Plmi'es Naturall Hiftbrie, 



5rlN THE XXIX* BOOKE ARE CONTAINED 



mededns from other livi'ns: creatures. 



chap* , 



1. The ficft beginning and originall of the Art 

 of Phy fickc : when Phy ficians began fir ft to 

 vific patients lying ficke in their beds : the 

 jBrrt Phyficians that pra^tifed the ciire of 

 fick pcrfons, by fri^lionSjOintmcntSjbaths, 

 hot-houks,Uc.O^ChryfippusstXidErafifira- 

 m their coil rfe and manner of prai^ifeiof 

 Empiricke Phyficke:of Herophilm and o- 

 iher famous Phyficians : how often the Art 

 and ftate of Phyficke hath ahered : the firft 

 profefledPhyfician at Rome; when ic was 

 that he pra(5lifed:what opinion the aunci- 

 ent Romans had of Phyficians: finally the 

 imperfe(aions and faults in that Art. 



2. Themedecinabie vertues and properties ob- 



fervedinwooll. 



3. The nature of eggs^ and the vertues thereof 



In fum^there be medecins and other things worth obfervation in this booke, to the number 

 of five hundred twentie and one, 



Latinc AuiKors alledgei 



CU, Vmo^ L. Pifo^ Vcrrlm Fkccu^y Antias, l^idimfn^im Hemim^ Cicero ^rlmlus^Cdfi^^ 

 Sextim Niger who wrote in Greeke^Cmlmthe PhyficUn^ UeulltPi Scipio^ Ovid the Ppet^ andUiu 

 fiius Macer, 



Forrcinc Aiichoufs. 



Phikpntor^Homermyi^riHotkyOrphemyDemocritU'S^ AtjAxiUiis, 



Phyficians. 



Botrjs^Apoliodorm^ Archidemii^^knaxiUm^ Aripff, Xemcrates^ BhdoruSy C hryfippm the ?hi- 

 hfipher^Horus^Nicander^Apollonmof PitAtie, 



chap, 



good in Phyficke. ; 



4. Remcdies in Phyficke received from doggs 

 and other creatures that arc not tame but 

 wild; alfo from foules : and namely againft 

 the flings of the venomous fpiders Phalan- 



5. Of the Oftrich greace, and the vertues ther- 

 of; of a mad dogg :alfo remedies had from 

 him^a lizard^ gcefc^dovesj and weafils. 



i^.Medecines againftthe falling of the hairc^ 

 and to make it grow againe : to kill nits :to 

 recover the haire of the eyelids :tb cure the 

 dimneffe and rednefTe^and generally all dil- 

 eafcs and accidents of the eyes, as alfo the 

 fwellings and inflararhations in the kernils 

 under the ears. 



flH THE XXX. BOOKE ARE CONTAINED 

 mededns from living creatures, fuch as were not obfervcd 

 the former BookCo 



chap. 



I, The beginning of the blacke Science & Arc 

 magicke, when it beganj who praftifedic 

 firft, and who were they that brought ic in- 

 to requefi: and reputation. Alfo the reft of 

 the medecins taken from beafts. 

 Sundrie kinds of Magicke:the execrable 

 and curfed parts plaid by Neroy and of Ma- 

 gicians. 



^. Of Wants or Mouldwarps: of living crea- 

 tures as well tame as lavage which afifourd 



2. 



Ch^p, 



remedies , and thofe are digeftedin order 

 according to the difeafes . 



4, How to make the breath fweet : againfi: mols 



and fpots disfiguring the face : remedies 

 for to cure the dileafcs of the throat and 

 chaws. 



5. Againft the Kings evilljand namely when' 

 the fwellingis broken and doth luh: to cale 

 the pain of the (boulders, the hear t and the 

 parts about ic. 



