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and refolved, in whatpatt that venome ‘lyeth:forfome there be who are of opinion, that their G. 
feet are poifon ; others thinke, that their mifchiefe is allin ther head : and there be againe, who! 
denie both :but wherefoever the {aid poifon lieth all concludejoyntly upon this point, tharr heir 
wings be medicinable therefore, and doe cure the fame, As forthe generation of thefe daunge~ 
rous flies, they be engéndred of certaine little grubs or wortnes, and moft commonly upointhe: 
{pungeotis balls which wee {ee to growupon theftalke or flemiof the'Eglantine:but furelythe 
greateft plentie of then: breedin an afhtree, As for others which comeof a white-rofe bufh, 
theyareriotfo vehement in operation as che reftsand-of them all, thofe warke moft violently, 
which are {potted and of divers colours, ftreaked with yellow lines overthwart their wings; and 
~ befidés are verie plumpe and fat. The fmaller fort, which alfo are broad and hairie, are nothing 
* For that hee 
kilied himfelfe 
at Vtica, 
* Some read, 
thirtie. 
fo powerfull and {peedie in their operation: But the woorft ofall,and leaft effeGuall:in Phyficke,, 
bee thofe which ate of one entire colour, andleane withall. Nowforthe manner of preparing 
and ordering of them for phyficall ufes: they would bee gotten when rofes be fully out: heaped: 
up togither into one inaffe, and fo beftowed in an earthen pot not pitched, vernifhed or nealed,: 
the mouth whereof is clofe {topped witha linnen cloth :then are they to be hanged up withthe, 
mouth of thefaid pot downeward over fome vinegre boiling with falt, untill {uch timeas by the 
fume or vapour thereof fteeming through the faidlitinen clout, they be choked andkilleds and 
akerwards they be laid up and referved fornfe. Of acaufticke and burning nature sheyare, info, 
much as they will raife blifters,yea and leave an efchatre upon the exulcerat place. arr 
OF the like force bee the wormes Pityocampz, breeding in pitch trees: fo isthe venomous. 
flie or beetle called Bupreftis: and after the fame manner be they prepared as the Cantharides: 
all the fort ot them in generall be mofteffeQuall to kill the leprofie, and ill-favoured rettars cal- 
led Lichenes. Befides, they have the name to provoke womens monethly terms , and urine: 
which isthe caufe, that Hippocrates pre{cribed themtobee ufedina dropfie. To conclude with, 
thefe Cantharides, I thinke it not amifle to note, that Caro, furnamed */ricen/is was accufed and, 
endited for felling of poifon ; becaufe in the generall portfale of the kings goods, among other 
mooveables, hee held Cantharides at threefcore Sefterces the pound, and madefo much mo~ 
ney of them, 
Cuap, v. 
e& Of the Offrich greace,and ofamad dog : of Lizards, Geeft, Doves, and 
Weafils, with the medicines that they doe yceld. 
Cannot chufe bur relate alfo bythe way, upon this occafion miniftred, thatar the fame tiie - 
Ottrich greafe was fold for * fourefcore fefterces the pound: and in truth it ismuch better for 
any ufe that it {hall be put unto than goofe greafe. ; OCH 
Astouching divers {orts of venomous honey, Lhave written alreadie: but for to reprefle the 
poifon thereof, itis good to ufe other honey wherein a number of bees have been forcedto die: 
and fuch hony fo prepared and taken in wine, is a foveraign remedie for all thofe accidents which 
maycoine by eating orfurfetting upon fifh, — TOK 
For the biting of a mad dog, Fake the athes of a dogs head burnt, and apply irto thefore,st 
will fave the patient froin that fymptome of beeing afraid of water ; which 1s incidentuntofuch 
as be {o bitten.[ And now by occafion of {fpeech, know thus much oncefor all, Thatall things 
which are to be calcined, require one and the fame name of burning ;to wit, within new. €ar- 
then pot never occupied before, well luted allover with ftrong cley, and fo fetinto.an ovemor 
furnace untill fuch timeasthe contentsbe calcined.] The {aid afhes made of adogs head;is fin- 
gular Sood likewife to be drunke inthe fame cafezand therefore fome there bee who have given 
counfell, to eat alfo a dogs head, Ozhers feeke-afterthe wormes that breed in the carkaffe of a 
dead dog, and hang the fame faft about the necke or armeof the partie that is bitten: orelfe 
they Jap within a‘cloth fome of the menftruall bloudof awoman, and putitunderthe cupor 
spots bottome, out of which the patient drinketh. Andthere bee fome againe, whoburne the M — 
haires of the fame mad doggs raile, and conveigh their. afhes handfomely in fome tentof lint 
into the wound. Moreover, it iscommionly faid;that as many'as have a dogs head about them, 
no other dogs will come nearero doe then} any hare. In like manner, if aman carrie adogs 
* totigue in his fhoe under his great toe, there will no doggs bay or barkeat him: or if hee have 
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