The firftBooke of 



flN THE XXVIIl. BOOKE ARE COMPRE. 

 hended the medi'cinable vermes from 

 iivmg creatures. 



I. The medicines & vertues obfervedin living 

 creatures. 



a. Whether charmes and bare words or cha- 

 racters availe ought in Phyficke* That pro- 

 digious tokens and prcfages may take effed 

 in fomejand may bee averted and made fru- 

 ftrat by others. 



3,Remedies even in the bodies of men againft 

 enchauntments and Magicke. 



4.0f cettain{brceries,alfo the vertue ofamans 

 fpittlcb 



5. The regard of diet for a mans health. 



6, Of fneefing, the moderation to bee ufcd in 

 the a€fc oi Vertm or companie with a v^vo- 

 man,of other prefervatives of health. 



7, What remedies and medicines a womans 

 bodiedothaffourd. 



8. The medicinablc properties in ccrtajnc 

 ftraunge beatts, namely, the Elephant, Li- 

 on, Gammell, Hyasna, Crocodile, Cha- 

 mseleon, Skinke^Rivcr-horfejand Once, 



$, The medicines which we have from the bo- 

 dies of wild beafts and tame of the fame 

 kind.ThevertueofmilkCjbutterjandcheefc: 

 the obfcrvations thereto belonging : alfo of 

 fatorgrcafe. 



$0* Remedies received from Bores and Swine, 

 from Goats and vsildHotfes : alio from o- 

 ther beafts, ferving to cure all manner of 

 f .idifeafes. v ' i 



ijfcQther rjepjisdi^esfo^^ of mala. 



Ch4^, 



dies taken from living creatures. 



12. For the fpots andvvemsinthevifagc : for 

 the infirmities of the neeke and of the 

 breaft. 



13. Againft the difcafes of the ftomackjloines, 

 andreines. 



14. Toftayalaske, againft the loofenefle of 

 the ftomacke, to cure the bloudic flix : the 

 inflations of the bellie, ruptures, the provo- 

 cation to the feegc without t^tGtjiht broad 

 flat long wormes in the bellie, and the col- 

 licke. 



15. Againft the torments and paines in the 

 bladder, againft theftonc,the infirmities in 

 theprivie parts of man or woman: as alfo 

 in the fundament, and the twiftorgroinc, 

 and the cure thereof. 



1 6» For the gouc,the falling evill/or thofe that 

 bee blafted or ftrucken with a planet, and 

 bones brokeui 



17, Againft Mclancholie, and thole whofe 

 braines bee troubled with fanfies , the Ic- 

 thargie, dropfie, wild fire or tettar,and the 

 paines or ach of the finewes , apt reme- 

 dies. 



18. Toftaunch bloud, to cure ulcers or old 

 fbresjcankersjand fcabs. 



i^. Medicines appropriat to womcns difea- 

 fes. 



10. Strange and wonderous things obferved in 

 fundrie beafts. 



In fumme,hcrebc reported medicines,flories,and obfervations.to the number of a hundred 

 eightie and five, , 



Larifa'eAtjtlioufs ailca^gc^i" 



}d:^VArrQ^L,?llo^VAhiAnm^6^^^^ Fla^ccmfato Cenfirim^ ServmSulpitm^ 



Ltcinim Macerf:eijh$yMa/fmu^,Sextms Niger who wratein Grecke^ Bythm the Dyrrhacfmn^O- 

 fhilim the Phyfician^andGranm the Phy ftCtan, 



Forifeinc' Writers 4 



DemocritmyAfellon'm xvho wrote 4 hooke intituled Myrfis^Uiletm^ArttmonMxtilm^Antam^ 

 Horner^ Theo^hraHm^ Lyftmuhm^ Attdm^ Xenccrates who mote a hooke called Diophros, and Ar* 

 theUus likemfe th4(0rotejuch4mtheriDer/ietrim,Set^^^^ olympian of Thebes^ 



five women and midwivesyDiotimm^loUa^MiUk^f^f^ff^y^^^ the Phyfaian^Hippocrates, 



JriJlotle^Metrodorw^lcacidas the Phyfictan^Befiedm^J^mlcon^CmUm^'Bmthe author of the hooke 

 Pert Dynamd^n^Arnxflafff^and king luha^ .'.assiit-^ 



