of her 
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goat or fhantois tempered with the *fea-ball, ferveth totake away haires:bur che gall of other + mize marinas 
goats thatbee tame, mollifieth the callofitie in the matrice, if apeflariebe ftrewed withall, and Seaciba ae 
monethly terms. Alfo the'fame hath a depilatorie vertue, if a linimentbe made therewith, and 
ufed to the place where the haire is plucked forth alreadie, and kept thereto three daies togither. 
Furthermore,our midwives doe warratit,thar ifa woman drinke goats urine, it will ttop all fuxes 
of bloud be they neverfo immioderat,fo that the apply alfo outwardly the dung of the faid beafts 
The pellicle or gleane wherein akid was erifolded within the dams wombe, keptunzill icbce drie 
and drunke in wine, putteth foorth the after-birth in womien. And they are of this‘opinion,thata 
fuffumigation of kids haire, is verie good for to caufe he matrice to returne when iewas falne 
downe: alfo,that to drinke their rennet,orto apply outwardly henbane feed is fingular for to ftay 
any iflue of bloud. O/ff/anes faith that if the loins or fn2il ofa womans backe, be annointed with 
the bloud of a tike taken froma blacke bull or cowthatis ofa wild kind, 1¢ will puther ourof all 
fanfies of venereous fports. He affirmeth moreover, that if {hee drinke the urine of a male goar, 
with fome {pikenard amofig to take away the lothfometatt therof, (hewill forget all iove that fhe 
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To come now unto little‘infants :there isnot a moreiproper thing for them thanbutyr,cither 
alone by it felfe,or with hony: and to {peake more particularly, it helpeth them whenthey breed 
teeth,or have their gumbs fore, or mouth exulcerat. Ifthere be hung’about thenecke of a little 
infant,the tooth of a wolfe, itkeepeth chem from ftarting or skriching in'their fleepfor fearejand 
allaieth the paine which they feele in toothing :Thefame doth allo a wolves skins And verely the 
great mafter teeth and grinders of a wolfe,being hanged about an horle neck caufe hinythat he 
thal] never tire and be wearie, be he putto never fo much running inaity race whautoever, Leta 
nource annoint her breaft with the rennet of an hare,the babe that fhe givech fucke unto fhall by 
that meansbeknit in the belly and not be troubled with the laske. Theliver of anafle witlva litle 
of the hearb Panax mingled withall dropped into the month of an infant, preferverh it from the 
falling ficknefle and other dangerous difeates; butthis¢they fay) mutt be done for foriie dayes 
togithier.Ifa child be lapped ina mantl¢ or bearing:clorh made of an‘afle skin, i: Mall notbe af 
frighted atany thing. The colts teeth that firft fall from an horfe-fole,ifthey be hung about yong 
childrens necks,eafethem much of the paine that they havein breeding tecth: burmore ettcc. 
taal they be,in cafe they never touched the ground. The milt of a becute eaten with honey,and 
the fame reduced toa liniment and applied accordingly; is good for the paine of the {plene: put 
honey thereto, it healeth the renning skalls that trouble children, The wilt of a calfelodden in 
wine,ftamped and brouglit into a liniment,healeth the cankers or little fores in the mouth that 
young infants be fubject unto, Phe magicians have a devife, to rake the brains of atemale goat, 
aiidlet it paffe through a golden ring,and to drop thefame into the mouth of infants new born, 
before the teat be given unto them: which (they fay)is fingular good againtt the falling fickneffe, 
and other infirmities that to fich babes are incident.Goats dung wrapped within apecce of cloth 
¢ and fo hanged about a young child, ftilleth it,being never fo froward or unquict, anda girleelpes 
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cially. The gumbs of yong babes wathed with goats milke, or anointed with hares brains, caufe 
them to have great eafein toothing.Caro is of opinion that whofoever ule to eat hares fleth,fhall 
fleepe well. And the common fort of people are perfuiaded, that the meat of this kind of venifon, 
caufeth them that feed upon it to looke faite,lovely, & gracious, fora wecke togither afterwards: 
Por mine own part, I thinke verely it is buta toy and meere mockeric; howbeit there muft needs 
be fome caule and reafon of this {etled opinion which hath thus generally carried the world away 
to think fo. The magicians affirme for certein,that if the eysbe anointed with the gall of afemale 
goar(fuch only as had been offred in factifice ) or laid under the pillowin bed, it will procure them *14 coi equi: 
to take their repofe who were far out of fleepe. The alhes. ofa goats horne incorporat into an un- 24 Scoring 
gucnt with oile of myrtles,keepeth thofe from diaphoreticall {weatswho are ariointed therwith. of rirg.3.Geor. 
+ Aliaiment made of bores gall ,provoketh untocarnall luft: the fame effect there is ofthat vi- piss Mohs 
rulent flime,which Virgil the Poét defctibeth to dropfrom * a maresthap, againft the time that ,., fareneaiaes 
fhee is to be covered: alfo the ftones of an horle fo dried thar they may be reduced into powder, (gs equarum, 
for to be put in drinke: moreover, the right genetoir of an afle drimke inwine as need requierh, O°2"4 2 Ue 
or tied in a bracelet faft to the arme,inciteth to venerie :furthermore,the frothie {perme that an mum Hippoma- 
alic fheddeth after he hath covered the female,gathered up in a peece of ted cloth, and enclofed “3% feuw™ 
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