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Every good Honfewife.in the Country,is hardly now tolearne that Columbine 
Leaves have in them a faculty wherey they are found very effeftuall, ifthey be 
boyledin Milk and given to thofe thataretroubled with fore Mouthsor Throats; 
_ batthere be ocher wayes of ufing them for-the like purpotes, as for the Kanker, 
Red gum, Quinfie, Kings-evill,&c. For the Water Canker in the Mouth,drink 
the feed; For the Quinfie, drink the feeds often with good Ale, or ftamp the 
feeds and herbs with Honey, and take it wich milk ordrink 5 Ic is good for 
young Children to drink it againft the Red gam; To help the Struma, or pains | 
fall Swelling in the Throat, called the Kings cvill, feeth ic in milk, {weet wine, 
on Oxyniel, and drink ir, or is a It is good alfo for the inflam 
mations and fores of the jawes and Windpipe, and like wife againft the Jaundife 
and founding ; befides it openeththe Liver, Againf the Jaundife and flopping 
of the Liver, and the feverall difeafes that may-come thereof, drink a dram of 
the feed, and a half penny weight of Saffron, with Wine, and be laid well cove- 
_ redto {weat ; The jayce of Columbines being drank in the beginning of a Phren- 
fie, and the party ufé Pottage of Sage, Valerian or Rue, it helpeth him; The 
decoétion both of the Herb and Root bene ina ancaite Wineand fome Am- 
bergrife put thereto,is with good fuccefie ufed by thofe that are given to fwoun- 
ings; Camerarius faih, that the Root eaten for many dayes together in the 
morning fafting, helpeth thofz that are troubled with the Stone in the Reines: 
orKidneyss The feed taken in Wine, caufetha {peedy delivery to Women in 
will; The feeds drunk with Featherfew, in flale Ale, caufeth thofe Joynrs that 
> nt ag n th Ercaicr {peed,and the juyce with wheateMeal 
sand Sores. 
in For to Colambines, Ihave thouzbt 
apter, after them, as not meeting with a finer 
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~ Child-birth, and if the firft draught do not take effet; takea fecond, and thar 
