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dogs haire downe to a bend or péece of cloth, and faften the fame clofe to the faid forehead. « é. 
“Letus come lower to the eye-lids: It is faid, that if one doe catthe brains ofa crowwithmear, 
it will make the haire there to grow:{o doth thetried greace of {weatie wooll¢alled Ocfypuim, if - 
the edges or brims ofthe eyelids be anointed withit and myrthe hore, withia fine penfill: Many 
_ promife the fame effed,ifthere be taken the afhes of flies and mice dung, of €ach an-equall por- 
¥ 3.0one whele 
fcriptule or 
feruple, 
* Sicer folatis 
profunt. 
This {cor- 
ching and 
roughnetie 
of the skin or 
face,is calied 
by Phyficians 
Ephelrs. 
*As one wold 
fay, mads ofa 
Viper. 
* Stomachi to~ 
_tin]q, corporrs 
temperiem , fe- 
raf Z, evatcs, EX 
Diofe. ; Kecyi~ 
pss vine 
tion ;foas they both togither amount to the weight of halfe a'dram or denier Romane adding 
thereto of Stibi or Antimonium * two fix parts ofa denier ;fo asthey bee all incorporat with 
Oefy pum aforefaid,and therewith the eye-lids be annoinred. Likewife young niiceare emploied 
tothe{ame purpofe, beeing braied in a mortar with old wine to the confittence of thofe mede- 
eines which be called Acopa,and prepared for to diffolve Jaffitudes. Ifany‘hairs prowinthe eie- 
lids untowardly and bee offenfive tothe eyes, or ott srwife,plucke them foorth and annoint the 
place with the gall of an urchin, they will never grow againe totrouble you‘of the fame opera. 
tion and effect, is the humor or liquor that the eggs of the Star-lizard called Stellio; doe yeeld 
from them: the athes of a Salamander: the gall of a greene Lizard, tempered with white wine 
and permitted in che Sun to thicken anddrie untill it have gotten the confiltence of honey, lying 
all che while in fome bafon or veffell of braffe :theafhes of young {wallows with the milkie juice 
ofthe Tithymall: and aft of all, the flime or froth that iffueth fromfhell-fnails, 
Tocome nearer tothe very eyes: the fierie red {pots ot pearls appearing in the chryftalline 
humor, which the Greeks call Glaucomata, may be cured (as our magicians fay) with the brains 
ofa young whelpe or puppie that is but feven daies old ; fo as the chirurgian.with his probe or in- 
firument,doe conveigh the fame gainly on the right fide, ifthe right eye be amifie 5 and contrari- 
wife on the left fide; it the other eye beaffe@ed, And fome of them affirme, thatthe freth gall of 
aioulecalied Afio will doeas much :this A fio, is of the biggeftkind of owles,who have certein 
feathers pricking up like ears. C4 polionius Pitenaus was of opinion, that forto cure the cataract 
tithe eye, the gall of a dog was better thanthat of the Hyzena, fothat it were applied thereto 
with honey :2nd he was perfuaded,that the fame would take away the white {pots or pearls of the 
eye,called Albugines. Itis a generall fpeech, thattoclarifie and quicken the eye-fight that is dim 
and overcaft with amift or clowd,acollyric or eye-falve made with the afhes of mice heads and 
their tails, mixed with honey, is a fingular medicine: butthe fame would be much better in cafe 
the {aid falve were made up with the afhes of heads and tailesboth,of doraiice,or the wild field- 
mice: or atleattwife with the brains or gall of an egle. The greace and afhes of arat burnt atid ~ 
well incorporat 11a mortar with the bett Atticke honey, isa foveraigne remedie for weeping and 
waterie eyes: {ois Antimonium, otherwife called Subi; but what thisis, | meane to declare im 
nny treatife of Minerals, The athes of a weazill is good for the cataract: fo are the brains of a li- 
zard or{wallow: and ifthe fame lizards and {wallows be either braied in a mortaror fodden, and 
fo applied to the forehead in manner of a liniment, they do repreffe the violentsheume that ta- 
keth tothe eyes: which effect they worke either alone by themfelves, or elfe with fine floure of 
meale, or with frankincenfe: and in this wife they helpe the eyes and face * blafted and bliftered 
-with fun- burning. Moreover,there isnot of all others a better medicine tocleare theeye and to 
rid away all thicke filmes and mifts that trouble the fight,than to burne the faid lizards and {wal- 
lows alive ,and with an eye-falve made of their afhes and honey of Candie,to annoint them. The 
flough or skin ofan Afpis,which the likewifefometime cafteth,tempered with the owne greace, 
mundifieth che eyes of horfes and fuch labouring beafts, ifthey bee annointed therewith. Alfo, 
there is not amore foveraigne ching in the world for to remoove the cataradt, and difpatch the 
‘mitts and cloudie films that dim the eies,than to burne andcalcine a viper alive ina new earthen 
pot never occupied befores putting thereto of the juice of fene}l the meafure of one cyath, and 
fomecorns or crums of Olibanum or frankincenfe :and this medicine is commonly called * E- 
chion. Moreover, there is a collyrie or {peciall eye-falve made of a viper fuffered to putrifiein a 
_ potof earth, fo as the grubs or worms that come of the faid carrion be ftamped and incorporate 
in faffion, Some burnea viper with falt in an earthen pot and they are of opinion, that whiolo- 
ever doe lickethe fame falt,or let ir melt at the tongues end, it clarifieth the eyes: and that they 
fhall *keepe the {tomacke and all the bodie befides in good temper, yea, andlive long by that 
‘meanes. They ufe to give alfo of this falt unto fheepe when they are not well at eafe, and it is 
thougheto be very holefome for their health :yea,and it entreth into many antidotes and coun- — 
trepoyfons deviled againftthe venome offerpents.Some there bee who ule to eat vipers ordina- 
rily 
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