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 an Aubury.

THis is a great spungy Wart full of bloud, called of the Italians, Moro, or Selfo, which may grow in any place of the body, and it hath a root like a Cocks stone. The cure according to Martin is thus: Tie it with a thread, so hard as you can pull it, the thread will eat by little and little in such sort, as within seven or eight days it will fall away by it self. And if it be so flat as you can binde nothing about it, then take it away with a sharp hot Iron, cutting it round about, and so deep as you may leave none of the root behinde, and dry it with Verdigrease. Russius saith, that if it grow in a place full of sinews, so as it cannot be conveniently cut, away with a hot Iron; then it is good to eat out the core with the powder of Resalgar, and then to stop the hole with flax dipt in the white of an Egge for a day or two; and lastly, to dry it up with the powder of unsleck't Lime and Hony, as before is taught.

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