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first_o scour_v and_o cleanse_v therewith_o anoint_v all_o the_o near_a place_n to_o the_o same_o and_o put_v some_o of_o it_o into_o the_o hollowness_n of_o the_o tooth_n and_o as_o archigenes_n say_v if_o you_o lay_v the_o cast-skinne_n of_o a_o snake_n unto_o the_o tooth_n not_o be_v burn_v they_o will_v all_o fall_v out_o it_o cure_v likewise_o the_o lousy_a evil_n call_v phthiriasis_n and_o galen_n prescribe_v this_o cast-skin_n of_o snake_n or_o serpent_n for_o a_o remedy_n against_o the_o colic_n if_o it_o be_v put_v into_o a_o brass_n pot_n with_o some_o oil_n and_o so_o burn_v to_o powder_n if_o then_o it_o be_v dissolve_v in_o oil_n and_o the_o
convenient_a time_n but_o long_o after_o the_o prime_n of_o the_o year_n and_o spring_n wherein_o they_o cast_v their_o skin_n when_o as_o they_o be_v weak_a and_o have_v lose_v their_o strength_n and_o be_v very_o faint_a then_o do_v they_o take_v they_o &_o so_o by_o long_a use_n and_o continuance_n teach_v they_o and_o inure_v themselves_o one_o to_o another_o &_o bring_v it_o so_o to_o pass_v that_o they_o will_v feed_v they_o with_o strange_a and_o unaccustomed_a meat_n to_o their_o nature_n yea_o they_o will_v permit_v they_o to_o taste_v of_o flesh_n and_o constrain_v they_o to_o be_v continual_o gnaw_v and_o bite_v of_o the_o same_o that_o by_o their_o so_o labour_v and_o strive_v their_o poison_n may_v by_o little_a and_o little_o be_v spend_v and_o purge_v out_o of_o their_o belly_n beside_o all_o this_o they_o give_v they_o a_o kind_n of_o bread_n make_v of_o milk_n and_o flower_n that_o by_o this_o mean_v the_o hole_n in_o their_o tooth_n may_v be_v stop_v &_o so_o by_o 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