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and skinall againe. The faid eaithwormes alfo if they be drunke in honied wine,bting dawn milk 
into their breafts. There be certaine little wormes found breeding in the commicn coich-grafie, 
called Gramen,which if a woman weare about her necke, ferve very ctfeCtually, to caufe her for 
tokeepe her infant within the wombe the ordinarie rearme : hutfheemuft leave them off when 
fhe drawes neare unto the time when the fhould crie out: for orherwile,if they be not takenfrom 
~ her,they would hinder her deliverance.Great heed alfo there muft be taken,that thefewormsbe _ 
not laid upon the ground in any hand.Moreover,there be Phyficians who give wonsen to drink 
five or feven of them ata time,forto helpe them toconceive, If women ufe tocar {nailes dref- 
fed as meat, they fhall be delivered with more {peed, ifthey were in hard labour :let them be ap= 
plied unto the region of the matrice or natural parts with Saffron,they haften conception.Ifthe 
fame be reduced into a liniment with Amylum and gum Tragacanth,and laid too accordingly, 
they doe {tay the immoderat flux of reds or whites.Being eaten in meat,they are foveraigne for 
their monthly purgations, And with the marrow ofa red Deere they reduce the matrice againe 
into the right place, if it were turned ato-fide: but this regard mutt bee had, that to every fnaile 
there be put a dram weight of Cyperus alfo, If the matrice be given to ventofities, let the fame 
fnailes be taken forth of their fhels,ftamped and laid too with oile of rofes they difeuffe the win- 
dinefle thereof. And for thefe purpofes beforenamed, the fnailes of Aftypalza beé chofen for 
the beft. Alfo for to refolve the inflation of thispart,there is another medicine made with fnails, 
efpecially thofe of Barbarie, namely, to take two of them and to ftampe them with as much Fe- 
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nigtecke feed as may be comprehended with three fingers,adding thereto the quantitie of foure 
fpoonefuls of honey, and when they bee reduced all intoa liniment, to applie the fame unto the 
region of the wombe, after the fame hath beene well and throughly annointed all over with the 
juice of Ireos,’.Floure-de-lis, There bee moreover certaine white fnailes that bee {mall and long 
withall,and thete be commonly found wandering here and there in every place. Thefe being drt- 
ed in the Sunne vpon tiles and reduced into pouder,they ule to blend with Beane floure, of each 
alike quantitie, And this is thought to bee an excellent mixture for to beautifie their bodie,and - 
make the skin white and {mooth. Alfo,ifthe itch be offenfive,fo as awoman bee found ever and 
anon to fcratch and rub thofe parts,there is not a better thing therfore than the little flat fnails, 
if they bee brought into a liniment with fried Barley groats. If a woman with child chaunce to. 
ftep over a Viper fhe fhall be delivered hefore her time of an unperfec birth. The like accicent 
will befall ugto her, in cafe the goe over the ferpent Amphisbzna,if the fame were dead before. 
Andyepaf’a woman have about her in abox one of them alive, thee {hall notneed to feare the 
going over them,though they were dead. And one of thefe Amphisbznes dead as it 1s and pre- 
ferved or condite in falt, procureth fafe and eafie deliverance toa woman that hath itabout her. 
A wonderfull thing,thatit fhould be fo daungerous fora woman with child to paffe over one of 
them which hath not been keptin fale ; and that the fame thouldbe harmelefle and doe no hurt 
at all, if immediatly after it hath been fo kept, the ftep over it. A perfume made with afnake long: 
kept and dried, procureth the defired ficknefle of women. The old flough of a inake which thee , 
hath caft,applied unto the loines of a woman thatis in labour, helpeth her to berter {peed :butit 
, muftberemoved prefently after that fhe is delivered.Many ufe to give it unto women with child 
for tobee drunke in wine wish Frankincenfe : for beeing taken otherwifc,it caufeth abortion. The 
rod or wand whereby one hath parted ortaken off a frog ortoad froma {nake, helpeth women 
that be in travell of childbirth. And aliniment made with the afhes of the unwinged Locufts cal- 
led Tryxalides and honey tempered together, helpeth forward their monthly purgations, The 
{pider like wife that commeth downe {pinning from aloft, hamging by ber fine thread which fhee 
draweth ina length, if fhe be cavght with the hollow of the hand, brufed and applied according- 
ly,worketh the fame effe@ : bur take the fame {pider winding up her yearne, and retuaping backe 
to her neaft upward, it will worke contrariwife,and ftay the fleurs of women. The Aigle ftone called 
Aétites,becanfe it is found in an Zgles neft,preferveth and holdeth the infant ftill in che mothers 
wombe ro the ful! time,apaintt any indire&t practife of forcerie or otherwile,to the contrarie. Ifa 
_ woman be in hard labour of childbirth, puta Vultures quill under her icet,i¢ will helpe herto a. 
mote {peedie deliverance. Great bellied women,as itis well knowne and found by proof,ought 
to bee very charie and to beware of Ravens egges, forit they chaunce to goe over one of thicm, 
they fhall fall tolabour prefently, and flip an untimely birth with great daunger of their life. It 
feemeth tomany, that chemeuting of an Hawke druoke in honied wine, maketh women which 
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