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of Plinies Naturall Hiforie. 
about hima weazils taile, which hath been let goe againe after it was cut away. There isto bee 
found under the tongue of a mad dog, acertaine flimie and groffe fpittle, which beeing givenin 
drinke to thofe that are bitten, keepeth them from the teare of water; which fymptome the 
Greekes call Hydrophobia : but the beft and tnoft foveraigne remedie of all orher, is the liver of 
thefame dog that in his madneffe bit any bodie, ‘eaten raw, if poffibly it may be; if nor, yet fod- 
den or boiled any way; or elfe to caufe the patient for to fiip the broth thar is made of the fame 
doggs fleth. Thereis a certaine little worme in doggs tongues, called by a Grecke name Lyitra, 
which if it be taken out when they be young whelps, they will never after proove mad nor loofe 
their appetit to meat. The fameworme given tofuch as are bitten wich a mad dégg, preferverh 
them from beeing mad but with this‘charge, thacbefore they take the fame, ir mutt bee catried 
three times about thefire. Alfo the braines of acocke, capon, or hen, is fingiilar good againf 
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- the biting of amad dogg: but if one have eaten the fame, the vertue thereof enduteth but for 
that yeere onely,and no longer. Iris commonly faid,that the creft or combe of a cocke well bru- 
fed and {tamped, andfolaidin manner of acataplafine to the place bitten; is verie effeCtuali to 
cureit:asallothe greafe of a goofe incorporat with honey, Furthermore, fome there be who 
ufe to fale the fleth of dogs which have been mad, and fo keepeit to give in meat untothofe who 
chaunce tobe bitten by others. There be, who take fome young whelps, male or female accor- 
diigtothe fex of dogg or bitch that hath bitten any one, and prefently dtowne them in. water, 
caufing thepatientto eat their livers.raw. The yellow or reddith dung of a cocke er hen, diffol- 
ved in vinegre andapplied to the fore, is fingular good, ‘The atfhes alfo of an bardyfhrews taile ; 
provided alwaies, that the fhrew wete Jet goe alive, foloone as thee was curt-tailed . Moreover, 
a peece of clay taken from afwallows nelt, made into a liniment with vinegre: or the afhes of 
young fwallows newly hatched and burnt: the old skin alfo or flough which a {nake ufeth to caft 
off inthe {pring time, ftamped with amalecrab-fifhjand with wine brought intoa cataplaf{me, 
be all efpeciall remedies for the biting of amaddog. As for this skin or fpoileof a {nake, if it be 
putalonein a chift, prefle,or wardrobe, among cloaths, itwill kill the moth. Butto come again 
untoamad dog: his poifon isfo ftrong, that whofoever doe but tread upon his urine, efpecially 
if they have any fore or ulcer about them, they fhall fenfibly teele hurt thereby, Nowwhar re- 
medie is there for fuch? None beiter than the dung of a caple,well wet and tempered with vine- 
gre, and the fame laid very hote within afig tothe forefaid fore, Thefe may feemetofome men 
ftraunge things and monftrous;but lefle will they woonder hereat, when they fhall heare and ; 
confider, thataftone which a* dog hath taken up with bis mouth and bitten, will caufe debate *Forthe ma- 
and diffention in the companie where it is: and yet this is held fora certaine truth, infomuchas »¢erof dogis 
it is growne into a conimon proverbe andby-word, when wee perceive thofe that dwellinvone © 75 278° 
houfe togither to be evermore jarring and at variance one with another, to fay, You haveadog- thatis thrown 
bitten {tone here among you. Againe, whofoever maketh water in the fame place wherea dog *, mene 
hath newly piffed, fo. as both urines be mingled togither, thallimmediatly finda coldnefle and the partie that 
aftonithmenrin hisloins,asfolkefay, afi ‘ «flung it where 
_ That kiad of lizard, which of fome Greckes is called Seps, of others Chalidice, hath a ve- SMG ees, « 
nomous tooch: howbeit, the fame worme-or ferpent taken in drinke, cureth the bit which it Greekewareie 
felfe inflicted. to Ese } : at Hale caus 
If wild weazils have empoifoned any bodie, let the patient take a large draught of the broth “~~ 
of an old cocke, hee fhallfind it to beea verie foveraigne remedie therefore: but above all,iris 
raoft effectual againft the poifon of the hearbe Aconitum; but then it mutt be given with ale 
tle faltamong. : . . f 
Againft the poifon of venomous Tadftoles and burtfull mufhromns, hens dung (I meane that 
pattalone which is white) {odden with * hyffope or honeyed wine, is fingular good, for it re- * Jn byflapo dex 
preffeth andkilleth the malice thereof. And the fame otherwife keepeth downe ventofities and cof, ave mnl- 
ftuffing of the ftomacke, readie to’ choke one, Whereat [cannot chufe bur marveile much, i le 
confidering that if any otherliving creatures doetaft never fo little of the faiddung (butman dum in mslfos 
of woman onely) they fhall bee exceedingly vexed with wind in the belly, and other grievous ¢- Barks wi 
wrings and torments, icc ae I 
The Sea-hare isknowne to be venomous; but goofe bloudtaken with an equall quantitie of in honeyed 
oile is a foveraigne countrepoifon for it. Of this bloud, incorporat with thebeft Terra Sigillata “"* 
of the ifland Lemnos,and the juice of the $. c#44ry thiftlecalled Bedegnar, there be excellent 
li ij ttochifchs 
