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.
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?
Of casting out his drinke.
[ 30] VEgetius saith, that the horse may haue such a Palsie proceeding of cold in his stomack as he is notable to keepe his drinke, but many times to cast it out again at his mouth. The remedy whereof is to let him blood in the necke, and to giue him cordiall drinkes, that is to say, made of hotte and comfortable spices, and also to annoint al his breast and vnder his shoulders with hot oyles, and to purge his head, by blowing vp into his No∣strils, pouders that prouoke neezing, such as haue beene taught you before.
