Jol. 2). OftheBezaarftoneand ., 
betwaple him beereok: in that ſo little a — can aad 
ee him, and fo mall a fruite oz fene may deftroye 
Againſt all thete venomes as wel in general as in parti⸗ 
cular, the Whifitious as wel Greekes as Arabiens ¢ Lati⸗ 
niſtes wꝛote effectual remedies as well general as partitu⸗ 
lar. Amongeſt the which they put one in practife, that in 
tymes paſt was had in great eſtimation, and taken fo? a 
pꝛeſent remedy, fo2 the greate vertues and maruellous ef 
fetes, whiche it wꝛought againſt all venomes and acci⸗ 
dentes thereof, which they called the Ber aur ſtone But 
as tyme is the diſcouerer of all thinges: ſo is it the de⸗ 
Troyer and conſumer of euery thing: foxin hauing been hid 
fo long from vs, wee knewe na moze what the Becaa tone 
was, then as if it had neuer beene: and the name thereof 
was fo Grange and vnknowne vnto vs, euen as the townes 
in Scitia Time it felfe willing to reſtoꝛe again vnto bs this 
precious one hidden from vs fo many peeres:not one lp dif 
couered the ſame vnto vs, but iointly ther with hath deſcried 
vnto vs an hearbe, which hath the like vertues andeffectes 
againtt all manner of venome, which hearbe is called Z 
cuerconera, hauing beene diſtauered but a fewe peeres pal 
5 to our exteeding great profit and commoditie. 
The 1 And becaufe theſe twoo thinges, to wit, the Bec 
Eſcuercone- one aeethe Vearbe Efcuerconera, bee fo Ichs in oper 
re. ration, and haue fo many and the ſelfe fame vertues, ar 
23ẽimtz venome, that z determined to wzite of them both 
fogeather, and to ſhewe the proper Uertues of ticle 
Fs eee is needefull firſt 
to knawe, e treate ef the Wenemes as a bes 
