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As touching the uvula and paine of the throat, they may beeboth ofthemeafedandcured G 
with lambs ordure, which paffeth from them before they have bitten grafledried inthefhade. 
The juice or flimie humor that thel-fnails yeeld when they be pricked through with a pin or nee. 
dle, is fingular good in a liniment for to be applied unto the uvula; provided alwaies, that thofe 
{nailes doe hang after, in the {moke, The afhes that come of fwallows calcined and burnt, is like- 
wife verie foveraigne, beeing laidto the grieved place with honey: and in that fort prepared, it 
ferveth alfo for the inflammation and {welling of the tonfils or.amygdals of the throat. Forthe 
faid tonfils and other accidents of the throat, a gargarifme of ewes milkeisright foveraigne. 
| * Matipeda, Thereisacertainecreeper called a * Cheeflip,which if it be bruifed or ftamped,is goodforthe 
faidinfirmities:{ois pigeons dung gargarized with wine cuit, or applyed outwardly with fal- 
nitre and dried figs. Ifthe throat be troubled wich hoarfnefie, occafionedbyrheume orcatarthe, -py 
| the forefaid fhell- {nails doe greatly mitigat the fame infirmitie, beeing firlt fodden in milke(all 
favethe earthie or muddiefubftance which they muft bee cleanfed from) and then given in wine. 
cuit co the patient for to drinke, Some hold opinion, that the {nails found in the Ifle Aftypalza, 
are the beft of all others for this purpofe, but principally the abfterfive fubftance that is found in 
them. The cricquetcalled Gryllus,doth mitigat aaa andall afperities offending the throat, 
ifthe fame bee rubbed therewith :alfo if a man doe but touch the amygdals or almonds of the 
throat, with the hand wherewith he hath bruifed or cruthed the faid cricquet, it will appeafe the 
inflammations thereof. To come now unto the Squinancie: a goofe gall incorporat with the, 
juice of the wild cucumber and honey cogither, is a moft {peedic and prefent remedic for it: alfo. 
the brains ofan owle,and the afhes of a {wallow drunkein water welland hot, is goodforthefaid 
difeafe : But for this medicine we are beholden tothe Poét Ovid. Note that when L{peake ofany 
ae medicine(for what maladie foever)made of {wallows, the young wild ones are alwaies the better 
tinetsorfwaj, 29d more effectuall in operation : “and thofe youmay know eafily by the fathion of their nefts 
lowscalled wherethey doe build : But if you would have the belt indeed, the young ones of thatkind which 
sieiPad are called Ripariz, paffe all the reft for medicinable ules; for fo are they commonly named which 
andbreedin_ buildin the holes of banke fides, Howbeit,fome there be who aflure us,that we fhallnot needto 
chinksand —_feare that difeafe for a yeare togither, ifwee doe but eat any young {wallow, it skills not.of, what 
crane OF Old Jind foever it be, Now the order of calcining them for their afhes,tsto ftrangle them firft, and fo 
to burne them in their bloud within an earthen veflell: and the afhes thus made,1s ufually given 
either wrought in paft for bread, or els tobe drunke: and fome there be who minglewithall;the ye 
like quantitie of the afhes which come of weazils, And this kind of medicine thus prepared, they 
give in drinke everie day againftthekingsevill, and falling ficknefle, Moreover, {wallowes kept 
and condite in falt,are pafling good for the fquinancie, taken in drinke to the weight of a dram 
ata time: and it isfaid; thartheir very neft given.in drinke, cureth the faid maladie. Itis.a com. 
mon opinion, thata liniment made with the creepers called Sowes or Multipedes, is mofteffe- 
Gtuall to cure the faid f{quinancie. And foine there be who advife to take one and twentie of thefe 
worms ftamped, and to give them in one hemine of mead or honyed water for the faid difeafe; 
but they muft be conceived downe the throat by a pipe or tunnel ; for if this medicine couch the 
teeth once, it will doe no good, Itis faid moreover, that if one drinke the decoction of mice fod- 
den with vervaine, it is a foveraigne remedic for that difeafe: as alfothata leather thongmadeof 5 
adogs skin put thrice about the necke,will doe the deed. Andfome there be,whoin thiscafeufe 
pigeons dung mixed wrth oile and wine, bead dot bos id flan 
As touching the cricks ofthe nerves or finews that ferve the nape ofthenecke;asalfoforthe _ 
cramps that draw the head backward, they fay,thata twig orbraunch ofavinetaken outofaputs == 
tocksneft, and carried about one hanging to;thenecke or arme, isa {peciall remedie forthe a- ; 
bovenamed accidents, 9d il eiels loreal Sritdislaadea erorved bate 
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2& Medccines for the Kings evill that is broken and:doth run : for she pains hying in 
| the fhoulders : as alfo for the griefe of the bowels about the midviffe 
and precordial parts, Als moxt oaptoelst 
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doe run: fois the weazill ic {elfefodden in wine and.applied ; provided alwaies,that they rua 
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