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finger_n and_o they_o make_v hillock_n like_a to_o mole_n and_o there_o they_o sleep_v they_o chief_o do_v mischief_n to_o thyme_n and_o elder_a yet_o not_o so_o but_o they_o hurt_v other_o plant_n and_o herb_n also_o if_o there_o be_v any_o that_o know_v any_o thing_n more_o certain_o concern_v staphylinus_n they_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v for_o physic_n and_o philosophy_n sake_n that_o they_o will_v not_o refuse_v to_o add_v their_o talon_n so_o at_o last_o the_o natural_a history_n of_o infect_v shall_v be_v enrich_v by_o their_o labour_n and_o shall_v repay_v they_o not_o only_o great_a thanks_o but_o also_o their_o part_n in_o a_o large_a increase_n chap._n viii_o concern_v the_o scolopendrae_n and_o juli._n the_o scolopendrae_n and_o juli_n and_o cheeselips_n
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and_o set_v in_o the_o sun_n if_o the_o yard_n and_o testicle_n be_v anoint_v with_o it_o to_o this_o oil_n some_o add_v euphorbium_n one_o scruple_n pepper_n rew_n seed_n of_o each_o one_o dram_n mustard_n seed_n half_o a_o dram_n and_o again_o they_o set_v it_o in_o the_o sun_n rasis_fw-la arnoldus_fw-la in_o this_o case_n commend_v black_a ant_n macerate_v with_o oil_n of_o elder_a nicolaus_n mingle_v it_o with_o root_n of_o satyrium_n and_o other_o do_v give_v the_o distil_a water_n thereof_o to_o those_o that_o be_v fast_v gesner_n in_o euonymus_n describe_v a_o water_n conduce_v thereunto_o take_v say_v he_o a_o pot_n besmeer_v within_o side_n with_o honey_n and_o half_a full_a of_o ant_n then_o add_v long_a pepper_n nutmeg_n cardamon_n pellitory_n of_o spain_n each_o one_o pugil_n butter_n what_o may_v suffice_v and_o digest_v they_o fourteen_o day_n in_o horse_n dung_n then_o distil_v they_o in_o a_o bath_n and_o give_v a_o little_a due_o to_o be_v drink_v fast_v other_o say_v 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belly_n may_v by_o his_o good_a guide_n learn_v of_o they_o and_o he_o instruct_v we_o we_o may_v perform_v our_o duty_n it_o be_v a_o small_a creature_n and_o contemptible_a for_o its_o magnitude_n yet_o we_o must_v know_v that_o goodness_n be_v not_o in_o greatness_n but_o what_o be_v good_a be_v to_o be_v account_v great_a i_o have_v say_v chap._n xvii_o of_o the_o gloworm_n and_o the_o female_a melo_n and_o of_o anthremus_n and_o the_o field_n chislep_n ofttime_n those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o great_a faction_n and_o of_o noble_a descent_n will_v scorn_v to_o marry_v with_o one_o of_o a_o common_a family_n yet_o the_o poet_n write_v that_o jupiter_n do_v not_o disdain_v to_o embrace_v ordinary_a woman_n and_o the_o cicindela_n or_o gloworm_n and_o the_o oil_n beetle_n or_o meloe_n though_o they_o be_v of_o the_o wing_a order_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o couple_v with_o other_o that_o want_v wing_n and_o for_o as_o much_o as_o these_o female_n be_v endow_v with_o the_o same_o force_n and_o dignity_n by_o nature_n which_o be_v see_v in_o male_n i_o know_v not_o why_o they_o shall_v refuse_v or_o be_v weary_a of_o their_o chance_n and_o of_o their_o female_n when_o as_o if_o their_o wing_n be_v take_v off_o they_o agree_v in_o the_o same_o endowment_n of_o their_o mind_n and_o body_n we_o speak_v abundant_o in_o the_o first_o book_n concern_v their_o form_n figure_n manner_n virtue_n use_n when_o we_o speak_v of_o their_o male_n that_o have_v wing_n and_o though_o this_o treaty_n be_v allot_v for_o infect_v without_o wing_n yet_o i_o will_v not_o artificial_o separate_v the_o female_n from_o their_o male_n whereas_o natural_a love_n have_v from_o the_o beginning_n unite_v they_o together_o from_o the_o similitude_n this_o insect_n
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half_a of_o sheep_n louse_n give_v in_o drink_n will_v soon_o and_o certain_o cure_v the_o jaundice_n chap._n xxvii_o of_o the_o garment-eating_a moth._n pennius_fw-la beginning_n to_o write_v the_o history_n of_o this_o insect_n say_v that_o tinea_fw-la be_v a_o word_n that_o signify_v many_o thing_n as_o louse_n of_o hawk-weed_n according_a to_o albertus_n wood-lice_n in_o plautus_n the_o plague_n of_o bee-hive_n in_o virgil_n and_o it_o signify_v the_o creep_a ulcer_n of_o the_o head_n that_o be_v eat_v like_o to_o garment_n whence_o it_o may_v be_v glaudian_n write_v the_o filthy_a moth_n have_v gnaw_v the_o loathsome_a head_n gaza_n translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tineas_n but_o very_o ignorant_o as_o we_o observe_v in_o the_o history_n of_o caterpillar_n also_o pliny_n say_v that_o tineae_fw-la do_v destroy_v the_o seed_n of_o fig_n he_o mean_v the_o worm_n that_o breed_v in_o fig_n from_o whence_o grow_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d niphus_n call_v that_o little_a scorpion_n which_o eat_v book_n tineas_n whereof_o i_o speak_v in_o the_o history_n of_o scorpion_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o a_o man_n will_v speak_v proper_o be_v a_o worm_n that_o eat_v garment_n it_o be_v call_v in_o latin_a tinea_fw-la a_o tenendo_fw-la from_o hold_v for_o it_o stick_v fast_o in_o garment_n and_o will_v not_o easy_o change_v its_o station_n the_o french_a call_v it_o teigne_v the_o spaniard_n tina_n the_o italian_n tignola_n the_o muscovite_n mell_o the_o polonian_n moll_n the_o english_a moth_n the_o hebrew_n hhasch_n and_o sas_n as_o you_o shall_v find_v it_o job_n chap._n 13._o and_o isai_n 51._o it_o be_v a_o little_a worm_n of_o a_o wan_a white_a colour_n of_o which_o arise_v that_o small_a kind_n of_o fly_n that_o will_v fly_v at_o night_n about_o the_o candle-light_n there_o be_v some_o of_o they_o that_o be_v silver-coloured_n the_o english_a call_v they_o silver-moth_n the_o dutch_a schietes_n from_o 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