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mixed wich any liquor. 



the infufion 



or more. I t ma bfi 



g It is in the deco&ion or in the infufion tempered with cold rhiner* ;„ k„ • 



hot difeafes : in cold and long infirmities it is Ly led with to^^fiSSS Zl£t? h « 

 elicit is fteepcd in wine, in wHich manner as familiar to mans nature it Z f l° h llke 5 « 

 the ftoolc,almoft without any kinde of pain e> crude and raw humors " h gent, yty 



■p Moftofthe Arabians commend the cods, but our Phufif ;«n« ^v,« u-,.. l 



cods be full ripe they ingender wmde.and ifc g^^Sy^dS^S? ^ the 

 t*red before they be r ipe,and otherwife eafily fall away bSnTSdinTK Z 7T & 

 fon of their weakc and (lender ftalkcs. * g wne by the mnde > by rea- 



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to bee 



• . ... ., ^noteththat it is flow in operation, and therefore Salgcmi 



mixed with it. Moreouer,Sene purgeth not fo fpeedily asftronger medicines do. g 



Notwith ftandmg it may be helped not only by Salgem.but alfo by other purging things mixed 

 therewith, that is to fay, with fimplc medicines, as Rubarb, Agaricke, and others , Snd S Z 

 pounds, as that which is called \CMicon, or the Elefluary Diapkenicon, or that which is lZ 



fickemanrequireth. 

 I TheleauesofSen 



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e, but they are windie, and do kinde thebo- 



oit arterwaws.very much diiquieting the ftomacke with rumbling and belching : for the auoiding 



■ of which inconueniencc there muft bee added Cinnamon, Ginger, Annife feed, and fennell feed 



Kaifins of the Sun, and fuch like that do breake winde, which will the better help his purging qua- 



IltlC. 



K Senc doth better purge when it is infufed or fteeped,than when it is boy led : for doubtlefle the 

 more it is boyJed the lefTe it purgeth,and the more windie it becommeth. 



L Take BoragejBugloOe^almejFumitoryjOfeach three drams,Sene of Alexandria very well pre- 

 pared and pouned, two ounces, ftrow the pouder vpon the herbes and diftill them : the water that 

 commeththtreofreferue toyourvfe to purge thole thatliue delicately, being miniftredintvliite 

 wine with Sugar,inconditedconfe«5Uons,and fuch dainty waies, wherein delicate and fine people 

 do greatly delight : ypu may alfo (as was faid before) adde hereunto according to the maladie, di- 

 uers purgers,as Agaricke,MirobaIans,&c. 



foure drams,pouderof Ginger,Annife feeds,ofeach a little,a fpoonfull of Annife feeds, but a very 

 little G inger,and a modicum or fmall quantity of Sal gemma : this hath beene proued a very fitand 

 familiar medicine for all ages and fcxes. The patient may take one fpoonefull or two thereoffa- 

 fting,either in pottage,fome fupping in drinke,or white wine.This is right profitable todravr both 

 fiegmcand melancholy from the brcft and other parts. 



N The leaues of Seneand Cammomill are put in baths to wafh the head. 

 O Scne ooens the inward narts of the bodv which are ftoooed. and is Drof 



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of the principall members of the body. 



lue clone* 



Take Scne prepared according to art one ounce,Ginger halfe a quarter of an ounce,twelue ci » 

 ennell ked twodrams,or in ftead thereof C innamon and Tartar, of each halte a dram, poud er 



thefc i which done, take thereof in white wine one dram before fupper, which doth mat 



uclloufly 



purge the head. 



an 



hicb done adde tber- 



tofix 



thefe 

 fotil 



Sene 



fpoonfull 



and 



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third day 



-«-»^m.ucaererredvntill the tnira day atter. , or{T00 d 



R Sene and Fumitory (as Rafts affirmeth, doe purge aduft humors, and are excellent & 



linft 



nftm:- 



TfTT: luc m aire «ion or the body. n u xt nrke aeainit mc- 



I f Sene be infufed in whey, and then boy led a little, it becommeth good Pny u« & & man t0 



JanchoIy,clcnfeth the braine and purgetb it,as alfo the heart,liuer,milt,and lungs,cai fa ^^ 

 Jooke young,cngendreth mirth.and taketh away forrow : it cleereth the nght,itren 6 



and is very good againft old feuers and difeafes arifmg of melancholy. ^p* * 



f There were formerly two figureiin tfcij ciupter.wWcfa differed ontU in tfc« the firMi'rt ww the Sm Orient^, had lcffcr, o«r 



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