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uered by Matthiolus and others,and fo it is fent backe to its due place again j though notwithfta 

 ding it yet in (hops retaines the title of 'Calamus, 



i The figure that by our Author was giuen for this,is fuppofed (and that as I thinke truly) to 

 be but a counterfeit oi~ Matthiolus his inuention ; who therein hath bin fol!owed(accordinq to the 

 cwftome of the worId)by diuers others. The defcription is of a fmail Reed called Calamus ^dorms 

 Libariity Lobe I'm his Obferuations, and figured in b is 7<ww, />. 5 4 . is 



2 This is called *a*w and 'a^, by the Greeks : by fomc,according to Apulcius, *A»*fw« : and in 

 Latine it is called Acorns and Atorum h and in fhops, as I haue formerly faid, Calamus Aromatic^ ■ 

 fox they vfualiy take Galanga mat or (defcribed by me Cap.26.) for Acorus. It may befides the for 

 mer names be fitly called in Englith, the fweet Garden Flag. 



3 This is iudged to be the u*^M<mpMfc of Diofcorides, the ka^ *.««*» of Tkopbraflus, that is 

 th e true Calamus Aromatictts that fhould be vfed in Compofitions . t ' 



«|} 7 he Nature of the true Acorus or our fwtet garden Flag. 



Diofcorides faith,the roots haue an heating facultie. Galen and Pliny doe aihrme, that they haue 

 thin and fubtill parts both hot and dry. ; 



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uer,fpleen,and brcft ; convnlfions,gripings,and burftings: iteafeth and helpethpiffing by drops 

 It is m great effect being put in brother taken in fumes through a clofe ftoole, to prouoke wo. 

 mens naturall accidents. 



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againft poifon, the hardrelTeof the fplecn, aud all infirmities of the bloud. 



The root boiled in wine,ftamped and applied plaifterwife vntothe cods, wonderfully abateth 

 the fwelhng of the fame.and helpeth all hardneflc and collections of humors. 



The quantitie of two fcruples and a halfe of the root drunke in foure ounces of 

 pern them that be bruifed with grieuous beating or falls. 



The root is with good fuccefle mixed in counterpoy fons. In our age it is put into Eclcgma's, 



that ^medicines for the lungs, and cfpecially when the lungs or cheftare oppreft with raw and 

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i The root of this prcferued is very pleafant to the tafte, and comfortable to the ftomackeand 

 hearty fo that the Turks at Conftantinople take it fafting in the morning againft the contagionof 

 the corrupt aire: and the Tartars haue it infuch efteeme s thatthevwill not drinke water (whichis 

 their vfuall drinke; vnlefie they haue firft fteeped fome of this root therein. 



f[ The Choice. 



\ The belt x^4corm,z% Diofcorides faitb,is that which is fubftantiall and well compa6t,whitewith- 

 nyiot rotten,full,and well fmelling. 



Pliny writeth,That thofe which grow in Candia are better than thofe of Pontus.and yetthofe 



of Candia worfc than thofe of the Eafterne countrics,or thofe of England,al though m 

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.. ^>y-fw -nv. ^ui.cjviiuu uiuuivtwi uLucrwiicappiica. t\no cne rume tnoreor taicei 

 mouth in a pipe,cither alone or with dried turpentine, helps coughs. 



It is boiled alfo in baths for women,and decoftions for Clifters.and it enters into plaiflers and 

 perfumes for the fmells fake. ± 



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Cerealea fc 



a .,*"**J? d *^ warf * u, « •■ of whichwepurpofeto difcourfe. There belong to the hiftory of gf ain 

 a J J luch things as be made of Corne, as Far t Condrus, Altca, Tragus, Amjlum, Ptifana, Polenta, M J > 

 Bjrse,ov M&lt,Zy t hum, and whatfoeuer are of that fort.There bealfo ioyned vntothem manv feeds, 

 which Theophrajlm in his eighth booke placeth among the Graines, as Miller, Sorgum, Panickft 

 Indian wheat, and fuch like. Galen in his firft booke of the Faculties of noiiriflnnentsicckonc* 



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