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The dogge is an onclenly beste / {tha}t eteth so moche that he vomyteth
it out & eteth vp agayne / it is lightly angry, and byteth gladly
strau{n}ge dogges / he barketh moche / he kn[oweth] his name well / he
is hered [all over his b]ody, he loueth his mast[er, and is eselye]
lerned to many games / & be night he kepeth the house. There be many
hou{n}des {tha}t for the loue of theyr maister they wyll ro{n}ne in
their owne dethe / & whan the dogge is seke / he seketh grasse or other
erbes / & that he eteth, and heleth himselfe so / and there be many
maner of dogges or hou{n}des to hawke & hunt, as grayhou{n}des / braches
/ spanyellis, or suche other, to hunt hert and hynde / & other bestes of
chace & venery, &c. and suche be named ge{n}tyll hou{n}des. The bitche
hath mylke .v. or vij. dayes or she litter her whelpes / and that milke
is thicker tha{n} any other mylke excepte swynes mylke or hares mylke.
fol. c. iv.
l. 970, _Catte._ L. Andrewe says
“Of the Catte. ca. xxv.
The catte is a beste {tha}t seeth sharpe, and she byteth sore / and
scratcheth right perylously / & is principall ennemye to rattis & myce /
& her colour is of nature graye / and the cause {tha}t they be other
wyse colowred, that co{m}methe through chaunge of mete, as it is well
marked by the house catte, for they be selden colored lyke the wylde
catte. & their flesshe is bothe nesshe & soffte.” _Noble Lyfe_, Part II.
c. iv.
l. 983. Bathe. ‘Bathing is harmful to them [who are splenitie] chiefly
after meat, and copulation (following) on surfeit ... Let him also bathe
himself in sweet water. Without, he is to be leeched and smeared with
oil of roses, and with onlayings (or poultices made of) wine and grapes,
and often must an onlay be wrought of butter, and of new wax, and of
hyssop and of oil; mingle with goose grease or lard of swine, and with
frankincense and mint; and when he bathes let him smear himself with
oil; mingle (it) with saffron.’ _Leechdoms_, v. 2, p. 245.
l. 987. _Scabiosa_, so named of old tyme, because it is giuen in drinke
inwardly, or ointmentes outwardly, to heale scabbes, sores, corrupcion
in the stomacke, yea, and is most frend emong all other herbes in the
tyme of the Pestilence, to drinke the water with Mithridatum a mornynges
... the flowers is like a Blewe or white thrummed hatte, the stalk
rough, the vpper leaues ragged, and the leaues next the grose rootes be
plainer. Under whom often tymes, Frogges will shadowe theim selues, from
the heate of the daie: hoppyng and plaiyng vnder these leaues, whiche to
them is a pleasaunt Tente or pauillion, saieth Aristophanes, whiche maie
a plade (= made a play), wherein Frogges made pastime. _Bullein’s
Bulwarke_, 1562, or, _The booke of Simples_, fol. xvj. b.
[Transcriber’s Note:
The following note was originally labeled “67/991” (page 67, line
991) and was printed between the notes for l. 280 and l. 300.]
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