£i6 • Of the Hifloric of Plant 



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terward 



Bdellium, of thefe, Maftich hath a manifeft binding qualityTbut tmmh anA ^ -- 



much bctter,whH:h haue no attrition at all in them,or very little clammy things are 



"-fey fuch binding or aftriogent things violent medicines being reftrained and brideled a . 

 i work their operation with more violence and trouble : but fuch as haue not b" a r af - 

 mixea with them do eafilier worke, and with lefler paine, as be thofe D ils whirl, vu r ■$ thw P 

 booke ofAtmrt&r called Mac* : which are compounded of ColoqEa and w,'" h " n ' mh 

 the ftrongeft medicines that are ; and of a third called gum Sagaptne which tWhT 7 ', ^ of 

 neiTe doth as it were daube the intrails and guts,and defend theo/from the harrae that mioS^ 



rnmpnfpifncrnt rnem. ' *'*"- " iaL ""RDt nan* 



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The which compolition^l though it be wonderfull ftrong,and not to be vfed without verv 

 2^3E*S»i^J!^^ -thout any grea? tSK 



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with lefler torment than mod of the mildeft and gentlefi medicines which haue^SndS d 

 things mixed with them that are aftnngent. «"««» and other 



And for this caufe it is very like that Galen in his firftbookeof Medicines aer^ina^.t , 



lame. 



Schoolemafter guintus was alfo woont 



vnto the 



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But Coloquintida is not onely good for purgations, in which it is a remedy for the diffinefTeo, 

 2 .turnin 2 fickneiTe.thnm, J ,r,m cn-rinn.il fc^L-4- the Apoplexie, the falling ficSetS 



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common oiie wherein the lame is boy lcd,isgood againft the finging^nrte cn^idK, 

 thefame killeth and dnueth forth all manner of wormes of the belly,and doth oftentimes prouoke 

 to the ftoole 3 ir the nauell and bottome of the belly be therewith annointed. 



Being boiled in vinegre, and the teeth wafhed therewith, it is a remedy for the toothache at 



<JKefues tcacheth. " ; :.'-■ ■ mm,m 



K The feed is very profitable to keepe and preferue dead bodies with 5 efpecially if Aloes and 

 . Myrrhe Be mixed with it. v ' 



L The white pulpe or fpungious pith taken in the weight ofa fcruple openeth the belly mightily v 



and purgeth grofle flegmejand cholericke humors. 

 M It hath the like force if itbe boyled and laid toinfufe in wine or ale, and giuen to drink. 

 N Being taken a fter the fame manner it profiteth the difeafes before remembred,that is.the Ape 



plexic/allingfickneffejgiddinefleoftheheadjthecoIlickejloofenelTeoffinewes, and places out of 

 joynt, and all difeafes proceeding ofcold. 



O For the fame purpofes it may be vfed in clifters. 



P The fame boiled in oile,and applied with cotton or wooIl,taketh away the paine of the Hemor- 

 rhoides. 



Q. The decoftion made in wine, and vfed as a fomentation or bathe, bringeth dowie the defirci 

 fickcncflc. 



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h a p . 3 4^ 4 . Of eZMusfaoZMelon, or a5\fillion 



% TbeKwdes'. 



iporti 



•*• on,as alfo in tafte,according to the climate and country where they grow: 

 there was onely one and no more,which is that tMelopqo called of Galen, CucumU 

 ber : notwithftanding fome haue comprehended the Muske-Melons vnder the 

 wherein they haue greatly erred : for doubtlefle the Muske-Melonis akinde of 

 dmg to the beft approued Authors. 



The Defcriftfon', 



Ha t which the later Herbarills do call Muske-Melons is like to the common 

 ber ,n ftalks.lying flat vpon the ground,Iong,brancbed,and tough. The [eaues ^ 

 alike, yet are they lefler, roundeT, and not fo cornered: the floures in like *™i. 

 yeIIow:the fruit is bigger.at the fir ft fomwhat hairy,fom thing long,now and then fom na 

 oftentimes greater, and many times lefler : the barkeor rinde is of an ouerworne ruu o^ 



