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of Plinies Maturall Hiftorie. 
A foevertake the weight of three oboli thereof, fhall avoid the daunger that may come unto them 
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by extremitie ofcold. Moreover, if a woman great with child chaunce to goé over a place where 
lieth Caftoreum, or to ftep over the Bever it felfe (which is the beaftthat beareth it) the fhall be 
delivered before her time ; yea fhee fhall be in great daunger upon her deliverance, if the fame 
be but borne over her where the lieth. A wonderfull thing itis that Iread of the crampfifh Tor- 
pedo, namely, That if it bee taken while the moone is in thefigne Libra, and be kept for three 
daies togither abroad in the open aire; fo often afterwards as it is bronght into the roume where 
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a womanis in travaile of childbirth; fhe fhall have eafie and{peedie deliverance.In this bufineffe 
alfo it is thought expedient, thatthe pricke which a Puffin or Forkefith hatin the taile, be ap- 
plied and tied faft to the navell of a woman; provided alwaies,thatit be taken foorth ofthe fith 
alive, and then the fame fith be let goe againe and thtowne into the fea. readin fome writers of 
that which they call Oftracium,to be the {ame that others name Onyx;burcall it what you will, 
a fuffumigation made thereof,is of woonderfull effeét to eafe the paine and griefe of the mattice. 
I find, tharic hath the fmell of Caftoreum, and if itbe burnt togither therewith in’a perfume, 
the more good will enfue: as alfo thatthe athes thereof calcined, heale ali inveterat ulcers, and 
fuch as are morimals and {corne any ordinarie cure. And verely, the fame authors doe report, 
that for carbuncles, cancres,and fuch untoward fores, as arife fometimes about the privities of ' 
women, the moft prefentand afiured remedie that is to heale them,js the female Sea-crab,ftame 
ped after the full ofthe moone with the fineft powder of falt, calledthe floure thereof, and water 
togither, and foreduced into the forme of afalve or liniment. The bloud, gall, and liver, of the 
fith Tunie,cither taken frefh or old kept, be all ofthein depilatories.for they fetch away hair and 
hinder it ftom growing : the liver thereof punned,and togither with the rofin or oile of cedarin- 
corporat andkeptin a leaden box, hath the fame effe@. 1 his was the devife thatthe famous mid- 
wife Scdpe had for boies, to make them beardleffe and appeare'alwais young,and to fer them out 
the better for fale Ofthe fame operation is the fifi called Pulmo Marinus, the Sea- hare Jikewile, 
Imeane the bloud and gall of them both: and as forthe faid Sea-hare, being but ftifled & killed 
in oile,itis as effetuall. The afhes of the Sea-crab'and Scolopendré both ; the Sea-nettle[a fifth 
fo called] incorporat- with vinegte {quilliticke ;the brains of the crampfifh Torpedo tempered 
with alume,be all depilatories,if the place be anointed therewith the morrow aiter the mown is 
atthe full, Phe bloudie moifture that commeth from the little frog which I defcribed heretofore 
in the cure belonging toeies, is the ftrongeft depilatorie that is, and worketh moft effeCtually,in 
cale the part be drefied therwith while ir is frefhand new: and the frog it felfe dried and ftamped, 
and anon after boiled in three hemins of vinegre untill one of them be confumed; or in oile af- 
ter the fame mannerin fome brafen pan,is 4 fire medicine to take away haire,& hinder the com- 
ming up of it againe. In the fame meafure of liquor,fome put fifteen frogs, and make therof an 
excellent ‘depilatorie slike as Ihavefaid alreadie among the remedies appropriat to the eyes. 
_ Moreover, horileechestorrified infome earthen pan,and brought into a liniment with oile,work 
the fame effet in the hairs: the very perfume of fmoke which they caft as they be burnt or torri- 
fied killeth Punaifes, ifthey either fie orbe broughrinto the airéthereof. Furthermore, divers 
havebeea knowne to ule Caftoreum and honey ina liniment for many daies togither,as a nota- 
bledepilarorie, But in ufing any depilatorie whatfoever, this one pointis genérally to be obfer- 
vad, that the haires be firlt pulled up by the roois,in any place, where you would not have them 
io grow. “tp , | 
Tocomenow unto the gumbs of children,andtheir breeding-of tecth : the afhes of dolphins 
teeth mixed with hony,is a foveraign medicine: yeaor if you.doe but touch their gumbs with a 
dolphins tooth all wholeas itis, the effect thereof is admirable :the faine hanged about their 
necksjor tied to any part of the bodie;riddeth them of fodain frights,wherunroinfantsare much 
given.Ofthe fame effect is the tooth alfo of a dogfith, Asfor the ulcers or fores incident to their 
ears,or any other part of their bodie,the broth oftivercreififhes thickned with batly meale,hea- 
lech them. For other difeafes alfo ofbreaking out;a liniment made of them and oile incorporat 
| togither in a mortar,ts fingular good, if they be annointed all over therewith. Touching the hot 
diliemperatures and inflammations of the head,whereto little babes be much fubject, afpunge _ 
actually cold appliedvothe place,& oftentimes wer;is a good means to cure the fame : buta frog 
turned infide outward hath nofellow, if itbe bound faftunto thehead: for they fay, that it may 
be foundrall drie upon the head withdrawing the heatfo forcibly toit. Of § 
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