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A13820	The historie of foure-footed beastes Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. By Edward Topsell.	Topsell, Edward, 1572-1625?	1607 (1607)	STC 24123; ESTC S122276	1,123,245	767

renascibus haeret Verunculum dixere mala atque incondita pestis Iam teneris elementa mali causasque recidunt But immediatly it being taken forth they rub the tongue with salt and oyle Columella teacheth that Shepheards of his time took their Dogs tailes and pulled out a certaine nerue or sinnew which commeth from the Articles of the backe bone into their tailes whereby they not onely kept the taile from growing deformed and ouerlong but also constantly beleeued Pliny that their Dogs could neuer afterward fall madde whereunto Pliny agreeth calling it a castration or gelding of the taile adding that it must be done before the dog be forty daies old Some againe say that if a Dog tast of a womans milke which she giueth by the birth of a boy he will neuer fall mad Nemesian ascribeth the cure heerof to Castoreum dried and put into milke but this is to be vnderstoode of them that are already mad whose elegant verses of the cause beginning and cure of a ruad dog I haue thoght good heere to expresse Exhalat seu terra siuus seu noxius aer Causa male seu cum gelidus non sufficit humor Torrida per venas concrescunt semina flammae Whatsoeuer it be he thus warranteth the cure Tunc virosa tibi sumes multumque domabis Castorea adtritu silicis lentescere coges Exebore huc trito puluis lectore feratur A●miscensque diu facies concrescere vtrunque Mox lactis liquidos sensim superadde fluores Vt non cunctantes haustos infundere cornu Inserto possis furiasque repellere tristes Armetia a ●ing of Valentia Albertus prescribeth this forme for the cure of this euill let the Dog be put into the Water so as the hinderlegs doe onely touch the ground and his forelegs be tyed vp like hands ouer his head and then being taken againe out of the water let his haire be shaued off that he may be pieled vntill he bleede then annoynt him with oyle of Beetes and if this do not cure him within seuen daies then let him be knocked on the head or hanged out of the way When a young male Dog suffereth madnesse shut him vp with a Bitch Blondus or if a young Bitch be also oppressed shut her vp with a Dog and the one of them will cure the madnes of the other But the better part of this labor is more needeful to be emploid about the curing of men or other creatures which are bitten by dogs then in curing or preuenting that naturall infirmity Wherefore it is to be remembred that all other poysoned wounds are cured by incision and circumcising of the flesh and by drawing plaisters The cure of a mā or be●st bitten by a mad Dogge which extract the venom out of the flesh and comfort nature and by cupping-glasses or burning yrons as Coelius affirmeth vpon occasion of a miraculous fiction of the Temple doore key of S. Bellinus neere Rhodigium for it was belieued that if a mad man could hold that key in his hand red whot he should be deliuered from his fittes for euer There was such another charme or incantantion among the Apuleians made in forme of a prayer against all bitinges of madde Dogges and other poysons vnto an obscure Saint called Vithus which was to be saide three satterdaies in the euening nyne times together which I haue heere set downe for no other cause but to shewe their extreame folly A foolish charme and prayer to vithus Alme vithe pellicane Littusque polygnanicum Irasque canum mitigas Rictusque canis luridos Oram qui tenes Apulam Qui morsus rabidos leuas Tu sancte rabiem asperam Tu saeuam prohibbe luem I procul hinc rabies procul hinc furor omnis abesto But to com to the cure of such as haue bin bitten by mad dogs First I will set down some compound medicins to be outwardly aplyed to the body secondly some simple or vncompounded medicines In the third place such compounded and vncompounded potions as are to be taken inwardly agaist this poyson Discoride● For the outward compound remedies a plaister made of Opponax and pitch is much commended which Menippus vsed taking a pound of Pitch of Brutias and foure ounces of Opponax as Aetius and Actuarius doe prescribe adding withall that the Opponax must be dissolued in vineger and afterward the Pitch and that vineger must be boyled together and when the vineger is consumed then put in the Opponax and of both together make like taynters of splints and thurst them into the wound so let them remaine many dayes together and in the meane time drinke an antidot of sea-crabs and vineger for vineger is alway pretious in this confection Other vse Basilica Onyons Rue Salt ruste of Iron white bread seedes of horehound and triacle but the other plaister is most forcible to be applyed outwardly aboue al medicines in the world For the simple or vncompounded medicines to be taken against this sore are many As Goose-grease Garlike the roote of Wilde roses drunke bitter