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run out behind. Their lights likewife,or a Rams gall incorporat with their fuet.Soine fplit Mice, 1 
and lay them hot to the place.Alfo the bloud of a weaziil reduced into a liniment with Plantain: 
and the afhes of a weazill burntalive, tempered with vinegre and rofewater, and brought intoa 
thin liniment,fo thatthe place affected may be dreffed with a feather. Others temper wax & oile . 
of rofes together. And theré be again who ufe dogs gall forthis purpofe,butin any wife the hand 
muft not touch it,burt the place oughtto be annointed with a feather:likewife hens dung,and the 
-athes of earthwormes mixed with hony,with this charge,that this cataplafme be nor undone ot 
removed before thethird day. Howbeit it is thought better by fome,to apply the fame afheswith 
water:but by others to ufe vinegre in meafure and with moderation, together with three cyaths of 
honey, having beforehand annointed with oile rofat the goutie feet. Itisfaid moreover, That to 
drinke broad {nailes, isa fingular medicine to take away the gout of the feet or the paine of any 
other joint:the manner whereof isto {Lampe two at a time,and drinke them in wine:Someapplie 
the fame in alinimene with the juice of the hearb Parierarie: Others content themfelves to bruife 
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them and foto incorporat them into a cataplafme with vinegre. Many are of opinion, That the — 
gout may bee cured, if the patient ufe oftentimes to take the falt, which together with a Viper 
was calcinedin a new earthen pot: as alfo that iris very good'to annojnt the feet with Vipers 
greafe.And they affirme conftantly of a Kite that hath been kept long dried, ifthe patient reduce — 
it into powder, and drinke thereof in water as much as three fingers will well take up, itcureth 
the gout throughly. Burt if the feet be full of bloud and {wollen withall, they ufe Nettles thereto. 
Some there be that take the young feathers of a Kite fo foone as they put foorth,and ftampe the 
fame with Nettles toa liniment. ‘The very dung likewile that thefe foules doe meut, ferveth in 
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* Muli muleve: 
Some take mu- 
tus ro be the 
mule ingen- 
_ dred by amale 
afle & amare: 
but mula, to be 
that mule that». 
commicth of 
an horfe and 
female afle. 
{tead of agood liniment to annoint the painetull goutin any joint whatfoever :fodoe the afhes- 
of a weazill or of thell-fnailes burnt or calcined and incorporateithet with Amydum or gum 
‘Tragacanth, ; icky 
It a man have gotten a rap or ruth upon any joint,there is not a better thing for tocure it than 
copwebs: fome chufe for this intention,thofe which be woven by the {piders of afh colour:like as 
to ufe the afhes of Pigeons dung with parched Barly groats and white wine.In any diflocation of 
joints,the moft prefent remedie that is known,is fheeps fuet tempered with the afhes of womens 
haire burnt. This fuet likew:{¢ ferveth well to bee applied with allum to the kibes of the heeles: fo 
doe the athes of a dogs head, or of mice dung.But in cafe there be any *ulcertherenotyet putri- 
fied addé wax thereto, and it wil! skin up and heale the fame : and the like effect is wrought by the 
lightafhes of criquets burnt and tempered with oile,or els with the afhes of the wild wood-mice - 
mixed with honey:of earth-wormesalfoincorporat with old oile: and laftlymany applie therto 
the {nailes that be found naked and without their fhels.And verely,the afhes of fuch fnails burnt 
alive,heale allfores of the feet: howbeit, if the feet be galled and but lightly excoriated, there is, 
nota better thiog tor them than the athesof hens dung,or pigeons dung incorporat with oile If 
the thoe hath rubbed off che skin, or fretted any part of the foot, the afhes of an old fhoe-fole are” 
fingular good to heale the fame:fo are the lights ofa lambe or ram. The pouder of acaples teeth 
is atoveraigne and fpeciall remedie for the feer,if there oufe out any matter from under the nails. 
The bloud of a greene|:zard healéth the gals under the foot, yea,and cureth throughly the fore 
feec both of man and beaft,it they be drefled therewith. iq & | eR 
As forthe comes and agnels which arsfe about the teet,it is good to befmeare them withthe. 
urine of * mule or mulet, together with the mire in the very olace where they ftaled:alfo with 
fheepes dung. The liver or bloud of a greenedizard applied upon foie flocketo the place,orup- 
onalocke of wooll, Some ufe in that order,earth- wornies ft-mped with oile, or the head of the 
ftar-lizard Stellio,incorporat in oile with'a hike quantitie of Agnus Caftus.Laft ofall,otherstake 
Pigeons dung fodden in vinegre,andilay thefametothe place, © 
Touching werts, of what fort foever they bee, there is not a more’ proper thing to make 
them fall off, than to bath them well with the wine, durt and all, of adog where he lately pifled: 
orto applic thereto a falve of dogs dung afhes and wax: it isnotamiflealfo tolaytothemfheeps 
dung, orto rub them well with Mice-bloud newkilled ;, or to applic a Moute {pliralong themids M_ 
alive: the gall likewife of an Vichin:the head ofa lizard,or the bioud:orlaftly,the afhes ofalizard 
calcined:the old flough ofa {nake alfo.Laftly hens dung incorporat with ole and falnitre, If all 
thefe medicines faile,begin the cure newagaini with Cantharides incorporat with wild grapescal- 
led Vvze tamine + This isa corrofive and willeatthem-out:butwhen they bethusfretted andex- 
zis : ; ulcerat, — | 
