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much asat *Goats:for it isfaid, thatall Summerlong even unto the fall of the leafe, Geefe *ror Goats 
and Ravens bee continually ficke, Finally, as touching the honour which Geefe deferved and see 
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-woon by difcovering the skallade that the Frenchmen made into the Capitoll hill of Rome, 1 criicasue. 
have written heretofore. 
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25 Medicinable receits taken from dogs and other beats which are not tame, but wilds). 
_. alfofrom foules, Remedies againft the pricke or sting of the vena binta’ 
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_7Pon the forefaid occafion, for that the dogs which had thé cuftodie of the Capitoll, barked 
not when the Gaules skaled the Capitoll, there isa cuftome,yearely obferved arRome to 
_ + truffle certaine *dogs to forkes,and thusas it were critcified,to hang them alive npon an EJ, *arcerus tic 
der tree for exemplarie juftice : which execution was performed between the temple of Jvventus. eg eh 
and Summanus, Butfeeing lam thuslightuponthe mention of dogs, I muft needs difcourfe Of as wilt ieee 
them more atlarge,and the rather,for that our aunceftours in old ume obferyed many ceremo., 294 give war- 
nies about this bealt. Firft and formoft,the ancientRomans thought the fieth of fucking whelps o 715 ame 
to be fo pure and fine a meat,that they ufed to facrifice and offer them as an cxpiatorie oblation 
- to their godsfor to appeafe their laietation verely at this day they make no fcruple to fa- 
crifice a young whelpe before it be full a day old, and efpecially fuchan one as the bitch puppi- 
ed the fame morning : yea, and at the folemne feaftivall {uppers ordained for the honour of the 
gods, they forget not at this day toferve up at the table certaine difhes of young whelpes fief 
thatfucke theic dams. Moreover,that young dogs fle(h wasan ordinaric fervice at thofefumptu- | 
ousfeafts called *Aditiales,it appeareth plainly by the teftimonic of Plautws inhis*Comedies, * or Adiciaess 
Certes,itis generally thought,that for the venome called Toxicum, there is nora better coun- | Ries ee 
trepoyfon than dogsbloud. It feemethalfo that this domefticall creature taught men firft the in the Cane 
manner of difcharging and purging the ftomacke by vomit. In {umme, there area number of die: pie Sa- 
other medicinable vertues in a dog highly commended,whercof I will writes occafion fhallbe 77 wmch ss 
offered in convenient place . But for this prefentI will proceed orderly according to my firftin- 
tention and purpofe, | : 
Toreturne againe unto the flinging of ferpents,thefe rérnedies following are taken to bee ef 
feCtuall, to wit,{heepes treddles and goats dung frefh gathered and boiledin wine to the confi 
~ ftence of a liniment,and fo applied unto the place : alfo mice and rats fplitted aad fo laid horun- 
tothe wound. And verely how bafely foever men thinke of this kind of cattailesand hold them 
no betterthan vermine, yet they are not without certaine natural! properties, and thofe notto, 
be defpifed : but principally in regard of the fympathie betweene them and the planets in their 
afcent,as I havenoted heretofore :and namely, confidering how the lobes and filaments of their 
livers and bowels doe encreafe or decreafe in number, according to the daies of the Moons age, 
And thefe Magicians do report, That if one doe give unto hogs the liver of a moufe or rat with= 
in afig,they will follow the partie that gave them the morcell, They {ay moreover, that the fame 
is able to doe as much inaman : but in cafeacyath of oile be drunke upon it,itlooferh all the 
vertuc. ° * 
As touching Weafels there be twokinds of them : for there bee a wild fore different from the 
re(t in bignes,tor they be{maller: and thofe the Greeks call *Iatieles: Their gall isfaid to be very, “Which be our 
effectual againft the fting of the Afpis,whereas otherwife it is a very poyfon it felte. As for rhar Pe 
kind which keepeth about our houfen,wandering here & therein every corner, &*uleth to carie, *Some take 
her kitlings in her mouth too and fro every day from place to place and never refteth{as mine an- the'* for oar 
thor Cicere doth write)the is an enemie to ferpents,and naturally perfecureth them, Their feth 
being falred, is given tothe weightof one denier in threecyaths of wine,with great fuccefle,un- 
to thofe that be {tung by ferpents: alfo their maw farced with coriander feed, and keptin falt or 
brine ,isgood for the fame purpofe,if it be crunke in wine. But the young kitling of the Weatell 
is bett and mott effectual). 
Other vile creatures there are befides which for their bafeneffel bath toname and relate in 
this place; howbeit,becaufe fo many authors with one confent have foconftantly commended 
their medicinable properties, 1 make it a matter of confcience to pafle them over in isnt : 
confide. 
