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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"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 10, 2024.
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TO THE REVEREND AND RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL RICHARD NEILE, D. of DIVINITY, Deane of Westminster, Maister of the
SAVOY, and Clearke of the King his most excellent Maiesties Closet, all felicity Temporall, Spirituall, and Eternall. -
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF DOCT. CONRADVS GESNERVS before his History of Foure-footed-Beastes, concer∣ning the vtility of this
STORY. - CONRADVS GESNERVS to the Reader.
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TO THE LEARNED Readers.
- The Catalogue of the Authors which haue wrote of Beasts
- CATALOGUS DOCTO∣RVM VIRORVM, QVI VT OPVS hoc nostrum & rempub. literariam illustra∣rent, vel aliunde imagines animalium, aut nomina descriptiones miserunt: vel prae∣sentes communicarunt. Horum nonnulli supeirus quo{que} nomi∣nati sunt, quod insuper scriptis eorum pub∣licatis adiutus sim.
- An English Table expressing the name of euery Beast in such sort as it is recited in this History, referring euery Beast to his proper head and kind by the Page.
- Another Alphabeticall Table directing the Reader to the story of euery Beast.
- THE ANTALOPE.
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OF THE APE.
- THE MVNKEY.
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THE CEPVS OR
Martine Munkey. - The Ape CALITRICH.
- Of the Prasyan Apes.
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Of the
Cynocephale orBaboun. - A TARTARINE.
- THE SATYRE.
- THE FIGVRE OF ANOTHER MONSTER.
- OF THE NORVEGIAN MONSTERS.
- Of the AEGOPITHECVS.
- OF THE SPHINGA Or SPHINX.
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Of the
SAGOIN, called Galeopithecus. - OF THE BEAR-APE ARCTOPITHECVS.
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Of the
Simivulpa, or Apish FOXE.
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OF THE ASSE.
- OF THE BADGER, OTHER VVISE called a Brocke, a Gray, or a Bauson.
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OF THE BEARE. - OF THE BEAVER. Male and Female.
- OF THE BISON.
- OF THE BVFFE.
- Of the vulgar Bugill.
- OF THE AFFRICAN BVGILL.
- OF THE BVLL.
- Of another Beast called Buselaphus.
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OF THE OXE
and COVV. - Of the supposed Beast CACVS.
- OF THE CAMELL.
- Of another Beast called Campe.
- OF THE CAT.
- OF THE COLVS.
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OF THE CONY. - OF THE FALLOW DEERE, commonly called a Bucke and a Doe.
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Of the Dyctyes. -
OF THE DOGGE In generall.
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OF THE GREY-HOVND,
with a naration of all strong and great hunting DOGGES. - THE HVNTING HOVND OF Scotland called Rache, and in En∣glish a HOVND.
- THE SLVTH-HOVND OF Scotland, called in Germany a Schlatthund.
- THE ENGLISH BLOVD-HOVNDE.
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Of the mixt kind of Dogs called in English Mangrels or Mongrels.
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OF THE VILLAGE DOGGE
or house-keeper. -
OF THE MIMICKE OR GETVLI∣an Dogge, and the little Melitaean Dogges of GENTLEVVOMEN. - The Preamble or entrance, into the Treatise following.
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Of the Dogge called a Harier, in Latine
Leuerarius. -
Of the Dogge called a Terrar, in Latine
Terrarius. -
Of the Dogge called a Bloudhound, in Latine
Sanguinarius. -
Of the Dogges called the Gasehound, in
Latine Agasaeus. -
Of the Dogge called the Grey-hound, in
La∣tine Leporarius. -
Of the Dogge called the Leuiner, or Lyemmer in Latine
Lorarius. -
Of the Dogge called a Tumbler, in
Latine Vertagus. - Of the Dogge called the theeuish Dogge, in Latine Canis furax.
- Of gentle Dogges seruing the hauke, and first of the Spaniell, called in Latine Hispaniolus.
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The Dog called the Setter, in Latine Index. -
Of the Dog called the water Spaniell, or finder,
in Latine Aquaticus seu Inquisitor. -
Of the Dogge called the Fisher, in Latine Canis Piscator. -
Of the delicate, neate, and pretty kind of dogges called the Spaniell gentle, or the comforter, in Latine Melitaeus or Fotor. - The vertue which remaineth in the Spaniel gentle, otherwise called the comforter.
