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and an ointment and plaifter of it to ufe outwardly, always by you. 
The decoétion of the leaves and flowers made in wine and. taken, diffolveth the 
congealed blood in thofe that are bruifed inwardly by a fall or othe 
effectual for any inward wounds, thrufts, or ftabs in the body or 
. {pecial help in all wound drinks, and for thofe that are liver grown, as they call it. It 
is wonderful in curing all manner of ulcers and fores whether new and frefh, or old 
and inveterate, yea, gangrenes and filtulas alfo, if the leaves are bruifed and applied, 
or thejuice ufed to wath and bathe the places ; and the fame made into a lotion with 
fome honey and allum, cureth all fores of the mouth or gums, be they never fo foul, 
or of long continuance; and worketh no lefs powerfully and effectually for fuch ul- 
cers and fores as happen in the fecret parts of men or women. Being alfo taken in- 
wardly, or outwardly applied, it helpeth thofe that have broken any bone, or have 
any member out of joint. An ointment made with the leaves of bugle, fcabious, _ 
and fanicle bruifed and boiled in hog’s greafe until the herbs be dry, and then 
{trained forth into a pot, for fuch occafions as fhall require it, is fo fingular good for 
all forts of hurts in the body, that none who know its ufefulnefs. will be without it. 
The truth is, I have known this herb cure fome difeafes of Saturn, of which I have 
thought good to quote one. Many times fuch as give themfelyes much to drinking, 
are troubled with ftrange fancies and fights in the night time, and fome with voices, 
as alfo with the difeafe epbialies, or the mare; I take the reafon of this to be, ac- 
cording to Ferwettus, a melancholy vapour made thin by exceffive drinking ftrong 
liquor, and fo flies up and difturbs the fancy, and breeds imagination like itfelf, 
i. . fearful and troublefome. Thefe 1 have known cured by taking only two fpoon- 
fuls of the fyrup of this herb. about two hours after fupper, when you go to bed : 
but whether this is done by fympathy or antipathy is rather doubtful ; all that know 
any thing in aftrology, know that there is a great antipathy between Saturn and 
Venus in matters of procreation, yea, fuch a one, that the barrennefs of Saturn can 
_ be removed by none but Venus, nor the luft of Venus be repelled by any but Sa- 
turn ; but I am not yet of opinion it is done this way; my reafon is, becaufe thefe 
vapours, though in quality melancholy, yet by their, flying upward feem to be 
fomething zerial, therefore I rather think it is done by fympathy, Saturn being 
take inwardly, 
rwile, and is very 
bowels, and is a 
pe is. alfo called fanguiforba, pimy sit e la, bipenula, folbegrella, &c, Common 
dene at it needeth no defcription, byt there is another 
fore which ie ie Basics Maca ck - 
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