302 | The thirtieth Booke : 
hand to the confiftence of an unguent and fo applied. And this medicine laf ntentioried, is pal: “G 
fing effectuall for the partie himfelfe that hath the handling of it :forit affureth him aforehand, 
that he fhall not fall into the {aid difeafe in awhole yeare following : But this Cricquet muft bee 
digged out of the ground with fome inftrument of yron, and the earth & all to be taken up witht 
it,for to ferve in this cure.Moreover,itis{aid, That Goofe greafeis very goodin this cafe : foare 
the athes of a Vipers headkept dried and then calcined, if thefame be afterwards applied inform i 
ofa liniment with vinegre. The old floughs that {nakes caft off,reduced into an unguent with Bi- 
tumen and Lambesfuet,quencheth this burning humor of S.4athonies fire, if the bodie be an- 
nointed therewith tempered in water,prefently after the baine. honid o bea atgHaGn 
As for Carbuncles,the means to rid them away;is to annointthem either with Pigeons dung q 
alone,or els mixed with Line feed and honied vinegre, Likewife,itis poodtomakeacaraplafme yy 
of thofe Bees which have beene drowned orkilled in their owne honey, and Jay the fame upon 
the fore. Others applie unto them either a pulteffe of fried Barley groats,orelfe a poudermade 
with their meale. If there be a carbuncle rifen in the privities, the fattinefle of greafieand un- 
wathed wooll, incorporat in honey anid the skales refufe or cindres of lead, into afalve,cureth 
it : and che {ame healech generally all other botches or ulcers in thofe parts. Sheepes dung that 
is frefhand greene, they holdto be fingular for carbuncles, taken in the very beginning. 
All tumours and hard{wellings, which had need to be mollified,are made foft and brought 
downe moft effectually with Goofe greafe,or the fat of a Swan, 
Moreover tis faid, That a {pider laid to any fellon,before it bee once named what thing itis, 
cureth the fame ; but it muft not bee remooved from the place before the third day. The Moufe j 
called an Hardifhrew hanged up alive untill it be dead, is very good for thefefellons, in cafe it 
touch not the ground afterward, and that there beethree circles or turnes made with it round a-_ 
bout the fore ;{o that withall both the patient and the partie that hath this cure in hand, {pit up- 
on the floore three times in the doing thereof. Alfothe dung of Cocke or Hen(that which loo- 
keth reddith efpecially) tempered with vinegreand laid toa fellon, healeth it; burthe faid dung 
ought to befrefh and newly meured . Of the {ame operation and effect is the gifier of a Stotke 
boiled in wine.Some there be chat take certaine flies of fome oddeand uneven number, brufe and 
* mediciche worke them into the confiftence of a falve with their*ring-finger,and therewith applie them to 
fourtbor next che fellon.Others ufe for the faid purpofe the filth engendred in fheeps eares, Old fheeps tallow 
o the little ; . , ges Ss oKe 
finger. mixed with the athes that come of womens hair,teduced into a Jiniment,ferveth to cure the faid Yo 
accident: fo doth Rams fuet mixed with the afhes of a pumith {tone calcined, and a like quantity 
in weight of falr, 
__ As forburnesand fcaldings,theathes of a dogs head burnt,are fingular good to cure the fame: 
fo be the afhes of Dormice tempered with oile :fheepes treddles alfo mixed with wax:theafhes 
of mice and fhell-{nailes ; and this medicine will skin chem focleane,that there fhall no {car re- 
maine aiterwards to be feene.In like manner,the greafe of Vipers: or the afhes of Pigeons dung 
calcined and reduced into a liniment with oile. 
Touching the nodofities of the finéwes,the afhes of a Vipers head burnt and brought into an 
unguent with the oile Cyprinum, is thought to bee afoveraigne medicine for torefolvethem. 
Likewife, earth-wormes made into a cataplafine with honey, and foapplied untothe affe@ted ¢ 
place.But if the faid finewes doe ake and be pained : bind untothem the ferpentcalled Amphis= —~ 
bena dead,and it will eafe the greefe. The like effect you may looke for of Vultures greafe,toge- 
ther with the gifter of the {aid foule,dried and ftamped with old{wines greafe or lardjandforedu- 
cedintoaliniment. And if wee may give any credit to the Magicians, a drinkemade of honied ~ 
wine, {piced with the afhes of a Scrich-owles head, together with a Lillie root, will worke the . 
fame effec, 7 
In contractions of the finewes, it is ood to eat the flefh of Stock-doves,efpecially if the fame 
hath been poudered and kept in falt. The fleth likewife of an Hedgehog is as good for crampes 
and {pafmes: asallo the afhes of a Weazill. The old flough that {nakes leave off,enfoldedwith- 
in apeece of a Bulsskin or leather made thereof, is good to be worne tied about one forto pre- \4 
vent this difeafe : and more particularly for thofe {pafmes or convulfions that draw the finewes 
of the necke fo,as the head is plucked backward, there is nota better medicine than to drink the : 
poife of three oboli of aKites liver dried,in as many cyaths of mead or honied water. q 
When the skin turneth up about the roots of the nails,or the excrefcence of the flefh ner 
the 
