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The two and chirtieth Rooke 
A Barblé drowned in wine, or the fifh called a Rochet,or elfe two Eels; likewife the ith named 
the Sea-grape putrefied in wine, doe infufe this vertueinto the forefaidwine, That whofoever 
drinke thereof, fhall have no mind afterwards to any wine befides, but fall into a diflike andloa- 
thing thereof. f ; 
The ftay-fhip Echeneis,the skin of a Sea-horfe forehead,efpecially toward the left fide,wrap- | 
ped within alittle linnen cloth, and fo hanged about one; or the gall of alive Crampe-fith, ap- 
plied unto the genitall members in manner of aliniment, bee all means to coole the wanton luft 
of the fleth:contrariwife, the fleth of river Creififhes powdred and kept in fale, given in wine to 
dtinke, doe ftir and provokethe appetit unto venerie, Moreover, to feed upon the fithes called 
Erythrines ordinarily at the table ; to hang about the necke the liver of the frog called Diope- 
tes or Calamita, within a little peece of a cranes skin ; or the jaw-tooth of a Crocodile faftened 
to any arme ; either elfe the Sea-horfe, or the finews of a Toad,bound to the right arme, incite 
reatly to wantonneffe and lecherie. Puta toad within a peece of a (heeps skin newly flayed,and 
ie one weare it tied faft about him, he fhall forget all love and amitie for ever. Hilt d 
The broth of froggs boiled in water, doe extenuat the fcurvie thicke roufe in the farcins or 
mange of horfes, and make way that they may be bathed and anointed: and verely itis credibly 
affirmed, thatif they be cured after thismanner, the skab will never returne againe. The expert 
midwife Sa/pe affirmeth for certein, That doggs will not barke, if there be given unto themina 
morcell of bread or gobbet of fleth, a live frog. . 
In this difcourfe of WWater,and the things concerning it, fomewhat ought to bee faid as tou- 
ching Calamochnus, which otherwifein Latin isnamed Adarca: it groweth about {mall canes 
orreeds, and isengendred of the froth of fea water & freth water togither,wherethey both meet 
and are intermingled :a caufticke qualitie it hath ;in regard whereof, irentreth into the compo- _ 
fitions called Acopa, which ferve for laffitude,and thofe that are benummed with cold. It is em- 
ploied alfo in taking away the pimples or fpots in womens faceslike to lentils. 
As for Reeds and Canes, this is their verie proper place alfo, wherein they fhould be treated 
of, And to begin with thatreed or cane called Phragmitis, which is fo good for mounds & hed- 
ges;the rootthereof greene gathered. and punned,is fingular for diflocations,and the paine of 
the backebone, if the place affected be annointed with ic, incorporat in vinegre. But the rind of. 
the Cyprian cane, which alfo isnamed Donax, burnt into afhes,isfingular for to recover haire 
againe where it was fhedby occafion of ficknefle, and to heale old ulcers. The leaves alfo ferve 
veri well to draw forth any {pills,pricks, or arrow heads that ftick within the fieth, yea and to ex- 
tinguith S. Avzbonies fire. As forthe floure or downe of their catkins, if it chaunce to enterinto 
the ears, it caufeth deafeneffe. The blacke liquour refembling inke which isfound in the cuttle- 
fith,is of that force,that if itbe puto the oile of alampe burning( 4maxilavs {aith)it will drown 
and put our the former cleare light, and make all thofe in the roume tolooke like blackamores 
or Zthiopians. The hedge-frog,otherwile called a toad,boiled in water & given to{wine among 
other dratfe to drinke,cureth all their difeafes sand of the fame effect are the afhes of any other 
frogs befides. Rub a peece of wood with the fifth called Pulmo Marinus, it will feemeas though 
it were ona Jightfire; in fo muchas a ftafte fo rubbed or befmeared with it, may ferve in ftead of 
atorchto give light before one. is 
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o& That there be of fifhes and other creatures living in the Séa, one hundred 
feventie and fixfeverall and diftingt kinds. Bela 4 
creatures asthe water doth yeeld; itremaineth now fora finall conclufion,toprefentun- 
"~~ derone view, all chofe fifhes name by name,which are engendredand nouriihed not only 
H Aving thus treated before fusfliciently of the natures and properties of Fithes, and fuch 
in.thofe mediterranean andinland arms of thefea,which formany a miletake up a greatpattof ~ 
the continent and firme land, bur alfd in that vaft and wide ocean without the main,boundedas 
itwere and limited only by the compaffe and circumference of the heaven: and thofe,namely as 
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many asbe knowne, may be reducedall into176kinds: athiog whicheannor beedonecithes 
_inthe beafts of the land or foules of the aire.For how is it poffible to decipher and patticularize 
the wildbeafts and foules of India and Zthyopia,ofthe defarts,and of Scythia,which we are not 
aldted A i po come 
