'SdO THE ENGtISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGE!?, 



©f the liver and reins. The roots of Plantain, and PfJ- 

 litory of Spain, beaten into powder and put into the 

 hollow teeth, takcth away the pains of thera. The clari- 

 fied juice, or distilled water, dropped into the eyeSy 

 tooleth the inflammations in them, and taketh away the 

 pin and web ; and dropped into the ears, easeth the 

 pain in them, and helpeth and removeth the heat. The 

 same also with the juice of houseleck is profitable against 

 all inflammations and breakings out of the skin, and 

 against burnings and seaWings by fire and water. The 

 juice or decoction made either of itself, or other things 

 of the like nature, is of much use and good etlccl for old 

 and hollow ulcers that arc hard to be cured, and for 

 cankers and sores in the mouth or privy parts of man or 

 woman ; and helpeth also the pains of the piles in the 

 fundament. The juice mixed with oil of roses, and the 

 temples and forehead anointed therewith, easeth the 

 pains of the head proceeding from heat, and helpeth lu- 

 natic and frantic persons very much ; as also the biting 

 t)f serpents, or a mad dog. The same also is profitably 

 applied to all hot goafs in the feet or hands, especially 

 in the beginning. It is also good to be applied m here 

 any bone is out of joint, to hinder inflammations, swell* 

 iugs and pains that presently rise thereupon. The pow- 

 der of the dried leaves taken in drink, killeth worms of 

 the belly; and boiled in wine killeth worms that breed 

 in old and foul ulcers. One part of plantain water, and 

 two parts of the brine of powdered beef, boiled together 

 and clarified, is a most sure remedy to heal all spreading, 

 scabs or itch in the head and body, all manner of tetters, 

 ringworms, the shinglts, and all other running and fret- 

 ting sores. Briefly, the Plantains are singular good wound 

 herbs to heal fresh old wounds or sores, either inward ot 

 outward. 



Plums. 5. (c, m. 1.) 



Akk 90 well known, that they need no descriptior*. 



Government and Virtues.'] All Plums are under Veiruff^ 

 and are like women, some better and some worse. As 

 Iherc is groat diversity of kinds, so there is in the opera- 

 tioa of Plums, for some tliat are sweet SBoi&teok th& 



