ae _ The thirtieth Booke |, | 
, is very good,fo the decoction be drunke: howbeit,this care muftbe had, thatthe héad bécuroft 
_ firftyand the garbage taken forth. The green Lizards are good meat inthis cafesifthey be drefled | 
accordingly and their feet and head cut away: fo are fhell-{nailes, braiedfhels andall together, 
and fodden in wine with fifteene graines of pepper.Some ufe the feetand legs:of an gle inthis 
difeafe,pulling them away backward from the knees: and the right foot they applie faft untorhe 
paine of theright fide: burthe other, if the contrary fide bee greeved: The many-foot Sowes or 
Cheeflips,which I called before Onifcos,helpe the fame paines,if they be taken t6 the weight of 
halfe a denarius intwo cyaths of wine. 2.) stntonmell eee 
To conclude with the Sciatica, the Magicians give order to put anearthworme in a treene or 
wooden difh,which having been cleft,was ftitched up again with yron wier,or bound witha plate 
or hoope of yron:then to lade up fome water therwith,& in itto wafh and rince the faid worme 
very well,and then to enterre or buriethe fame again in the very place from whence it was digged 
forth : which done,to give the faid water anon to the patient for to drinke outof the faid wooden 
difh:and this they hold tobe a wonderfull medicine. 
ph Cuapr. vin : | 
OR» Remedies for the dyfenterie or bloudie flix. And generally for all defeafes 
of the bellie, Ag ei-8 
Te deco€ion of leg of Mutton fodden in water with Line feed ,isfingular good for to be. 
{upped off to {tay a bloudie flix.So is old Cheefe made of Ewes milke:and fheeps{uet fod- ~ 
den together in foie auftere wine, The fameis fingular forthe Sciatica paffio,and an old 
cough. The ftarre-Lizard Stellio,which breedeth beyond fea,being flaied,garbaged, and drefled 
for meat,fo thatthe head and feet be taken away,and fo fodden and eaten,is commended alfoin 
this cafe. Moreover, itis faid, That two fnailes and one Hens egg,ftamped the one aswell as the 
other with their fhels,and afterwards gently fodden in anewearthen pot with fomefalt and two 
cyaths of wine cuit,or els with the juice of Dates & 3 cyaths of water given tothe patientto drink 
who is tormented with the dyfenterie or blondie flix wil bring great alleviation ot the faid difeafe, 
Icis thoughtalfo, That the athes of thefaid fhell-fnailes calcined, if they bee taken in wine with 
a littlerofin,are foveraigne therefore.As touching naked fnailes without any fhels, they befound 
plentifully in Affticke, Paffing good they be for the bloudhe flix, if five of them beburntand cal- “ 
cined together, with halfe a denier weight of Acacia ,andtwo {pooncfuls of their afhestaken in 
Myrtle wine or fome other auftere and aftringent wine,and a like quantitie of hot waters Some 
20; Affricke, there be whoin this fort ufeall the {nailes of * Barbarie. Ochers thinke it better to take five of 
the faid fnailes of Affticke, or ratheras many of the broad and flatfort, andtoclyfterize them 
for the dyfenterie. But if the flux be exceeding vehement, then they putthereto of Acacia the 
quantitic of a Beane, Itis {aid moreover, That thefpoile or flough of a ferpent boiled with oile 
*vicer of the rofat in'a veffell of tinne, is fingular for the *Dyfenterie and *Tinefine, to bee injeGted by acly- 
gure or blou- fer: Orif itbe foddenin any other veflell, yet with an inftrument or pipe oftinne iris to be con- 
_ *A continuall ‘veighed into the fundament, that the tiwill thereby maybee annointed. The broth’ of a Cocke 
defretothe -eyreth thefeinfirmiitics : butif itbee of an old Cocke, itisthe more effeCtuall, And yet if the - 
Pecouh faid broth be any thing faltith, it ftirreth the bellie and provokethtothe feege. The inward skin 
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*Dolores caliae Of an Hens gifier broiled and given with falt and oile, doth mittigat and appeafethe * wrings _ 
corum.Some 
read Colicormm, Cauled by the flux of the ftomacke. But then thisregard muftbee had before; That neitherthe 
isof the Col- ‘Hen have any corne given her, northe patient feedupon any graine fome time before. Pige- 
licke. ons dung being burnt,and the afhes taken in drinke, is of greareffect and verene’ in'thefe cafes. 
The flefh of a Quoiftor Stock-doyefodden in vinegre, is good both for the blondie flix,and al- 
_ fo forthe loofeneffe, proceeding from the imbecillitie of the ftomacke. The Thruth or Mavis 
rofted with Myrtle berries, isfoveraigne for thedyfenteric: fo is the Merle or Blacke-bird. In 
which refped, great account alfo ismade of the honey boiled, wherein Bees. were killed. [OF 
*which is the ‘all the paines that be; the * Iiacke paffion ismoft fharpe and greevons tobeendured. Bur it M 
tortureorin~ 4s faid, That the bloud of a Bat,torne and plucked in peecesalive, isyerie good againtt its yea, 
flammation of *, 5) = LIVES 
the upper fmal and if the bellie be anointed therewith, it eafeth the torment thereof. ] But tocome againe 
guts. ‘unto'the flux of the bellie, thell-fnalles prepared and made in manner aforefaid for thofe that 
be fhore- winded, are fingular good tortoftop the fame, and torknit the bodie, So are thejr 
‘i afhes 