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Dogges of a course kind seruing for many necessary vses, called in Latine
Canis rustici, and first of the Shepherds dog called in Latine Canis Pastoralis. -
Of the mastiue or Bandogge called in Latine Villaticus
or Cathenarius. -
Containing Curres of the mungrell and rascall sort, and first of all the Dog called in Latine,
Admonitor, and of vs in English,Wappe or Warner. -
Of the Dog called Turnespete in Latine Veruuersator. -
Of the Dogge called the dauncer, in Latine Saliator or Tympanista. - Of other Dogs, a short conclusion, wonderfully ingendred within the coasts of this country.
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Of the Dogge called a Terrar, in Latine
- A start to outlandish dogges in this conclusion, not impertinent to the Authors purpose.
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A Supplement or Addition, containing a demonstration of
Dogs names how they had their Origi∣nall.
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OF THE GREY-HOVND,
- Of the Ethiopian Eale.
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OF THE ELEPHANT.
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OF THE ELKE. - OF THE FERRET.
- OF THE FITCH OR POVL-CAT.
- OF THE FOX.
- OF THE GENNET-KAT, called Genetha.
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OF THE GOAT
Male andFemale. - OF THE GVLON.
- OF THE GORGON, or strange Lybian Beast.
- OF THE HARE.
- THE HEDG-HOG.
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OF THE HORSSE.
- Of the choice of good Horsses,
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Of the choise of Stallions and breeding Mares. - Of handling, taming, or breaking of Horsses.
- Of adorning and furnishing horsses.
- Of riding and sitting on horsebacke.
- Of the disposition of horsses in generall.
- Of the naturall disposition of horsses.
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Of the feare of Horsses and their enemies
in nature. - The loue and knowledge of Horsses to men.
- Of seuerall kindes of Horsses.
- Of Horsse-men, and the orders of Chiualry and Knight-hood.
- Of the greatest Horsse-maisters, and nourishers of Horsse.
- Of fighting in warre vpon Horsses.
- Of Riding.
- The instruments of Riding appertaining to a Horsse.
- Of hunting Horsses.
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Of coursers or swift light running Horsses.
- Of the Gelding.
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Of carriering Horsses for pompe or Triumphe.
- Of load or Pack-horsses.
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Of wilde Horsses, the Sea-horse, and the Hart-horse (called
Hippellaphus. ) -
The figure of
HIPELLAPHVS. - OF THE SEA-HORSE.
- Of the diet of Horsses and their length of life.
- Of the vses of Horsse-flesh, Mares milke, and other parts.
- The morrall discourse of Horsses, concerning fictions, pictures, and other deuises.
- Of the statues and figures of Horsses.
- Of the seuerall diseases of Horsses and their cures.
- Of causes and kinds thereof.
- Of sicknesse what it is, and how many generall kinds there be, also with what order the diseases of Horsses are heerein declared. And finally, of the foure times, belonging to euery sicknesse.
- Of the signes of sicknesse in generall.
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Of the Feauer and the diuers kinds thereof
in a horsse. -
Of diuers sorts of Feuers, according to
Vigetius, and first of that which continueth but one day. - Of the Feauer continuall.
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Of the Feuer taken in the Autumne, that is to say, at the
fall of the leafe. -
Of the Feuer in Summer season.
- Of the Feuer in winter.
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Of the Feuer which commeth of raw digestion, or of repletion. - Of the Feuer accidentall comming of some vlcer in the mouth or throat.
- Of the Pestilent Ague.
- Martins opinion and experience touching a Horsses Feuer.
- Of sicknesse in generall, and the Feuer.
- Of the Pestilence.
- Of the diseases in the head.
- Of headeach.
- Of the frenzy and madnesse of a Horse.
- Another of the Head-ache.
- Of the sleeping euill.
- Another of the sleeping euill.
- Of a Horsse that is taken.
- Another of a Horsse that is taken.
- Of the Staggers.
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Of the Staggers.
- Of the falling euill.
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of the night Mare.
- Of the Apoplexy.
