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divers days together, either by itfelf or in other drink, prevaileth wonderfully againft 
all torments or excoriations in the bowels, helpeth the diftillations of rheum from the 
head, and flayeth all manner of fluxes, even women’s courfes when they flow too 
abundantly, It is good to ftay fpitting of blood, and other bleedings at the mouth, 
or the making of foul or bloody water by reafon of any. ulcer in the reins or bladder; 
and alfo ftayeth the too free bleeding of wounds. It is held an efpecial remedy for 
thofe that are troubled with the phthyfic, or confumption of the lungs, or ulcers 
in the lungs, or coughs that come of heat. The decoétion or powder of the roots 
or feed is much more binding for all the purpofes aforefaid than the leaves. Dio- 
icorides faith, That the root boiled in wine helpeth the tertian and quartan ague. The 
herb, but efpecially the feed, is held to be profitable againft the dropfy, the falling- 
ficknefs, the yellow jaundice, and ftoppings of the liver and reins. The roots of 
plantain and pellitory of Spain beaten to powder, and put into hollow teeth, take 
away the pains of them: the clarified juice or diftilled water dropped into the eyes 
 cooleth the inflammations in them, and taketh away the pin and web; and, dropped 
into the ears, eafeth pains in them, and helpeth and reftoreth the hearing : the fame 
alfo, with juice of houfeleek, is profitable againft all inflammations and breakings out 
of the skin, and againft burnings and fealdings by fire or water. The juice or de- 
co¢tion, made either of itfelf or other things of like nature, is of much ufe and good 
effect for old and hollow ulcers that are hard tobe cured, and for cancers and fores 
in the mouth or privy parts; and helpeth alfo the piles. The juice mixed with oil 
of rofes, and the temples and forehead anointed therewith, eafeth the pains of the 
head proceeding from heat, and helpeth lunatic and phrenetic perfons very much; 
as alfo the biting of ferpents or a mad dog: the fame alfo is profitably applied to 
; all hot gouts in the feet or hands, efpecially in the beginning. It is alfo good to be 
where any bone is out of joint, to hinder inflammation, fwellings, and pains, 
that prefently rife thereupon. The powder of the dried leaves, taken in drink, killeth 
Worms of the belly, and, boiled in wine, killeth worms that breed in old and foul 
ulcers _ One part of plantain water, and two parts of the brine of powdered beef, 
ed together and clarified, is a moft fure remedy to heal all fpreading fcabs’ and 
} the he head or body, all manner of tetters, ringworms, the fhingles, and all 
other, running ‘and fretting fores. Briefly, the plantains are fingular good wound- 
: id eth or old wounds or fores, either inward or outward. 
. OZ PLUMBS. | 
. are io well known that they need no defcription, 
Govexnmew?anp Vanturs.. Allphumbs are under Venus: thofe that are fweet 
eanifes the ftomach, and make the belly foluble; thofe that are four quench thieft 
more, 
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