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 Windgals.
WIngals are easie to cure, they be little swellings like blebs or bladders, on either side the joynt next unto the fewter-locks, as well before as behinde, and they come through the occasion * 1.1 of great travel, in hard, gravelly, or sandy ways. The cure is: Take Pitch, Rozen, and Mastick, of each like quantity, melt them together, and with a stick lay it round about the Horses legs, and whilest it is hot lay flocks thereon: the nature of this plaister, is never to come away whilest there is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Windgal on the Horses legs; but when they are dryed up, then it will fall away of it self.