- Of the Crampe or convulsion of the sinnewes. and Muscles.
- Of the Crampe or convulsions of the Sinnewes or Muscles.
- Of the diseases of the eies.
- Of weeping or watering eies.
- Of bloud-shotten eies, also for a blow, or itching and rubbing in the eies.
- Another of blood-shotten eies, or any other sore eie, comming of rume of other humor.
- Of dimnesse of sight, and also for the pin and web, or any other spot in the eie.
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Of the Haw, called of the Italians, Il vnghia de gli occhi.
- Another of the Haw.
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Of Lunaticke eies.
- Of the Canker in the eie.
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Of diseases incident to the eares, and poll of the head, and first of an Impostume in the eare. - Of the Poll euill.
- Of the Ʋiues.
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Another of the Ʋiues.
- Of the Cankerous Vlcer in the nose.
- Of bleeding at the nose.
- Of the bleeding at the nose, or to staunch Fluxe of blood in any sort.
- Of the diseases in the mouth, and first of the bloudy rifts or chops in the palat of the mouth.
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Of the bladders in a Horsses mouth, which our old Ferrers were wont to cal the Gigs. The Italians call them Froncelle.
- Of the bladders in a Horse mouth.
- Of the Lampasse.
- Another of the Lampasse.
- Of the Canker in the mouth.
- Another of the Canker in the mouth.
- Of the heat in the mouth and lips.
- Of the tongue being hurt with the bit or otherwise.
- Of the Barbles, or Paps vnderneath the tongue.
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Of the paine in the teeth and gums, of the Wolfes teeth, and Iaw-teeth. - Why the diseases in the necke, withers, and backe, be declared heere before the diseases in the throate.
- Of the Cricke in the necke.
- Of Wennes in the neck.
- Of swelling in the necke after bloodletting.
- How to staunch blood.
- Of the falling of the Crest.
- Of the falling of the Crest.
- Of the manginesse of the maine.
- Of the falling of the haire of the mane.
- Of griefes in the withers.
- Another of blistrings, or small swellings in the withers or backe and gallings.
- Of great swellings and inflammations in a Horsses withers.
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Of the hornes or hard knobs growing vnder the saddle
side. -
Of Wennes or knobs growing about the saddle
skirts. - Of the Nauill gall.
- Of the swaying of the backe.
- Of the weakenesse in the backe.
- Of Hydebound.
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Of the diseases in the throat and lungs, and why the griefes of the shoulders and hippes be not mentioned before amongst the griefes of the
withers and backe. -
Of the Glanders and Strangulion, so called according to the Italian name, Strangui
lion. - A drinke for the Strangullion or Glaunders.
- Of the mourning of the Chine.
- Of the strangullion or Squinancy.
- Of the Cough.
- Of the inward and wet cough.
- Of the dry cough.
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Of the fretized, broken and rotten lungs. - Of putrified and rotten lungs.
- Of shortnesse of breath.
- Of the Pursicke.
- Of a Consumption.
- Of the consumption of the flesh, and how to make a leane Horse fat.
- Of griefe in the breast.
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Of the paine of the heart called Anticor, that is to say, Contrary to the heart.
- Of tired Horsses.
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Of the diseased parts vnder the midriffe, and first of the
stomacke. -
Of the loathing of meat. - Of casting out his drinke.
- Of surfetting with glut of prouender.
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Of another kind of surfetting with meat or drinke, called of vs, foundering in the body.
- Of the hungry euill.
- Of the disease in the liuer.
- Of the consumption in the Liuer.
- Of the diseases in the Gall.
- Of the diseases in the Spleene.
- Of the Yellowes.
- Of the Yellowes
- Of the euill habit of the body, and of the dropsie.
- Of the euill habit of the stomacke.
- Of the diseases of the guts of a Horse, and first of the Colike.
- Of Costiuenesse, or belly-bound.
- Of the Laxe.
- Of the bloody-flixe.
- Of the Wormes.
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Of Wormes in generall.
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Of the paine in the kidneynes.
- Of the diseases belonging to the bladder and vrine of a Horse.
- Of pissing blood.
- Of the Colt euill.
- Another of the Colt euill.
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Of the mattering of the yard.
