CHAP. XVIII. Of Centum-pedes, called in English Sowes.
IF you minister the powder of these creatures in wine, it hath many excellent properties, but chiefly it hath been expe∣rienced greatly to prevail against the stitch in the side, for it will help that grief presently.
If you burn the little crieking creature, called a Cricket, and minister the powder thereof, in some Dieuretick liquor, it provoketh Urine.
Mallows, Alkakengi, Centum-nodi, Gentum-grana, and the roots of Rapes are of like propertie, being handled and used ac∣cording to Art.
There are oftentimes found in standing pools, and putrified waters, certain small creatures, which are round like a cherry, having a tail and two feet, which are in Lombardie called Co∣mazzi, Take these, and distill thereof a water or liquor, wherewith you may very soon consume or break iron a very great Secret observed in nature.