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knive to get in the quill,and fo you may gather great tiore of che Water of Briony, 
placing a receiver under the quill, for the making of the compound Water ot Bri- 
ony, a {poontull whereof taken by thole that are troubled with fits of he A4ither 
“eafech chem, it porently expells the After-birth, and clean‘eth the Womb exceed- 
ingly. Ic is likewile profitablein the Fallieg-fickne se , Pally, Apoplexy, Sw as- 
ming of the Head 8 other dileales of the Braiae by aipecifick Vertue,thar ict hath 
in drawing away Phlegme and Rhenmatick humours , that opprefle thoie pares, 
Ic provoketh rine, and cleantech the Reines and Kidneys from Gravel and Stone , 
openeth the obitructions of the Spleen, and con{umeth the hardneile and iweing 
thereof. A fcrup'¢ of the Root in Powder, being taken in Whice-Wine, bring- - 
eth down Womens Conrfes, butis norto be ufed by Women with Child tor tene 
of abgrtion.. An Eiestuary made of the Rootes with Honey or Sugar is ‘ingular 
good tor themthat aré jhort-Winded, troubled with an eld Cough, paime in the 
Gdes, and tor fuck as are hurt or brnifed iriwardly, by any fall, for i diffolverh and 
expelleth the clorced or congealed blood, The Root is good againit the b:ting of 
any Penemous Creature, and killeth Wermes in the body. It is good ithe Kings 
Evill , the juice being taken with equall parts of Wine and Honey. The Facala 
ot Dregs thereofare ued for the aforefaid Dileafes, five or ten graines being ta- 
ken atatime. - It alfo {cowreth rhe Ski# , and taketh 2 
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ftamped with Wine, and applyed, it breaketh Boiles, and helpeth Whit-loavs he 
ow about the Roores of the Nailes. Te cleanfeth the skin trom the Morphew, 
ye running Scabs and Mang ineffe, ifa bath be made thereof, or the juice 
_ applyedthereunto. The berries may be ued for the fame purpofe, and the diftill= 
ed Water, though not {o {trong as the former, is nléd fer Freckles and Spots in the. 
Face, A Peffarymade of the Root, bringeth down the Courfes in VVomen , and 
bringeth forth the After-birth,and Dead-Child; and 4 Bathe made hereof cleanfech 
oe brutied and applyed ot it 
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Rhabarbarsm album, and Rhabarbarum Mechoacanam,to dittinguith it from Ru- 
