Cap. c.xxxiij. [illustration]
[illustration]
SCorpio is a beste semynge hūble hauinge a meke regarde or loke. but in his tayle he hathe a venimous styngue & therwith dothe gret harme vnto man whāne he regardeth hym leste. it lyueth of ye erth / & in may & au¦gust it layeth eggys or a substāce lyke eggis but they be wormes / & ye moder wille somtyme ete thē but they hange behinde her on her leggis & fete & so sa¦ue them selfe. ¶A black hoge yt is stric¦kē of this worme must nedys dye. & o / ne of another coloure may escape but nat alway /
¶The operacion.
The fastinge spetyll of man kylleth ye scorpion. so dothe the erbe raphana / & the water of it bothe. yf it be layd vpō hym / & though of a mā were stynged of him and that he ate raphana ye stȳ / 〈…〉〈…〉