380. ~The thirtieth Booke > | 
{nell thereof :but firft the haire there growing oughtto be pulled up by theroots, “2 
| Now thatIam come to fpeake of the precordiall region ofthe bodie,know this, Thatby this 
* The bowels, ON€ word Pracordia, | meane the inwards or entrailes in man or woman, called in Latine*Exta; 
aa ery whenfoever then there fhall be paine felt in thefe parts or any of them,applie thereto a yong fuc- 
Bate king whelpe, and keepe it hard huggled tothe place, ‘doubtlefle the faid”greefe will pafle away 
from the part to the puppie it felfe, as men fay: and this hath beene found true by experiencein 
ip oaire one of thofe whelpes*tipped and opened alive,and the {aid bowels takeri foorth: for looke what 
Fisfique on, Part in man or woman was greeved , the very fame was feene infected thereupon, in the puppie. 
énterred with great reverence and ceremoniall devotion.As touching the pretie littlédogs that 
*Becaufe they our daintie dames make fo much of,*calledMelitzi in Latin, if they be ever and anon kept clofe 
were brought wnto the ftomacke,they eafe the paine thereof. And in very truth a man fhall perceivefuch little 
Melitalying onesto be ficke,yea,and many times to die thereupon whereby itis evident, that our maladies 
ee sfoaith fea pafle from us to them, ’ REA abet isa c taaenonaes IGBano Io 
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th el OSS Sasphed Tosti gs ae eies | og ere pile EG ALG LS Pe Pas et epee sis ry art ede 
pit ¢ liver, iris faid, That the fefh of a wild Weazill, or her livékearen, is afingtilar meat there- 
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And fach whelpes thus ufed forthe curing and taking upon them our maladies,werewonttobe — 
9 paticer tt foveraigne to comfort and téfrefh the ftomacke.As touching the greefe'or pain — 
