S26 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



nomous beasts, against the plague, and botli tertian and 

 quartan agues. Jt consolidateth and hcaleth also all 

 vounds, bo(h inward and outward, stayetli bleedings, 

 and used •with some honey, healeth all old ulcers and 

 fistulas in the legs or other parts of the b(Hly ; as also 

 those ulcers that happen in the mouth ; or used with 

 hog's grease, it helpeth the swellings and pains of the 

 secret parts in man or woman, also for the piles or \vx~ 

 morrhoids ; applied with some oil of roses and vinegar 

 unto the forehead and temples, it easeth the inveterate 

 pains and ache of the head, and is good for those that arc 

 frantick. The leaves bruised, or the juice of them mixed 

 ■with some vinegar, doth wonderfully cleanse the skin^ 

 and taketh aw'ay morphcw, freckles, fistulas, and other 

 such like inflammations and deformities of the skin in 

 any part of the body. The distilled Avafer of the herb 

 vhen it is in full strength, dropped into the eyes> 

 cleanscth them from films, clouds, or mists, that darkeiv 

 the sight, and wonderfully strengthens the optick nerves. 

 The said water is very powerful in all the diseases afore- 

 said, either inward or outward, whether they be old cor- 

 roding sorcSj or green wounds. 



The Vine. ©. (c. 1. d. 3.) 



The leaves of the English Vine (I do not mean to send 

 you to the Canaries for a medicine) being boiled, make a- 

 good lotion for sore mouths ; being boiled wilh barley 

 meal into a poultice, it cools inflammations of wounds ; 

 the dropping of the Vine, when it is cut in the Spring, 

 ■which country people call Tears, being boiled in a syrup, 

 ■with sugar, and taken inwardly, is excellent to stay 

 •women's longings after every thing they see, which is a 

 disease many women with child are subject to. The 

 decodtion of Vine lea.es in white wine doth the like ; also 

 the tears of the Vine, drank two or three spoonfuls at a 

 time, breaks the stone in the bladder. This is a very good 

 remedy, and it is discreetly done to kill a Vine to cure a 

 man, but the salt of the leaves are held to do better. The 

 ashes of the burnt branches will make teeth that areas 

 black as a coal, to be as white as snow, if you but every 

 morning rub them with it. It k a most gallant Tree of 



