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head ferveth well forthis grievance, ifthe tooth that is in paine be {cartified round about thete- G 
with. Alfo a bone growing out ufthe ridge or chine of a dragon, will doas much; or that of the 
ferpent called Enhydris.N ow are thefeferpents white of colour,and heldalltobethemale.The 
reateft tooth ofthis Enhydris is thought tobe fingular fortofcarrifieor toletthepaintulteoth = . 
bloud therwith: butin cafe the teeth in the upperchaw doe ake; they take two oftlie upperteeth 
’ ofthis ferpent,and apply them faft thereto; but contrariwife of theneatherjaw) They that bunt 
after crocodiles, ufe to greafe themfelves with the fat of this ferpent . Moréover, itis good by | 
their faying, tofcarrifie the gumbs about the teeth with the bones taken outjof a lizards fore- 
head at the full of the moone ; with this regard, that the fame in any wife touch not the grounds 
Some ofthem there be who make a collucion with dogs teeth fodden in: wine untill the one halfe 
becon{fumed, and therewith wath the teeth that ake: bur the afhes ofthe faidteeth incorporat H 
inhony,are fingular good for little children which have much a doe in breeding their teeth, The 
fame medecine is holden to be an excellent dentifrice for tomake teeth looke white. Ifthe teeth 
thatake be hollow, they ufe to put intothe concavitie thereof, the faid afhes incorporat in mice 
dung, or elfe the liver of a lizard dried. Alfo if one that is troubled with rooth-ach, fet his teeth 
in a{nakes heart and bite it, or hang the fame about the necke or otherwife, itisthoughtto bean 
effectual remedie for the {aid difeafe.Ochers there be of thefe magicians,who preferibe to clhiew 
and eat the fleth of a moufe twice in a month, and they aflure us by this means that we fhall pre- 
, ventand avoid the tooth-ach, Moreover, it is faidjthata deco@tion of earthworms boiled in oile 
P and pouredinto the eare on that fide where the toothach is, doth give great eafement of paitie. 
The athes of the fame mads burnt, put into the holeof a tooth that is rottea orworme-eaten, 
caufeth it to fall out of the headwith eafe:and if the teeth that doe ake be found, rub them with 
the faid afhes andthe paine will ceafe. Now the {aid worms ought to bee burnt or calcined upon 
atyle or potfheard. Alfoa decoétion of thiskind of worms fodden in fquilliticke vinegre with 
the root of a mulberrie tree, isa foveraigne medecine to wafhthe teeth withall when they bein ~ 
"Yenevis Labris, paine, Furthermore, the little grub or worme which is found inthe hearbe Tazill, called * Vewws 
Laver, hath a woonderfull operation to cure the tooth-ach, ifit bee put into the bole of a faultie 
tooth: and no marveile, for the caterpillers that breed in coleworts, will prefently fall off if they 
be but touched with this worme, The punaifes alfo or wall-lice that come from mallowes,infufed 
into the ears with oile rofat,afluage the toothach. The {mall fandie grit that isfound inthe horns 
of fhell-{nails, conveighed into an hollowtooth, prefently allaieth the paine. The bare fhellsof K 
the faid fnails, hollow asthey be and void, calcined and reduced into afhes, and incorporat with 
myrrhe,are paffing good for the gumbs : but theathes of a ferpent burnt and calcined in an care 
then pot,with falt among, helpeth the tooth-achjif itbe inftilled into the eare on thecontratie 
fide with oile of rofes. The skin of a {nake which fhe hath caftin the Spring, made hotein oile 
andthe rofin of torchwood,is fingular in this cafeto be infilled into either of the ears, it makes 
novmatter which :fome pur therto frankincenfe and oile rofat. The faid flough orskin of afnake 
thus prepared and put intoan hollowtooth, caufeth the fame to fallout of the head without 
any paine or gtiefe at all. As touching white {nakes, how they caft their flough at the rifing 
or apparition of the Dog-ftarre, | holdit tobe ameere fables for it was never feene or knowne; 
thatthey did fo in Italie: much leffe therefore is it credible, thatin hot countries they thould be L 
fo late ere they caft their flough. Moreover, it is commonly beleeved, thatthe faid flongh kepe 
long and incorporat with wax, draweth out atooth moft {peedily, if it be applied thereto, Alfo, 
{nakes teeth, either worne about the necke or laid to teeth in paine,afluage their priefe. Some are 
of opinion, that a verie fpider all whole as it is;caughe with the left hand, bruifed and incorporat 
in oile of rofes, and fo dropped intothe eare of the fame fide that the teeth ake, is very good'to. 
mitigatthepaine. It is {aid alfo, that if a man take all the little bones of an hen (and fave thofe 
onely of the legs whole that be hollow) and keepe themin the hole or cranie‘ef awall,and with a 
one of thefaid bones either hit the tooth that aketh, or {carrifieche gumbe abourit, andthen = 
prefently caft icaway when he hath-done with it; the'painé willimmediarly be gone. The like eft { 
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tedthath the dung of a raven, applied hatd unto the place within a locke of wool: likewife’of M. 
{parrows,tempered in oilehot and poured into the earethat‘is next unto the pained tooth; but — 
furely it will caufean intollerable itch: and thereforé many thinke ic a more fafe and eafiereme* 
dic, coburne young {parrowes in a firemade of vine-twiggs, arid the afbes that commeth from 
them to temper with vinegre,and therewith toriib the faid teeth. ORs 1h 
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