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 sighing, and shortnesse of breath.
FOr sheepe that are affected with much sighing, they vse to bore a hole with an yron through their eares, and remoue the sheepe out of the place where they feed to some other place, and if it come from the sicknes of the lungs, then the hearb called Lungwort or Creswort, is the most present remedy in the world: If the root therof be drunke in wa∣ter, or a piece thereof tyed vnder the sheepes tongue, or (as Celsus saith) giue vnto it as much sharp vineger as the beast can endure, or halfe a pint of a mans stale vrine warmed [ 20] at the fire, and infused into the nostril with a little horn, this also is a remedy against flegme in the summer time.
