and ofthe vertues thereof. Folly. 
vosfh profit fo2 the hardneſſe ofthe lungs, and the weak ſta⸗ 1 
mack and laratiue,¢ any maner of flure,thiefip iftt be cho · 
lerike, it dooth pꝛofit much. Such as haue the dꝛopſie, and 
the flure of the vꝛine, and uch as haue the menſtrues, duer⸗ 
muthe, and ſuch as their water geeth from them without 
perteiuing thereol, and ſuche as their fundament goeth aut: 
hetherunts Sanauarola hath fapde « Nicholas Florentine, Nicholas 
pꝛapleth infinitely &cele, foꝛ opilations of the inner partes Florentine, 
ofthe body, and like wile the water of the ſteele. Bartholo- Bartholmew 
inew Anglicus, greatly pꝛayſeth the bie of vꝛon, € of ſteele, an Engh{h 
and fayeth, that they are a moſt excellent medicine, then wan. 
gold oꝛ ſiluer, fo the ſeruite of man: foꝛ that by them thele 
twꝛo metalles, that are fo greatly eſteemed ot all men, are 
kept in ſafetg, becauſe they dw defend and ſuttoꝛ them ſcem 
ſuche as continuallie daa perfecute them. Dhey Defend tus 
ice, they conſerue the common wealthes, by them the euil 
doders are chaſtened, and the good are conſerued and deken⸗ 
ded: in all offices of handecraftes theꝝ are neceſſarie: ther 
labe and twaozke the ſteldes with them, wherebe we are 
maintained, it path medicinal vertues maze then any other 
metall foꝛ the filing which dooth pꝛoceede ol it, bath ver tue 
to dꝛy vs and tomake thin. It vndodeth opilations ok the 
lungs, it taketh away any maner of flux of cooles, although 
thepbee of blodd: andit pꝛoftteth fz many other thinges. al 
this the Enguch learned man ſapth . Wiliam of Saliceto, Saliceto· 
in the ture ofopilations ofthe lunges, dooth tommaunde to 
tatethe pouver of rele, fo2 to loofe opilations, and bee ta . 
Kethit foꝛ a great feerete, Platerio in the Chapter ot vn Sei. 
laxeth, the yꝛon and the feates of it and his rut ethe ele 5 
euerpone ofthem bath the like vertue and pꝛopertis taking 
twos partes ofa dꝛam of the fyling of ron pꝛepated, as a 
it is conuenient with hot wene, it healeth the opilations of ~ 
the liner and the luags,altpough they be very olde. Muhen, Mathew 
Siluatico faietptbe fame, that the ruſt and the ſcales of the Suluatico. 
shot jane the ame bertur thatthe thete bars über been 
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