The historie of foure-footed beastes Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. By Edward Topsell.

Of headeach.

THe headeach, either commeth of some inward causes: as of some cholerick humor, [ 30] bred in the pannicles of the braine, or else of som outward cause, as of extream heat or cold, of some blow, or of some violent sauour. Eumelus saith, that it commeth of raw digestion: but Martin saith most commonly of cold: the signes be these. The Horsse will hang downe his head, and also hang downe his eares, his sight will be dimme, his eies swollen and waterish, and he will forsake his meat. The cure. Let him bloode in the palat of his mouth. Also purge his head with this perfume. Take of Garlike stalkes a handfull, all to broken in short pieces, and a good quantity of Frankencense, and being put into a chafingdish of fresh coales, holde the chafingdish vnder the Horsses Nostrils, so as the [ 40] fume may ascende vp into his head: and in vsing him thus once or twice, it wil make him to cast at the nose, and so purge his head of al filth. Pelogonius saith, that it is good to pouer into his Nostrils wine, wherein hath beene sodden Euforbium, Centuary, and Franken∣cence.