Natural history in Shakespeare's time : being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it / Made by H. W. Seager, M. B., &c. Also pictures thereunto belonging.

  • Seager, H. W. (Herbert West), 1848-
Date:
1896
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Credit: Natural history in Shakespeare's time : being extracts illustrative of the subject as he knew it / Made by H. W. Seager, M. B., &c. Also pictures thereunto belonging. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    them from place to place, and changeth place and dwelling, for her nest should not be found. The Weasel pursueth and eateth serpents, and hateth and eateth mice. And their opinion is false that mean that Weasels conceive at mouth, and kitteneth at the ear. And if the Weasel's kittens fall by any hap in chines or in pits, and be hurt or dead, the Weasel healeth them with a certain herb, and reareth them from death to life. And eateth rue, and balmeth herself with the juice thereof, and reseth [rages] then on the cockatrice, and assaileth, and slayeth him without any dread boldly. The Weasel knoweth soon of the cockatrice, and goeth into his den and slayeth him there. And is a beast that sleepeth much, and waxeth fat with sleep, and hath gall that helpeth much against adders. And so if a man fall into lethargy, the sleeping evil, by venom of an adder, the ashes of a Weasel, tempered with drops of water, dis- solveth and destroyeth the strength and might of the sleep. His biting is malicious and venomous. Bartholomezv [Berthlet), bk. xviii. § 74. If Weasels come unto dead men they will pull out their eyes. Hunters hold opinion here in England that, if they meet with a Weasel in the morning, they shall not speed