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[illustration] ¶Of the gote. ca. xxij.
THe gote is a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it hathe longe sharphornes / and it eteth the lytel branches and barkes of trees and they do gret scathe to the trees / & they pasture gladly on hye hyl¦les or moūtaynes & in lowe valayes / & whan they ete or licke any honey thei dye therof / & of venymous herbes it le¦ueth / whan it hathe yonges or eteth a∣ny salte than shall it haue mylke plen¦teously / the gote be daye light cannat well se / but towardes night it seeth ve¦re sharpe.
¶The operacyon.
Esculapius sayth / that the brayne of the gote mynged with hony heleth the carbūcle in the bely / the here brent ta¦keth away all flodes of blode cōminge of the moder / the hornes brent & made whyte / swageth the paynes of the gō∣mes. ¶Auicēna saith a gotes gal with the iuest of garleke / is gode to be layde to a fistule / thesame is also a gode me¦decine to be layde to a swollen wonde The blode dressyd with the mary and that etyn / is gode for a dedely poyson / and it is gode also for the dropsy / and discentericis.