35^ ThefccondBookeof 



dica,t^af is to fat,t!)e 2Dfttttle, o^ 65 ot^nm t feme tnkc it to be 



Opuntia Plinij . %^i$ Eupharbium ll^ouloe fi^ttte to be f baf , 



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Isbereof Solinus l^aD maoe menttou tn tije it rtQ.Ctiap» of t)ts f)i^ 



ftO?ie,tDt)erea£t IjC feitb : Proficere ad oculorum dariratem , Et 

 multiplex fanitatis przefidium fore, ac non mediocriter percel- 

 lere vim venenorum . ^t W alfo tt}Z Euphorbium UefccibeUb^ 



lohQ Leo in !)i0 African !)iffo^ie» 



-^ ^Thecaufeofthename, 



luba htng of ]l^bta,lDa0 tl^e firft ftnuer oitt of tbut fierbe , anD 

 nameu it after tijc nante of bw pbT?fition , tlje b^otljer of Mufa, 

 Uilio tuas alfo a ^Ij^RtioiTf fbc Cmperour Auguft. 



Euphorbium is berp j^ot anD b^p almoll in tlje fijurtl; begm* 



^The venues^ 



Euphorbium p^epareb in manner ais Cball be bnbcr tD^itf en, J3t 

 p«rgetljattDD>iuetl)f(D2tbb^nege [ajsMefueraitl)) tougb> folo, 

 anDflimiefienme^, anD o^atnetb tmto it fromtbe QneUjesanb 

 ipart£( a far ofir,ano alfo purgetb cbotcr^ ^o.seouer, \t \& berp goU 

 agatnft tbe old beabacb* tbe pal0e , X%z crampe« tbe tseahenelTe 

 tbat foUottJetb after tbe i^rencfi poc^ ^ tbe patne of tbe &neUie0 

 ani) ei;treme part0,ti)at are of conttnuance>ant» agatnH tbe taun^ 

 ser0*3lt 10 alfo gcotr agatnCt tbe peltilcnce ? anb fuci) li^e contagt;* 

 000 GcInte(re0,a0 one Gentilis to^itetb. 



SCb^^tns^^sp^^tll^r toitb Euphorbium, anD tluelne t^mes ^ 

 fb muci) ople, anb a little U>aj:e> ber? fingular againft all papne0 

 ami acbeB of tbe toihtes , tbe ITaHmg^ , Hamenelte , )0alhc0,^ 

 Crampe0>anb (b^intttng of 6netD0>anb agatnK all acbeF,paine0j 



anb oifd^Der of tbe Came, as Galen in \fk% foitrtb ^^^t de Medi- 

 camemis fecundum genera, bedaretb moae at large,, (beln^ng 



l)olD anb toben tbe quantitte of Euphorbium 15 to be augment 

 teti 0; bimini{beb,tobtcb Iboulb be to long to recite tn tbt0 place* 



Euphorbium mingleO initb oile of 1i5apc, Beares greafe, 0.: C 



^©Uie0 greafcjo: fitcb lifee , curetbtbe frurffe anbftale^of ^z 

 beab,anb ptlonelTe, ranfing tbe ^mt to renelD ant) gr oto againe, 

 Notonel^ bpon tbe beabanb otber bare places, but it tDitlallb 

 caufe t^z bearo to grotoe tbatis^0acHe incomming, if it be an^ 



nointeb t^erefmtfiaU 