almonds leaues of chickweed or pimpernell the old skinne of a snake pounded with a male-sea-crab Betony Cabbage leaues or stalkes with persneps and vineger lime and sewet poulder of Sea-crabs with Hony poulder of the shels of Sea-crabs the haires of a Dog layed vpon the wound the head of the Dog which did bite mixed with a little Euphorbium the haire of a man with vineger dung of Goates with Wine Walnuts with Hony and salte poulder of figtree in a scarcloath Fitches in wine Euphorbium warme horse-dung raw beanes chewed in the mouth figtree leaues greene figs with vineger fennel stalkes Gentiana dung of pullen the Lyuer of a Buck-goate young Swallowes burned to poulder also their dung to vrine of a man an Hyaenas skin flower-deluce with hony a Sea hearb called Kakille Silphum with salt the flesh and shels of snayles leeke seeds with salt mints the taile of a field-mouse cut off from her aliue and she ●uffered to liue rootes of Burres with salt of the Sea plantine the tongue of a Ramme with salt the flesh of al Sea-fishes the fat of a sea-calfe and veruine beside many other superstitious amulets which are vsed to be bound to the Armes neckes and brests as the Canine tooth bound vp in a leafe and tyed to the Arme. A Worme bred in the dung of Dogges hanged about the necke the roote of Gentian in an Hyaenaes skin or young Wolfes skin and such like whereof I know no reason beside the opinion of men The inward compound potions or remedies against the bitings of Dogs may be such as these Take Sea-crabs and burne them with twigs of white vines and saue their ashes then put to them the poulder of Gentian roote well clensed and small beaten and as oft as neede requireth take two spoonefuls of the first and one of the second and put them into a Cup of pure and vnmixed wine and so drink it for

feet Cardanus with her feete she diggeth and with her nose casteth awaye the earth and therefore such earth is called in Germany mal werff and in England Mole-hill and she loueth the fieldes especially meddowes and Gardens where the ground is soft for it is admirable with what celerity she casteth vp the earth They haue fiue toes with clawes vpon each forefoot and foure vpon each foote beehind according to Albertus but by diligent inspection you shall find fiue behind also for there is one very little and recurued backward which a man slightly and negligently looking vpon would take to be nothing The palme of the forefeet is broad like a mans hand and hath a hollow in it if it be put togither like a fist and the toes or fingers with the nailes are greater then any other beast of that quantity And to the end that he might be wel armed to digge the forepart of her forelegges consist of two solide and sound bones which are fastned to her shoulders and her clawes spread abroad not bending downewarde and this is peculiar to this beast not competible to any other but in her hinder legges boeth before and behind they are like a Mouses except in the part beneath the knee which consisteth but of one bone which is also forked and twisted The taile is short and hairy And thus much for the anatomy and seuerall parts the places of their abode They liue as we haue saide in the earth and therfore Cardan saith that there is no creature which hath blood and breath that liueth so long togithervnder the earth and that the earth doth not hinder their exspiration and inspiration for which cause they keepe it hollow aboue them that at no time they may want breath although they doe not heaue in two or three daies but I rather beleeue when they heaue they doe it more for meate then for breath for by digging and remoouing the earth they take Wormes and hunt after victuals When the wormes are followed by Molds for by digging and heauing they foreknow their owne perdition they flie to the superficies and very toppe of the earth the silly beast knowing that the Molde their aduersary dare not followe them into the light so that their wit in flying their enemy is greater then in turning againe when they are troade vpon They loue also to eat Toads and Frogges for Albertus saith he saw a great Toade whose legge a Mole helde fast in the earth and that the Toade made an exceeding great noise crying out for hir life during the time that the Molde did bite hir And therefore Toads and frogs do eat dead Moles They eat also the root of herbs and plants for which cause they are called by Oppianus poiophagi Herbiuorae herbe-eaters In the month of Iuly they come abroad out of the earth Enemies to Moles I thinke to seeke meate at that time when wormes be scanty They are hunted by Weasels and wilde Cats for they will follow them into their holes and take them but the Cats do not eate them whereas wee haue said alreadye that they haue an vnderstanding of mens speech when they heare them talke of them Vnderstanding of Moles I may adde thereunto a story of their vnderstanding thus related by Gillius in his own experience and knowledge When I had saith he put downe into