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of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 
ulcerat,the cure muft be followed with thofe appropriat means which I have fet downe before ini 
the healing of ulcers. ill. 
Chatodazohaclug dame 
2& Medicines appropriat for divers and fundrie difeafes which pofefve the 
whole bodie: 
Eturne wee now tothe cure of thofe maladies which are incident not to this or that mem~ 
HX ber, but co the whole bodie. Firft and foremoft,the magicians fay, that the gall of ‘a blacke 
dogg (adog I fayand not a bitch) isa fingular countrecharme and prefervative againftall 
forceries,enchantments, and po:fons, which may endaunger a whole houfe, incafe there be a 
perfume made therewith to purifie the aire therof ;yea. and to nallowand bleffe it againft all fuch 
daungets, The like effe& (fay they) wee are to looke for, if the walls of the faid houfebe {ptin- 
kled or ftriked with the bloud of the faid blacke dog ; with this charge, To burne under the thte- 
fhold or dore-fell atthe entrie of the faid houfe the genitall member of the fame dog. Men may 
marveile well enough at thele fooleries and abfurdities of theirs: but furely wondet letfe will they 
thereat, who know what fore they {et by illfavoured ticks; the fouleft and naftielt creatures that, 
be: and why doe they thus magnifie fo filthie a vermin Pbecaufe (forfocth) this creature onely of 
al] others hath no paflageatall forthe voidance of excrements, tuckeis never fo much: andno 
way there is but death with them when they are thus full, but fo long only as they continue hun 
grie and fafting : and yetthey fay, that they willendure fo a long time, evetia whole feven-night 
togither with ab{tinence and fparie feeding : mary lec them feed {till to the full,they will not hold 
outfolong, burburft againe in fewer daies {pace. Well, this ticke, fo filthie as it is, and of foad- 
mitable and ftraunge a nature in their conceit, they holdto be of exceeding vertueto appeafe 
all paines and torments of the bodie whatfoever, incafea man take-one of them, with the lefe 
eare ofadogg, andcarrie them hanging tofome partabour him. And more than that ; thefe 
magicianstake marks by it, and prefage of the life or death of their patients ; fur they hold icfor 
a certaineand afluted figne of lite, if one having aticke about him, ftandat the beds feet where 
the ficke man lyeth, andwhen hee asketh him how hee doth, and where heeis amifle &c. ifthe 
patient make anfwere readily unto him; butin cafe hee make no anfweratall, then furely hee 
thail die, there:isno remedie. But take this withall : chis ticke muft be plucked likewife from the 
left care of adog, and the fame dogg onghtto bee cole-blacke without any {pecke of other co- 
lour. And Nigiaiws hath left in writing, thatdoggswill notall daylongcomeneare untoaman 
nor abide tofee him, who hath plucked aticke from an hogg. Burto returne unto our magici- 
ans : they affirme, that fuch as be lunatickand befide themfelves, (hall come againe to theirnghe 
wits and fences, in cafe they be {princkled withthe bloud of amoule, They avouch moreovet 
and fay, that if one feeth the tongue, eyes, gall, and guts of adragon in wine and oile, and per- 
mit this decoction to coole all night abroad in the open aire, it is a foveraigne medicine to chafe 
aw2y fuch bugs, fpirits,and goblins, wherewith folke be haunted and affcighted in the night fea- 
fon, if they bee annointed therewith all over their bodie, morning and evening, Nécznder wri 
teth, that whofoever carrie abourthem the ferpent Amphisbena dead, or no mote but the ve- 
rie skin thereof hanging faftto any part of their bodies, they fhallfind it tobe a moft foveraigne’ 
. remedie forany through-cold or chilling fittthat hath furprifed them, Nay he {taieth not there, 
but addeth moreovef and faith, that if the faid ferpent bee bound unto any part of atree that is 
to be felled and laid along, the workemen that hewat the bat thereof, fhall feele no cold all the 
while; and the tree by that meanes fhall the fooner and more eafily bee cut downe and overs 
throwne, No marvaile therefore, if this ferpent aforefaid dare leave his neft, and commit him- 
{elfe to the cold weather; for hee ventureth firft to come abroad, and is to be feen above ground 
beforethecuckow beginsto fing. Butfince I have made mention of the cuckow, there comes 
into my mind a ftraunge and miraculous matter that the faid magicians report of this bird; 
namely,that ifa man che firft time that he heareth her to fing, prefently ftay his right foot inthe 
very place w'sere it was when he heard her, and withall marke our the print and juft proportion 
of the faid foot upon the groundas it ftood, and then digg up the earth under it within the faid 
compaflz, looke what chamber or roumeof the houfe is ftrewed with thefaid mould, there will 
no ficas breed there. . 
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