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A. newkilled,with fome falc jorelfe the gall of a bat with vinegre. The fhrew irfelfe being burf.and 
fo laid frefh and warme to thefore,cureth the fame: forthis is obferved, Thatif one of chem -be 
with young when fhee doth bite,prefently thee cleaveth in funder. And in truth, thebeftand fus, 
reft meanstocure the hurt, istoapply untothe wound the verie (hrewit felfe that did the deed, 
if poffibly fhe may be had: and yetthe reft are very good: for which purpofe, they ufeco bekepe, 
either in oile,orelfe to be dawbed over with clay, to ferve in time of need: alfo che earthraken 
froma cart-rut where the wheele hath gone, is thought to bee a proper remedietor the faid bi- 
ting of afhrew, if it bee applied thereto :for it isfaid, that this creatureis by nature,{abenum- 
med or dull of mooving, that it will never goe over a cart-tract. b'to bac bs fe san 
Astouching Scorpions, the lizard named Stellio (by way of aréciprocall countrechange)is 
the greateft enemie they have:infomuch,as at the verie fight onely of the faid lizard, they wall, 
beaffrighted and aftonied and fall into cold {weats:and therefore people ule to purrifie and re- 
folve Stellions in oile, and therewith annointthe wounds that fcorpions have made, Somethere . 
be who make akind of plaftre of the faid oile andlitharge of filver boiled both togither, where- 
with theyrub and annoint the grieved place. This lizard which we name Stellio,the Greekes call 
Colotes,A{calabotes,and Galeotes :* it breedeth not within Italie: bur call ic what you will,and * And yer 
wherefoever itis to be found, fullitis of littlered {pots like lentils a fhrill noife it maketh that Mav)oe ue 
pearceth the earsand gocth through ones head; it doth catand graze like other beatts ; which be ne i ee 
marks all contrarie to our Stellions or Stat-lizards herein Italie, Burto come againe unto the rencoa, which 
pricke of {corpions :it is thought good to rub the fame with the afhes of hens dung, mixed with 9 02"'mon 
the liver of a dragon: orto take alizardthat isburften,andthe fame to apply unto the affected 
place; ora moufe likewife which is cloven in funder :alfo co lay unto the fore the very fameicor- 
pion that did the harme; or toeat him rofted: and laft ofall, to drinke ir in twocyaths of pare 
wine of the grape. Moreover, this proper qualitie have feorpions alone by themfelves, That 
they never pricke the ball of ones hand ;nor fting atall,unleffe they may touch {ome haire, Fur- 
thermore, take any little ftone whatfoever, and apply that fide which lay next the groundunto. © 
the wound, it will eafe the paine : likewife any fhell or pottheard that lieth with fome part of itco- 
vered with earth, ific be taken up and laid unto the fore, with earth and all wpon it as it was found 
lying, is {aid to heale the fame perfe@ly : but inno wife they that have the applying of it, muft 
looke behind them: they ought alfoto take heed andbe verie carefull, thatthe Sun thine not 
upon them when they are about this bufineffle, Earth-worms or madsf{tamped and laid too, are 
verie good to cure the biting of fcorpions: and yet they serve befides for many other remedies; 
in which regard, they be ordinarily preferved in honey. 3 
Forthe tting of Bees, Welps,and Hornets ; forthe biting alfo of thefe, Horfelecchescalled 
Bloudfuckers, the Howlat is counted a foveraigne thing by acertaine antipachie in nature: alfo 
whofoever carrie about them the bill ofa Woodpecker or Hickway,fhall never be annoied with 
any ofthe forefaid vermine. The fmalleft kind of Loeutts likewife, which are without wings and 
be called Attelabi,be adverfe and contrarie unto them all. baat or 
Over and befides the Infeé&ts above-named,there be in fome placescertaine Pifmires alfo ve- 
nomous, which Czcero calleth Solpugz ; but they of Grenade in Spaine, Salpugz: howbeit, few 
er noncof them aretobe found throughoughout all Italy, But what helpe isthere for hem and 
theit poifon? Surely the heartof a Reremouie, otherwife called a Bat, hath an operation which 
is adverfe not onely tothem,but-to all Ants befides. Ra. ip: 
As for the flies named Cantharides, I have fhewed before, how contrarie they be tothe ve- 
nome of the Salamander : and yet confidering how hurtfull they be themfelves anda verie poi- 
fon tothe bladder, caufing intollerable paine if they be drunke downe, much difpute and que- 
{tion there is among Phyficians, * how they fhould be taken and ufed 2For howvenomous they » Namely, 
be, it mayappeare bythe practife of acertaine Aegyptian Phyfician, whome by occafion that Ma ace 
one Cofinus a knight of Rome, a great favourit of the Emperour Nero, was infected with the j.wacdly ac. 
foule rettar called Lichen, the faid prince {ent| for out of Aigypt, tocure that difeafe : But hee all ? whether 
prepared fuchadrinke of Cantharidesfor his patient Cofim, that it quickely coft him his life eee te 
and brought him to his grave. Howbeit, there isno doubt, but being applied outwardly, they are feecor with 
not onely harmleffe but alfo verie good, efpeciallly if they be incorporat in the juice of the black ovt them ? 
wild vine calied Vva Taminia; and fheeps {ewet or goats tallow. Moreover, albeit well knowne 
itis, that thefe Cantharides be venomous, yet thofe authours that write of them be not aes | 
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