of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. | 
— Cuar, trite 
2& Howto procure a fwveet breath. Means to take away the/pots that blemifh the face : 
and ta amend the infirmities incident tothe throat. 
Tis {aid,that foro rectifie the offence of a ftrong and ftinking breath and to make irfweet and 
pleafant,it is good torub the teeth with the afhes of mice burnt, and incorporat with honey.’ | 
Some there bee, who mingle therewith the root of fennel. If the teeth be pricked or f{craped 
witha vulturs quill, it will caufe the breath to be fowre: butto do the fame with the quill orprick. 
ofaporkepine, isa fingular thing to ftrengthen the teeth and keepe them faftinthe head « As 
touching the fores in the tongue, or the {cabs and little ulcers breaking out about the lips, ade- 
coétion of fwallows fodden in honyed wine, healeth them : but if the lips bee chapped, thereis 
nota better thing than toannoint them with the greafe of a goofe or hen. For the fame purpofe 
ferveth thetried or rindled greace of {weatie wooll, beeing incorporat with the powder of gall- 
nuts: alfo the white cepwebs that fpiders doe weave, orels the little fine ones which they worke 
under the planks and floors of high lofts, or roufs of houfen. * [fone chance to burn his mouth 
inwardly with fome fealding broth or otherwife, the milke thata bitch giverhis.a prefent reme- 
die therefore. | . | bot 
As touching the fpotsthat infe&t the skin of the tace, the forelaid tried greafe of wool] unwa- 
fhed, called oelypum,incorporat with the hony of the Ifland C orfica(which ofall other is coun. 
ted moft unpleafant and untoothfome) is proper to fubtiliat and {coure themszlie fame alfo laid 
* Si ferventia 
9s ints exuffe- 
~ vint:peradycns 
ture hee mea- 
peth the hore 
fores within 
the mouth, 
called dose, 
to the face upon alockeof wooll, caufeththe {curfe or {cales whereby the skin feemeth to pill, 
for to fall away: howbeit,fome thinke it betrer to pur honey thereto. Bur fay there appeare upon 
the face any foule and thick morphewthat hath pierced deepe into the skin, it is good to rub the 
fame with dogs gall; but firftthe place ought to be pricked thick witha needie thatthe medicine 
may enter in. If the skin looke wan or black and blew,take the lights oframis or other fheepe, cut 
them into thin flices like unto skins, and Jay them hotto the place ; or elsapply thereto pigeons 
dung. The fat of a goofe orhen,isafingular ne: to preferve or keepe fott, finooth, and delicat, 
a 
the skin of the face.As for the ringwormsor illfavouredtettars called Lichenes, there isa pro- 
per liniment made cither of the dung of mice incorporat with vinegre,or the afhes ofan urchin 
tempered with oile. Burin this cure,the face ought to be bathed and fomented before with vine- 
gre and falnitre. For totake away any {pots or pimples arifing inthe face, there is nota betrer 
thingto apply unto them than the afhes of the little broad-{i1ails which arecommonly found in | 
every place,incorporat with hony. And in truth the afhes of any {nails whatfoever,are aftringent - 
_and hot, by reafon of acertaine abfterfive qualitie that they have; which is the reafon that they 
efiter into potential aureties,or caufticke and cortofive medicines: and therefore they ferve in. 
linimentsforto kill fcabs, fcurfs, mange,and leprofie; yea and to fcoure away the foule {pots cals 
led Lentils. Moreovet,I'tead in authors of certain pifmires greater than the reft called Hercula- 
nez, the which being flamped witha little falt put unto them, are good forall theinfections of: 
the skin mentioned th the former receit. There is'a kind of infec or fie called Bupreftis, paffing’ 
hkeuntoa long-legged beetle; butfeldome or never bee any fuch found in Italy: kine and oxea 
catch@uch harme by this fle; for many times as they grafe, they licke it wp withthe grafle and: 
fwallowit downe: and hereupon it cooke that name Bupreftis:for no fooner commenhitto the 
gall bur it inflameth and fetteth the beaftintoa great heat, whereupon it {welleth untill ic burt 
againe. So corrofiveit is (asl have faid before) that becing incorporat with goat fewer, and fo 
fecucedinto a liniment;it taketh away tlie rettars called Lichenesthat be in the face, The blond: 
of a vultur[#,a geire}tempered with the root of whiteChamezleon (I mean the hearb fo called): 
and the rofin of cedar,healeth the leprofie,fo that this liniment be covered with colewort leaves, 
Of the fame effect are the feet of locufts braied in a mortar and incorporat with goats tallow. The 
greace of acock,capon,or hen well ftamped and wrought with an onion,is fingularto fcoure the 
Apots and{pecks ofthe vafage: alfothe hony wherein a number of bees.were ftifled and killed, is 
proper for the {aid purpofe: But aboveall the greace of a {wan is commended both for to cleanfe 
the skin of the face from all flecks and freckles, and alfo to take away wrinkles. Asfor the markes 
remaining after the cauterie or hot yron,there is no bercer means to take them out,than a plaftre 
of pigeons dung and vinegre, Ifthe theamecaufe the mur, the pofe, or heavinefle in head,| find 
‘@ pretiemedecine torid itaway, by kiffing onely the little haitie muzzle of a moufe, ‘ns 
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