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made of Snakes •, Whofe Fleftj dried? is thought tohaueavery Opening? 
and Cordull Venue. The other is, of Beads made of the Scarlet Powder? 
whichthey call Kermes • Which is the Principal! Jngredicnt'm their Cor- 
died Confection Alkermes : The Beads would bee made vp with Amber - 
Grice? and fome Pomander. 
Ithathbeene long receiued, and confirmed by diuers Triads. 3 That 
the Root of the Male-Piony? dried, tied to the Necks? doth helpe the Bd- 
ling-Sickneffe .? And like wife the Incubus? which wee call the Mare. The 
Caufeof both thefe Difeafes , andcfpeciallyof the Epilepfie from the Sto¬ 
mach, is the Gro([ene(fc of the Vapours? which rife and enter into the Ceds 
of the Brains : And therefore the working is, by Extreme , an dSubtid At¬ 
tenuation 5 Which that Simple hath. I Iudge the like to be in Caftoreum.,? 
Muske? Rew-Seed? Agnus Cafius Seed , &c. 
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There is a "which they call the Bloud-Stone , which worne is 
thought to be good for them that Bleed at the Nofe : Which (no doubt) 
is by AflriBion and Coolingot the Spirits. Quare? if the Stone taken out 
ofch z Toads Head y be not of the like Vertue? For the Toad loueth Shade? 
and Coolenefle. 
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Light may bee taken from the Experiment of the Horfe-Tootb-Ring? 
and the Garland of Pertwinckle ? how that thofe things which affwage 
the Strife of the Spirits ? doe helpe difeafes, contrary to the Intention de~ 
fired: For in the Curing of the Crampe, the Intention is .to relax the Sin* 
nerves • ; But the ContraBsonof the Spirits ? that they rtriue lefle, is thebeft 
Helpe: So to procureeafie Trauailes of women , thelntenfion isto bring 
downe the Childe ; But the belt Helpe is, to flay the Camming downe too 
Faft: Whercunto they fay, the Toad-Stone likewife helpeth. So in Pe- 
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flilent Fetters? the Intention is to expellthe InfeBion by Sweat? and Ena* 
pour at ion ; But the belt Meanes to doc it, is by Nitre? Diafcordinm , and o- 
ther Csole Things? which doe for a time arreft the Expulfien? till Natures 
can doe it more quietly. For as one faith prettily; In the Quenching of 
the Flame of a P eft i lent Ague? Nature is like People? that come to quench tbe^j 
Fire of a Houfe-? which arefo bufie? as one of them letteth another. Surely, it 
is an Excellent Axioms? and of Manifold Ffc? that whatfbeuer appea- 
feth the Contention of the Spirits ? furthereth their ABion. 
. 
The writers of Naturall Magicke? commend the Wearing of the Spoilt 
of a Snake? for Preferuing of Health. I doubt it is but a Conceit • For that 
the Snake is thought to renue her Tenth? by Carting her Spoilt. They 
might as well take the Beake of an Eagle? or aPeece of a Harts-Horne? 
becaufe thofe Renue. 
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It hathbeene Anciently Receiued , (For Pericles the Athenian vfed it,) 
and it is vetinvfe, to weare little Bladders of Quick-Siluer? or Tablets of 
Arfenicke ? as Prejeruatiues againft the Plague : Not astheyconceiue, for 
any Comfort they vceld to the Spirits ? but for that being Foifons them- 
felues, they draw the Venome to them, from the Spirits. 
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Fide the Experiments 95 . 96 . and 97 . touching the SeueraHSjitepa- 
thies? and Antipathies? for MedicinadFfe. 
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