of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. "369 
A follow thereupon. Furthermore, itis faid, That thefe white {piders with the long and flender 
legs, being punned and incorporatin old oile, bee fingular for to confume the white pearle in 
theeye, if the fame bee drefled with that compofition. Alfo thofe fpiders that worke ordinarily 
under roufes, rafters, and bourded floores of houfes, and weave the thickeft webs, if any of them 
bee enwrapped withina peece of cloth andkept bound to the eyes or forehead, doe reftraine for 
-ever the {aid rheumes and catarthes that have founda way to the eyes, The greene Beetle hatha 
propertie naturally to quicken their fight who doe but behold them: and therefore thefe lapida- 
ties and cutters or gravers in precious f{tones,if they may have an eye of them-once and look up- 
on them, take no morecare for their eye-fight, howit fhould ferve their turnes when they are at 
their worke. Thus much of eyes. , 
B Asconcerning the eares and the infirmities incident unto them, there is not a better thing 
to mundifie and cleanfethem than a fheepes gall with honey :and a bitches milke if it bee drop- 
ped into them,eafeth their paine. Dogs greafe tempered with Wormwoodand old oile,helpecht 
thofe that be hard of hearing ,fo doth Goofe greafe: Howbeit,fome putthereto the juice of an 
Onion and Garlicke,of eactva like quantitie.In this cafe alfo there is much ufe of Ants egs alone 
without any thing els : for as little and fillie a creature asic is,yet fhe is not without fome medici- 
nable vertues: infomuch, as Beares, when they feele themselves fickifh or not well ateafe, cure 
themfelves with eating Pifmires, As for the manner of preparing as well the greafe of a Goofe as 
of all other foules,this it is:Firft the fat ought to be cleanfed and rid ftom all the skins,veins,and 
ftrings that are among it,and then to bee laid abroad to the Sun in an earthen pan, covered over 
C witha new lid of earth likewife which had never been ufed : this done, the forefaid pan inuft bee 
fet over feething water, that thefaid greafe may mele: and then it is to pafle through linnen bags 
that it may bexried from all the groffe cratchens :and fo they put it up ina new earthen pot,and 
fet it in fome cald place againft the time that it isto be ufed. Howbeit, this is well knowne, That if 
fome honey be put thereto, it is lefle fubject to corruption or putrifaction. Moreover the afhes 
of burnt mice incorporat in honey,or els fodden with oile of Rofes,allaieth the paine in the ears 
if it be inftilled into chem. But in cafe fome earewig or fuch like vermine becrept withinthe ears, + 
there isnot the like meanes to caufe it to come forth againe,as is the gall of mice diflolved in vie 
negre and dropped into them. Alfo when water is gotten into the head by the ears,Goofe greafe 
together with the juice of an Onion, is fingular good to drawit out. Moreover,thcre is a notable 
D_ medicine madeof dormice for all infirmities of the cares, which oiherwife could not bee cured, 
but were given over by all Phyficians : for the making whereof, they take a dormoufe and flea it, 
and after the guts and entrailes be taken foorth, they feeth the fame with honey in a new earthen 
vefiell. Howbeit,fome Phyficians there be who thinke it better ro boile the fame with Spikenard, 
untill a third part be confumed, and fo referve it for their ufe: and whenfoever after there is need a5 /,5 con. 
of it, the manneris to infufe the {aid liquor warme into the eare by a pipe or inftrumentcalled an foundech onif: 
Orenchyte . This isknowne by experience to heale all the accidents of the cares, though other- «(which we 
wife incurable. Alfo the decoGion of earth wormes boiled with Goofc greafe,isfingular good woo) 
_  likewifeto be poured intothe eares. Butif the eares be exulcerat,broken out,anddo run matter, with the Cater- 
the red wormes engendred abouttrees {tamped ina morter with oile,are very proper to healethe Meera ge 
E fame, if they bee applied thereto, Lizards that have hanged up along time a drying with their “Indeed a 
mouths downeward,if they bee punned with falt, ferve to heale the eares that have caught fome Sows erwood- 
hurt either by brufe,cruth,or tripe, But above all other,the Lizards thathave brown {pots upon seen oy. 
them like ruftie yron,and are ftraked along the taile with lines,are moft effeGiuall for thefe infir- celliones, and 
mmities. As touching the Wooll beads or Caterpillers,which fome call Millepedz,others Multi- ae 
pedz or Centipedzwhich area kind of earthwormes keeping upon the ground, all hairie, ha- and which if \ 
ving many feet, and courbing archwife as they creepe; andif youtouch them, they will gather onetouch thé, 
round together: the Greekes,fome call them *Onifcos,others Tylos : thefe *wormes (Ifay) are 25, 0°¢ pa 
very ¢ffeGuall to affuage the paine of the eares,ifthey be fodden with the juice of Porret in the for che pain of 
rind of a poingranat: Some put thereto oile of Rofes,and give advife to poure this medicine in- a ae 
F tothecontrarie care that isnot pained, As for that worme orvermine which rifeth not arch-wile (aid Wool. 
with fome part of the body in creeping the Greeks fome call it Seps,others Scolopendra;which beads or Ca- 
though it be leffe than the former defcribed,yet mifcheevous ynough and venomous, The {nails roa a A 
that carie thels upon their backe,and are‘ufually drefled for good meat, if they bee applied with in their crec- 
Myrthe or the pouder of Frankincenfe, are very good forthe eares that be crackt: fo are the lit- pingrite and 
