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.

[ 30] Of the paine in their lunges.

FOr all maner of pain in their lungs, which come by the most part from want of drink, are to haue lung-wort stamped, and giuen them to drinke in water, or else to haue it tyed vnder their tongues two or three daies together, or that which is more probable, because it is dangerous to take it inwardly, to make a hole in the eare, and to thrust it into the same, tying it fast for falling out, and the same vertue hath the roote of the white Hel∣libor, but the diseases of the lunges are not very dangerous, and therefore the Butchers saith, that you shall sildome find a Swyne with sound lungs or Liuers: sometime it falleth out that in the lightes of this beast there wil be apparant certain white spots as big as halfe [ 40] a Wallnut, but without danger to the beast, sometimes the lightes cleaue to the ribs and and sides of the beast, for remedy whereof you must giue them the same medicines, that you giue vnto Oxen in the same disease. Sometimes there appeare certaine blathers in the liuer of water, which are called water-gals, sometimes this is troubled with vomiting, and then it is good to giue them in the morning, fryed pease mingled with dust of Iuory, and brused salt fasting, before they go to their pastures.