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A fore: fo be Ferrets rofted in manner of little pigs, The wormes with many feet called {owes of 
chefelips, are very proper for them that draw their wind fhort ; but there muftbe one and twen- 
tie of them,neither more not leffe,diffolved in the beft Atticke honey,and fo given indriak and 
fwallowed downe by a pipe or tunill : the reafon why they muft be thusconveighed through fuch 
acaneor tunillisthis,becaufe looke what cup or boule they fo touch, they ftaine the fame blacks 
Some take of them to the quantitie of one fextar,and torrifie chem upon apanor plarrer, untill 
they looke white and becalcined, and then incorporatthem in honey : [there be Latine writers 
who call this worme Centipeda, asif it had a hundred feet) and then give direction, that-they 
fhould betakenin hot water.Furthermore,it is faid, That if the patient doc either eat ordrink for 
the {pace of nine daies together one {naile hot, ftamped fhell/and-all in three cyaths of wine cuit 
B he thall find helpe,if he were given either tofaint and fwoune,or to bee lunaticke and to goe be- 
fide himfelfe, or elfe be fubjeét to the dizzineffe of the head: Others give ‘order to take them af- 
ter another manner, namely,one the firit day,the morrow twaine, the third day three, the fourth 
two, and the fift one againe : and in this wife they cure thofe who are(hortwinded,or have anira- 
poftume broken within their bodie, There is a kind of Infect refembling a Locuft,but that ic hath 
~ no wings,which in Greeke is called * Tryxalis ; a Latine name it hath not found yer, as fome doe *or Troxel, 
thinke : and writersthere bee nora few,who are of opinion, Thatit is the famethat our Gryllus cording to 
or criquet. Call it what you will: lec there be twentie of them torrefied and drunkein honsied “”"” 
wine, it is reported for to be afingular medicine for thofe that cannot take their breath but fitting 
upright, and for fich as {pitbloud. There is one writer who, ordaineth to take fnailes unwafhed, 
© and topoureupon them either the Mere-gout of the grape that runnechour fir without pref- 
fing,or elfe fea-water and fo to boile them therein,and afterwards to eat them for acough. And | 
the fame Authour giveth counfell, to pnn them fhels and all; and to take them with che forefaid 
Mere-goutto the fame effect. : : boris: : 
Touching inward impoftumes broken, the hony wherin a number of Bees have ben drowned 
to death, hath a peculiar vertue to heale them. The lungs of a Vulture burned to poucer in a fire 
made of Vine-cuttings,given in wine morning and evening, if the patient be free fromthe ague: 
fo there beeput thereto one moietie of Pomegranat flowers, and the flowers of Quinces and 
Lillies as much of each, is a very foveraigne remediefor thofe that caft up bloud out of their bos 
‘die: butif he be ina feaver, the fame medicine would be taken in the decoction of Quinces, 
D_. Asforthe paine of the{pleene, if we may beleeve the receits and prefcriptions of the Magi- 
cians,the patient oughtro have the milt or {pleene of a fheepe fpread and laid over the place:bue 
the partiethathath the application thereof, muft {ay thefe words withall, This 1 doe te. cure the 
fplzene:\Which done and faid,the fam¢ miltof the fheepe muft be laid up clofe and hidden with- 
inthe wall or behind the feeling of the bed-chamber where the ficke bodie lieth, and fealed vp 
with a fignet,forfeare it fhould be taken away: with thischarge,that he or (hee that hath the be- 
ftowing of itrepeat the forefaid charme ninetimes thrice over. If a dogs bellie be ripped alive, 
and the {pleene taken forth, whofoever eateth thereof, fhall:find it very good to eafe them of the 
faid maladie, But fome content themfelves with laying it freth andwarme tothe region of the 
fpleene.Ozhersigive thefpleene ofa young whelpe burt two daies old, in fquillick vinegte,tothe ...... 
© ‘patient,bucthey makenot the patientacquainted with themedicine wharitis; orelstheyminis > 
fier che fpleene of an Hedgehog in the fame manner. Likewife they give the athes of fhell-fnails 
with Linefeed'andNettle feed, putting thereto fome honey: and this cure they continue untill... 
the patient be throughly whole. It isfaid moreover, Thata green Lizard taken alive,and hanged 
fo ina pot jutt before the dore of the patients bedchamber : with this charge,that ever ashe goes 
in andouthe touch thefame with his hand,will worke thefame effe@. The afhes of a {crich,owls 
head reduced into an unguent with oile, is good for this purpofe, fo is thé|honey wherein Bees 
awmere ftifled :and laftly afpider,burefpecially that which they call Lycos...) lor 
©. . The heart of the birdcalleda*Houpe,is highly commended forthe paine of the fides. Allo +p, 4n0, 
the afhes of thell-fnailes boiled in Prifane or husked Barley water: and fome in this cafe applic 
® thefameotherwhiles in aliniment only without any thing elfe. The athes of a dogs head(I mean 
the bare skalpe or skull only)dying enraged and mad,is good.o {pice acup of drinke withall for 
this difeafe, | 
if theloines be pained,it is faid, That the ftarre. Lizards called Stelliones,comming from be- 
yond fea fodden in wine together with the {eed of blacke Poppie to the weight of haltea denier, 
is 
