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the working look whitifh like unto cerufé or whitelead':a foveraigne thing it is forthe infamina 
tion ofthe cies:for the hard callofitiesalfo that growupon the eyelids.Some there be who torrifie 
the forefaid greafie wooll into arearthen pot or pan,fo long untill ic have forgoneand yeeldeth 
forth all the {weat & fatcinefle;the which they fuppofe tobe the beft Oefypuin thatis for any:ero- 
fion; fretting or hardnes of the eyelids: orto cure the {cabsand{ores,yea,and the watering of the 
angles of the cies. Well, this fattie excrement thusclarified,incorporat with goote greaiescurerh 
not only theulcers of the eyes,burof the mouth alfoand members of generation: the famecem- 
pered withMelilot andBuryr maketh an excellent jiniment for all inflammations of the matrice: 
_ the chapsalfo and {welling pilesor biggsin the fundament. Many other vertues it hath, which 
will digeftinto their feverall places,and {peak of them accordingly. Astouching the filthy excre- 
ments hanging to fheepstailes;and baltered togetherintoround pils or balsf they be driedand 
fo beatento pouder, are fingular forthe teeth, yea,though they.fhooke in the:head afthey berub- 
bed therwith;alfo for the gums,though there were gotten into thema cankerows{ore:Nowcons 
cerning fleece wooll that is pure andwathed, eitherby itfelfe alone, ovelfe with fulphur vif, it is 
paffing good tobeapplied untoany place in paine,whereof the caufeis norevidentandknows : 
whichalfo being teduced into afhes,isfoveraign for the accidents which happen unto the privie 
* Nolovibus co~ 
parts.In fum, of {uch vertueis wooll,that there is no cataplafme,pultefle,or plafire, in manerap- ©” 
pliedtoagrievedplace,but the fame hath wooll laid overit. The fame alfo hathafingular vertue 
aboveall things, torecover the appetite of meatia the very fheepe that bare it,in cafe they have 
lofttheir ftomacks & feed not: for plucke the woollthat groweth to their tailes,and therewith tie 
the fameas hard asis poffible,you {hall {ee them: prefently fall to their meat: Buricis {aid withall, 
thatthe reft of the tail which is underneath the faid knot where it was bound wil quickly become 
mortifiedyand dic. | arid 83 ced nk io sbiyanur va Hi bse 
2 coh >) Crapoddirt. 1203 2011,S 
e& The nature and properties medicinable of Egeti 
Reatfocietie and affinitie there is between wooll and egssinthis regard, That if they beap: , 
plied both togitherin a frontall to the forehead, they reprefle all violent fluxes & rheums 
falling into the eies:but you need nottake for this purpofe any wool] that hath ben drefled 
orclenfed with the*Pullers {couring weed : neither is it required.that in this cafe there fhouldbe 
ufed any more burthe white of anegg,and the fame ought to be intfufed or fread upon the fore- 
faid wooll, with the powder of frankincenfe : and in very truth, the white of an egg alone, if it be 
inftilled or dropped into the eies, is fufficient to reftreine the flux of humors thither, yea andto 
cooleany horrheume or inflammation incidentto them; Howbe:t, fome thinke it better to put 
faffron thereto,and ufe this gleere or white of the egg beaten,in ftead of water, for all collyries or 
medecins appropriat to the cies; The white ofan egg incorporat with frefh butyr,is fo foveraign 
for the red and bloudfhotten eieswhich put little children to paine, as none in the world better; 
nay there is not in a maner any other ufed in thatcafe. Fhe fame beaten and tempered with oile, 
affuageth the heat of S. Authonies fire, if there be levesof beets laid upom the place and kept. 
_bound thereto. The white of an egg incorporat with falliormoniacke finely pulverized,doth ex- 
teridand turne backward the haires ofthe cie-lids which grow inward into the ies: the fame with 
pine nut-kernels and alittle hony mingled withall,and foreduced into a liniment,taketh away the 
pimples that arife in the face: annoint the vifage therewith, itwill keepe it from being fun-burnt. 
* Raticula, 
called before 
Struthinm. 
If one be fcalded with hotwater, lay quickly an egg tothe place, yelke white, and all rogither, it * 
will take our the fire and preferve it from bliftering :fome put theretobarley meate anda litte 
falt : but fay the place be biiftered and exulcerat with any burne ot {cald, parched barley with the 
white of an egg and {wines greaceyis an excellent medecine to healethe fore: and the fame ca 
taplafme is much ufedin the cure of the hamorrhoids, piles, and chaps of the fundementsand 
efpecially in children,for to reduce the tiwill into the right placesif it hang forth: for the rifts and 
chaps which appearein thefeet,takethe white of anegg fodden or rofted,the weight of two de- 
niets of cerufe,as much of letharge of filver, and myrrhe, with a little quantitie of wine ;incor- 
porat all togither intoa catapla{me,there is nota better medecine for them: and for the inflant- 
mation called S, Amthonies fire, the white of an egg beaten togither with Amydum or ftarch- 
floure is right foveraigne. Iris faidmoreover,that the white of an egg is very good to congluti- 
nat or fowderany wound, yea and toexpell the ftone and gravell outof thebodic. 
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