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A alfoarefaid to heale the hemorrhoids thatrtn, . i 
For the paine of the Sciatica, itis thought that raw fhell-fnailes bruifed are good, if they be 
taken in Amminean wine and pepper: alfo a greene lizard eaten as meat, without thefeer, gar- 
bage,and head: fo isthe ftar-lizard Stellio,but thereto ought to be put the weight of three oboli 
of blacke poppie feed. veut eis neti 
For ruptures,inward fpafines and convulfions,it availech much to take theeps gall with breaft- 
milke. In cafe the privities have an itch and a fretting humour upon them, or if fome offenfive 
werts arife in thofe parts, the dripping or gravie thaccommeth froma rams lights rofted, doth 
much good, if the place be therewith annointed, As touching other accidents which happen to 
thofe parts, the wooll ofaram calcined and reduced into athes , even with all the filzhineffe that 
B jstherein, isthought to be verie good, fo thatthe afhes be applied unto the affected place with 
water. [he fewer of the kell of a mutton, but efpecially chat which groweth to thekidnies, incor- 
porat with the powder of a pumifh ftone and fal, is much commended in this cafe: alfo greafie 
and unwathed wooll foked in cold water,is good to be applied unto the place:the fleth moreover 
ofa mutton calcined,{o as the afhes be incorporat with water. Jem ,the athes of a mules houfe: 
and the powder of caples teeth braied and pulverized, if the grieved place be {trewed therewith. 
Tocome lower tothe infirmities of the cods:the powder of the bones of a degs head with- 
‘out any flefh upon it,pulverized,is fingular therefore. If it fall out that one ofthe genetoirs bere. 
Jaxed and hang down lower than his fellow, it is good to anoint the fame with the waterifhflime 
andfome that commeth from fhell-{nails ; forthey fay it isan excellent remedie.Iithere be any 
_ C foule and maligne ulcers in thofe parts running with filthie matter,the afhes of adogs head freth 
killed are fingularto heale the fame: fo are the little broad and flat {hell-{nails bruied and incor- 
porat with vinegre, if either the {ame or the athesbe applied thereto:alfo the honey wherein 
bees have been killed mixed with rofin: the naked {nails likewife which breed (as I {aid)in Barba- 
ri¢,in cafe they be ftamped and incorporat with the powder of frankincenfe and the white of an 
egg: with this charge, that the faidcataplafme be not taken off im thirtie daies, by which ume se 
will be ready to fall away of itfelfe.Some in ftead of frankincenfe,put the bulbous roots of {mall 
onions or {callions. For thofe who betroubled with the * waterifh rupture, itisthoughtthatthe * Hydrocelicit 
ftar-lizards Stelliones be woonderfull good, in cafe their head,feet,and guts,be taken forth,and 
and the teft of the bodie rofted ; but the patient hadneed to eat ofthis meat often, and{oit hel- 
D peth thofe who cannot hold their water. The like opinion there is of dogs greafe incorporat with | 
_ *Alume de plume,ifthe patient rake thereof to the quantitie of abean:as alfothe {nails of Bare + srirmine 
_ barie burnt, fleth, fhell and all, fo asthe patient drinke their afhes. Furthermore, itis {aid, that histo, 
the tongues of three geefe rofted and eaten, is a {peciall remedieforthis infirmities and dnaxce 
laws ishe that devifed this receit. 25701 | 
Touching the biles called Pani, fheeps tallow incorporat with fault torrefacted, is fingular 
good to breake thei: but mice dung,with the fine powder of frankincenfe and orpiment or red 
arfenicke,is as proper to refolve them : likewife the afhes of a lizard, and the lizardit felfe fplica- 
live and applied hot thereto. In like manner cheeflips or fows ftampedand incorporat with the 
right terpentine,to the quanuitie of achitd part,and {o brought into acataplafme.Some there be 
who unto fhell-{nailes punned,add the common bole-armoniacke. Alfo the athes of the void 
. fhels only alone without the {nails mixed with wax, are of arefolutive and difcutient facultie, In 
like manner, 'a liniment made either of pigeons dung onely,or els incorporatwith barley meale 
orotemeale, The flies called Cantharides mixed with quicklime,are a good potentiall cauterie, © 
and open fuch biles as well as the Chirurgians Jauncet. The botches or {wellingsin the thare, a 
liniment made with the {mall thell-{nails and honey, doth afluage and mitigat. Finally, tokeepe | 
downe the veins from {welling which be called Varices, itis good to annoint the legs of children » 
with the bloud of a lizard , but this muft bee done, whiles both the children andthe partic who ~~ 
hath the doing thereof, be fafting, . “ 
f a Cuar rx, . 
4 ef Receits for the gouts of feet and hands:and generally for the pains or 
. s - _ Aifeafes of joynts whatfoever. 
He tried gréace of unwathed wooll incorporat with womans tmilke and white lead, isa very 
. proper linimentto mitigatthe paine of the gout :fois the liquid dung of {heep when they 
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