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manner of poifons; whetheritbe thata man have taken ic by che mouth; orbee ftungandbitten G~ 
by any venomous beatt. Th, il balled odraart 
As touching fithes kept in fale,they are not wichout their medicinable vertues: forto eat fale- 
" fith, is verie good for them who are ftrucken with ferpents, or otherwife bitten or {tung by any 
venoimous beatt, fo they drinke to it eftloons pure wine of the grape, and withall be furero caft 
up againe by vomit towardevening their forefaid meat which they dideat thatday. The fame 
falefith more peculiarly ferveth for them who have been hurt and wounded with the venomous 
* or Cheleidica. lizard * Chalcis, the horned ferpent Ceraftes,or the venomous horne-fretters called Sepes : bee 
ing othetwife fingulat ro heale thofe who have ben {mitten with the ferpent Elops,ot bitten with 
the thirftie tooth of the worme Dipfas: but ifa man be prickedby the {corpion, goodit is for 
him to feed fully of faltfith, howbeit in no wife to vornirthe fame up again, bucracher toendure 
the drinefle and chirft occafioned thereby :and many hold, thatitisaproper remedie toappli¢ 
vnto the fore,a cataplafme made of the fovefaid faltfith. Verely againft the biting of crocodiles, 
there is not thought to be amore prefent and effeQuall remedie, than it. But to growunto partis * 
culars, Sprotsfalted have a {peciall propersie to heale the biting of the beetle or venomous flie 
Prefter: alto in cafe a man be bitten with amad dog, it is verie good tolay faltfith unto the fore $ 
yea though the wound were not cauterized with a red hot yron, nor the patients bodie emptied 
bya clyftre this cataplafme alone of falcfithis thought fufficientto cure it : the fame foked in vie 
negre,ferve alforo be laid unto the placethat is hurt with a fea-dragon.Of thefame operation — 
* cbinm andefledtisa™ (quare peece or canton of thefilh Tunie falted and condited. Andfince I have’ 
named the fea-dragon,this would be noted, That hinifelfe outwardly applied, is aremediefor ~~ 
the venome inflicted by the pricke or finne of his ridge-bone, wherwith: his manneris to ftrike: 
yea and his verie brains alfo, if you take nothing els, areas effectuall. The decoction of fea-trog’s 
fodden in wine and vinegte, is a foveraigne drinke for all poilons,but efpecially for the venome 
of the hedge toad and falamander, As for the froggs of rivers and freth waters, ifa man either 
eat the flefh or drinke che broth wherein they were fodden, he fhall find it verie good againft the 
poifon of the fea-hare, or the ting of ferpents abovenamed : but more particularly againft the 
pricke of {Corpions, they would bee boiled in wine. Moreover, Democritusfaith, that ifaman 
take out che tongue of a frog alive,fo that no other parc thereof fticke thereto, and after he hath ; 
let the frog goe againcinto the water, apply the faid tongue unto the left pap of a woman whiles 
the is afleepe, in the very place where the heart beateth, fhee thall anfwertrulyand dire@ly in _ 
her fleepe, to any iaterrogatorie or queftion that is put unto her, Butthe magicians tell more 
woonders than fo of the frogg;which if they bee true, certes frogys were more commodious. 
and profitable roa common-wealth, than all the pofitive written Jawes that wee have :forthey 
would make us beleeve, that if the husband take afrogg and {pither (asit were) alength upon 
a reed, foas it goe inat the skut or mature behind and come foorth againe at the'mouth; and 
then pricke the {aid reed or broch in the menftruall blond of his wife, fhewill never have mind 
afterwards to entertaine any adulterers, bur deteft and Joath thar naughue kind of life. Cer- 
teinicis, that if frogs fleth be put within a net, or thata hooke be baited therewith,Purple fithes } 
above all others, will come flocking thither . Moreover, itis commonly faid, thatafrog hatha 
double liver,which ought to be laid before ants; and looke which of thetwolobesor flapsthere- 
of they take unto and feeme to gnaw, the fame isa moft fingular antidot againft all poifons 
whatlover, iHEe 3 5 boy siot 
Some trogs there be that live onely among buthes and in hedges, which thereupon wee call 
“Oartoads. iy Latine by the natne of * Rubetz,and the Greeks tearmethem Phrynos:thebiggeft theyare 
of all other,with two knubs bearing out in their front ike horns, anc full ofpoifonahey be. They ( 
that write of thefe toads, ftrive a-vie who fhall write moft wonders of them :forfome fay, thatif 
one of them be broughtinto a place‘ofconcourfe where people are ingrearnumberaflembled, = 
they fhall be all hufhe, and nor a word aniong them-They afficniealfo, thar: thereis‘one little = 
bone in their right fide, which if itbethrowne intoa pan of feeching water.theveflell willcdole MQ 
prefently and boileno more, untill it betaken forth againe. Now this bone (faythey) is foondby 
this means: If aman take one of thefe venomous ftoggs or toads, and caft itinto aneftof ants 
for to beg €aren and devoured by them,and looke when they have gnawed away the fiefh roche 
" veri¢ bones, each bone one after another is tobe putintoa kerele feething upon the fire, andfo 
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