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 Elyta, accor 
_ ding to Galen, 
The two and thirtieth Booke 
honey, or of the Purples Conchylia,with honied wine. ©: | Y 
If the teeth ake,the readie meanes to afluagethem,is to fcarifie the gums and let them bloud 
with the fharpe bones of the fea dragon : and withall,to make acollution with the braines of the 
{ea dogfith boiled in oile and faved for the purpofe,to wafh'the mouth and teeth therewith once 
in a yeare, Likewife in the paine of the teeth, found itis moft foveraigne to fearifie the pums with 
the prickie bone or finne of the Puffin or Forkefith,untill they bleed againe. The fame alfo being 
pulverized,brought into a liniment with white Ellebore,and appliedto the teeth ,caufeth them 
to fall out of the head without any great paine,Moreover,the afhes of falt fifh burnt in a newear-". 
then veflell,and mixed with the pouder of the marble ftone,is reckoned among the remedies for 
the teeth. In like manner the quadrants orfquare cantons of the old Tunie fifh,*burnt toa coale 
in anew earthen pan,and afterward beaten to pouder,are thonght tc be good for thetooth-ach, 
Of the like operation and effeét(they fay)be the prickes and finnes of all kinds of fale fithy ifthey 
be firft burned toa coale then pulverized,and therewith the teeth well rabbed. Furthermore, to 
make a collution to wath the teeth withall,& to hold the liquor in the mouth, fome feeth Frogs 
in vinegre,with this proportion, that to every Frog they take one hemin of vinegre.Burbecaule 
many a mans {tomack lothed & abhorred fuch a medicine, Sal/ufl. us Dionyfiwsfound themeans 
to hang many of them by the hinder legs over a veffell or pan of feething vinegre, that our of 
their mouth there might fall the humour within their bodies into the faid vinegre. But to thofe 
who had good ftomackes and were of ftronger complexions, he prefcribed to eat the very Frogs 
broth and all wherein they were fodden. And in very truth, many are of this opinion, Thatif the 
grinders and great jaw teeth doe ake, this is a fpeciall medicine for them but in cafe they be loofe 
in the head, then the beft way to confirme and fet them faft,is a collution with the vinegre afore- 
faid. And for this purpofe fome there bee,who after they have cut off the feet of two Frogs, lay 
their bodies to infufe and fteepe in one hemine of wine, and fo advife their patients to wafbtheir 
unfteedie teeth with the faid infufion,Others applie them whole as they be,legsand all outwardly 
to the chawes,and keepe them faft thereto. Whereas fome againe feeth ten of them in three {ex- 
tars of vinegre,untill a third part of the liquor bee confumed, and with this deco@tion thinke to 
faften the teeth fure that fhake in their fockets. Moreover, others you fhall have whotakethe 
hearts of fixand thirtie Frogs,& bake or boile them in one fextar of old oile under a panor oven 
of braffe; the gravie or liquor whereof they poured into theeate of that fide wherethecheekeor . 
jaw doth ake: whereas many other befides feeth theliver of a Frog, and when they have ftamped 
and incorporat it with honey,put it into the hollow teeth, or applic it thereto. But all thefe medi- 
cines abovefaid you muft thinke to be more effeQtuall, if they be made of fea Frogs. Nowif the 
teeth be worm eaten and ftinke withall, they give order to drie a hundred of them inan oven all 
nightlong: afterwardsto put unto them as much falt in proportion as they come to in weight, 
and therewith to rub the faid faultie teeth. There is a kind of ferpent or water-fnake called in La. 
tine Coluber,and of the Greckes Euhydris ; divers there be,who with foure of the upper teeth of 
this ferpent,fcarifie the gums of the upper chaw,in cafe the teeth therein doe ake:and femblably 
with foure of the nether teeth, if the other bee in paine : And yet fome there bee who content. 
theafelves with the eyetooth onely. They ufe alfo the athes of fea-Crabs, and no marvaile : for 
the afhes of Burrets is a dentifrice well knowne for tokeepe the teeth clean,and make them neat * 
and white. | 
The fat of a fea-Calfe or Seale taketh away the foule tettars called Lichenes, and the filchi¢ 
leprofie:fo doe the afhes of Lampreies, if the fame beeincorporat with honey tothe weight of 
three oboli, Theliver alfo of the Puffin boiled in oile.Finally,the afhes of afea-Horfe anda Dol- 
phin mixed with water,fo that che part affe€ted be wellrubbed withall untill it blifter. Now, when 
it is thus exulcerat, it muft be followed with that manner of cure which is appropriat therto, anid 
namely,untill it be healed and skinned againe. Some take the liver of a Dolphin,and frie or tor- 
rifie it in an earthen pan,untill there come from it akind of greafe in manner of oile,and there- 
with annoint the patients in the cafes abovefaid, 3 
If women defire to be rid of the foule freckles, fpots, and morphew that doe injurie to their 
beautie; ifthey would looke young,and have their skin plumpe and void of allrivels, let them 
take the afhes of Burrets and Purple thells calcined, incorporat the fame with honey into the 
forme of aliniment : within one weeks {pace if they plie it with anointing, they thall fee the ef- 
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fect thereof; namely, the skin cleare and neat,even and{mooth withoutwrinkles,andthe¢hecks 
not 
