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j For as for the MojJe,h is certain,there is greai Quantity of it in Ireland i 
I vpon slaine Bodies ,laid on Heapes,Vnburied. The other Innedients are, 
! the Bloodstone in Powder,and lome other Things, which ieem tohaue a j 
: Venue to Stanch Blond ; As alfo the Mojje hath. A nd the Definition of I 
j the whole Ointment is to be found in the chymied Difpenfatory of Crollim . 
Secondly,the fame Kinde of Ointment applied to the Hurt it felfe,wor- 
kerh not the Ejfitt -, buc only applied to the weapon. Thirdly, (which 1 
like well) they do not pbferue til tConfeUing of the Ointment vpder any 
cerraine Confidlatio.^whkh commonly is the Excufe of Magi call Medi- 
cineSyW hen they faile,that they were not made vnejer a fit Figure 0 1' Hea¬ 
ven. Fourthly, it may be applied to the weapon, though the Party Hun 
| be at great Difiance. Fifthly ptfeemeth the Imagination of the Party, to 
| be Cured , is not needfull to Concurre-For it may be done,without the 
I Knowledge of the Party wounded ; And thus much hath beene tryed, 
1 that the Ointment (for Experiments fake,)hath beene wip£d off the wea- 
j ^o^without the knowledge of the Partie Hurt, and prefendy the Party 
I Hurt, hath beene in great Rage of Paine,u\\ the weapon was Reanointed. 
j Sixt hly, it is affirmed, that if you cannot get the weapon, yet if you put 
j an In fir ament of Iron, ox wood, refembling the weapon, into the wound, I 
i where by it blcedeth, the Anointing of that Infirument will feme, and j 
worke the EjfcB. This I doubt iftouid be a Dcuice,to keep this ft range 
Forme of Cure, in Requeft, and Vfe • Beeaufe many times you cannot 
come by the weapon it feltc.Seuemhly,the womdmuft be at fir ft Wajhed 
cleane, with white Wine, or the Parties owne Water And then bound vp 
clofc in Fine Linnen, and no more Drefiin? renewed , till it be whole. 
Eightly,the sword it felfe muft be Wrapped\p defies farre as the Oint¬ 
ment goeth, that it taketh no wind. Ninthly, the Ointment, if you wipe 
it off trom theS)*w<4and keepe it, will Serrn againe-, and rather Increafi 
in venue, than Dimintfh. Tenthly,it will Cure in farre shorter Time,than 
Ointments of wounds commonly doe.Laftly,it will Cure a Beafi,as well 
as a Mm; which I like beft of all the reft,beeaufe it fubiedeth the flat¬ 
ter, to an Eafie Triall. 
T Would haue Men know, that though I reprehend,the Eafie Pafising 
JU«*r,ofthe c aides of Things, by Afcribing them to Secret and Hidden 
Venues,xad Proprieties ) For this hath arrefted, and laid afleepCj ail 
true Enquiry, and Indications-,) yet I doe not vndcrftand,but that in the 
PraSicall Part of Knowledge,much will be left to Experience, and Proha-, 
tion , whereunro Indication cannot fo fully reach: And this not onely in 
Specie, but in Indiuiduo. So in Phyfickc, if you will cure the Iaundies, it is 
not enough to fay,that the Medicine muft not be Cooling-,For that wif 
hinder the Opening which the Difiafi requirethif hat it muft not be Hot 
For that will exalperate choler : That it muft goe to the Gall-, For there 
is the ObfiruBion which caufeth the Difiafi, See. But you muft recetuq 
from Experience, that Powier of Chameepytis , or the like,drunkein Beere % 
is good for the Maundies i So againe, a Wife phifitian doth not continue 
ftili 
Experiment 
Solitary, tou¬ 
ching Secret 
Propnetiei. 
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