- Of the shedding of seed.
- Of the falling of the yard.
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Of the swelling of the Cod and stones. - Of incording and brusing.
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Of the botch in the graines of a horse▪ - Of the diseases incident to the wombe of a Mare, and specially of barrennesse.
- Another receipt for the same purpose.
- Of the Itch, Scabbe, and manginesse in the taile, and falling of the taile.
- Of the Scabbe.
- How to know when a horse halteth before in what part his griefe is.
- Of the griefe and pinching in the shoulder.
- Of the wrinching of the shoulder.
- Of splaiting in the shoulder.
- Of the shoulder pight.
- Of the swelling of the forelegs after great labor.
- Of the Foundering in the forelegs.
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Of Foundring.
- Of the splent as well in the inside or outside of the knee, as other where in the Legges.
- Of the splent.
- Of a Malander.
- Another of the Mallander.
- Of an vpper attaint or ouerreach vpon the backe sinnew of the shanke, somewhat aboue the ioynt.
- Of a nether taint.
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Of an Ataint. - Of an ouer-reach vpon the heele.
- Of false quarters.
- Of halting behind, and where the griefe is.
- Of the String-halt.
- Of a horse that is hipped, or hurt in the hippes.
- Of stiffling, and hurts in the stiffle.
- Of foundering behind.
- Of the dry Spauen.
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Of the Spauen, both bone and blood.
- Of the wet Spauen, or through Spauen.
- Of the Selander.
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Of the hough boonie, or hard knob. - Of the Curbe.
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Another of the Curbe.
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Of the paines.
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Another of the paines.
- Of Mules or kibed heeles, called of the Italians Mule.
- Of Frettishing.
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Of sorances or griefes that be common to all foure feet. - Of Windgalles.
- Of Windgals.
- Of wrinching the neather ioynt.
- Of enterfering.
- Another of Enterfering.
- Of the shakell gall.
- Of hurts in the legs, that commeth by casting in the halter or collar.
- Of the Cratches or Rats tailes, called of the Italians Crepaccie.
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Of the Scratches. - Of the Ring-bone.
- Of the Ring-bone.
- Of the Crowne-scab.
- Of hurts vpon the cronet crossing one foot ouer another, which the Italians call Supraposte.
- Of the quitterbone.
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Of the Quitter-bone. -
Of the Grauelling. - Of grauelling.
- Of Surbating.
- Of a pricke in the sole of the foote, by treading on a naile, or any other sharpe thing that doth enter into the foote.
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Of accloyd or prickt.
- Of the Figge.
- Of a Retreat.
- Of Cloying.
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Of loosening the hooue. - Of casting the hooue.
- Of the hooue bound.
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Of the running Frush.
- Of the Frush.
- Of diseases or griefes indifferently incident to any part of the body, but first of the Leprosie or vniuersall man∣ginesse, called of the old writers Elephantia.
- Of the Farcin, called in Italian of some, Il verme, and of some Farcina.
- Of the Farcion.
- A most approued medicine to cure the Farcion.
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Another medicine of the same. - Of the Canker, called of the Italian Il Canero.
- Of the Fistula called of the Italians Fistula.
- Of an Aubury.
- Of Wounds.
- Of wounds in the fleshy parts.
- Of old Vlcers or wounds.
- Of an hurt with an arrow.
- Of pulling out shiuers or thornes.
- Of bruisings or swellings.
- Of sinnewes cut, prickt, or bruised.
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How to cure a wound made with harquebush-shot.
- Of burning with Lime, or any other fiery thing.
- Of the biting of a mad Dog.
- Of hurts by tuskes of a Boare.
- To heale the biting or stinging of Serpents.
- Another medicine for the same purpose.
- Of drinking of horseleaches.
- Of swallowing downe hens dung.
- Of Lice, and how to kill them
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Of Lousinesse - How to saue horsses from the stinging of flies in Summer.
- Of bones being broken out of ioynt.
- Of broken bones.
- Of bones out of ioynt.
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Certaine receipts of plaisters, very good for broken bones, taken out of the old Authors, writing of horse-leach-craft.
- Another receit for broken bones.
- An ointment for broken bones.
- In how many veines a horse may be let bloud, and to what end.
