of Plinies Naturall Piftorie. 
A> Cenes, it is well knowne andconfeffed, that a liniment made of them,will draw foorth prickes;: 
thorns,{pils,and whatfoever fticketh faft within the flefh.Moreover,the honey wherein Bees were 
extiact and killed, is foveraigne for the difeafes of the eares. As for the impoftumes and {welliags 
atifiag behind the eares,called Pacotides, Pigeons dung applied thereunto, cicher alone by.it 
felfe or with Barley meale or Oatmeale driveth them backe or keepeth them downe. Alfo the li- 
ver orbraines of an Owle,beeing refolved in fome convenient liquor,and appliedaccordingly; 
cureth the accidents of the lap of the eare,and the forefaid impoftumations, fo dooth aliniment 
made of the wormes called Sowes, together witha third part of rofin: and laftly, the cricquets 
above rehearfed, either reduced intoa liniment,or elfe bound too,whole as they be, are good in 
thefe cafes. Thus much concerning thofe maladies abave {pecified. It remaineth now to proceed 
B_ unto other difeafes, and the medicinablereccits refpeGive unto them, drawne either from che 
fame creatures,or elfe from others of thatkind ; whereof 1 purpofeto treat anddifcourfe inthe 
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THE HISTORIE OF NATYVRE, 
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SECVNDVS. 
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¢& The original and beginning of Art Magicke, When it firff began and whe were the 
inveniors of ti. By whom tt was prach{ed and advaunced, _Alfo other 
rectits or mea:cines dyawne from beafts. 
He follie and vanitie of Art Magicke I have oftentimes alreadie taxed and con- 
futed fufficiently in my former vooks,when and wherefoever juft oceafion and 
fit opportunitie was offered: and {till my purpofe and intention 1s to cifcover 
| fay,the argumentis {uch as deferveth a large and ample difcourfe, ifther were 
a SES! no more butthis only to induce me, That notwithftanding it be ofall arts ful- 
lett of fraud, deceit, and coufenage,yet never was there any throughout the whole world either 
with likecredit profefled, or fo long time upheld and maintained . Now, if aman confider the 
thing well,oo marvaileit isthat ithath continued thusin fo greatrequeft and auchoritie ; for it 
isthe onely Science which feemeth to comprife in it felfe three profeffions befides, which have 
the command and rule of mansmind above any other whatfoever.Forto begin withall,noman 
doubteth bur that Magicke tookeroot firft,and proceeded from Phyficke, under the pretence of 
F maintaining health,curing,and preventing difeafes:things plaufible to the world, crept and in- 
fiauated farther into the heart of man, with adeepe conceit of fome high and divine mater 
therein more than ordinarie, and in comparifon whereof, all other Phyficke was but bafely ac- 
counted. And having thus made way andentrance, the better,to fortifie itfelfe, and to give a 
goodly colourand luftre to thofe fairand flattering promiles of things,which our nature is molt 
S1ka ; ee given 
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|i and lay open the abufetherof in fome few points behind.And yet I muftneeds _ 
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