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.
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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.
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Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?
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London :: Printed by William Iaggard,
1607.
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A13820.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.
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Of the Canker in the eie.
[ 10] THis commeth of a ranke and corrupt blood discending from the head into the eie. The signes. You shall see red pimples, some small, and some great, both within and without vpon the eye-lids, and al the eye will looke redde, and be full of corrupt matter. The cure according to Martin is thus. Firste, let him blood on that side the necke, that the eie is greeued, the quantity of a pottle. Then take of Rochalum, of greene Coporas of each half a pound, of white Co∣poras one ounce, and boile them in three pints of running water, vntill the halfe be con∣sumed, then take it from the fire, and once a day wash his eie with this water being made luke warme with a fine linnen cloath, and clense the eie therewith so oft as it may look raw, continuing thus to do euery day vntill it be whole.