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laritfes doth declare : where alfo he fheweth, That the Turks oftentimes 



follow 



as it were taken with a certain light drunkennefTe. So alfo this Taba- 

 co bcin* in taftbiting,and in temperarure hot,hath notwithstanding a benumming quality.Here- 

 upon it fcemeth to follow,tbat not only this Henbane of Peru,but alfo the juice of Poppie other- 

 Jifc called 0/>/«w,confifteth of diners parts, fome biting and hot, others extreame cold, that is to 

 lav ftupifying,6r benumming. If fo be that this benumming qualitie proceed of extreame cold, 

 as Galen and all the old Phyfitions dohold opinion ; then fhould this be cold : but if the benum- 

 ming facultie doth not depend of an extreme cold qualitie, but proceedeth of the efTence of the 



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ftibftance, then Tabaco is not cold and bcnumming,but hot and benumming, and the later not fo 

 muchbyrcafonofhistemperature^sthroughthepropertieof hisfubftance ; no othenvife than ' 



uch by reafonof his temperature, as through thepropertie of his fubftance j no othervvife than 

 mrging medicine, which hath his force not from the temperature, but from the effence of the 



wnole fubftance. 







«f 7 he Virtues. 



hereof are a rcmedie for the paine of head called 



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fram or Migram,that hath bin of long continuance 5 and alfo for a cold ftomack,efpecially inchil 

 ren ; and that it is good againft the pains in the kidnies. 



It is a prefent remedic for the fits of the mother, it mitigateth the paineof the gout if it be ro 



fted in hot cmbcrs,and applied to the grieued part. 



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It is likewife a remedy for the tooth-ache,if the teeth and gumbs be rubbed with a linnencloth 

 dipped in the juice,and afterward a round ball of the leaues laid vntothe place. 



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boiled in fugar in form ofa fyrrup,and inwardly taken, diiueth forth wormes of the D 



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geftion,as the fame Author affirmeth. 



igeth them to perfect di- E 



intneLow-countnesitisvfedagainftfcabsandfilthinefleoftheskin,andtocurewoi.nds:but F 

 tome hold opinion it is to be vfed only to hot and ftrong bodies . for they fay, the vfe is not fafe in 



from 



fee meth) the women in America(faith Tkeuet) 



wJd, *nf 1 fou / e ? un c« of the juice hereof drunke doth purge both vpwards and dawne- G 

 wards, and procureth afterward a long and found fleepe, as wee haSe learne<l of a friend by ob- 

 feniarion who affirmed,That a ftrong countreyman ofa middle age hauing a ^ropfie took I and 

 being wakened out of his Oeepe callld for meat and drinke, and after thafbecanS ?^I?S 



fuch I Ac. W a0 ° ik £ ° bc £aken ou c ofthc leaues chat healeth merri-galls,kibed heeles.and 



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or £e JES § 5 P°y fon >and taketh away the m 



or Ae wounds made by venomous beafts be wafhed 



The dry leaues are vfed to b ' ' " " 





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lot* againe a t the nnahrii. . • n. i p . ^ ' . . nIC ' na '««t into tne ltomacke , and thtuft 



Miliar and beftw" |feaL P Thnf' v^'*™*'™*, IWy.Spaine.Me,, ot ftom out 

 «>y cuteabfolutelv ^fot Srh^'i. '«»«do palliate oieafe fora time,but neuet peifotm 



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f^/^P^aWell 



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doe 



cd. MvfeJfefpeakeh T™ r f y eeidlucn ftoreofwateraswhenitis moft drawn and emnti* 





mend 



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fome good :b«c 



medicine. 



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