the Paradife of Plants. 93 
femper of the mouth called the Scurvy, which I defcribed in the foregoing chap- 
ter. Itisgood both for inward and outward heats as well in rhe Eyes as other 
parts of rhe > bod y. A Poffet made with the Juyce of Houfeleck, is ingulat good 
in all hocAgues,for it coolech and cemperarech the blood and fpirits,and quench- 
eththe chirit ; and is alfo good to ftay ail hot defluxions of fharp and {alt rheum 
into the Eyes, the Juyce being dropped into them : the Eares alfo participate of 
its Vertue ; forthe paines thereofare hereby alfo cured, if the Juyce thereofbe 
dropped thereunto : it helpeth alfo all Auxes of humoursinto the bowels, and . 
_the immoderate courfes of Women. __Itis faid alfate to kill the swomms, gndwon- 
“fealding oe and taeiine: the sfibles 
worms atid the like, and eafeth much t ep 
“cafe: the Juyce alfo cakech away. warts ai 
ten bathed therewith, and che skins of the. Leaves ee laid-on pis pens 
“Ie eafech alfo the headach, and diflempered heat of the brain in frenfies, or 
through want Of fleep, being g applyedto the Temples and forehead; the leaves | 
bruifed, and laid upon the Crown or Seam of the “head, fereh blec eding at the 
nofe very quickly. ©The diftilled water of the herb, is proftable for all 
pofes aforetaid, the leaves being g gently rubbed place. a 
Re Spe —— any yenemous | tak e away 
; pait But take notice: Pepper, wh kind of Sedum as 
Mhor fharp, and exulcerating quality, and raiferh bli- 
ereupon but a. while, as forcibly as Ranunculus ot 
©: andtherefore it behoveth all thofe chat {hall have any occa- 
“fon to sic any of the cooling Stonecrops, that they do not miftake this for fome 
ofthem, wherunto it is fo like ; ; yet ibis not without fome other good.gualiries 
whereof good ufe may be made ; fori isfaid to procure vomiting,.. e Jay 
thereof taken wih af, and fome other drink, drivech forth thick choleric 
; ck humours, whereby q quartane Acues < and others of | ong cor 
el may y be cured ; and chat taken in the fame manner it doth expe 
fon, or the force of venemous herbs and of the Aconites, which v¢ 
ftanding igby fome referred to the greater kinds ; bnr there 
»in the raking; and therefore may be let alone feeing there be diy 
; purpofe inthis book. Yer it is nor altogether unlikely 
m: this as well expell the poyfon of “ pelbg ee 
pels as well in th Th i Ee oom: 
helsas well in the : is ings-Evil, as 
ther part of the body,and applyed byit felfor bos Es an | 
piles anointed therewith, doth eafe the pains and gig n oP keane a 
thus mee ¢ given you th s of the greate r aswell the leffer Honfelecks thar 
stow by land, it will not be impertinent to give regs es or ae 
age which I fhall do in che next Chaprer,. 
