of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 379 
A_ not byoccafion ofany launcing or incifion made by the Chirurgians hand. And it is common- : 
ly faid,thatto eat the fleth ofa Weazill, is as effeCtuall for the cute.So are the afhes of a Weazil 
calcined upon a fire made of Vine-twigs, ifthey bee incorporat withHogs greafe. iem,Takea 
greene Lizard and bindit to the fore ; buc after thirtic daies you muft doe fo with another,& this 
will heale them.Some makeno more ado butin alittle box offilver keepe the heart of a WWeazill 
and wear it about them.[fwomen or maids be troubled with the kings evill, it were good to tnake 
choife of old fhell-fnailes,and to ftampethem fhels.and all into a plaftre or liniment:but efpeci- 
ally fuch as be found fticking to the roots of fhrubs and buthes.. The afhes of theferpent Afpis - 
calcined, are likewife very good for this difeafe,if they be incorporat with Buls tallow and fo aps 
plied. Some ufe{nakes greafe and oile together :alfo'a liniment made with the afhes of fnakes 
B burne,temperedeither with oile or wax. Moreover, itis thought thatthe middle part of afnake, 
after the head and taile both be cutaway, is very holfome meat for thofe who have the kings evill: - 
orto drinke their afhes, beeing in thefame manner prepared and burnt in a new earthen potne- 
ver occupied, maric if the faid {nakes chaunced to bec killed betweene two cart-tracts, where, the 
wheeles went,the medicine will worke much more effectually. Some give counfell to applie une’ 
to the affected place Crickets digged out of the earth, with the mould and all that commeth up: 
Alfo toapplie Pigeons dung onely without any thing elfe,or atthe moft to temper itwith Bar- 
ley meale or Oatmeale in vinegre.Likewife to make a liniment of a Moldwarpes afhes incrpo- 
ratwith honey, Some there be who take thelliver of a Moule; cruth and bruife it betweene their 
_ hands,working itinto a liniment,and lay the fame to the fore,and here let icdrie upon the place 
C and wath ienot offin three daies,And they affirme, That the right foot of a Moule is a fingularre- 
medie for this difeafe. Otherscatch fome of them, cut off their licads,, ftampe them with the 
mouldthatthey have wrought and caft up above ground,& reduce the intocertain trochisks, =~ 
~ whichthey keepe in a boxor pot of tinne, and ufe them by way of application to all tumors and 
impoftumeswhich the Greckes call Apoftemata, and efpecially rhof¢ thatr.fe:inshe necke: but 
_ then they forbid the patient to eat porke orany {wines flefh duting the cure.Moréover,there is a 
kind of earth- Beetles called Tauri, .Buls: which name they tooke of the litle hornes that they 
cari¢;for otherwife (incolour) theyrefemble tickes ;fome tearme them Pedunculos terrzmm, 
earth-lice: Thefe alfo worke under the ground like wants,and caft up mould, which ferveth ‘in a 
liniment for the Kings evill,and {uch like {welling, as alfo for the gout in: the feer,buciemuft noe 
D_bewathed off, in three daies fpace. Howbeit,this isto be noted, that thismedicine inuftbe renu- 
~ _ edeveryyeare,for the faid mould will continue no Jonger in vertuc than one yeare. In fam, there 
be attributed unto thefe Beetles,all thofe medicinable properties which Ihave aifigned unto the 
crickets called Grylli, Moreover,fome there be who ufe in manner & caies afoiefaid, the*mould + orwhich bed 
which Ants doe caft up.Others for the Kings evill take juft as many mads or earthworms in num- ing raifed more 
ber as there bee wens gathered and knotted together, and bind the fame fall tito them, letting Mane ae 
them to drie upon theplace :andthey are perluaded that the faid wens will drie away & confume orate ee 
together with them. There be againewho get a Viper about the rifing of the cog ftar,cut off tlie leed Moule- 
head and taile,asI faid before off{nakes,and the middle part betweene they burine’ the afhés that ned ate 
come thereof, they give afterwards to be drunke for three weekes together, every day as much as Englith called 
E maybecomprehended and taken up at three fingers ends:and thusthey cure and heale thekings Maures: 20d 
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evill. Moreover, there bee fome that hang a Viper by a linnen thread faft ed fomewhat under taliaip fachs 
the head, fo long untill fhe be ftrangled and dead,and with that thread bind the forefaid wens or 
Kings evill, promifing unto their patientsafluredremedie by this meanes,, They ufealfo the 
Sowes called Multipedz, and incorporat the fame with afourth part in proportion to them, of 
srue Terpentine: and they be of opinion, Thatthis ointment or falve is {ufficient to cure any ims 
fumes whatloeyerer (. - 245sariascy Scie, Yyina : sp Aa Lolly nae ee 
_Astouching the paines thatlie in the fhouldets,there is a propet medicine madein forme of 
aliniment,with the afhes of a Weazill tempered with wax,whicheafeththe fame. 
_. Fokeepe young boies from having any haite growing on their face,that they may feeme al. 
F -waies young, it is good to annoint their checkes and chin with Ants egges. Alfo the marchants 
or huckfters tharbuy your g flavesto fell chem againe for gainc,ufe to hinder the grouth of hair 
as well of the vifage,as in the armeholes and upon-the fhare, thatthey may bee taken for young 
youths ftill,by annointing thofe parts with the bloud that commeth from lambeswhen they be 
~ _ibbed:whichointment doch good alfoto the armepits,for to take away the ranke and hee tt 
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