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a^ues, whether they be tertians or quartans, alters the 

 5ts, and. by often using, doth take them quite away. 

 The seed is much commended, being drank for forty days 

 together, to help the sciatica, the falling-sickness, ^nd the 

 palsy. 



Ivj. ^2- (h. d. ^ ) 



It is well known, to every child almost, to grow in woods 

 upon the trees, and upon the stone-walls of churches, 

 houses, &r. and sometimes to grow alone of itself, though 

 but seldom. 



Time.'l It flowereth not until July, and the berries 

 are not ripe till Christmas, when they have felt winter 

 frosts. 



Government and Firtues."] It is under the dominion of 

 Saturn. A pugil of the flowers, which may be about a 

 dram (saith Dioscorides) drank twice a day in red wine^ 

 helpeth the lask and bloody-flux. It is an enemy to the 

 nerves and sinews, being much taken inwardly, but very 

 helpful unto them, being outwardly applied. Fliny saith, 

 the yellow berries are good against the jaundice ; and 

 taken before one be set to drink hard, preserveth from 

 drunkenness, and helpeth those that spit blood ; and the 

 white berries being taken inwardly, or applied outwardly, 

 killcth the worms in the belly. The berries are a singular 

 remedy to prevent the plague, as also to free them from it 

 that have got it, by drinking the berries thereof made 

 into powder, for two or three days together. They be- 

 ing taken in wine, do certainly help to break the stone, 

 provoke urine, and women's courses. The fresh leaves 

 of Ivy boiled in vinegar, and applied warm to the sides 

 of those that are troubled with the spleen, ach, or stich 

 in the sides, do give much ease : the same applied with 

 Rose-water, and oil of Roses, to the temples and fore* 

 head, easeth the head-ach, though it be of long continu- 

 ance. The fresh leaves boiled in wine, and old filthy 

 ulcers, hard to be cured, washed therewith, do wonder- 

 fully help to cleanse them: it also quickly healeth greea 

 ■\vounds, and is eS"e6lual to heal all burnings and scaldings, 

 and all kinds of cxulcerations coming thereby, or by salt 

 phlegm or humours in other parts of the body. The juice 

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