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Itis {aid chat they will procure flecpe,and healethecankers or ulcers of-the mouth, bein gche- G 
, wed with bread. -Alfo,greene Onions applied with vinegre to the place bittenwitha[mad|dog, - 
orels drie,and laid to with Honie and Wine, fo chat the plaifter or cataplafme be notremoved, 
* Sic exattrita in three daies cureth the hurt without daunger.In this manner alfothey will heale*galled places, 
fs Being rofted under theathes, many uk lie them with Barley doure ormeale, asa pul 
cing rofted under the afhes, many ufe to applic, them with Barley foure ormeale, asa pul- 
tefle or catapla{me to the eies that bee waterie or rheumaticke, a5alf{o to the ulcers of the privie 
parts. The imunétion of the eies, with the juice therecf,is thoughtro cleanfe their, cicatrices ot 
*cloudinefle of the cies called the pin & web:as alfo to cure the pearlethere breeding: moreover 
the bloudfhotting or red ftreakes in the white,& the white {pots appearing in the blacke circle a- 
bout the apple. Moreover, it cureth bitings & {tings of Serpents,yea,and healeth all ulcets,being 
emplaiftered with honey. Alfothe exulcerations orimpoftumes within the eares,areby it 8 wo- 
mensmilke cured. Andfor to amend the ringing & unkind foundandnoife therin,& to recover 
thofe that be hard of hearing,many have ufedto drop thejuice of Onions together with Goofe 
greafe or els honey. Furthermore,they give itto be drunken with water,unto thole that {uddainly 
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x become fpecchlefle and duinbe.A collution alfo made with Onions, helpeth the tooth-ach.And | 
being laid upon the wounds,made either with prick or bigeofany venomous beaft,and efpecial- 
ly of Scorpions, it is thought to bea foveraigne falve. Many-are wont(to very good effet) for to 
brufe Onions, and therewith to rub thofe parts that be troubled witha skurfe & running mange, 
as alfo to recover haire where it is fhedand gone. Being boiled, they are given for to bee eaten, 
unto thofe who are difeafed with the bloudie Flix or paine of the reines and loins. Their outward 
pillings burnt into afhes and mingled with vinegre,cure the bitings and ftings of ferpents,if the — 
place bee bathed or annointed therewith, yea,and the very Onion itfelfe being applied with vi- 
negre, cureth the fting of thatihrewd worme Milliped. As for all othervertues and properties 
of Onions, the Phyficians are wonderfull coatrary oneto another in their writings : for our mo- 
derne and late writers doe hold and fo have delivered in their books, That Onions are hurtfull to 
the parts about the heart,and other vitall members:as alfo,that they hinder digeftion,breeding 
wind and ventofities, and caufing drought or thirflinefle. 4/clepiades and his {ect or followers, 
contrariwife affirme, Phat Onions arefo wholefome;that they will make them well coloured whe 
ule to feed uponthem.And more than fo,they fay that if one in health every day eat of them fa- 
{ting he fhall be {ure to continue healthful, {trong and luftie: that they be good for the ftomack, 
in this regard,that they caufe rifting and breaking of wind upward, which isa good exercife of 
the ftomacke: and withall, that they keepe the bodie loofe and laxative, yea,and open the Hx- 
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motrhoid veines, if they be put vp in manner of fuppofitories.Alfo,that the juice of Onions and - 
® yd dpesforre VeNNEl together, be marvellous good to bee taken in the beginning of a*Dropfie, vem, That 
readHypuchy their juice being incorporate with Rue and Honie, is foveraigne for the Squinance.Asalfo that 
Soaps 5 they will keepe waking thofe who are fallen intoa Lethargie . To conclude, Varro faith, That 
rides,co wit,the Af Onions bee braied with faltand vinegre , and then dried, no woormes or vermine willcome 
Casarat. = nearethat compofition, he 
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e& Of cut Leekes or Porret : of bolled Leckes : and of Garlickes 
Orret, otherwife called Cut-Leckes or unfet Leckes,ftancheth bleeding at the nofe,in cafe 
Dp: be ftamped and put up clofe into the nofethtils, or ocherwife mingled with the pouder of 
the Gall-nut, or Mints. Morcover,Portet ftaieth the immoderat fhift or flux of bloud,that 
followeth women vpona flip or abortive birth, if the juice thereof be drunke in breaft-milke.In 
the fame manner it helpeth an old congh and all other difeafes ef breaftand lungs. Burnes and, 
{caldings are healed witha linimentmade of Porret or Leeke blades : likewife the Epinyiides » 
for fo in this place Ltearme that ulcer,whichin the Lachrymall.or.comner of the ei¢ runneth and, 
watereth continually: fome call it Syce,thatis to fay,a Fig, And yet others there beewho under= 
ftand by that word, Epiay ides }che blackith or blew bliftering wheales,the blondie fals mean 
and angsie chilblanes, that in the night difquict and trouble folke which have them,But to come 
againe to our Porrer:the blades thereof ftamped and laid too, with Honie, healeth all fores 
and ulcers whatfoever.. The biting of any venomous bealt,the {ting alfo of Serpents, are cured - 
therewith. As forthe impediments of the hearing and the eares,they be remedied with the juice 
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