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.

[ 40] Of the swelling in the iawes.

THere is sometimes an inflammation or swelling in the iawes of sheepe, which the La∣tins call tonsillae, comming by reason of a great flux of humours from the head vnto that place, which may be cured two manner of waies, first, by incision or opening the skin where the bunch lyeth, wherby all the watery tumors are euacuated, and the beast cured, or else if through the coldnes of the weather or some other accident you list not to cut the skin, then annoint it with liquid pitch, prepared in such manner as is before expressed for the scabes, by operation whereof, it will be dissolued and dispersed: When this euill ariseth in the beginning of the spring, many times it is cured without all reme∣die, [ 50] because the beast for the greedinesse of the sweete grasse stoopeth downe her head, and stretcheth her necke, by which the straining and sorenesse of her iawes and throat de∣parteth, and this sicknesse in a sheepe is like the Kings euill in a man. There be some that cure it by putting salt among the meate of these beasts, or by Guniper berries, and Harts∣toong leaues beaten to powder.