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honey mingled togither, it will canfe the breath to bee the {weeter :afuttamigation ot pérfurne Gr 
_therof,is fingular for the frenfie : applied with the oile of rofesyirftanchethbleeding atthe anole’: 
or otherwife ifthe ears be well {topped therewith, and alittle garlick convéied withallchereinto, 
Moreover, it is laid unto inveterat {ores with good fuccefle,fo that honey be put thereto Soake 
wooll in wine, vinegre,or cold water and oile,and then wring and preffe che fame forth it healeth 
any,wound, The wooll of a ram well wafhed in cold water,and atterwardsfteeped in oile,is fingu- 
Jar for womensinfirmities, and particularly allaieth the inflammation of the matrice: but imcafe 
it be falne downward and readie to flip out of the badic,a perfume therof teceived beneath, ftai- 
eth the fame and keepeth it up. The fattie wooll of a fheep being either applied,or pupop im ma-= 
ner ofa peffarie,draweth down the dead infant out of che mothers belly: and yet the fameorher 
wife repreffeth the immoderat Alyx of womens fleuts. If itbecouched hatd and clofe within the 
wound occafioned by the biting of a mad dog, itferveth togreat purpofe;but with this charee, 
Thatit be kept bound thereto & not removed untill the feventh day be paft : applied untowhit- 
flaws and impoftumations about the naile-roots, with cold, water, itcuretnthem :thefame, if ie 
be dipped and {oked, in a medly made of falnitre,brimftone,oile,vinegre ,and taryall diffolved'to- 
pither and readie to boile, and fo laid as a catapla{me to the loinsas horasithe patient catiabide 
it,changing it twice a day appeafeth the pain of thofe parts. Takethe greafie wooll ofaram,bind 
therewith very hard the joints ofthe extreame parts, as namely the fingers and toes, youfhallfee 
how itwill ftaunch bleeding [Howbeit note this, thatthe wooll growing upon the fheeps neck, 
is ever be{t and moft medicinable: and if we regard the countrey trom whence it commeth, that 
of Galatia, Tarentum, Attica, and Miletum,is alwaies reputed better than any ocher.] Further- 
more, the greafie or {weatie wooll ofa theepe, is proper to be applied unto. any raw places where 
the skin is fretted off,to contufions, bruifeslooking black and blew, ftrokes,crufhes,rufhessrubs, 
and gals ;as alfo forthem who are tumbled downe from fome high place;for the head-ach and 
other pains; and laftly, for the inflammation or heat of the ftomack,being decently applied with 
vinegre and oilerofat. Reduced into athes and ufed asa liniment, it is fingular for them that be 
-cruthed or {quezed,wounded,burnt,or {calded. This afhes entreth alfo into colyries & eyefalves: 
it ferveth for hollow ulcers & fiftuloes : like as for the ears when they run filchte matter. Forthefe 
purpoles above {pecified,fome fheare it from the.theeps backe; others chufe rather to plucke it: 
and when they have clipped off the upmoft parts or forced, lay # forth to drie: they tozc and card 
italfo, and then beftow it in an earthen pot not fully baked, which they befmeare all over with 
honey ,and fo burne and calcine it to afhes : others put under,{mall chips or flices of corchwood, 
and lay certain beds or courfes therof between the locks of wooll;and after they have befprinkled 
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the fame with oile, fet al! on fire: which done, the athes that come thereof they put into little _ 
pans or veflels,& poure water thereupon : and after they have well ftirred the faid athes with their 
hands,they fuffer it to reft and fettle downe to the bottom 3 which they do oftentimes, & alwaies 
chaunging the water untill {uch time as a man may perceive the afhes at che tonguesendto be 
* is ejusfme- fomewhataftringent, but not biting : and then they lay up this afhes fortheir ufe.A great*{cou- 
chica eft,outot yer andcleanfer this is, and therefore moft effetuall to mundifiethe eye-lids, 
Diofe. not fep- 
sicaasiscom- Moreover,the very filthie excrements of theep,& the {weat {ticking to the wool] of their flanks 
monlyread: between their legs and theconcavities thereabour(which they call Ocfypum)is thoughtto have 
eon infinit number of medicinable properties : but the beft Ocfypum fimply is that which commeth 
it bite nor at from the fheep bred about Athens. This {wet or filthie excrement, call it whar you will,is prepa- 
all. red and ordered many waies ; but the principallis that whichis gathered from the wooll new] 
taken from between the legs and (houlders of the fheepe,and prefently tozedready for to becar- 
ded: others are contentto take the {weatie filth of any wooll, fo itbee frefh plucked or clipped 
from the fheep ; and whether it be the one fort orthe other, they lec itdiffolve over a foft fire in a 
pan of braffe : which done, they fet it a cooling,and cake off the fatthatfwimineth aloft,& gather 
it into an earthen veflell. As for the reft which remained behind of the firft ftuffe,they fer ic upon 
the fire again, that the fatneffe may boile forth of it: after this,the fat that foted above,as well the 
* Sica ,or fotmeras the latter,they wafhin cold water,and lec*it driein.alinnen-cloth, expofe it co the heat 
tather Sacca- of the Sun, that it may frie therein untill it be blanched white and looke pure and cleate: then is © 
tur. ftreine it ; ce Naar ey: 
through alin- 2¢ PUt Up in tin boxes or pewter pots, and referved for ufe. The true marke to know whichis good 
hen bag, Ocfypum,after it isthus tried and putrified,is thus:If it haveairanke {mell ftill of the firftfilthines 
which it had from the fheepe :alfo,if when yourub it with your hand in water, itmeltnot, burin 
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