ae Thetwo and thirtieth Booke 
of: fo doththecrampefith Torpedo: anda Turbet in like mannet,being applied alive; burafter- G 
wards you muft let it loofe againe into the fea, A fea {corpion killed in wine,healeth the infirmi- 
ties of the bladder,itbreaketh and expelleth the ftone. The fame cff@ hath the ftone which is 
found in the taile of a fea {corpion, if itbee drunke tothe weight of one obolus: theliveralfo of 
the water {nake Eohydris : and the afhes likewife of thofe kind of Mullets which be called Blen- 
nij,if- they be raken with Rue, Moreover,there be found alfo in the head of the fifh Banchus,cer- 
taine ‘little tones as it were,which if they be drunke in water,are foveraigne for them which bee 
troubled withthe gravell and the ftone.And it iscommonly {aid, That the fea fifh named a Net- hone 
tle,taken in wine, is very good therefore : like as another knowne in Latine bythenameofPula@” 
@e Marinus,boyled in water. The egges or {pawne that the Cuttill fith doth caft, bee diureticall, ' 
and provoke urine,whereby alfo they cleanfe the kidneies from the phlegmaticke humours there H, 
gathered, River crabs or craififhes ftamped and taken in affes milke efpecially,doe cure ruptures 
aad inward convulfions. And as for fea Vrchins, if they be {tamped prickes andall,and fo drunke 
inwine, they expell {tone and gravell : butto every Vichin there muft bee taken one hemine of 
wine,and the patient ought to-drinke it continually untill he find help; and otherwife their meat 
is very good ro be eaten ordinarily for this purpofe. To feed alfoupon Cockles and Scalops, is 
holefome for to fcoure the bladder.Of thete {hell fithes,thofe of the male {ex be'called by fome 
Donaces,by others Auli,whereas the female arenamed Onyches. The male doe provoke urine: 
burthe female.are the {weeter intaft,and of one colour. The egges or {pawne alfo of the Cuttill 
~ fithsmove urine.as hath been {aid before,and purge the reines. For that rupture wherein the guts 
fall downe into the cods, itis faid, That the fea Hare punnedand appliedtothe placeinformeof J} | 
acataplafine with honey,is fingular to reduce them up into their place, The liver alfo of thewa- 
tet{nake or adder,called otherwife Hydrus or Enhydris,beatento pouderand putin drinke, hel- 
peth thofe that be given to breed the ftone and gravell. The pickle that commeth of the fifth Si- 
lurus falted, infufed or injected by a clyftre into the guts, fo thatthe bellie were before emptied 
from the grofle excrements,cureth the Sciatica. The athes of Barbles and Mullets heads calci- 
ned, veale and skin up the gals and frets of the fuadament, Now the manner of burning or calci- 
ning them,isinaneatthen pot :and reduced they oughtto be intoaliniment with honey,before 
the place beetherewith anointed. The afhesalfo of Cackerels heads burnt,doe cure and clofe 
up againe the chaps inthe feat :which alfo are good forthe {welling piles and bigsin thofe parts: 
Like asthe athes of the young Tunies heads falred,called Pelamides: or the SquaresnamedCy- K — 
bia, with honey. If thetiwillbe flipped downe and readie to hang out of the bodie,applie thereto 
the crampefith Torpedo, it prefently reduceth ic and ftaieth it up. The afhes of craifithes broght 
into a liniment with ole and wax,healeth the chaps and fiflures in thofe parts :{0 dooth the fine 
pouder of the feacrab dried and pulverized. The pickle alfoof the fithes Coracini, difcuflech 
and refolvech the biles called Pani: The fame effect worke the afhes of the garbage and skales of 
the fhadow. like Scizna:T he fea fcorpion alfo boiled in wine,fo thatthe faid biles or impoftumes 
be fomented therewith,But the hard and fhell-like skins offea Vrchins being well ftamped and 
with water brought into aliniment,keepe the {aid biles downe,and repercufle them in the begin- 
ning. Fhe afhes likewife of Mutrets or purple fithes ferve both waies whetheritbeeneedfull to 
difcufle them in the beginning,or to tipen them,and after they be broughttomaturationforto J 
breake them and let them forth. Some Phyficians forthis intentcompounda medicine or oint= 
ment inthis manner, Ree/pe of VVax and Frankincenfe twentie drams,of litharge of filverfortic 
draims,of Burrets afhes ten drams,of o!d oile one hemin, Fiat, unguentum. 1 henety fifhesalone 
by themfelves falted, fodden, and fo applied, ferve in this cafe. Craifithes of the rivers punned 
into acataplaime and applied unto the fecret parts,refolve and difcufle the pufhes that there a- 
rife :fo doe theathes of Cackerels heads: their fleth alfo boiled and laid tu the.place atiecied, 
In like manner,theafhes of Perches heads falted and reduced intoa falve with honey. The afhes 
*Some take ir Of young Tunies heads,whiles they are Pelamides,or the rough skin of the fifh. called, * Squati- 
ae a a o na,burne: This is the skin; whichas i {aid before,is properto polifh wood and make fmoothany 
nied * — workes made thereof : whereby youmay.{ee,that even the fea alfo doothaffourd inftruments to M 
ficthe loinersand Carpenters hand, The fall fithes named Smarides applied unto the pufhes 
of the faid privie parts in the forme of a liniment,doemuch good :asalfo the afhes of Burrets 
or Purples fhels incorporat with honey : and the fame would be moreeffectuall, in cafe that the 
fithesbee burnt whole, thell, Aefhand all. Sals fith fodden in honey, and applied, ferve pasate 
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