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then taken in Wine halfe a dramme at d time for certaine dayes together,is a 
meane; to bare and confume the flelhof a corpulent boay, and to keep it lean, 
Should I give yowall the Vertwes of Elder at large, 1 fhould much exceed the ufu- 
all Limits of a Chapter, and: therefore’ fhatt only give you a Breviat of them 
and reterre you tothat learned peece of Dr’: Atart'% Blockwich called the Anato- 
my of Elder, where you may {acisfy your felfe perfectly of every particular, There 
is hardly a Difeafe trom the Head tothe Foor, bu it cures; for befides the Ver- 
tues I have allready mentioned, it is proficable toz the Head-ach, tor Ravings and 
Wakings, Hypocondriack<Mellancholy.y the Falling-fickneffe , the A exy@iid 
Payette Tosth-ach,Deaferee,want of tmeliing,Blemifbes of the F 4 # and 
Head, Difenfes of the mouthand Throat , the infirmities of the Langss ng 
and Hoarfene fe, the Plesrify and Prifick;; Womens brefts being fore, (wobning 
Faintne(fe, in Feaveurs, the Plague, Pox, Meafles,D feafes of the Stomack, thé 
_ VFormes and other Diteafes of the Guets, the Hemorrbeides, the'Stone, Difeales of 
the Matrix, &c: Neither is there any.part about this Tree without itsufe, The 
Leaves, Berries, Seeds, Root, and Barkes, 1 have allready: fpoken of, -Of the flo+ 
wers are made conferves, a Syrup; and'Hony, Water, and Spirics , Vinegar, and 
Oxymel., a Wine , Oyle, &c The: young fhoots boiled like cA [pa~ 
nagos » and the young Leaves and Stalkessboited im ofar broth ¢draweth forth 
mightily Choler and tough ‘Phlegme , and {o-do the tender Leaves eaten with 
Oyleand Salt: The VVood ferveth to make Skewets for Butchers, and divers o- 
ther things. The Pithin the middieofrhe'Stalkes being dryed, and put into the 
holes of hollow and fifalens Ulcers that are ready to clole, openeth and dilateth 
the Orifices; wherebyinjections nay be ufeand other remedies applyed for 
the cure of them, andmay be uled ‘ro keep open J/fues infeed of a’Peafe, 
Ic is {aid that ifa Hor/e that cannot frale be ftrucken gently with a Stick hereof 
and fome of the Leaves be bound under his Belly , it will make him Stale quickly; 
It is {aid alfo,that if a branch hereof be put inro the trench where a cMole is, it 
will eicher ave him forth, or kill him there: The Afowntamne ot Red-bery 
Elaer hath the properties thar. che common Elder hath, burmuch weaker; The 
Marlo Elderss of the like purging quality,with the common fort; efpécialty the 
berries or jutce of them. . The Damsewort is nor only more powerfull then the 
Elder, tor all the forementioned purpoles, but hachparticular Vertiies chat are 
not in.the-orher , or at leait are nothing fo prevalent. . The juice’ of the root of 
Danewort,applyedto the Throat, healeth the Qwinfy or Kiags-Evill: the Fur 
dament \ikéwile is ftayed from falling down, if the aice thereof be put therein. 
The Powder of the Seedes taken in the: Decoctioniof Grownd- Pine with 4 little 
Cinamon, to the quantity ofa dram at a.rime,is an approved remedy, -borh forthd 
Gout, foynt—Aches, and Sciatica, and alfo for the French difeafe : for it eafeth the 
paines by withdrawing the humors from-rhe places affected, and by drawi 
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