of Plintes Naturall Hiftorie. "367 
A ailyattheic table, for to preferve their eyefight.But for meat they prepare and order them in this 
wile : Firft, fo foone as they have killed a viper, they give order to put {alt intothe mouth, untill 
fuch time as it hath fucked out the venomous humor that lieth at the toot of the resting and dif- 
_ folved or confumedit : afterwards, when they have ctit away tothe breadth of tome fingers irom 
‘under the top of the head,and withall taken forth the eintra:les and. garbage out vf che belly they 
feeth the reft of the bodiein waterjor oile, together with fale and. dill feed:.and this fieth either 
theyeat out of hand thus drefled, orels working itwith fome pafte, they reduce the {ame into 
trofches,that they may be preferved for their uf at fundrie times. As touching the broth that is 
made of this decoction, over and befides that itis good in thofe cafes betorefpecified, this quali- 
tie it hath,namely,torid and cleanfe both the head and all the bodie befides of lice; yeayand to 
-B killthe ich that runneth aloft in theskin, The afhes.of.a vipers head calcined, are by thenifelves 
very effeCtuall without any thing els; butprincipally in clearing the fight,if theeyes be annoii- 
ted therewith in fome convenient liquor:{o is che greafe alfo of thé viper. As fortheir gall, 1 dare 
not befo bold asto approve that which. others confidently have advifed. anid prefcribed: becaufe 
(as [havealreadie {hewed)the venome of ferpents is nothing els but their gall. The greafe of a 
{rake mixed with verdegreece,healeth any part of the eyethatis broken : but the flough or old 
skin which they caft off in che Spring,doth clarifie the eyefight ifthe cyes be gently rubbed ther- 
svith. The gall of an Hulat likewife is highly commended for the white pearles,the cataracts and 
thicke filmes which trouble the fight: the fat alfo of the {aid birdis as much praifed tor the clea- 
ting of the fame.Moreover, itis faid,that the gall of that *Egle(which Laid heretofore, to prove *Haliertoi ithe 
*C and tric her young birds, uteth to force them for to looke directly upon the Sunne) mingled with Boeee or 
- the belthoney ot Athens, ferveth to annoint the cyes,for the webs, filmes,and cataracts which ~" 7" 
trouble the eyefight.Of the fame operation is the gall of a Vulture or Geire,incorporat with the 
juice of Porretand alice honey. Thelike vertue alfothere is inthe gall of a Cocke or Capon, 
forthe pin and web, and for the pearle inthe eye, if the fame bee diflolved in water ; yea and for 
thecataraG,efpecially if che faid Cocke or Capon be all white, The dung likewife of Cocks and _ 
-Capons,] meane tharpart onely thereof which isruddie and browne, they fay, isfingular good 
for thofe that be p oreblind or thort fighted,fuch alfo as {ee not well but about noone tide. They 
commend moreover the gallof an Hen (but the fat efpecially) forthe liccle blifters or foots 
that otherwhiles arife in the apple of the eie : In regard of which vertue,many there be thatcram 
‘D them fat, andfornocaufe elfe. Butif there bee put thereto the pouder of the red bloud-ftone 
-Hemiatites, and che yellow faffron-coloured Schiftos, itis wonderfull how much better it will 
bee for that purpofe ; yea, and to heale the tunicles of thecyesthat bee broken. Moreover, 
Hens dung, as muci onely of it I meaneasis white, many ufe to keepe in old otle within cer- 
taine boxes of horne, for to cure the white pearles that grow in the apple of the eye. And 
fince Lam entered thus farre into the dung of Pullaine, I mult advertife you what is reported 
of Peacocks, That they doe eat and wallow downe againe the fame dung which themfelves have 
meuted for very envie that they have unto mankind, knowing by a fecret infting of Nature how 
good itis formany ufes, Furthermore, # isan opinion commonly received, that all the race of 
Faulcons if they be boiled in oile rofat,are foveraigne for any accidents of the eyes whatfoever, 
JE .if they be bathed with that decoGion.Semblably,ic is faid,that theirdung reduced into afhes and 
incorporatin the beft honey of Athens, is very good therefore : as alfo the liver of aGlede or 
Kteismuch commended in thofe cafes. Pigeons dung tempered in vinegre ,cureth the fittulaes 
which are betweene the lachrymall corners of the eyes and thenofe:and otherwife is fiogular 
for the white pearles and the cicatrices or filmes growing in the eyes. Goofe dung and Duckes 
_ bloud,be both of them very foveraigne for to foake out the blacke blond in the eyes,occafioned 
by fomecontufion ot bruife,with this regard,that they bee afterwards annoinred with *Hyflope *z,pp,un- 
and Honey. The gall of a Partridge mixed with honey,of each a like weight, nightly cleareth lefle we read 
sheeyefight :fo doth the gall of a fallow Deere applied fimply alone,without any wnixture or ad- 04)"°"Be 
dition at all. But thefe gals ought tobe kept ina filver box,fay they who ground upon the auttho- greafe of un- 
F ritie of Asppodraies for theit warrant, Partridge egges fodden with honey in a brafen pau or pof- waked wool, 
net,doe cure the ulcers in the eyes,and take away the red pearles arifing in the black therof. The 
bloud of Pigeons, Turtledoves,Stockdoves,or Coifts,and Partridges,is paffing good for bloud- 
fhonten eyes , But they fay thatthe bloud of the Cocke Pigeonsis better for this purpofethan 
thatof the female, Now forto fitthiscure, they mutt be let bloud in the veine under the wing or 
‘pinion; 
