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 A Cavallero who is troubled with hæmorrhoids wants to know what is good for him. The Friar makes a joke or two upon the disease, but advises him to boil four or five frogs in three parts of a pint of oil, and thus make an ointment. One person asks what is the best method for preserving the teeth; he recommends him to clean them first with the pith of pine wood, then with white wine, lastly with a linen cloth.—What shall I do for the tooth-ache, says one of his querists, fray Luys replies, have the tooth drawn; but if you do not like to part with it, it is a singular remedy to bear the pain and keep the tooth.

This is a very unsatisfactory answer to a poor man with a raging tooth-ache, and the patient requests him in good verse to