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 23, 2024.
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Of hurts in the legs, that commeth by casting in the halter or collar.
IT chanceth many times, that a Horsse hauing some itch vnder his eares, is de∣sirous to scratch the same with his hinder foote which whilest he reacheth too and fro, doth fasten in the coller or halter, wherewith the more that he striueth [ 50] the more he galleth his Legges, and many times it chanceth for that he is ty∣ed so long, by means wherof being laid, and the halter slack about his feet, rising perhaps or turning he snarleth himselfe so as he is not able to get vp, but hangeth either by the neck or Legges, vvhich sometimes are galled euen to the hard bone.
Russius calleth such kinde of galling Capistratura, which he was wont to heale with this
ointment heere following, praising it to be excellent good for the cratches, or any scab, bruise, or wound: take of oile Oliue one ounce, of Turpentine two or three ounces, melt them together ouer the fire, and then put thereunto a little wax, and work them well togi∣ther, and annoint the sore place therwith. Martin saith it is good to annoint the sore place with the white of an egge and sallet-oile beaten together, and when it commeth to a scab, annoint it with butter being molten, vntill it looke browne.