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I It is (aid, that the Gats or skin of a wolfs being applied to the Bully 
'doe care the Choiicke. It is true, that the Wolfe is- a Beafl of great Ed*- ' 
! my, and Dtfgeffsen-, And fo It may bee, the Parts of him comfort the 
Bowels. 
We fee Scare-Crowes, are fet vp to keepe Birds from Come, and Fruit , 
It is reported by feme, that the of a Wolfe, wliolc } dried, and han¬ 
ged vp m a Dotte-Hmfe, will fear e away Vermine ; S uch as are wee fils, Pol - 
eats, and the like. It maybe, the Head of a /><gwill doe as much • For 
thofe Vermins with vs, know Dogs better than wolues. 
The Braines of feme Creatures (when their Heads are roafted) taken 
mmne, are faid to ftrengthen the ^Memory: As the Braines of Hares , 
Braines of Hens-, Brunts of Deeres, &c. And it feemeth, to bee incident 
to the Brunts ofthofe Creatures, that are Fcarefull. 
97 5 | The Ointment that witches vfc, is reported to bee made of the Pat of 
Children, digged out of their Graues-, Of the Itsrces of Smallage, wdfc- 
bane, and Ctwquefirile 5 Mingled with the Male, of fine wheat. But I fwp 
pofe that th eSoperiferotes Medicines arc likeffc to doe it; Which are Hen 
bam, Hemlocks, Mandrake, Moo ne-Shade, Tobacco, Opium, Saffron, Poplar* 
Demesne. 
It is reported by feme, that the Affiftions of Beafts, when they are 
in Strength, doe adde feme Vertue, vnto Inanimate Things-, As that the 
Skin of a sheepe, deuoured by a. wplfe,mw£th Itching . That a Stone bit¬ 
ten by a Dog in Anger, being throwne at him, drunke in Powder, pro- 
uoketh C holer. 
It hath beene obferued, that the Diet of Women with Childe, doth 
work* much vpon the Infant, As it the Mother eat Quinces much, and 
Coriander-Seed (the Nature of both which is to repreftc and day Vtpottrs, 
that afccnd to the Braine) it will make the Childe Ingenious: And on 
the contrary fide, ifth tMotheroat (much) Onions, or Beanes, orfuchrs*. 
pmrorn fW- Or drinke Wine, or Strong Drinle, immoderately • Or FaJI 
much - Or be giuen to much Muftng • (All which fend, or draw Vapours 
to the Head,) It endangereth the Childe to become Lunaticke, or of Im- 
perfeB Memory: And I make thefame Iudgement of Tobacco, often taken 
by the Mother. 
The writers of Nat mall CMagtcke report, that the Heart of an Afe, vvoroe 
rifcere the Heart, comforteth ‘the Heart, and increafeth Audacity, It is 
true, that the Apt is a Merry and Bold Beajl. And that the fame Heart 
likewifeofan Ape, applied to the Necke or Head, helpeththe wit ; And 
is good for the Falling-Sickneffe: The Ape alfo is a Witty Bcafl, and harh 
a Dry Braine Which may be feme Caitfe of Attenuation of Vapours in the 
Head. Yet it* is faid to rnoue Dreames alfo. It may be, the Heart of a Man 
would doe more, but that it is more againft AfmMindesto vfeit* Ex* 
ceptitbc in Rich as were the Reliques of Saints. 
The Flejh of a Hedge-Hog, Drefled and Eaten, is faid to be a great Drier: 
It is truej that the luyce of a Hedge • Hog, mud: needs be Harfh and Dry, be- 
caufe it putteth forth fo many Brickies1 For Plants alfo, that are full of 
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