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and whisked his Hand about in like man- 

 ner, bringing his Hand nigher ftill and nigh- 

 er, by taking lefs Circles, when the old 

 Gentleman immediately hit the Snake with 

 his Crutch, and the Snake fnap'd the Indian 

 by the Hand, and bit him very fharply be- 

 twixt the Fingers, which put his Charm to 

 an end, and he roared out ; but ftretch'd his 

 Arm out as high as he could, calling for a 

 firing, w^herewith he bound his Arm as hard 

 as pollibly he could, and clapt a hot burning 

 Coal thereon, and finged it ftoutly, whereby 

 he was cured, but looked pale a long while 

 after. And I believe this truly one of the 

 beft: ways in the World of Curing the Bite 

 either of Viper or . Mad Dog. I was with 

 the Honourable Efquire Boyle^ when he made 

 certain Experiments of Curing the Bite of 

 Vipers with certain Eafi-India Snake-ftones, 

 that were fent him by King James the Se- 

 cond, the Queen, and fome of the Nobility, 

 purpofely to have him try their Vertue and 

 Efficacy : For that end he got fome brisk 

 Vipers, and made them bite the Thighs of 

 certain Pullets, and the Breafts of others : 

 He applied nothing to one of the Pullets^ 

 and it died within three Minutes and a half, 

 as I remember ^ but I think they all recovered 

 to which he applied the Snake-ftones, tho^ 

 they turned 'wonderful pale, their Combs, 

 &G. immediately, and they became extream 

 fick , and purged within half an hour, and 

 the next morning all their Flefli was turned 

 green to a wonder, neverthelefs they reco- 

 vered by degrees. The manner of the Ap- 

 plication was only by laying on the Stone, 



