of Plintes Naturall Hiftorie. 293 
A the fingersto paine,which accidentsbe called in Latine Reduviz,and in Greek Prerygia:it were 
good to ufeto them the athes of adogs head calcined, or the matrice of abitch fodden in oile ; 
with this charge,to annoint them aloft witha liniment of butter, made of ewes milke and honey 
incorporattogether. The burfe likewife or little bladder, which containeth in it the gall of any 
beatt,is good for this purpofe: by | ls | 
’ It thenailesbee ragged and rugged, it is not amifle to applie unto them Cantharides incor- 
porat with pitch,without removing this plaftre before the third day: or els to lay unto them Lo. 
cufts fried in Goats {uet : fheeps tallow alfo is good therfore.Some mix therwith Birdlime madé 
with Miffelto and Purcellane tempered together: others take Verde gris.or ruft of brafleand thé 
forefaid birdlime,but they remove not the plafter off in threedaies. © : ony 
Cuar, X111." yng olostives ai 
e& Receits for launching bloud:reprefsing or {miting backe thé [welling incident té 
wounds: healing of ulcers and greene wounds : and generally fur 
curing of many other maladies. Remedies all ona 
taken from dumbe creatures. 
He fuet that commeth from the kell of aMutton,ftaieth any flux ofbloud,ifit be conveied 
into the place from whence it iffueth: fo is their rede,efpecially if it be the rennet of a yong 
Lambe tempered with water, either drawne up into thenofthrils or poured into them : this 
C isthonghttobee fach afoveraigne remedie, that when all others have failed, ithath done the 
deed. The earthie fubftance fticking to fhell-fnailes, hath thefame effect : yea, and their verie 
fiefh when they are pulled out of their houfes. In cafe the nofe do bleed exceffively,take the faid 
fhell-fnailes,bruife them and lay them to the forghead, they will {taunch the bleeding : the cop- 
webs alfo put up into the nofthrils. As for the braines of aCocke or Capon,they {top a flux of 
bloud ifluing from the braine. But fay that bloud doe guthimmoderatly out ofa wound : it is 
wonderfull how the afhes of horfe dung,together with eggefhels, willftop the fame,if it be laid 
thereto, > : ¢ 
As for *wounds,the greafe of unwathed wooll, incorporat with the afhes of tortified and cal- 4 pjreyibru? 
_ cined Barleyand Verdegris, of each a like quantitie, and fo made into a plaftre, healeth them, Someread __ 
_D Thefameisafoveraigne falve for any corrofive ulcers,be they never {o maligne and cankerous,l¢ “rim, iVie 
eateth and confumeth the dead flefh about the brims and edges ofulcers,yea,8bringethdowtt 
the excrefcence of proud flefh,reducing the fame tobeé even with thereft abourit, The: fame | 
doth incarnat likewile and skin the place after it is filled up with young fleth, If the ulcers proove a | 
to be illfavoured cankers, it is thought, Thatthe athes of theepes dung mixed with falnitre,is an 
eilectuall pouder for the fame ; and as great operation is attributed to the afhes of a Lambs leg 
bones, but principally if che faid fores bee of thenatureof Nunquam fana, andwill not skin up, 
but {corne all healing plaftres whatfoever. Much vertue alfo is ateributed unto Rams lights in 
thefe cafes ; for it eateth away all the excrefcences of ranke flefhin ulcers, andthereis nor the 
likeagaine unto it,for reducing all unto an equalitie, The very dung alfo of {heepe heat under an 
E earthen pan and afterwards wrought into a maffe orpafte, affuagech the tumour of any ulcers: 
And itferveth likewife co mundifie and heale fiftulaes,as alfoto rid away the chil-blanes or blou- 
diz fals which are our night-foes, But of ali other,theafhes of an horfe head is moft forcible in 
this cafe, for it confumeth all {uperfluous fleth growing in fores, and healeth up thefameafter~ *sinopidefome 
wards,no Spodium better.And yetit is faid,that Mice dung is vety good thereforeilike as the a- cgay eh | 
fhes of Weazils dang. The hard callofitiesin the bottome of ulcers, the Cheeflips or Sowesif j" 9S); oc 
they be ftamped frefh and reduced drie into pouder,doe fearch throughly : like asallcankersal- muchfeeing 
fo they cute, if they be incorporat with the right Terpentine and common *Bole-Armoniacke, peat i 
And thefe medicines abovefaid are fingular for thofe ulcers that be given to breed wormes, and Sicitlare, & Bo 
thereby are daungerous.And f{eeing lam light upon the mention of wormes, it would be noted, “ Ans ae 
F that there bee diverfe forts of wormes which have wonderfull properties in thefe cafes: For firlt eee ce 
and formoft,the groffe and fat wormes breeding in wood & timber, which the Latins call Coffi, differio operas | 
are foveraigne healers of any ulcers whatfoever.Butif thefame beeburnt with an equall weight ae ery 
of Annife teed, and reduced intoa liniment by the meanes of oile,they have a fpeciall vertue tO as the learned 
curethofe foresthat be corrofive which the Greekes call NomsBarthwormesare great healers, aba ae 
an Metallia. 
