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 broken bones.

I Have not for mine own part had any great experience in broken bones of a Horse, because it chanceth seldom, and when it doth chance, what through the Horses brutish unruliness, and * 1.1 the immoderate manner of the act, it is almost held incurable; yet for the little experience I have, I have not found for this purpose any thing so soverain or absolute good, as Oyl of Mandrag, which applyed, conglutinateth and bindeth together any thing, especially bones being either shivered or broken.

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