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bellyand not of the skin of the faid fifhylike as Buls glue, This fith glue isthought to be beft,that 
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hand. Alfo the afhes of the * fea-tortoife incorporat with oile : of afea-titchin likewife burttand G 
calcined flefhand all rogither:as alfo the gall of a {corpionj be appropriatmedicines to recover 
haire that was loft. In like manner;take the athes of threefrogs burnt togither alive in anearthen 
pot, meddle them with honey, itis a good medecine to caufe'the haire;to grow: but the opera- 
tion avil] be the berter, in cafe the fame be tempered with liquid pitch ortar. If one bee difpofed 
to colour the haire of the head blacke, let him take horfe leeches which have putufiedand been 
*refolved togither in fome grofle red wine for the {pace of threefcoredaies, hee thall find this to 
be an excellent medecine. Others there be who give order ;to put asmany horfleeches.as.a fextar’ 
will hold,in two fextars of vinegre,and let them putrifie within a veflell of lead as many daies to- 
gither sand when they bee reduced into the forme of aliniment, toannoint the haire inthe fun- 
fhinefor the fame purpofe, And Sornatiqs attributeth fomuch power unto this compofition, 
that unleffe they that have the annointing of the haire with it hold oile in their mouthsall the 
while,their teeth alfo(by his faying) who have the doing of it,wil turn black. The atheés of Burrets 
or Putples fhells incorporat in honey, ferve paffing well in a linimentto heale fcald heads:and 
the powder of the forefaid fith thells (although they be not burnt and calcined) tempered with 
water, is as good for the head-ach. Ofthe fame operation is Caftoreum, incorporat with Har- 
{trang in oile rofat. The fat ot greafe of all fifhes whatfoever;as well thofe of the fea as rivers,be- 
ing diffolved im oile and tempered with honey, isfoveraigne for to cleare the cies: and of the like 
effect is Caftoreum,applied with honey. The gall of the fifh Callionymus, healeththe cicatri- 
ces or skars that overgrow the skin aboutthem: andthefame eateth and confumeth the excref- 
cenfe of fuperfluous fefh in the corners of the eyes. And verely there is nota fifh that hath more. 
gall chan it, as teftifieth Meander the Poet in his comeedies. The fame fith is otherwifecalled 
*Vranofcopus, by reafon of the eyes which he hath in the uppermoft part of his head, Sembla- 
ly the gall of the blacke fith Coracinus quickeneth the eye-fight. Alfo the gall of the reddith 
fea {corpions, mixed with old wine or the beft honey of Athens, ferveth to ditcuffe the filmes of 
the eyes liketo breeda cataract : and thrice muftthe eyes be annointed therewith, letting a day 
goe ever between. The fame cure ferveth likewife to takeaway the pearle in the eye. Astor Bat- 
bles, itis commonly faid, that if one doe feed ordinarily upon them, hee fhall fenfibly feele his 
eyes to decay and wax dim therby. The Sea- hare itfelfe verely is venomous ; but his afhes keepe 
the diforderly and hurtfull haires of the eye-lids from growing any more, if they bee once pluc- 
ked up by the roots: and for this purpofe,the leaft of thiskind are the deft. In like manner, the lit- 
tle Scallops kept in falt,and ftamped togither with the rofin or oile of cedar: the fmall {rags like- 
wife which ufually they cal] Diopetes and Calamitz, have the like effect to hinder the comming 
up of hairs in the eyelids, after they be once pulled up , in cafe rheir blond be tempered withthe 
gun of the vine tree, and therewith the edges of the faid eyelids be annointed. ‘The {welling and 
redneffe of the eyes is by nothing better delaied and difcuffed,than by a liniment made of acut- 
tle bone pulverized and mixed with womans milke. And in verie truth, the faid cuttle-bone fim- 
ply by it felfe, cureth the afpcritie and roughmeffe of the faid eyelids. But forto worke this cure, 
the chirurgian ufeth to turne up the {aid eye-lids, and to apply thereto the medicine, which hee 
fuffereth not to ftay there long, but taketh it away within a while: hee annointeth the place alfo 
with oile rofat, and over night layeth thereto white-bread crumbs[with breaft-milke | for to af- 
fuage the paine. The felfefame thell or cover of the cuttle-fith beaten to powderand broughtin- 
toa liniment with vinegre, cureth thofe who can fee never a whit towards night. The athes ofthe 
faid cuttle.bone draw forth the fcales or films which grow inthe eyes :thefame incorporat with 
honey, heale the skars of the cies; but tempered with falt and brafle ore, of each one dram, they 
rid away the pin and web growing in the eye: the fame helpe horfes of the haw that offendeth 
their eyes. Some fay moreover, that the little bones within the cuttle, if they be ftamped to pow- 
der, heale the eyelids of any fore or accidentbefalling unto them. The Sea-urchins flefh applied 
with vinegre,taketh away the accidents of theetes called Epiny¢tides. The magicians give dire- 
étion to burne the fame with vipers skins and froggs, andtofpice the.drinke with the afhes that - _ 
come thereof, affuring thofe who ule to drinke the fame,that they fhall havea verieclearefight. Mj 
PA fith there is named Ichthyocolla, which hath a glewith skin, and the very glue that is made 
thereofjis likewifecalled Ichthyocolla.: The fame glue taketh away the night-foes, commonly 
named in Greeke Epinydtides.: Some affirme, Thatthe faid glue Ichthyocolla is made of the 
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