the earth an earthen pot made of purpose with a narrow mouth to take Moles it fortuned that within shorte space as a blind Mole came along shee fell into it and could not get forth againe but lay therein whyning one of her fellowes which followed her seeing his mate taken heaued vp the earth aboue the pot with her nose cast in so much til she had raised vp her companion to the brim and was ready to come forth by which in that blind creature confined to darknesse doth not onely appeare a wonderfull worke of almighty God that endoweth them with skill to defend and wisely to prouide for their owne safety but also planted in them such a naturall and mutuall loue one to another which is so much the more admirable considering their beginning or creation as we haue shewed already Because by their continuall heauing and laboring for meate they doe much harme to Gardens and other places of their aboad and therefore in the husband-mans and house-wifes common-wealth it is an acceptable labor to take and destroy them Taking of Moles For which cause it is good to obserue their passages and marke the times of their comming to labor which being perceiued they are easily turned out of the earth with a spade and this was the first and most common way Some haue placed a boord full of pikes which they fasten vppon a small sticke in the mole-hil or passage and when the mole commeth to heaue vp the earth by touching the sticke she bringeth down the pikes and sharp nailed board vpon her owne body and back Other take a Wyar or yron and make it to haue a very sharp point which being fastened to a staffe and put into the earth where the Moles passage is they bend and so set vp that when the Mole commeth along the pike runneth into her and killeth her The Graecians saith Palladius did destroy and driue away their Moles by this inuention they tooke a great Nut or any other kind of fruit of that quantity receipte and solidity wherein they included chaffe Brimstone and Wax then did they stop al the breathing places of the Moles except one at the mouth wherein they set this deuise on fire so as the smoke was driuen inwarde wherewithall they filled the hole and the place of their walkes and so stopping it the Moles were either killed or driuen away Also Paxamus sheweth another meanes to driue away and take Molles If you take white Hellebor and the rindes of wilde Mercury instead of Hemlocke and dry them and beate them to poulder afterward sifte them and mixe them with meale and with Milke beaten with the white of an Egge and so make it into little morsels or bals Paramus and lay them in the Mole-hole and passages it will kill them if they eate thereof as they will certainely doe Many vse to kill both Moles and Emmets with the froath of new Oyle And to conclude by setting an earthen pot in the earth and Brimstone burning therein it will certainely driue them for euer from that place Vnto which I may adde a superstitious conceite of an obscure Author who writeth that if you whet a mowing syth in a fielde or meddow vpon the feast day of Christs natiuity commonly called Christmas day all the molles that are within the hearing thereof will certainly for euer forsake that fielde meddow or Garden With the skinnes of moles are purses made for the rough and soft haire Vse 〈◊〉 theyr seueral parts and also blacke russet colour is very delectable Pliny hath a strange saying which is this

forth a young one at what time Xerxes passed ouer Hellespont to go against Graecia with his innumerable troopes of souldiors and the said mule so broght forth had the genitals both of the male and female Vnto this I may adde another story out of Swetonius in the life of Galba Caesar As his father was procuring Augurismes or deuinations an Eagle came and tooke the bowelles out of his hands and caryed them into a fruit-bearing-oake he enquiring what the meaning of that should be receiued answere that his posterity should bee Emperours but it would be very long first whereunto he merily replied Sanecum mula pepererit I sir when a mule brings forth young ones which thing afterwardes happened vnto Galba for by the birth of a mule he was confirmed in his enterprises when hee attempted the Empire so that that thing which was a prodigy and cause of sorrowe and a wonder to all other people was vnto him an ominous confirmation of ioye and gladnes when hee remembered his grand-fathers sacrifice and saying Therefore it was not ill saide of Democritus Mula non naturae opus sed humanae machinationis adulterinum inventum furtum esse videntur Mules are not the proper worke of nature but an adulterous invention of humaine policy robbing nature for saith he when a certaine Median founde his Asse couering of his mare The inuention of mules Aelianus whereupon afterwards she fell to be with foal and seeing the yong one to comunicate with both natures they drew it into a custom to couer the Mares with their Asses for the engendring of such a breed Some are of opinion that mules