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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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and fubcill parts : it wafts and confuraes winde,it cutteth and digefteth groflTe and tough humors. 



^ The Venues. 





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Rueor Herb grace prouokes vrine,brings downe the ficknefl!e,expe!s the dead childeand after 

 birtb,being inwardly taken,or the decoSion drunk ; and is good tor the mother if but fmelled ro 

 / „ h lib.zo.cap.i-$. faith it opens the matrix and brings it into the right place,if the belly all oucr 

 and the fharc(the bred fay the old falfe copies)be anointed therewith : mixt with honey it is a re 

 medie againft the inflammation and fwelling of the ftones.proceeding of long abftinence from ve- 

 nene,called of our Englifh Mounrebanks the Colts cuill,if it be boiled with Barrows greafe Bay 



jeaucs.and the pouders of Fenugreeke and Linefeed be added thercto,and applied pultit wife 

 It takes away crudity and rawnefle of humors,and alfo windinefTc and old painsof the ftomack 



Boiled w ith vmeger it eafeth paine S) is good againft the ft itch of the fide and chefhand rtiortne's 

 of breath vpon a cold caufe,and alfo againft the pain in the joints and huckle bones. 



The oile of it (erucs for the purpofes laft recited : ir takes away the colick and pains of the guts 

 not only in a chfter butalfo anointed vpon the places affiled. Butifthisoilebemadcof the oile 

 prefTed out of Linefeed it will bee fo much the bctter } and of fingular force to take away hard fivel 

 lings of the fpleen or milt. ' 



It is vfed with good fucceffe againft the dtopfie called in Greekc m^, becing applied to the E 

 belly in manner of a pultis. b n 



The herb a little boiled or skalded.and kept in pickle as Sampier,and earen,n„ickens the fight. F 

 The fame applied with hony and the juice of Fennell,isa remedie againftdime.es. 



The juice of Rue madehot in the rinde of a pomegranat and dropped into the eares takes away 

 the pain of thereof. ' 7 



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the heads of yong children,^ it be tempered with Cerufe.white lead.vineger^ndoileof rofes and 

 made into the form of Nutrhum or Triaphtrmacort. ' 



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its fharpe and biting quality. 



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- ?r „ W) u J w lul&I11 g lM ^«-wpiuui,Dees,nornets,and walps j and is reported,That if a man bee 

 anointed with the juice of Rue,thefe will not hurt him j and that the ferpent is driuen away at the 



armeth her felfe by eating Rue,againft the might df the Serpent. 



The Ieaues of Rue eaten with the kernels of Walnuts or figs ftaraped together and made into a 

 malic or pafte,is good againft all euill aire Sj the peftilence or plague,refi fts poifon and all venome. 



Kue boiled with Dil.Fcnnel feed,and forae fugar,in a fufficient quantitie of wine, fwageth the 

 torments and griping pains in the bclly.the pain in the fides and breft, the difficulty of breathing, 

 tnecougb.and (topping of the lungs,and helpeth fuchas are declining to adropfie. 



The juice taken w ith Dill as aforefaid.helpetb the cold fits of Agucs,and alters their courfe : it 

 nc.pcth the inflammation of the fundament.and paines of the gut called Rettum internum. 



The juice of Rue drunk with wine purgeth women after their deliuerance.driuing forth the dead 





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Rue vfed very often either in meat or drinfc< 

 r ation,and the milke of thofe that giue fucke. 



The oile wherein Rue hath bin boiled and infufed many daies together in the Sun,warmcth and T 



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i He Ieaues of garden Rue boiled in water and drunke caufeth one to make water, prouoketh the X 

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"ment or pernitious . for fometimcs it fumeth out a vapor or aire fo hurtfull that it fcorches the 



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foret C tOUC u h '^ W, J infca the hcc f f ° l£lt be touched before tb ey be clean wafhed:wher. 



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