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 Haw, called of the Italians, Ilunghia de gli occhi.
THis is a gristle covering sometime more then one half of the eye: It proceedeth of gross and * 1.1 tough humors, descending out of the head; which Haw, as Martin saith, would be cut away in this sort: First, pull both the eye-lids open with two several threds, stirched with a needle to ei∣ther of the lids. Then catch hold of the Haw with another needle and thred, and pull it out so far as you may cut it round the bredth of a penny, and leave the black behinde. For by cutting away too much of the fat and black of the eye, the Horse many times becometh blear-eyed. And the Haw being clean taken away, squirt a little white Wine or Beer into his eye.