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| queft,that every two gallons thereof might not be bought, much underthe price of athoufand G ~ 
_ Sefterces, Certes fetting afide {weet perfumes and odoriferous ointments,there was not a liquor 
almoftin the world that began to grow untoa higher rate & reckouing;infomuch as fome pla- 
ces and people caried the name thereof,and were ennobled thereby. Andverely in all Mauritae 
nia,Granade in Spaine,and C arteia,the inhabitants lie in wait to fith for thefe Scombri,andto 
take them as they enter out of the Ocean into the ftreights of Gilbretar, and all for this Garum, _ 
being indeed good for nothing elfe. The citie Clazomene in Afia, the townes Pompeij and - 
Leptis,are much renowned for this fauce: like as Antipolis; Thurij, and of late daies, Dalmatia 
for their pickle, The groffe grounds or dregs of this fauce, before it be ftrained,purified,and fully 
finithed,tscalled Alex,even the very defect and imperfeQion therof.Howbeit,of late time men 
have gone in hand to make the faid Alex or Garum of one kind of fithes apart bythemfelves, py 
which otherwife are good for little or nothing, and of all others be {malleft. This fith we in Latin « 
call Apua,the Greekes Aphye,for that it is engendered of raine and fhowers, Inthe territorie 
“Which fome of Foro-julium,the fith whereof they make this fauce,they cali*Lupus. But in procefle of time 
perce De Our er f fle,both in price and varietie of ufe;infomuch as there grewan infinitnum- : 
Pike. atum arofe to exceffe,both in price and varietie of ufe;infomuch as there grewani um 
ber,of diverfe kinds:For one fort there was of Garum thatin colour refembled old honied wine, . 
and became fo cleare and fwcet withall,that it might well ynough have ben drunk for wine :ano~ 
ther kind there was,which our fuperftitious votaries ufe, for to keepe themfelves chaft and conti- 
nent; & the Lewes alfo in their holy facrifices employed the fj ame, efpecially that whichis made 
of skalie fithes.In like maner,the other fauce, Alex, is come to be made of Oyfters, fea Vrchins, 
{ca Nettles,Crabfithes,Lobftars,and the livers of fea Barbles.In {umme,thuswe have devifed a 1 
thoufand waies to diffolve fale with the confumption of the fubftance of fifh, andall to procure 
appetite to meat and to content the bellie. ho 
Thus much I thought good to note curfarily, as touching thofe fauces which are fo greatly 
longed after in the world;and the rather for that in {ome fort they ferve in the practife of Phyfick : 
For the groffe liquox or fauce Alex, healeth the {cab in fheepe, if the skin be {carified or skiced, 
_ andthe fame Alex poured thereupon. A Ifo it is fingular againft the biting of a mad dog, or the 
* pricke of the fea dragon. The fame likewife ferveth to foake linnen wreaths to bee laid in wounds 5 
or tents made of lint to bee put into fores, As for Garum, ichealeth any frefhburne, ifaman, 
drop itupon the place, without naming it,or faying that itis Garum : Good it is befides for the 
biting of mad dogs, but efpecially forthe Crocodiles tooth: as alfo for running ulcers which K 
be either corrofive or filthie,Of wonderfull operation & effe@ befides for thefores of the mouth, 
and eares,as alfo for their pains, [he pickle Muria likewife,or that fale liquor that commeth from 
falt fih,called in Latin Salfugo,it is aftringent,biting, difcuflive, and drying : fingular fortocure 
the dyfenterie or bloudie flix, yea, though there were an cating ulcer within the guts ; forthe ~ 
Sciatica and inveterat fluxes of the {tomacke, it is foveraigne : and to conclude,thofe that dwell 
farre from the fea in the midland parts of a countrey, ufe to bath and fomentthemfelves with it 
in liew of fea water. 3 
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o& The mature of Salt,and the medicinable vertues thereof, “9 5 
> Alt,by nature ftandeth much upon fire,& yet an enemie it is and contrary unto fire, it flieth 
yy from it eating & confuming all things whatfoever:aftringent itis,deficcative,binding,and | 
knitting. Itkeepeth from putrifaGtion, bodies that be dead,2nd canfeth them to endurefoa 
world of years.In Phyfick itisheld for mordant,burning,cauftike,and mundificative.Itdothfub~ e 
tiliar,extenuat,and diffolve.Contrarie it is unto the ftomacke,& ferveth not but only to provoke 
appetite. With origan,hony,& hyflope, itis fingular againft the {ting of ferpents :and more par- 
ticularly of the horned ferpent Ceraftes,ifit be applied with origan,cedar-rofin, pitch, or hony. | 
Being drunke with vinegre, it helpeth thofe thar be pricked with the Scolopendre: and applied se 
as a liniment with oile or vinegre,and a fourth part of line feed, it is good againftthefting offcor- py 
pions: likewife with vinegre alone, for the ting ofhornets or wafps and fuchlike, Incorporat with 
calves tallow,it ferveth much to cure the migraim,skals in the head, {mall pocks,meafels,8¢ werts 
-which begin to breed :alfo for the accidents of the eies namely the excrefcence of fuperfluous 
ficth inthofe parts, or the turning up of the skin abews the naile roots either of fingers ga 
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