of Plinies Naturall Fiiftorie. 
A itwillbe foone knowne whichis the bone, bythe effe@.aforefaid, There is another fuchilike bone 
(by their faying) in the left fide ; caft it into the water that hath done feething, it willfceme to 
boile and waulme againe prefently: this bone (forfooth) is called Apocynon : and why fo? be- 
caufe ywis, there is not athing more powerfull to appeafe and reprefle che violence and firie 
of curft dogs, than it. They report moreover; that it inciteth unto wanton love; and yer marhe- | 
leffe if a cup of drinke bee {piced cherewith, ic will breed debate and quarrels among thofethar » 
drinke thereof :alfo, whofoever carrieth itabourhim, fhall'be provokedro fichly duti: and con- 
trariwile, if the bonein the right fide bee likcwife ufed, ic will coole as much and take downethe » 
pride of flefh and heat of concupifcenfe, Others there be who are of opinion, that if itbee but & 
worne about one, either hanging to the necke, or faftened unto any other pare.o! the bodi¢,en- Q 
B . folded within a little peece of anew lambs skin, it will cure a quattan ague, of on’ other fever 
befides. The fame alio repreffcth the affection of love. Moreover, they -beare us io bands thar 
the milt of thefetoads is a countrepoifon againfitheir owne yeoome »bucahe heattiay:cy)is 7 
much moreeffeuall. ¥: 7 priniet OKo adie 
There is acertaine kind of ferpent or {nake haunting the water, calledin/Larine Coluber; 
the farand gall of which ferpent, if they have about them) whofe to hunt after crocodiles, it 
iswooaderfull (fay they) howthey bee ated and defencéd againfi them; for they will, not at- 
tempt toturne againe upon the huntersand give any affaile: and yer of greater effect and force 
they fhall find it,in cafe there bee incorporat withall, the pond-weed or water-fpecke called 
Potamogiton, : boosh oelganuah 
C Theriver Creifithes, if they be taken freth, ftamped and given in water to.drinke,, arefove- 
-raigne againitall poifons: fo is their afhes al{oa countrepoifon ; but more particularly: againgt 
the iting or pricke of fcorpions, if it bee drunke inafles milke jor for default thereof, in goats 
milke, or any other whatloever: but then the patient oughttodrinke wine upon it. And verely, 
fo adverfe and contrarie are they unto fcorpions, thar it they bee punned with bafill into a cer- 
taine compvlition, it will killthem, if thefame bee but laid upon them. Of the fame force they 
are againit the {ting or biting of any other venomous beaft belides, and. mote efpecially of thie 
pernicious hardifhrew Scytale, of {nakes, fea-hates, and hedge-toads. Manyshere be whovule 
to fave the afhes of Creifithes calcined, as a foveraigne remedie forall fuch as be indaunger to 
fallinto the fymptome of fearefulnetfe to drinke, incident tathofe that are bitten by mad dogs: 
D fomeaddthereto the hearbe Gentian, and give-both togither in wine to drinke :butif thedaid 
fymprome of Hydrophobie have furprized them alreadie, then the faid afhes or powder ought 
tobereduced (by the means of wine) into trofches or pills, which they prefcribe untotheirpa- 
tients for to be {wallowed downe. The magicians proceed farther and athrme, that ifa maasake 
ten Creifithes and tie them alltogither witha good bunchor handfull of bafill, all the {corpi- 
onsthat beethereabout, will aflemble togither.to that one place: and they give order, thatit a 
man be hurt alreadie with 2 {corpion, there {houldbee a, cataplafine made of them, orarleaft- 
waies'of cheir afhes mixed with bafill, and fo applied tothe place aficGted, The Sea-crabs are 
nothing fo good of operation in all thele cafes; asthe Land-crabs or Creififhes aforefaid;ac- 
cording as 7 brafills mine author doth report. Howbeit, hee faith nevertheleffe, that there are 
E nofuch enemies toferpentsas Crabs:and hee’afficmeth moreover, That if {wine be ftung or 
hurt dy ferpents, they helpe and ctxe themfelves by feeding upon Sea-crabs onely, and{eeke 
for no other helpe or remedie. Hee addeth furthermore and avoucheth, that ferpents are il} ae 
eafe yea and much tormented with paine when the Sun isin thefigne of the Crab, called com- 
monly Cancer, foulsai A bos brow neds su ou odo yorly 
Jo come nowto theriver,fhell-{nailes:moft certaine itis, that their fie(h, whether it bee 
raw or boiled, is fingular good torefift the venome of {corpions inflicted by their prickesor 
fting sand fome there be, who forto havethemina readineffeto ferve in thele cafes,keepethem 
in falt :and they ordaine them tobe applied unto the very fore it {elfe, occafioned by their forg~ 
F {aid Ring. vba vd ty 
As forthe [blacke] fifhes named Coracini, they are peculiar and appropiiat unto the river 
Nilus; howloever my determination and purpofe isto. deliver medecines profitable and bene- 
ficiallto all parts of the earth in generall, Theis flefhis good tobe applied. untothe forescaufed 
by fcorpions, ) 7 
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