of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 
A effed,iftogither with the bloud of the {aid cocke,they be but laidunder ones bed. If one plucke 
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the haires outofamulestaile whilethe ftallion covereth her, and bind the fame togither ina 
wreath or knot,and apply them to the legs or loins during the act of generation, they willcaufe 
(women) to conceive whether they will or no. Whofoever maketh water upon the very place 
whereadog hath lift up his leg and piffed, fo asboth urines be mingled togither,folke fay, hee 
fhall find himfelfe thereby more unluftie tothe worke of Yea, A wonderfull thing itis (if ic be 
true) which they report likewife of the afhes of a ftar-lizardor Stellion;thar ifthe fame be enwrap- 
‘ped within fome lint or linnenrag,& heldin the left hand, ic ftirreth up the heat of huft; bu (ite 
the fame into the right hand, it will coole one as much.Moreover,tinar if one put under the pillow 
where a woman laieth her head, a few flockes, or locke of waoll foked well in batts blond, ic will 
B. fether ontodefire the companie of aman; orif fhedoe take agoofe congue either in meat or 
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drinke. The old skin or flough that fnakes doe cat off inthe Spring , whofoever drinkethin his 
ordinarie drink, it will kill all che vermin or lice of the bodie wiehin three daies: fo doth the whey 
of milke after the cheefe is gathered, if one drinke the fame with a litrle fale, If the braines of a 
eazill bee putintotherendlesor rennet chat goethtothe making of cheefe, they fay thatthe 
cheefe fo made, fhall neither corrupt all {ummer long, nor be eaten by the moufe. The afhes of 
the famé weazill given tochickens or young pigeons among the palit that is made for to feed 
them, fecureth them from the weazill. Furthermore, itis faid, that if a batt betied unto a horfe 
or mare or uch labouring beafts that are pained in their ftaling, they fhall foone have an end of 
that griefe and impediment: if they havethe wringing of the guts, or be troubled with the bots, 
there willenfue cafe of their paine, prefently upon the making three turnes or compafles round 
about their thap and naturall pacts with a ftockedove. But fee a marveilous marter! the dove be- 
ing let goe,dieth forthwith ; and the beaftimmediatly is delivered from paine. Moreover, if you 
would know a remedie againit drunkenneffe nrarke thisexperiment ; Give for three daies togi- 
ther unto great drunkards the eggs ofan owle continually intheir wine, they will take a loathing 
thereto and forbeare drinking. Whofoever taketh the lights of a mutton roiled, and eaterh the 
fame before he fit downe to drinking, fhali notbe overtaken or drunken, how freely foever hee 
powreth downe the wine. THe athes of {wallowes bills iacorporat with myrhe, will {ecure any 
man from drunkenneffe, and cauie him to beare his drinke well, in cafe the wine that hee arin- 
keth befpiced therewith : And Horus king of the Affyrians, deviled tirlt this receit againft drun- 
kenneffe. 
Overand befides all this, there be many other fingular properties behind, worthie to be no- 
ted which are attributed unto fundrie beafts,and do properly pertain to this prefent treattfe han- 
dled in this booke :for thefe magicians tell us ofa certaine bird in Sardinia called Gromphena, 
like unto a crane, but 1 beleeve verely that the Sardinians at this day know not whacbird it is. 
Within the faic Ifland and province, there is abeaft called * Ophion,which in haire only refem- ¥ A Mofile, as 
bleh a flag, but in no place els doth it breed :and the very {ame authors have told us.ofanozher 
by the name of Sirulugus, burthey fet not downe in writing either the defctiption what manner, 
of beaft it fhould be, nor the place where ir fhould breed. i doubt not verely burfuch fometimé 
there were,confidering that they have {hewed divers medecines that they do affourd, And 4/.C7- 
cero writeth ofa beaft named Bycuros,which gnaweth che vines in Campania, 
Cuars Xvi 
ee Strange wonders reported of certaine beaffs. 
‘Here remaineth yet certain wonderfull things to be fpoken of depending upon thofe brute 
_§ - creatures,of which I have treated alreadie: namely that whofoever have about them the fe- 
condine of a bitch, that isto fay, the skin wherein her whelps lay within her belly; or hold 
ia their bands either the haire or dung ofan bare,no dogs will barke at them wherefoever they 
come.Alfo tharthere be akind of gnats called Muliones, which live not above a day, Moreover, 
that as many as have about them the bill of a wood{peck when they come to take hony out ofthe 
hive,thali not be (tung by bees: againe, let a man give unto {wine among their meat,or in a mor- 
cell of paft or bread,the brains ofa raven, they will followhim whitherfoever he goeth, Further- 
more,that if one be ftrewed with the duft wherein a mule hath wallowed & tumbled her felfe,hee 
fhalbe well cooled in love,how amorous foever he were before.Over & befides,take arat and cue 
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