*Becaufe they 
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the fifh called 
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~The nine and twentieth Booke 
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pinion, becaufe thatbloud is whoter and therefore byfo mitch the better, Butwhen the eyesbe G 
dreffed with this bloud,it would not be forgorten, thar there -bee a thin bolfter boiled in honey, 
Jaid aloft,yea,and a locke of greafie wooll upon it,which had been foakedeither in oile or wine, 
The bloud of the foules aboveiiamed helpeth thofe thatcannot fee toward a night itheliveral- 
fo of a fheepe doth the fame: but if the faid fheepe be of aruflet or browne colour,the medicine 
will doe the better : for as I obferved before in Goats, thofe that cariéfuch a coat, bee alwaies 
efteemed belt. Many give counifell to foment aid wath the eyes with the decoction‘of the faid 
liver: andif they be in paine and {woollen withall, they advife tc annoint them with the marrow. 
of aMutton. They promife alfo, That the athes of {ctich-Owles eyes put into acollyrie, will . 
clarifie the fight. Indeed the dung of Turtles confumeth the white pearles in the eyes fo doth 
the afhes of thell-{nailes or hoddidods : asalfo the meuting of the keftrell Cenchris, which the 
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Grecke writers will have to bee akind of Hawke, Asforthe {pot or pearle inthe eye called Ar- 
gema, it may be cured by all thofe medicines above rehearfed,fo that they bee applied thereto 
with honey, But the beft honey {imply for the eyes, is that whereina number of Beeswere for- 
cedto die, Whofoever hath eaten.a young Storke out of the neaft,he fhall (they fay) continue 
‘many yeares together, and never be troubled with inflamed or bleared eyes: like as they thatca- 
rie about them a Dragons head, Iris faid moreover, That the Dragons greafe incorporatin ho- 
ney and old oile,difpatcheth and {catrereth the filmes and webs that trouble the fight, if they be 
-taken betimes before they be grownetoo thicke, Sometherebee who at the full of aMoone put 
-out the eyes of young Swallowes,marking the time when they haverecovered their fight again: 
forthen they plucke off their heads and burne them to afhes, which beeing temperedwith ho- ~ 
ney,they ule tor tocleare their owne fight,to eafe the paines,and difcufle the blearednes of eyes, 
yea,& to heale them, if they have caught a blow orruth. As for Lizards, they ufe to prepare them 
many and fundsie waies for the infirmities incident to theeyes:Some take the greene Lizard and 
pur her clofe withina new earthen pot that never was occupied ; and cherewith nine of thofe lit- 
tle {tones which the Greekes call *Cinzedia,(and thefe are ufvally applied unto the fhare for the 
{welling glandules & tumors that many times rife there) marking every one of them refpective- 
ly by themfelves : which being done, they take forth of the porevery day one; & when thenitith | 
day iscome, they let out the Lizard, and then theykeepe the faid ftones thus orderedandpre- 
pared, as foveraigne remedies to allay the paineand greefe of the eyes. Others geta greene 
Lizard and put out her eyes,and beftow her ina glaffe with a bed of earth under her in the bot- ~ 
tome thereof, and withall, enclofe within the faid glafle certaine rings, either of folide yron or 
_mafiie gold: and fo foone as they perceive through the glafle, thatthe Lizard bath recovered 
her fight againe, they let her forth: but the faid tings they keepe with great careand regard, asa 
{peciall meanes forto helpe any bleared eyes, There bee moreover who ufe the athes of a Li- 
zatds head in ttead of Stibium or Antimonium for to make fmooth the roughnefle of the eye- 
-lids . Some hunt after greene Lizards with long neckes, which breed in fandie and gravellie 
grounds,and when they be gotten,burne them to afhes,with which they ufe to reprefle the flux 
of waterifh humors which begin to fall intothe eyes,yea,and therewith confumethe red pearls 
growing therein. Iris faid moreover, That if a Wealels eyes bee pecked or plucked out of the 
head, they will come againe, and fhee will recover her fight: and therefore they practife the like 
withrings and them together, as I obferved before in Lizards, Furthermore, itis faid, That as 
many ascarrie about them the right eye of a ferpent tied unto any part, itis very good forto flay 
the violent rheumes that have taken to the eyes, but then in any wife the ferpent mutt bee lee 
goe alive after that fhee hath loft her eye. As touching thofe eyes which be evermore weeping, 
and doe ftand full of water continually, theafhes of the ftarre-Lizards head called Stellio, to- 
gether with Antimonium, helpeth themexceeding much. The copweb which the common 
ipider maketh, that ufeth to catch flies ; but efpecially that which fhe hath woven for her neaft 
or holewherein fhee lieth her felfe, is foveraigne good for the flux of humours into the eyes, 
ifthe fame bee applied all over the forehead, fo as it meet with the temples on both fides: Bur 
wot you what, none muft have the doing hereof, either to get the faid copwebs, orto lay it 
unto the place, but a young lad notas yet undergrownesnor fourereene yeares of age :ncither 
mutt he befeene of the partie whom hee cureth, in three daies after: ne yet during the fpace of 
othofe-three daies mutt either he or his patient touch the ground withtheir bare feet: Which 
circumftances and ceremonies beeing duly obferved, it is wondertull1o fee what a cure will 
noth follow. — 
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