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within filverand fo carried about one, is of great power. in this cafe, as offames mine auth 
faith. But Sa/pe(a famous courtizan) giveth directionto plunge the genitall member of this beat 
feven times togither in hot oile,and with the faidoile to annoint the, fhare and parts thereabout, 
Bislcon advifeth to drinke the athes of the {aid member, or the ftale of abull prefenuy after hee 
hath done hiskindto a cow,and with the earth that is moiftened & made mire with the faidftale, 
to anoint the privie parts. Contrariwife,thereis not a thing that cgolechthe Luftofa man more, 
- than toannointthe faid parts with the\dung of myceand rats. Toconclude, for 10, avoid drums 
kenneffe,take the lungs of an hog, be it bore or fow it matters nor; in like manner of a kid, an 
roftit; whofoever eateth thereof fafting, fhall not be drunke that day, how liberally foever hee 
take his drinke, 7 ‘bey ee em 7) 
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oS Strasngeand wonderfullthings obfervedinbeafts, 
~~ Here be other admirable properties and vertues reported of che fame beaft, over and be- 
Tic es tho{e before rehearfed ; for itis faid that whofoever do find and take up an horfe {hoe 
thaken from the houfe (an ordinarie thing that happeneth upon the way when a horfe ca- 
fteth his {hooe)and lay the fame up, they (hall find a remedie for the yox,if they doe but call to 
tind and thinke upon the place wherethey beftowed the fame. Alfo, that the liver of an Hare 
is in th:s regard tor curing of the hicket, like to an horfe {hoe . Moreover, ifan borfe doe follow 
in chafe after a wolfe, and chaunce to tread upon the tracts where the wolfe hath run, heewillbe - 
broken winded and burit,even under the nvan upon his backe. Itis thought moreover, that the 
ankic bones of {wine, have apropertie to make debate and quarrels. Alfo,when any fheep-pens 
or ox-flalsbe ona fire, if fome of the dung be caft forth, the theepe and oxen thatbe within will 
fooner be gotten and drawn forth,and never come thither againe. Furthermore, that goats flefh 
will have no ranke fmell or taft, if fo bee the fame day chat they were killed, they did eat barley 
bread, or drinke water wherein Lafer wasinfufed, Befices, thatno flefh which is powdred well 
with [alin the wane of the moone, {hall evercorrupt and be fubjedtto worme ormaggot. Bur 
fee how diligent & curious our aunceftors have been infearching:@ut the fecrets ofevery thing; 
inforauch as wee find obferved by them, That a deafe Hare will fooner feed and grow fat, than 
another thatheareth. . odd ) . 
Andtocome unto leechcraft belonging to beafts: itis faid, that if an horfe void bloudexcef- 
fively, it is good to poure or inje@ into the bodie, hogs dung withwine. As for themaladies of 
kine and oxen, tallow, fulphur-vif, crow garlicke, afodden [hens ]egg, are fingular good me. 
dicinesto be given everie one of them beaten togither in wine: the fat alfo of a foxis good in 
that cafe, If {wine be difeafed, the broth made of horfe-fleth fodden, is verie good:to bee given 
them in their wath to drinke, And in what difeafe foever it be of all foure-footed beatts, thereis 
nota better remedie than tofeeth a goat all whole, in the very skin anda land toad togither.Alfo 
itisfaid,that atox willnot couch any cocks, hens, or {uch like pullen,that have eaten(before)the | 
dried liver of a Reinard ; nor thofe hens which a cock having acollarabout hisneck ofa fox skin, 
hath troden. The like effets are reported of a weazils gall : As alfo thatkine and oxen both in 
the Ifland Cyprus, when they are troubled with the belly-ach, cure themfelves with eating the 
excrements of aman: Thatthe cleys of kine and oxens feet will not weare co the quicke nor bee 
furbated, if their hornes before were annointed with tarre : That wolves will not come into any 
Jordihip or territorie, if one of them be.taken, and when the legs are broken, be let bloudwitha 
knife by little and little, fo as the fame may be {hed about the J:mits or bounds of the faid field, 
as he is drawne along, and then the bodiebee buried inthe very place where they began firftro 
~ drag him, Others take the. plough-fhare from the plough wherewith the firft furrow was made 
that yeere in the field, and put it into the fire burning upon the common herth ofthe houfe,and 
there lec it lye untill it be quite confumed: and looke how long thisis in doing, folong fhall the 
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wolfe doe no harme to any living creature within that territorie or lord{hip. Thus much by-way M 
of digrefion : now is it time to return unto the difcourlé of thofe living creates which be raun- 
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