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 561
or a Boar to hurt a Horfe in the infide of his knee, inthe time of his hunting, which doth breed to awaterjfti ulcer, and there doth alfo follow a fwell-ihg. To this cold things are to be applyed,and it is t&be cured by anointing it with a medicine whichis called Viachalcanthes, or the head of… … THis is a four-footed ftrange Beaft, which BeUonlui faith, he found in Turcbia, among the Moun-tebanks and Apothecaries. It is brought for the moft part out of the new-found world,and out of Guinea and therefore maybe fafely conveyed into thefe parts, becaufe it is naturallycovered with a hard…
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