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and foone do fouder greene wounds :in which operation they are fo effe€tuall and {peedie wih: G | 
all, That if the finewes bee cut quite afunder, itisa common opinion, that they will confolidae . 
and unite them againe in lefle {pace than.a wecke: and therefore, becaule they fhould bee readi¢ © 
and evérat hand,many preferve them for this purpofe condite in hony. Indeed, when they be re: . 
duced into afhes,they are effeCtuall to eat down the hard callofities growing in the fides and eds 
ges of ulcers,if they be incorporat with Tarre, or the Sicilian honey cailed Hybleum, Someufe 
them dried in the Sun and tempered with vinegre,for wounds: but this caraplaf{nie they doe tiot _ 
remove untill two daics be paft.After the fame manner,the terren€ or carthly fubftarice of thell+ 
{nailes doe much good: yea,and taken forth whole as they bee our of their thels,ftamped and fo 
"applied they conglutinat greene wounds, and ftay the runnitig fareher of corrofive ulcers. Alfo 
é there isa certaine living creature which is called Herpes by the Greekes; the fame hatha pecu- yy 
reales liar properti¢ to heale any fore that *runneth on till ahd corrode as it goeth.For which kind of 
as the(hingles, Uicers fnailes,bruifed fhels and all, bee pafling good: and the fame incorporat with Myrthe and 
wildfireand Frankincenfe,have the name to heale finewes that be cut in waine,. Moreover, the fat of a Dra- 
pvcls: gon dried in the Sun,is very effeCtuallilike as the braines alfo of a Cocke,to heale green wounds, 
if che patient withall eat falt to his meat, which was calcined together with Vipers flefh: And by 
this meanes (they fay)that any ulcers will fooner yeeld unto the cure,and bee healed with more 
Apeed. Thetenowned Phyfician Antonius Mafa,having certaine patients in cure under his hand, 
who had ulcers that were thought incurable,prefcribed them to eat Vipers fleth ; and wonderfull 
itis how foone hehealedthem cleane by that meanes, Cavs LO% a ihe 
_. The athes‘of certain Locutts without wings,called by the Grecks Tryxalides,canfethethick “4 
soufes and efcarres that grow about the brims of ulcers to fall off, and they confume the hard cal- 
Jofities thereofapplied with hony. The afhes likewife of Pigeons dung tempered with Orpiment 
or Arfenicke and Honey ferve as a corrofive toeat away any excrefcence that oughtto bee con- 
fumed. The braines of Scrich-owles incorporat with greafe, dooth wonderfully cong!utinat anie 
wounds, As forthofe morimals, named by the Greekes Cacoéthe, the afhes of a Rams fhanke- 
bonesand legs mixed with breaft milke,is fingular to healethem fo that the faid fores were firft 
well and throughly wafhed and bathed with fine linnen cloaths foked in fome convenient liquor. 
bere is a bird called an Hulat,which if it be fodden in oile and fo refolved,is good therefore,in 
cafe the fame bee incorporat in butyr made of Ewes milke and honey, If the fides or brims of 
any ulcer begrowne callousand hard,the Bees thatare fufled and:killedin honey, doemollific 
very well, Thebloud and afhes of a Weazill calcined,doe cure thewhite filthie leprofie called 
E’ephantiafs. The wounds occafioned by whipping and{courging, the markesalfo and wales. - 
semaining to be feene blacke and blew after {uch lathes and ftripes, are done away and goe pre- 
fendly out,with applying thereto a fheepes skin frefh and newly flaied. If there be any joint brui= 
fed or cracked, the afhes of a fheepes leg bone, burnt, havea {peciall vertueto helpe the fame: 
but much better, if they be incorporat isto a cerot with wax.Ofthe fame operation there is ano- 
ther plaftre made,namely, if there be calcined with the former the jawes of thefaidfheepe, and 
va Harts horne ; and if the wax be foftened and refolved with oile rofat. When bones be broken, 
itis good to applic unto the fracture the braines of a dog fpread upon a linnen cloth or enwrap- 
ped therein, covering the faid cataplafme with wooll lard aloft, and the fame eftfoones moifte- 7 
*Asoile ofro- ned and wet throughly [*in fomeaftringent liquor: ] This manner of cure doth fouder them 
fes,orredwine. Jishtly in foureteene daiesat the fartheft. The athes alfo of field-Mice worke the like effect as 
{peedily, if the fame be tempered with honey,or mingled with the afhes of earthwormes: which 
allo is able to draw forth {pils of bones, and make rhem to worke out. Thedightsof a Mutton 
_ and of aRametpecially, reduce skars to their lively colour againe, futableunto theskin about : 
BS ing » theirtallowalfo. mixed with fal nitre:fo doe the afhes ofa greene Lizard: the flough that fnakes | 
caft off in the Spring boiledin wine : and Pigeons dung tempered with honey, andfoapplied, = 
The fame medicines doe rake away the filthie white Morphew, called in Latine Viuligo, sf they 
_bee ufed with wine: for which Morphew or infe@tion of the skin, it is good to applie Canthari- 
des, with twice as much of Rue leaves, which the patient muftendure and abide, lying full up- 
. _ on.the place in the Sunne, untill fuch umeas the skimbegin to tife in pimples and lite blifters. 
Asia » Afterwards itis needfull co foment and bath the faid place thus offended, yea,and ro annointit ' 
«well with oile:which done,to return againto the former emplaftration,& fo hold on thiscourfe 
_byturnes for many daies cogether,but in any wile to take heed thatthe exulceration by this cure | 
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