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the fting or prick of {corpions,with vinegre. In the cure of wounds, {punges may be ufedin flead G 
of unwathed greafie wooll, fometimes applied with wine and oile, and fometimes alfo with the 
faid wooll: this onely is the difference, That fuch wooll doth moftifie, whereas fpunges doe re- 
{traine and {mite back: and yera facultie they, have to fetch out and fucke away the filthie excre- 
ments ,attyr,and quitter, that gather in fores and wounds, They may bee bound about the bodie 
of thofe that have a dropfie, either drie, or elfe wet in warme water or vinegre according asneed 
requireth, either to goe gently to worke,or to cover and drie the skin. Over and befides, good it 
is to apply {punges to thofe accidents and infirmities of the bodie which require evaporation ; 
namely, if they be well foked and throughly wet in hote water, and then prefled and ftreined be- 
tween two tables or bourds.After which manner,they are good to be laid unto the ftomack;and 
in a fever,againft extremitie of heat.For thofethat be troubled with the oppilation or hardneffe 
of che {plene,there is nota more effectuall remedy, than to apply {punges to the place affected, 
wet in oxycrat or vinegre and water togither slike asfor fhingles and S. 4mthonies evill,with vine- 
ere onely. Burin this application of them, confideration muft bee had that they cover the found 
parts alfo round about aswell as the other. Spunges wet in vinegre or cold water, ftaunch any \ 
flux of bloud. If there be any place of the skin blacke and blew, upona frefh or new ftripe, lay’: 
thererof{punges well drenched in {alt water, chaunging them often one after another, & it {hall 
recover the natural] colour againe :in which order, they bring downe the {welling of the cods, 
and allay their paine. Becing hacked and cut {mall, they ferve to good purpofe for to be laidto 
the biting ofmad dogs ; fo that eftfoons and ever and anon they be wet and refrefhed with vine- 
gre, cold water, or honey good ftore, one with another. The {punges of Africkeor Barbarie be- 
ing burnt or calcined,doe make {overaigne athes for to be drunke with the juice of unfetleeks in 
cold water (fo there bee put unto a draught thereof, a quantitie of falt) by fuch as caft or reach 
bloud upward ac the mouth, The fame athes reduced into a liniment, either with oile or vinegte, 
and{o applied as a frontal] to the forehead ,drive away tertian agues, Thefe African {punges have 
this peculiar qualitie, to difcufle any tumors, if they be applied unto them well foked in oxycrat 
or water and vinegre mixed togither. [he athes of any {punges whatfoever, burnt cogither with 
pitch, ftaunch the bleeding of any wound: and yet fome there bee, who in this cafe burne thofe 
onely with pitch which are of a grofle and loofemaking, and notfo compact as the reft. More- 
over, for the accidents of the eyes, {fpunges are many times burnt and calcined, in an earthen 
potunbaked: and the afhes which come thereof, doe much good alfounto the pilling arid afpe- 
ritie of the eyelids ,the excrefcenfe of fle(h, and whatfoever 1n thofe parts needeth aftrition, or 
otherwife to be united,fowdred or incarnat: and for thefe effects it is much better to wath the faid 
athes.Furthermore,{punges,in frition and rubbing of crafie bodies, may well ftand in ftead of 
currying combs,and courie linnen cloaths:befides,they ferve right handfomly and fitly,to cover 
and defend the head againft the extreame heat of the Sun, Moreover, the ignorance of our phy- 
ficians, is the caufe thatall {punges be reduced to two onely kinds, to wit, under the name of Af- 
frican, which be ofa more tough and firme fub{tance ; and the Rhodiacke, which are fofter, and 
therefore meet for fomentations. At this day, the tendreft and moft delicat fpunges are found 
about the walls of the cittie Antiphellus. And yet 7vegus writeth, that about Lycia, the fofteft 
fpunges called Penicilli, do grow in the deep fea,and namely in thofe places, from whence other 
{punges beforetime had ben plucked and taken away.Finally, Polybivs doth report, Thatif fpun- 
es be hung about the tefter or feeling of abed over ficke perfons, they fhall take the better reft 
and repofe all night for it. Nowis 1t time for me to return unto Beafts of the Sea, and other ctea- 
tures living and bred in the waters, : | 
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