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 the fluxes of sheepe, and loosenesse of the belly.

FOr this disease the Sheapheardes take no other thing but the Hearbe Tormentia, or Set-foyle wherwithall they stop all manner of laxes, but if they cannot get the same Hearb, then they take salt and giue it vnto them, and so hauing encreased their thirst, they giue vnto them black wine, whereby they are cured.