200 Of Cures Chyrurgicat, Lib. II. 



Avtnay whicli we caJi commonly Oars, are naturally dry : They do dry, 

 bind, cleanfe, and comfort all the inward Parts, and are the only principal 

 Simples which do naturally agree with the compofuion of a Horfes Body ; 

 and therefore the Oil, or the Qiiinteflence cf them is the. only abfolute and 

 perfect Medicine that can be adminifired for any inward Sicknefs, as Expe- 

 rience will approve and make perfed. 



Avelane, Which we call the Afhes of Nut-(hels burnt, are hv)c and dry^ 

 and do skin or ftop the flux of Matter. 



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BAy-henks are vehemently hot and dry,, and are good for all manner of 

 Rheums, or fliortnefs of Wind, efpecially for any Difeafe in the Lungs :. 

 They are good againft Poifons, Gonfumptions, fliort Breath, Flegm, hard- 

 nefs of hearing, help tiring. Cramps, Scurvy, the Stone, fioppings of the. 

 Liver, cure the Yellows and Dropfie. 



Bdfamum is hot and dry in the. fecond Degree : It cleanfeth,. drawetb,, 

 and comforteth. 



Bdellium \^^Gx\m that is hot and dryr It foftneth, and draweth away 

 moifture, and is excellent againlt all hard fwellings whatfoever. 



Bertonicum, or Bettonici*m, which we Call Dog-ltone, or Kegwort, is hot- 

 and dry in the firlt Degree : It purgeth and cleanfeth all evil Humours. 



Fiacca is cold and dry in the fecond Degree .- It clofeth things opened, it 

 foftens, hardens, fiUeth places empty, and doth extenuate all Excretions,. 



Bittole, which we call Beets, is cold and moift, and cleanfeth Ulcers, 



Bitumen is a kind of Brimftone, or fatnefs from the Sea, it is hot and 

 dry in the fecond Degree, and comfortable againlt any fwelling. 



Bottiro is hot in the firlt, and moift in the fecond Degree, and it ripen- 

 cth Impofthumes. 



Bole- Armenia is a certain Earth which is cold and dry, which bindctb and 

 driveth back evil Humours, and is alfo an excellent defenfive againft fluxes 

 of Blood. 



Branc-Vrfin is a wonderful great foftner and mollifier. 



Brajfica^ which we call Coleworts, is very dry, it doth conglutinate 

 Wounds, it healeth Ulcers and Tumours, it hbldeth the Seed, and killeth 

 evil Bumours. 



Brotano, which is the fame that Ahotanum is ; look there. 



Brufeoj which we call Butchers Broom, or Knee- holm, is hot in the fe- 

 cond Degree, and dry in the firft ; It provokes Urine. 



Brionyy of thefe are two kinds, the White and Black ; but the White is 

 more effeftual : The Root of it is hot and dry in the fecond Degree : It clean- 

 feth and ripenetb, and is good for all old Difeafes 5 it aJfo drieth, draweib, 

 and moUifietb ail maDner of hardnels* 



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