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disposition to vomit being taken in water and vinegar 

 mingled together. And being mingled •with honey and 

 salt, it voideth phlegm out of the lungs, and purgeth 

 inclanchulj by the stool. Drank Avith wine, it helpeth 

 such as arc bitten and stung with venomous beasts, and 

 applied to the nostrils with \inegar, reviveth those that 

 are fainting and swooning. Being dried and burnt, it 

 strengthcneth the gums. It is helpful to those that are 

 troubled with the gout, being applied of itself to the 

 place until it was red ; and applied in a plaister, it takes 

 away spots or marks in the face; applied with salt, it 

 proliteth those that arc splenetic, or liver-grown. The 

 decoction doth help the itch, if washed therewith ; being 

 put into baths for women to sit therein, it heipeth the 

 swellings and hardness of the mother. The green herb 

 bruised and put into vinegar, cleauseth foul ulcers., and 

 taketh away the marks or bruises and blows about the 

 eyes, and all discolourings of the face by fire, yea, and 

 the lejirosy, being drank and outwardly applied. Boiled 

 iu wine with honey and salt, it helpeth the tooth-ach. 

 It helpeth the cold griefs of the joints, taking away the 

 pains, and warmeth the cold part, being fast bound to 

 the place, after a bathing or sweating iu a hot house. 

 Pliny addeth, that Pennyroyal and mints together, help 

 i'aiatings, being put into vinegar, and smelled unto, or 

 put into the nostrils or mouth. It caseth head-achs, 

 pains of the breast and belly, and gnawing of the sto- 

 mach ; applied with honey, salt, and vinegar, it helpeth 

 cramps or convulsions of the sinews. Boiled iu milk 

 and drank, it is effectual for the cough, and for ulcers 

 aud sores in the mouth ; drank in wine it provoketh 

 women's courses, and expellcth the dead child and after- 

 birth. Matthiolus saith, the decoftion thereof bein* 

 drank helpeth the jaundice and dropsy, all pains of the 

 head and sinews that come of a cold cause, and cleareth 

 the eye.sight. It helpeth the lethargy, and applied with 

 barley.meal, helpeth burnings, and put iato the ears 

 e;iseth the pains of them. 



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