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of Leekes and Goats gall, or elfe a like quantitie of honied wine inftilled thereinto, And asfor 
the whiftlings or crafhing noifesthat-a man fhall heare within head other whiles, they are dif- 
cufled with the juice of Leekes and womans milke dropped into theeares.If the fame be {nuffled 
up into thenofthrils,or otherwife conveighed that way up into the head, it eafeth head ach, For 
which purpofe alfo it is good to poure into the ear,when one goeth to bed andlicth for to fleep, 
two fpooneftls of the faidjuice, and one of Honie, The juice of Porret if it bee given to drinke 
swith good wine of the grape; againft the fting of Serpents, and namely, Scorpions: likewife fo 
taken with an *Hemine of wine, it cureth the paines of the loines or {mall of the backe, Such as *Heminais 
{pitorreach up bloud,fuch as be difeafed with the Phthifick or Con fumption of the lungs,fach mage” 
alfoas have been long troubled with the Pofe,the Murre, Catarge,& other Rheumes,find great 
helpe by drinking the juice of Porret,or eating Leekes with theitmeat. Moreover,Lecks areta- 
ken to bee very good either forthe Iaunife or Dropfie . Drinke the fame with the decoétion of 
husked Barley called Peifane,to the quantitie of one Acetable,you fhall find eafe forthe paines 
of therainesor kidneies, The fame meafure and quantitic beeing taken with Honie,mundifieth 
the Matrice and natural] parts of women. Men ufe to eat of Porrets or Leckes,when they doubt 
themfelves to have taken venomous Mufhromes. Anda cataplafm therof cureth green wounds. 
Porret isa follicitour to wantonnefle and carnall pleafures: it allaieth thirftinefle, 8 difpatcheth 
thofe fumes that caufe drankennefle. But itis thoughtto breed dimneffe in thecie-fight: toen- 
gender wind and ventofitie; howbeit,not offenfive to the ftomacke,for that withall itmaketh the 
bellic laxative. Finally, it {coureth the pipes & cleareth the voice. Thus much of Portet in blade; 
orcutLeekesunfet. abhabie , 
The headed Leekes that arebolled and replanted, are of the fame operation, but more effe- 
Gtuall chan the unfe: Leekes, The juice thereof given with the pouder either of Gall-nuts,or 
*Frankincenfe,orels Acacia,cureth thofe that reject or reachup bloud, Hippocrates would have » Called nian 
_thefimple juice thereof given,withont any thing els fot that purpofe :and he is of opinion, that 7 Thurs, 
it will difopilate the necke of the Matrice and the naturall parts of woinensyea,and thatthey will - 
prove fruitfoll and bearechildren the better, if they ufe to eat Leekes.Being ftamped and laid to 
filchiefores or uncleane ulcers with Honie,itcleanfeth them . Being taken ina broth, made of 
Ptifane or husked Barley, ircureth the Cough ftaieth the Rheume or Catarrh,that deftilleth in- 
to the chift or breaft-parts sit fconreth the lungs and wind: pipe,and healeth their exulcerations 
The like it doth if it be taken raw without bread, three bols or heads of them together ech other 
day : and in this manner it will cure the patieht,although he raught up and {pit out putrified and 
cortupt matter. After the fame manner itcleareth the voice, & it enableth folke to the fervice of « 
ladie Venus, and availeth much to procure flecpe. If Leeke bols orheads bec fodden intwo wa- 
tes, thavis co fay, chaunging the water twice, and fo eaten, they will {top the Laske, and ftay all 
invererate Fluxeswhatfoever. The pillings or skins of Leeke heads if they bee fodden,the deco- 
Gionthereot will chaunge the haire from gray to blacke,if they be wafhed or bathed therewith, 
As touching Garlicke, itis fingular good and of great force for thofe that chaunge aire and 
come toftrange waters. The very fent thereof chaceth Serpents and Scorpions away. And as 
fome have reporiedin their writings, it healeth all bitingsand {tings of venomous beafts, either 
= eaten asmeat,taken in drinke, or annomited as a liniment: but principally ithath a fpeciall pro- 
pertic againft the Serpents called Hemorrhoids, namely, if it be firfteaten,and then caft up a- 
gaine by vomit,with wine. Allo, it isfoveraine againft the poyfonous biting of the Moufe called 
a Shrew : and nomarvell for why, it is of power to dull and kill the force of the venomous hearb 
Aconitum g.Libard bane,which by another name men call Pardalianches,becaufe it {tranglech 
or choketh Leopards: yea, it conquereth the foporiferous & deadly qualitie of Henbane. The bi- 
tingsalfo of a mad dog it healeth,if irbee applied upon the hurt or wounded place with him.As 
for the fting of Serpents verely, Garlick is exceeding effeCtuall,if it be taken in drink: but with- 
all,you muft not forgetto make a liniment of it,the hairie ftrings or beard growing to the head, 
the skins alfo or tailes and all,wherby itis bunched,tempered all together with Oile,& laid upon 
the greeved place: and thus alfo will ithelpe any part of the bodie fretted or galled,yea,though 
itwerertfen up to blifters.4/ppocrates moreover was ofthis opinion, That a {uffumigation madc 
therewith, ferccheth downe the after-bitth of women newly delivered and broughttobed: who 
uted alfo with the afhes of them burnt and reduced together with oile into the forme of a lini- 
nent, to annoint the running skalls of the head; and thereby cured and healed them up. Some 
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