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trochifchs made weighing five drams apeece, which are ufually kept ina readineffe forto bee 
drunke in three cyaths of water as a countrepoifon and countrecharme, againft all venomous 
confections and devilifh forceries : for which purpofe ferveth alfoa young fucking weazill pre- 
paredin manner aforefaid. The rennet ina lambs maw likewife, is pafling good for any fuch in- 
direct means wrought by poifon or witchcraft: like as the bloud of ducks and mallards bred in 
therealme of Pontus: and therefore their bloud is ordinarily kept drie in athicke mafle, and as _ 
need requireth is diffolved and given in wine. But fome thinke,that the bloud of the female duck 
gefier As berter chan thar of the mallard or drake. Semblably, the geflier of a ftorke, and the rennet or 
r read of afheepe, is thought to be fingular good for any poifons whatfoever, The broth or deco- 
ction of Coleworts boiled withrams mutton, hatha peculiar vertue againft the Cantharides. 
Ewes milke alfo drunke warme,availeth much againftall poifons,unlefle tbe the venomousflie py 
Bupreftis, or the deadly hearbe Aconitum, The dung of wild quoifts or ftockdovestakén in 
drinke, hath a fpeciall vertueto helpe thofe that have drunke quicke-filver. Finally,the flefhof 
the ordinarie or common houfe-weazill kept in fale, isaprefent countrepoifon againft all ve- 
nome that goeth under thename of Toxicum, if one drinke of it the weight of two drams. 
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Og Medecines to bring aire againe in places that by [ome difeafe are bald : alfo torid away nits: 
for to rectific and keepe in order the eye-lids, and the'haire growing thereupon: for to 
cure the pearle in the eye : and generally for all the accidents bfalling tothe ] 
eyes: baftly, for the smpoftumat kernels behind the cars, 
He naked places in head or beard, are replenifhed againe with haire by a liniment made of ~ 
the afhes of theeps dung incorporat in Cyprin oile & hony:alfo with the afhes of mules 
Z or mullets houfes, applied with oile of myrtles. Our countreyman and Latine writer Yarro- 
Ge Tatin® affirmeth moreover, That the dung of mice (which he by a proper namecalleth * Mufcerda)is 
ter the fame @2COnvEenient medicine for the {aid infirmitie and defect: he attributeth alfo the fame operation 
Reed to the heads of flies applied freth to the bald place, if fo bee the fame were before rubbed hard, 
of fine, su 20d in fome fort fretced with afigtree leafe. Some ule in this cafe the bloud of flies: othersmin- 
cerda; of kine gle their athes with the afhes of paper ufed in old time,or els of nuts; with this proportion, thae 
andor) B there bea third part onely of the afhes of flies to the reft, and herewith for ten daies togither rub 
the ordure of the bare places where the haire is gone. Some there be againe, who temper and incorporat to- 
men, Hemerda. gither the faid afhes of flies with the juice of the colewort and breft-milke: othets take nothing 
thereto but honey.Certes, a flraunge thing it is of thefe flies, which aretaken tobe as fenflefle 
and witlefle creatures, yea and ofas little capacitie and underftanding as any other whatfoever: 
“ae and yer at the folemne games and plaies holden everie fifth yeere at Olympia, no fooner is the - 
she Painims, 1 Dull factificed there to the Idoll or god of Flies called *Myiodes, butaman fhall fee (a wonder- 
take to be cal- full ching to tell) infinit thoufands of flies depart out of that territorie by flights, as it were thick 
ean the ho- clouds.But to come againe to the forefaid infirmitie of haire-{hedding: the afhes of the heads, 
Helababs tails, yea and the wholebodies of mice burnt, are very good to make it come againe ; efpecially 
if the haire went off by occafion of fome venomous matter or poifon : fo are the athes of an ur- 
chin or hedgehog medled with honey: or the skin thereof burnt and applied with tar. Asforthe 
head alone of an urchin confumed into athes, it isthought fo effectuall for this purpofe, that it 
will caufe haire to grow againe upon a skar :butfor the cure of the forefaid defect of haire, called - 
Alopecia, the places ought before the application of thofe topicke medicines, to bewell pres 
pared with the razour,and a finapifme or rubificative made of muftard-feed,untill the place look 
red :howbeit, fome chufe rather co take vinegre unto it. Here note by the way, that whacfoever 
vertue we attribute unto hedgehogs, the {ame is more effedtuall in the porkefpine . Moreover, 
Lizards torrified yea and calcined asI have fhewed before;, with the root of reeds or canes that 
bee greene and newdrawne (which that it may. burne the better with the Lizards ,oughttobee 
fliced {mall) yeeld athes, which becing incorporat well in oile of myrtles, doe retaine the haire 4, 
and keepe it from thedding, if the place be annointed therewith: and the greene lizards in this 
cure and operation be fimply the beft : But if yon would have this medicine to worke more effe- 
ually, put thereto falt, bears greace, and onions ftamped, Some there be, who inten fextars of 
old oile feeth ren greene lizards, and therewith make a liniment, thinking it fufficient therewith 
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