first began amonge the Paphlagonians which before the Troyan warre were called Eneti and afterwards Veneti but in Gen. 36. wee finde that Anna the father in law of Esau keeping his fathers Asses did inuent Gemim that is mules as some interpret But rather I beleeve that while Asses and Horses ranne wilde in the wildernesse among themselues the wilde Asses first beganne this race The male at seuen yeares old may engender because he is of a hotter nature then the female and also doth not in his generation conferre any part of his bodily groath to the yong one and sometimes he engendereth when he hath lost his foremost teeth and after the first copulation he neuer engendreth more Aristotle the quantity o● a mules ●oa●e The young one so generated is called Ginnus and Pumilio for it is a very dwarfe according to the obseruation of Martiall His tibi de mulis non est metuenda ruina Altius in terris pene sedere soles Such as these were kept in the Court of the Duke of Ferraria and although in al thinges they resemble the mother yet are named after the father and such also are the Burdones before spoken of in the story of the horse Mules are begotten both by Mares she-Asses and Bulles but yet those are the best that are begotten betwixt an Asse and a mare And thus much for the generation of mules They are nourished with the same meate that Horses and Asses are annoyed with the same sicknesses and cured with the same means generaly blood-letting is good for them and for their dyet Bullimunge In Scythia they can ablde no cold and therefore the horses are there vsed instead of Mules In some countries the Horses can abide no colde but the Asses and Mules beare it out as Herodotus writeth and as we haue shewed before in the story of the Asse when the Graecians were at Troy and were destroyed by a consuming pestilence the firste of all their company that dyed were their Dogges and their Mules and the reason of it was because the pestilence arising out of the earth they by the sence of smelling which is very quicke in both kinds did first of all draw in that poysonne from the earth Collumella saith that the medicines for the Oxen doe also cure mules Sicknesses of Mules and their cures yet there are speciall medicines not to bee neglected which we will expresse in this place For a mule that hath a Feuer giue her raw Cabbadge and for one that is short winded vse blood letting and for a drinke giue it a pinte of wine and oyle mixed with halfe an ounce of Frankinsence and halfe a pint of the iuyce of Hore-hound For the scratches or disease in the hooues lay to it Barley meale then make suppuration with a knife and cure it by laying two linnen cloathes or by a pinte of the best Garum and a pound of oyle infused into the left Nosthrill of the Mule whereunto you may adde the whites of three or foure Egs seperated from the yolkes The female Mule may be burned in the feet or let blood after the manner of Horses and some Countreymen giue in their food the hearb Veretrum or else the seed of Hyoscanus or Henne-bane beaten to powder and drunke in wine For the languishing of the chine or leannesse they make this drinke haue an ounce of beaten brimstome a raw Eg a penny weight of the powder of Myrrh mingled al three together in wine and so poured downe the Mules throate is a present remedy to cure it As also for the paine in the belly and all manner of coughes the herb Medica is speciall good for the said languishing disease So also to fat the mule if it be giuen greene and not dryed like hay a little at a time for feare the beast be suffocated with ouermuch blood When a mule is tyred or heated Collumella let the load be taken off and turne her forth to wallowe in some conuenient place If that suffice not take some fat and put it into her chappes that so she may sucke it downe Rutius and poure wine after it For to keepe the neckes of mules from wringing and loosening their skinne vse this medicine take two pound of Hogges-greace sod three times Pelagonius or vnto the third part two pintes of Vineger and therewithall annoint the mules necke As we haue shewed that the paines of a horses belly and guts are best of al cured by the sight of a Mallard swimming in the water whereby they are speedily deliuerd from all manner of torment so the same hath as great or greater operation to cure the paines of the mules belly It is reported by Auicen that mules fall into madnesse and in that madnes bite their maister mortally They are likewise subiect to the gout and especially to swellings about the crowne of their pasternes but they are cured as horses and Oxen. They liue longe ordinarily to fifty yeares and sometimes to fourscore the reason therof is giuen by Coelius Animalia quae frequenter coeunt preuioris sunt vitae inde fit vt muli equos superint videndi diuturmitate that is to say Those beasts and creatures which often times ioyne in copulation haue but short liues and from thence it commeth that mules liue longer then horses The Epithets