The history of four-footed beasts and serpents. (1658)
Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?, Gessner, Conrad, 1516-1565, Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604, Rowland, John, M.D · London, Printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge [etc.] · leaf 1095
d let them lie to cor-rupt in two fexcarii of Vinegar, in a leaden veffel for fo many dayes, and then to anoynt withthem in the Sun. SoimtiM relates, that this medicament is of fo great force, that uleffe theyhold Oyl in their mouths that die the hair, it will alfo black their teeth. Meges writes,… … rJ waters both fait and frefli, great and fmall Worms willbreed of putrefaction, efpecially in Summer very likeEarth-worms, but they want that knot or chainabout theirnecks: Alfo they are by far more rtiarp and lean; oft-timesthey lie in the fand, and they caft up earth out of their holes…
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