of Plinies Naturall Hiforie. 
A arme thelictle ftones that bee taken out of the craw or gifierof young fwallows : for iris faid, 
that fo foonas the old {wallow hath hatched her birds, fhe giveth them {uch little tones to {wal- 
low downe: but in cafe this dofe be takenin the verie beginning and that the firft time that one 
is falne of this difeafe, there be given unto him forto eat, the young {wallow that che dam hat- 
ched firft, he fhall be delivered fromit clearely and never have more fits. But at any timeafter; 
fwallows bloud and frankincenfe, or.elfe the heart of afwallow frethkilled, cureth them that bee 
furprized with this maladie, if they {wallow the fame downe. Moreover, it is faid, thatthe litle 
ftone found in a {wallows neft,if it bee but applied unto man or woman that is falne of this fick- 
nefle, it willraife them out of the fitt, and bring them againe to, themifelves inimediarly ; bus if 
they carrie it tied to any part about them, they fhall never have firtagaine. Muchitalke there is 
alfo ofa kitesliver, thatit fhou!d be.of fingular operation to this effc&, if izbe caren: as aifo of 
a {erpents old skin which fhe hath caft off, chat it will doe no Jefle. The heart of a vultur ftamped 
togitherwith the owne bloud, and given in drinke three weeks togither,worketh wonders in this 
difeafe.So doth the heart of the young bird of a vultur, ifthe patient weare it about his arme,or 
hang it at hisnecke :but then they give counfell, to eat the flefh of the vultux ix felie, and cfpeci- 
ally when he hath eaten his full of mans flefh, Some of them ordainethe breaft of avulturto be 
drunke,but it muft be out of a cup or mafer made ofthe wood of Certus : & others there be who 
to this purpofé caufe the {tones of acocke to be kepeand dried,andthe fame to be given unto the 
patient in water and milke, after hee hath abftained five daies from drinking wine. To conclude, 
therehave been of them,that prefcribed unto their patients in this cafe,one and twentie of thefé 
fandie or reddith flies(but they muft be dead ones)torto be taken in drinke : howbeit, if they were 
but ofa feeble complexion,they gave fewer of them. 3 
Car. 3, 
2& Aegainft the laundife and Phrenfie. Againft Fevers and the Dropfie. 
He exctement engendred in the eares, called commonly Earewax, mightily withflandeth 
the jaundife: fo doth that ordure alfo which gathereth about the uddersand teats of {heep 
and goats, ifthe patient drinke thereof tothe weight of one denier in two cyaths of wines 
with fome myrrhe though it be never fo little. The afhes of a dogs head caleined,taken in honied 
witle : one of thefe Sows or Cheeflips with many feet, in one hemine of wine: earthwormsin ho- 
nyed vinegre with myrthe, be all excellent for the faid difeafe. Moreover, itis faid,that a hen with 
yellow feet is very good therefore sincafe the faidfeet be cleanfed and wafhed firlt in faire water, 
afterwards bathed and rinféd in the wine that the patient is to diinke. The brains of a Partridge, 
Zé gle, or other birds of prey, taken in three cyaths of wine, is very proper alfo therefore. The 
afhes of dates; thofe alfo of the entrails of ftockdoves, given inhonyed wine tothe quantitic of 
three {poonfuls, are foveraiga in thismaladie : likewife the afhes of {parrows burntin afire made 
of vine-wood, worke the fame effedt, if they be taken in mead tothe quantitie of three {poone- 
fuls. A bird there is called in Greeke Iterus, of the yellow colour which the fethers carrie;which 
if onethat hath the jaundife doe but looke upon, he ox fhe (hall prefently be cured thereof; but 
the paore bird is fure.to die for it: 1f{uppofethat thisis the fame bird which in Latineis called 
Galgulus. 3 54) 
As for the Phrenfie,it feemeth thatthe lights of a mutton, applied hot round about the head 
and fo keptfaft, isfoveraigne to bring their heads againe intotempert, who are befides them- 
felves. Say that true it were,that not only thebrains of mice given in waterto drinke,or the afhes 
ofa weazill but alfothe fleth of an urchin keptin fale or dried, are verie good for fuchas are bee 
reft of their right wits; whowill venture to give them thefe medicines, be they never fo certaine 
and affured? For as touching the afhes verely of Sctitch-owls eyes calcined, (which thefe magi- 
ciansto highly conmmend for the phrenfie) I take it tobee one amongft many other of theiril- 
lufions,whereby theymocke and abufe the world. But above all, the courfe that they take in the 
cure of fevers, favoureth nothing at all of phyficke, which indeed is oppofitto all their rules and 
proceedings : for they have divided and digefted the fame intoall the twelve fignes in the Zodi- 
acke, according as the Sun or Moone palieth through any of them :All which, is nothing elfe 
but ameere mockerie to be rejected and utterly condemned, as Iwill plainly proove and thew 
to theview of the eye by {ome few examples and inftances gathered out of many. For in the firft 
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