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Jo the wrcfts of the armes • and alio to foment and bath fundry hurts and griefes. 



Bein^ held in the mouth it belpeth the toothache : it is alfo good againft cold cramps and con. A 

 valfioo? being chafed and rubbed therewith. 



Some are bold to giue it in quartaines before the fit, efpccially after the height or prim of the B 



difcafc 



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hot 



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ccth through.and doth eafily aflault and hurt the braine. 



Therefore it may be giuen to fuch as haue the apoplexie and falling ficknefTe, the megrim, the D 

 headache of long continuance,the Vertigo,or giddinefle proceeding through a cold caufe : yet can 

 itnot be alwaies fafely giuen • forvnlcfle the matter the efficient caufe of the difcafe be fmal!,and 

 the ficke man of temperature very cold, it cannot be miniftred without danger ; for that it ipre- " " 

 dcth and difperfeth the humours, it fillethorftuffeththe head, and raakerh the ficke man worfe: 

 and if the humors be hot.as bloud is,itdoth not a little increafe inflammations alfo. 



This water is hurrfull to all that be of nature and complexion hot, and moft of all to cholericke £ 

 men : it is alfo offenfiue to the liuer,and likewile vnprofitable for the kidnies,being often and plen- 

 tifully taken. 



If I fhould take in hand to write of euery mixture, of each infufio^of the fundry colours, and 

 euery <^thercircumftance that the vulgar people doe giue vnto this water, and their diuers vfe,I 

 (hould fpend much time but to fmall purpofe. 



IT °f Ar g A h Tmar % or wine Lees, 



He Lees of wine which is become hard likeacruft, and fticketh to the fides of the vcflell. and F 

 vrine casks,being dried, hard,found,and nrell comparand which may be beaten into pouder,is 

 called in (hops Tartarum : in Englifh, Argall, and Tartar. 



Thefc Lees are vfed for many things ; the filtier- Smiths polifh their filuer herewith : the Diers G 

 vfc it : and it is profitable in medicine. 



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proceeding from the kinde of wine,of which it commeth. 



The fame ferueth for moift difeafes of the body : it is good for thofe that haue the greene ficke- I 

 neffeand thedropfie,efpecial!y that kinde that lieth in the flefh,called inLAtme,Leuc0j>blagmatica.- 

 being taken euery day fading halfe a penny weight or a full penny weight (which is a dram and 

 ninegraines after the Romanes computation) doth notonely dry vp the waterifh excrements, and 

 voideth them by vrine, but it preuaileth much toclenfe the belly by fiege. 



fc^ldworkemoreefFeauallyjif it were mixed either with hoc fpices, or with other things K 

 ««t breake wiade, or elfe with diuretickes, which are medicines thatprouoke vrine • likewite to 

 m / . w ' tn gentle purgers,as the ficke mans cafe fhall require. ' 



tf 1 ' amC ° f " feIfe > or te,n P ered wirh oileof Myrtles,is a remedy againft foft fwellings, as Di- L 



W*ts teacheth : it ftaieth the laske and vomiting, being applied outwardly vpon the region of 



uornacke in a pultis ; and if it be laid to the bottome of the belly and fecret parts, it ftoppeth 



ewn,tes,waftcthaway hot fwellings of the kernels in the flankes, and other places, which be 



woel" exuIccrated : »taffvrageth great brefts,and drieth vp the milke, if it be annointed on with 



ninIff C Mf e u areoftentimesburnt!ificbecomcaI1 wm " te >"«afigneofrightand perfect bur- M 

 the A h • lt m " ft be burDed :being f ° burntthe Grecians terme it, ^m, as «£?*»*« faith, 

 Tartar P ° CCaneS C * 11 it > Tartarum v fi um ^ Tart arum uleinatum : that is to fay, burnt or calcined 



"hathaverv{TrMf/»9MAi*/»!rart.. u...„:«r. „.,,!;..,.. :. «!„„r..t j ji • • « ..... 



and ill te\\£??X ch Cth ' V D J°f e r tdes doth write : bein S mixed with Ro » n " maketh rough 

 increafe rE u ■ 3W4y s .^ /w faith » That ft is mixcd with caufti <*es or burning medicines to 

 «* the itTof Utnin | qml ?l : ^ Uft b 7 fed Whi,eft * is new made 'beca,fe it quicklv vanifheth, 

 before b.?w *"%"?'*? foon ^ e J ent or wax moift, and are fpeedily refolued into liquor .' 

 fet inahotand ^r! 1 f ? 1Cd 7 ,m u Uft J** ie P™ ! n * g f^orglafTcd veflell well flopped, and 



^pSiS^^^s^ 1S turned into hquorificbe han & ed * * ,ino - ba * ifl 



ft «ke anternfn? 5 C ri ?*! ^ **' dr ? PP r th awa ? from '*• oile of Tartar. It retaineth a cau. 

 ter Mad ofi?£ q{i AA Y h aDd - alf ° ? Y y d / V faC " lt y : k vef y foon «*eth away leprie, «**, «r- 



"Jotuer filth and deforanty of the skin and face ?w ;rh„n .11 LJ^f Kofe^ccr 



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