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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Title: 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 ...
Author: Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?
Publication: London :: Printed by E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge ... T. Williams ... and T. Johnson ...,; 1658.
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Subject terms: Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
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Of griefs in the withers.

TO a Horses withers and back, do chance many griefs and sorances, which, as Russius saith, do sometime proceed of inward causes, as of the corruption of humors; and sometime of outward causes, as through the galling and pinching of some naughty saddle, or by some heavy burthen laid on the Horses back, or such like. And of such griefs, some be but superficial blisters, swellings, light∣gals or bruisings, and be easily cured. Some again do pierce to the very bone, and be dangerous, and especially if they be nigh the back bone; let us first then shew you the cure of the smaller griefs, and then of the greater▪