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An Historical Relation Of The Island Ceylon In The East Indies

PART III
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Which they perform both by Herbs and Charms.

Tho upon the sting they presently vomit blood.

The knowledg of these antidotal Herbs they have learned from the Mounggoutia a kind of Ferret.

This creature when the Noya and he meets always fight.

If he chanceth to be bitten by the Serpent, which is very venomous, he runs away to a certain herb and eats it and so is cured, and then comes back and fights again.


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