The history of four-footed beasts and serpents describing at large their true and lively figure, their several names, conditions, kinds, virtues ... countries of their breed, their love and hatred to mankind, and the wonderful work by Edward Topsell ; whereunto is now added, The theater of insects, or, Lesser living creatures ... by T. Muffet ...
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The history of four-footed beasts and serpents describing at large their true and lively figure, their several names, conditions, kinds, virtues ... countries of their breed, their love and hatred to mankind, and the wonderful work by Edward Topsell ; whereunto is now added, The theater of insects, or, Lesser living creatures ... by T. Muffet ...
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Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?
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London :: Printed by E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge ... T. Williams ... and T. Johnson ...,
1658.
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Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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Of the Staggers.
THe Staggers is a dizy disease, breeding frenzy in a Horse, which if it be not instantly helped, is mortal: the cure is thus; Let him bloud in the temple veins, and then apply to his temples * 1.1 cloth wet in the juyce of Garlike, and Aqua vitae mixt together: if you crush Garlike, and put it in his ears, it is excellent; or if you slit his fore-head, and loosening the skin from the bone, taint is with Turpentine and Sallet-oyl, it will undoubtedly help him.