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 shedding of seed.
THis disease is called of the Physitians Gonorrhea, which may come sometime tho∣rough aboundance and rankenesse of seed, and sometime by the weakenes of the stones and seed vessels not able to retaine the seed vntill it be digested and thickned. Vegetius saith, that this disease will make the horse very faint and weake, and especially in Summer season, For cure whereof, the said Vegetius would haue the horse to be ridden in∣to some cold water, euen vp to the belly, so as his stones may bee couered in water, and then his fundament being first bathed with warme water and oile, he would haue you to [ 10] thrust in your hand and arme euen to the very bladder, and softly to rubbe and claw the same, and the parts thereabouts, which be the seed vessels: that done to couer him warm that he take no cold, and euery day he woulde haue you to giue the horse hogges dung to drinke with red wine vntil he be whole. I for my part, if I thought it came of weakenes, as is aforesaide, which I would iudge by the waterishnesse of the seed and vnlustines of the horse, would giue him red wine to drinke, and put therein a little Acatium, the iuyce of Plantaine, and a little Masticke, and bath his backe with redde Wine and oyle of Roses mingled togither.