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dities which canfed dulnefle therein, and loathing to meat. Op/ow is verely perftiaded, thatit one 
eavit with vinegte aromatized with Laferpitium, or take it with pepper aiid honyed wine; or.els 
with the pickle of fifh named Garum, it provoketh urine,and putteth him or herin mind of love 
delights. Of the fame opinion alfo is Diocdes. Furthermore, that itis acordiall and dothanighs 
tily corroborat and ftrengthen the heart, upon recoverie of a long and daungerous fickinéfles 
and is befides fingular good to ftay the ftomacke after much cafting andvoimiting . Herzldes + 
was woontto give Skitworts to thémwho had drunk Qaick-filver:to fiieh alfo-as were burcold, 
and could not {ufficiently performtliedunies of mariage: finally,to them that being newly crepe 
out of their beds afrerfome ‘grievous difeafe, had need of reftoratives. Misefivs was ofthis mind 
and faid,they were good for the ftomack becaufe no man could poflibly at three Skirwortroots 
together: and yethe thinketh that they would agree very well with thofe weake perfonswho were 
lately fick and newly walking abroad, againft they fhould fall to their old drinking of wine again, 
Buttocome more particularly co the garden Skirwort,[fthe juice thereof be drunke with Goats 
milke, it flayeth the fux of the belly called the Laske. Aind thus much for the Skirwort, named in 
Latin Sifer. But forafinuch as the proximitie and likenefi¢ in many Greeke names many a tine 
confounderhthe memorie and deceiveth men,cauling them t6 miftake one thing for another, I 
will for vicinitie & neighbourhood fake antiex unto Sifer,the herb Siler ox Sefeli ; for me thinks 
they will dovery well co-ftand togither: butthis is an herbvery common & well known, ‘The bet 
isthat which commeh from Marfeils, & isthereupon named Sefeli Mafiilienfe sit hatha broad 
flat feed anda yellow. Afecond kind thereof is named Athiopicum, with a blacker feed : but the 
third which is brought from Candie, and therefore tearmed Creticum,is of all other moft odo- 
riferous and fmelletis {weereit. The root of Sefeli or Siler, cafteth a pleafant favour:andas men 
fay the V ultures alfo o: Geirsfeed upomthefeed.1faman or woman drinke it with white wine, it 4 
cureth an old cough 5itknitteth thofe who are burfen bellied, or have ruptures; and lafily, hel> » 
peth them that bee much troub!ed with cramps or convulfions. Likewile, if it bee taken to the? 
weight or quantitie of two or three * Ligules, itcureth tliofe who have their necks drawne back- * ae may 
ward totheit fhoulders with the Spafine; it correctcth the defeats & faults of the liver 5 tc allaieth pe iat O: 
the wrings and torments of the guts and bringeth them to piffe with cafe and freely who are af (poenfil xi 
fiicted with the Stranguric, The very leaves of Siler are likewile medicinable for they procure eas containeth | 
fic childbirth:yea and in that refpeét the very dumb fout-footed beaft findeth the benefit therof: Pe 42™5 | 
and that know the Fiinds well enough by a fecrev inftin&t of nature, who becing neare their time fomewhar un- 
and readie to calve,feed upon this hearb moft ofall others. Good it is zgainft S. darhomies fire, det halle an 
applied to the place in manner ofa liniinent. Certes, if aman eat either the leafe or the feed of sculpecne 
Siler,prefently atrer meat,orat the latter end of repatt, it helpeth digeftion.ir faieth the gurri¢ or wil dow.thas, 
running out of the belly in foure-foored beafts,wherher it bee given {tamped by way of a drench 
and fo injected, or chewed drie among their mearwith faltfkine ot oxen be ficke,ftampe it and 
poure it down their throats,or els clyfterize them with it. As for Elecampane,ifitbe chewed up- 
onan emptic ftomacke fafting, it confirmeth theloofe teeth, fo that itbeetaken as it was digged 
forth of the earth before it touch the ground againe, Beeing confected or condite,itcureth the 
cough, The juice of the root fadden,expelleth the broad worms bred in the guts. The powder of « | 
it dried in the thadow,helpeth the cough, the ftitch,andcramp, diflolveth windinefle; & is g00d'} ° 
for the*accidents incident to the throat and windpipes. Itis afoveraigne medecineagaingt the *prrris, 
pricks or {tings of venomous beafts, The leaves applied as a liniment,with wine,appeafe the ex- 
treme pain of the loins. Astor Oaions,| cannot find chat there bee any of them growwild.Thofe 
which arefowain gardens,] am fure,will with their {meil only caufethe eyes toihed tears,and by 
that means clarifie the fight:-bucif they be annointed with thejuice,they will mundifie the beter. : 
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