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A rare secrett w^th a Toade.

Take the greatest Toade that yow can find, & put him in an earthen pott w^ch hath small holes in it & close the pott that she go not out, & sett the pott in an Ante, or pismier hyll, wher ther are most Antes, & ther lett it stand one moneth, & by that tyme the Antes will have eaten all the fleshe of the toades, seperate the bones one from an other & feare not for the poyson of them is gone, & cast all the bones into a running streame of water, & that w^ch swim̄eth against the water take vp, & send it me so sone as yo^w can. A Andrewe.