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A nothollow,but faire and full. Marie upon the eight day they muft not forget to foment & bath 
_ theplace with the white of an egg well beacen. Among thekinds of Burrets culled Miurices, are 
to beraunged thofe fhell-fithes which the Greekes fome cal] Colycia, othersC orythia, thaped 
in the fhell like to the reft in manner of aturbanr, butthat they be farre lefle ,howbeit wore effe- 
- aall: forthat befides the other properties abovenamed this {peciall gilt they have,to maintain 
afiveet breath.As for the fith or glue called Ichthyocolla,it hath vertue to lay the skin even with- 
outrivels,and to makeitrife and appearefrim, butthenit onghrto boile in water the {pace of 
foure houres, afterwards to be ftamped,*ftrained,and wrought to the liquid confiftence of hony +¢,1;4, 
and nomore. Thus prepared, it mutt be put up intoa new veflell never occupied, and thete kept. 
When time ferves to ufe it,to every foure drams weight thereof proportion two of brimftone,of 
B Orchanetas much,of litharge of filver eight drams: put them all together,and {tamp them, with 
fome {princkling of water among. Herewith let the face bee annointed, and after toure houres 
wath it off againe. For thefpots and pimples in the face, called Lentils, asalfo for all other de- 
formities, the afhes of Curtll bones are thought fingular,if che skin bee rubbed tierewith:and 
the fameconfurne the excrefcence of proud andranke flefh, like as they drie up any moiftand 
shcumaticke ulcers. 
Crap. vir. 
2& Diverfe receits, {iz downe diforderly one with another, for fundrie maladi-s. 
c Ne Frog boyled in five hemines of fea-water, is fingular for to canfe the skurfe of the 
mange or wild fcab to fall off: bucfodden fo long it mutt be,uoull the decogtion bee nfen 
tothe height of honey. : 
_ There is engendred in the fea alfo that which is called Halcyoneum,made as fome thinke of 
theneafts of the birds Halcyones and Ceyces :but as others fuppofe, of the filthiefome of the 
fea thickened and indurat: and according to the opinion of fome, it proceedeth from the mud- | 
die flime or a certaine*hoarie drie {cum or froth of the fea. Foure kinds there be of it, The firft * Hadfachites 
ofan afhcolour,thicke and maffie of a quicke and hote fell. The fecond is foft and more mild 
favouring in manner ike to fea weeds. The third refembleth the whiter kind of checquer woike in ’ 
marquetrie. The fourth is more hollow and fuller of holes ia manner of a pumith ttone, and in 
tharrefpe@ refembleth a rotten fpunge,encliniag much tothe colour of purple : & this is fim- 
ply the beft, called alfo by the name of Halcyoneum Milefiumsyet in this kind chewhiterthat it 
is,the worfe 1s it to be liked. The propertie of them allin generalitie, istoexulcerat.and mundi- 
fie. Vfed they are being torrified,even without any oile. Wonderful is their operation,if they be 
tempered with Lupines,and the weight of two oboll in fulphur, for to take away the wild {cab ot 
leprofie,the foule cettars Lichenes,and the pimples or {pots of the skin called Lentils, Haleyo- 
neumalfo is commonly emploied about the skars or thicke filmes appearing in the eyes, Can- 
areas the Phyfician ufed much the athes of a fea-crab incorporat with oiJein curing the lepro- 
fie. Attalw« occupiedas ufually the fat of afrefhTunienew taken, forthe healing ofulcers. The 
pickle of Lampreies, together with the afhes of their heads calcined, and brought into a lint 
ment with honey,healeth thekingsevill. And many are of opinion, Lhatto pricke the wens na- 
med the kings evill aforefaid,with the fmall bone or pricke thar fticketh in the taile of that feafith 
- which iscalled *Rana marina,with this gage and role of the hand that it wound not deepe,is ve- «7... 
ry good for that difeafe: butthe fame multbee done every day untill they bee throughly cured men tearme it 
and whole.Of the fame operation isthe tharp prick ina Putten :of the fea Hare alfo applied un-. PEE Eat 
to them, fo as neither the one nor the othet bee fuffered to lie long unto the place,out bee foone hele “8 
renewed. Alfo the thellie skin of the fea Vrchin ttamped to peuder and broughtinio a liniment. 
with vinegre : asalfo the afhes of the fea Scolopendre incorporat with honey:and the river crai- 
fith either pulverized or calcined,and the duft or afhes thereof likewife tempered with hony,are 
good to be applied unto the fame difeafe. Wonderfull effe@tuall be the bones alto of the Cutill 
fill beaten to pouder,and with old {wines greafe broughtinto the forme of aliniment: And in 
this manner they applie this medicine to the tumors behind the eares:|:ke as the livers of the fea 
fith Scarus.Moreover ,the fheards of fuch earthen veflels wherein {alt fith was poudered & kept, 
beaten to pouder and tempered with old {wines greafe :the athes alfo of Burrets fhels incorpo- 
ratin oule,ferve in right good fteadfor the fwellings behind the eares, and thre tumours or wens 
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