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 old Vlcers or wounds.

[ 20] TO cure an old Vlcer, as Fistula, Gall, or Botch or any new receiued wound, these are the best salues and most approued in mine experience: take of hony halfe a pinte, of Deeresewet two ounces, of Vardigrease beaten into powder as much, boyle al these ex∣ceeding wel vpon the fire, then with the same lukewarme, taint or plaister any venemous sore, and it wil recure it. If you take of wax, Turpentine, oyle of Roses, of hogs-grease, of each like quantity, and halfe so much Tar as any one of the other simples, melt al these to∣gether, and being well incorporated together, either taint or plaister any wound, and it will heale it. Also, if you take the greene leaues of Tobacco bruised, and put them into a greene wound, they will heale it: the ashes of Tobacco burnt, if they be strewed vpon a∣nye sore that is neere skinning, it will also skin it perfectly, and it will incarnate well, if the [ 30] vlcer be not too deepe and dangerous. There bee many other salues, plaisters, and vn∣guents which I could set downe, but since I haue experienced these for most effectuall I omit the others as superfluous.