of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 
A aihes(ifthey were burnt and calcined alive)taken in fome auftere or aftringent wine. Theliver of 
a Cocke rofted, together with the skin of the gifier, which ordinarily the cooke cafteth away, 
dried andkept, and fo taken with alittle of the juice of Poppic mixed with it,isof great power 
toremedie thefe accidents.Others take the fame skin whiles it isnewand frefh,which they broile 
and torrifie, for to bee given in wine to drinke. A Partridge broth, yea,and the gifier of the bitd 
alone beaten to pouder and taken in fome grofle and aftringent wine, is fin gular co ftay a flux of 
the ellie. The wild Ringdove or Quoift boiled in vinegre and water is of the fame effect, The 
milt of a fheepe firft torrified,then pulverized andtaken in wine,helpeth much this infirmitie,A 
liniment likewife made’of Pigeonsdung and honey, is of great vertue, if the patients bellie bee 
annointed therewith, |. : ink MOH Smit St a 
Touching thofethat have feeble ftomackes, and cannot concoé and digeft their meat. Itis 
faid, That the mawor gifier of thatkind of Geire or Vulture, which is calledin Latine Offifra- 
gus,dried pulverized and drunke,is right foveraign.Nay if the patient doe but holdthe fame gi 
fier in hishand whiles hee is at his repaft,it will helpe digeftion: And in truth there be divers that 
for this caufe weare thefe gifters ordinarily about their neckes:but Ithinke 1:notholefome todo 
fo,long, for it maketh them leane as many as ufe it,and fpendeth their bodie, Sib Voit en 
To.ftay a flux of the bellie, the bloudof Mallards or Drakes isthought alfo to bee fingular 
good. The meat made of fhell-fnailes,difcuffeth and fcatcerethventofities. The milt of a Mut 
- ton broiled to athes and given in wine,is fingular goodto allay the wrings and torments of the 
_ bellie.Of the fame operation is the wild Quoift or Ringdove,fodden in vinegreand water. The 
greater kind of Swallowes or Martins called Apodes, are no lefle powerfull,if they be fodden and 
taken in wine. The afhes of the bird Ibis plucked and burnt without his feathers,and fo given to 
drinke,worke the fame effe@.But ftraunge it is and wonderfull ifthatbe true whichis reportedas 
touching this maladie,namely,that if a Ducke be applied alive unto the bellie which is tormen- 
ted with fuch wrings,(he {hall draw away the difeafe intoher own bodie,and die of the torment, 
- butthe patient fhalibeeafed by thatmeanes. Thele painefull gripes likewife are cured with fod- 
den honey, wherein Bees fometimes were drownedto death, 
As for the Collicke,there is nothing fo goodto afluage the paine thercof,asto eat Larkes, 
which the Latines name Galerite, Howbeit, fome give advife and thinke it betterto burne'and 
calcine them in their feathers within a new earthen veflell,& foro ftampe them to afhes or pou- 
der,andto drinke therof foure daies together in water by three {poonfuls at a time,Others make 
no more adoe,but take the heart ofa Larke,and bind it to the inward part of the thigh: and ther 
bee againe who would have the fame to bee {wallowed downe whole newly taken out of the bird 
whileit is warme. There is a famulie of the Afprenates,men of good qualitie and reputation, for 
tharthey had been fometimes Confuls of Rome: in which houfe,of two brethren, the one was 
fully cured of the collicke by cating thefe birds, and by wearing ordinarily the heart of one of 
them abouthis arme,enclofed within a bracelet of gold: the other being likewife troubled with 
the faid difeafe, found remedie bya kind of facrifice which hee offered in a little chappell made 
with unbaked brickes,piled up archwife in manner of a furnace: and {o foone as the facrifice was 
finithed he ftopped up the fame againe. That Vulture which is called Offifragus,hath one gut of 
a wonderfull nature,tor it isable to concod and digeft whatfoever the {aid foule devoureth.And 
for certaine this is knowne and generally received,that the nethermoft end therof cureth the col- 
licke,if the patient do but carie it about him. There are other fecret and hidden difeafes incident 
tothe guts,whereofthere be wonders told : andnamely, that in thefe cafes, if young whelpes be- 
forethey can fee keapplied for three daiestogether unto the ftomacke efpecially,and the breaft: 
fo that they fucke milke from ourof the patients mouth the while : the faid difea{e fhall pafleinto 
the bodie of the poore whelpes,whereof in the end they (hall die.Let the fame be ripped & ope- 
ned,then will it appeare evidently what the caufe was of the forefaid fecret maladie of the patient: 
Butfuch whelps ought when they are dead to beenterred and buried.As for the Magicians,the 
avouch, Phat if the bellie bee annointed lightly with the bloud of a Bar, the partie thus defled, 
fhall not need to feare any paine of that partfor one whole yeare after : orif it chaunce that one 
be pained in the bellie,let him(fay they)endureto drinke the water thatrunneth downe from his 
feer when hislegs be wafhed,and he {hall find helpe anone. : 
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