236 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



voice ; hcli)cth all defcdls of the lungs, and those that vo- 

 mit and spit blood. Two drams iicrcof given in the juice 

 of lemons, or of radish, is good for them that arc troubled 

 with tlie stone. The kernels of the stones do wonderfully 

 ease the pains and wringings of the belly, through wind 

 or sharp humours, and help to make an excellent medi- 

 cine for the stone upon all occasions, in this manner : 

 1 take fijtif kernels of peuch-stones^ and one hundred of 

 the kernels if cherry/ stones^ a handful of elder Jloicers 

 fresh or dried^ and three pints of muscadel ; set them m 

 a close pot into a bed of horse dung for ten daj/s^ after 

 zihich distil in a glass, zcith a gentle jire, and keep it for 

 your use: You may drink upon occasion three or four 

 ounces at a time. The milk or cream of these kernels being 

 drawn forth with some vervain water, and applied to the 

 forehead and temples, doth much help to procure rest and 

 sleep to sick persons wanting it. The oil drawn from the 

 kernels, the temples being therewith anointed, doth the 

 like. The said oil put into clysters, easeth the pains in 

 the wind-cholic; and anointed on the lower part of the 

 belly doth the like, and dropped into the cars easeth 

 pains in them ; the juice of the leaves doth the like. 

 Being also anointed on the forehead and temples, it help- 

 eth the megrim, and all other parts in the head. If the 

 ternels be bruised and applied to the head, it marvellous- 

 ly procures the hair to grow again upon bald places, or 

 where it is too thin. 



The Pear-Tree. §. (temjj. m. 1.) 



PEAR-Trees are so mcU known, that they need no de- 

 scription. 



Government and Virtues.'] The tree belongs to Venus, 

 and so doth the apple-tree. For their physical use they 

 are bestdiscerned by their taste. All the sweet and lusci- 

 ous sorts, whether manured or wild, do help to move the 

 belly downwards, more or less. Those that are hard 

 and sour, do, on the contrary, bind the belly as much, 

 and the leaves do so also : those that are moist do in some 

 sort cool, but harsh or wild sorts much more, and are 

 very good in repelling medicines; and if the wild sort be 

 boiled with mushrooms, it makes them less dangerous. 