- The order of taking vp vaines, and wherefore it is good.
- Of purging with Purgation, or Glister.
- Of Purgations.
- Of Cauterization, or giuing the fire, aswell actuall as potentiall.
- Of Cauteries potentiall.
- The receipt of a Causticke vsed by Chiron, to dry vp the superfluous moisture and to bind parts loosened, and to strengthen parts weakened.
- Another Causticke vsed by Pelagonius, to dry vp swellings, Bladders, Windgals, and splents in the Legges and ioynts.
- Of the Anticor.
- Of the Cords.
- Of the Millets.
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Of the Serew.
- The medicines arising out of Horses.
- OF THE HYAENA, AND THE diuers kinds thereof.
- OF THE IBEX.
- OF THE ICHNEVMON
- OF THE LAMIA.
- OF THE LYON.
- OF THE LYNX.
- Of the Marder, Martell, or Marten.
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OF THE MOLE OR WANT.
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The medicines of the Mole.
- Of the vulgar little Mouse.
- The medicines of the Mouse.
- OF THE RAT.
- OF THE WATER RAT.
- Of the Alpine-Mouse
- OF THE DORMOVSE.
- OF THE NORICIAN MOVSE.
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OF THE MOVSE PONTIQVE
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OF THE MOVSE CALLED
the Shrew, or the erd-Shrew. -
OF WILDE FIELD-MICE.
- OF THE WOOD-MOVSE.
- Of the Nut-Mouse, Hasell-Mouse, or Fildburd Mouse.
- OF THE LASCITT MOVSE.
- OF THE SOREX.
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THE INDIAN MOVSE, AND DIVERS. other kinds of mice, according to their Countries.
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The medicines of the Mole.
- Of the Moschatte, or Mus-kat.
- OF THE MVLE.
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Of the Neades, Neides, or Naides. - Of the Ounce, the description whereof was taken by Doctor Cay in England.
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OF THE ORYX.
- OF THE OTTER.
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Of the Panther, commonly called a Pardall, a Leopard,
and a Libbard. - OF THE POEPHAGVS.
- The Porcuspine or Porcupine.
- Of the Raeyner, or Rainger.
- OF THE RHINOCEROS.
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OF THE SHEEPE.
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Of the diseases of Sheepe, and their causes in generall. -
Of venomous meates or Hearbes vnto Sheepe. -
Of the colds of Sheepe.
- Of Scabs, and the causes of them.
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Of the Scabs of Sheepe, the first remedy. - Another medicine for the Scabs.
- Another medicine for the same.
- Another medicine.
- Of the holy fire which the Sheapheards call the Pox, or the Blisters, or Saint Anthonies fire.
- Of the warts, and cratches of Sheepe.
- Of the falling sicknesse.
- Of the paines in the eies.
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Of phlegme in Sheepe. -
Of the swelling in the iawes. - For the cough, and paine in the lungs.
- Of sighing, and shortnesse of breath.
- Of the loathing of Sheepe, and encreasing of their stomacke.
- Of the fluxes of sheepe, and loosenesse of the belly.
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Of the melt of Sheepe.
- Of the sicknesse of the Spleene.
- Of the Feauers of Sheepe.
- Of the pestilence or rottennesse of Sheepe.
- Of Lice and Tikes.
- OF THE RAM.
- Of the Weather-sheepe.
- OF THE LAMBE.
- OF THE MVSMON.
- The medicines of the Sheepe in generall.
- The medicines of the Ram.
- The medicines of the Lamb.
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- OF THE STREPSICEROS.
- OF THE SQVIRRELL.
- OF A WILDE BEAST IN THE new-found world called Su.
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Of the Subus, a kinde of wilde Water-sheepe.
- Of the Swine in generall.
- OF THE TATVS, OR GVINEAN BEAST.
- OF THE TIGER.
- OF THE VNICORNE.
- OF THE VRE-OXE.
- OF THE WEASELL.
- OF THE WOLFE.
- OF THE ZEBEL, commonly called a Sabel.
- OF THE ZIBETH, OR SIVET-CAT.
- An Epilogue to the Readers.
- A Table of the names of all the Beastes contayned in this Hystory, in diuers Languages.