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yvHh a few corns of bay-salt, and applied to the wrists 

 before the coining of the ague fits, do take them away. 

 The distilled water taketh away freckles and other spots 

 and deformities in the face. The herb bruised and 

 heated on a tile with some wine to moisten it, or fried 

 with a little wine and oi}, and applied warm outwardly 

 to the places, belpeth the wind and colic in the lower 

 part of the belly. It is an especial remedy against opium, 

 taken too liberally. 



Fennel. ?. Ch.2. d. 1.) 



Every garden afFordeth this so plentifully, that it need* 

 iia description. 



Government and Virtues.'} One good old fashion is not 

 yet left off, viz. to boil fennel with fish, for it consumes 

 that phlegmatic humour, which fish most plentifully af- 

 ford and annoy the body with, thaugh few that use it, 

 know wherefore they do it ; 1 suppose the reason of its 

 benefit this way is, because it is an herb of Mercury, and 

 under Virgo, and therefore bears antipathy to Pisces. 

 Fennel is good to break wind, to provoke urine, and 

 ease the pains of the stone, and helps to break it. The 

 leaves or seeds boiled in barley water and drank, are 

 good for nurses, to encrease their milk, and make it more 

 wholesome for the child. The leaves, or rather the seeds 

 boiled in water, stayeth the hiccough, and taketh away 

 the loathings which oftentimes happen to the stomach of 

 sick and feverish persons, and allayeth the heat thereof. 

 The seed boiled in wine and drank, is good for those 

 that are bitten with serpents, or have eaten poisonous 

 herbs, or mushrooms. The seeds and the roots much 

 more help to open obslru(5tions of the liver, spleen and 

 gall, and thereby help the painful and Avindy swellings 

 of the spleen, and the yellow jaundice, as also the gout 

 aud cramp. The seed is of good use in medicines to help 

 shortness of breath and wheezing by stopping of the 

 lungs, it helpeth also to bring down the courses, and to 

 cleanse the parts after delivery. The roots are of most 

 Mse in physic drink and broths that are taken to cleanse 

 the blood, to open obstruftions of the liver, to provoke 

 uciee, and amend the ill colour in the face after sick*. 

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