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gargling and drinking the juice of Cole-roots raw. But againftthe Hocquet or Yex, thereds a G 
notable medecine made with it, togither with Coriander, Dill; doney,Pepper;and Vinegres If 
the pitch of the ftomacke bee arinointed therewith, the Patient fhallevidently perceive, tharit 
will diflolve the wind and puffing ventofities therein. Alfo, thevery water of the decodtiom ins 
corporat togither with Barley meale, unto a \piment; is fingulargood forthe ftinging of Ser. 
pents, and mundifieth filthie old ulcers: to which purpofe alfo, ferveth the juice thereof,applied 
with vinegre and Faenigrecke, After the fame manner,fome make acatapla{me, and apply itto 
goutiejoynts. The bloudyfalls and bliftring chilblanes, and generally all humours that over-run__ 
the bodic and fret the skin, are allaicd by the application aforefaid. In like manner,thefodaine — 
mifts and dimnefle which commeth overthe eyefight, is difcufled and difpatched cleane,in cafe 
one doeno more but chawthis hearb in vinegre. A liniment made withit and * brimftone togi- 
ther, helpeth the black and blew fpots of dead bruifed bloud lying under the skin, andreduceth 
them to thetrowne colour. Butif round alume and vinegre be joyned therewith, ic cureth the 
white leprofie and drie skab [called offome S. Magnus evill.) And in thatmanner prepared, it 
keepeth the hairefaft that is readie todhed, Epicharmis faith, Thatthis hearbis foveraigne good 
to be emplaftred upon thofe tumors and {wellingsthat bee incident to the privie members, and 
the rather, if the faid eniplaftre be madewith beane meale. The fame being applied with Rue, 
is good for convulfions or cramps. Moreover, thereisa medicine prefcribed to bee made of 
Colewoorts atid Rue feed, againft the extreame heatof feversardent,as alfo forthe defects and 
infirmities of the {tomacke, and to fend out the after-birthin women newly laid. The powder of 
Colewort leaves diie, doth expel] and evacuat one way or cther, the venome left behind by the 
biting of the hardie {hrew-moufe, Ofall kinds of C oleworts, the fweereft and moft pleafantro 
the talt,is the* Co}-florie,although it be counted good for nothing in Phyficke,andbefides un- 
holefome, as being hard of digeftion and an enemie tothe kidnies. Over & befides, 1 muft not 
forget this one thing of Goleworts, That the broth or decoétion thereof (fo highly praifed for , 
many good ules that itis putunto) if it be poured on the ground, hath but a ftinking fmell with 
it. Wort-ftocks beeing dried and burneinto afhes,isthought to be a caufticke medecine or po- 
tential] cauterie. The fame afhes mingledwith old greafe andreduced into a cataplafine, hel- 
peth the paineof the Sciatica: but with Lafer and vinegre, itis adepilatoric, thatis to fay, kee- 
peth the haire from growing againe whereyit was once fetched up by the roots. The {aid Cole- 
{tocke afhesfet over the fire until itfiveronly, or have one walme at the moft,and fo drunke with 
oile, or otherwife fodden, and the decoétion taken alone without oile, is good for Spafmes and 
cramps, for inward bruifes,and tor fuch as are falnefromfome high place. Loe, what a number 
of praife-worthie vertues are recounted of Coleworts! Andis there(I pray you) no fault to be 
found with them? are they blameleffe2 ywis no: For even thofe writers who extolled them fo 
highly, note them for making a ftnking breath, and for hurting the teeth and gums: infomuch 
asin /Agypt, they be in fo bad aname for their bitternefle & unpleafant taft, that noman know- 
eth how to eat them, But co come againe unto Cato, hee commendeth the effects of the wild or 
wandring Colewoort infinitly above the reft; infomuch as hee affirmeth, that the powder of it 
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dried, being gathered and incorporat with fome convenient liquor into the forme of a poman- | 
der,or otherwile ftrewed upon any pofie or nofegay, foas itmay bereceived and drawn up into 
the head by the nofthrils, cureth the * filthie ulcers growing therein, and the ftinking {nell that 
commeth trom them. This Colewort, others call Petrzea, and this is that which of all thereft 
ismott adverfe and the greateft enemie to wine; thisis it that the vine (by a fecret Antipathie 
in nature) doth efpecially avoid, if it have roome to decline from it: but in cafe fhe cannot fhift 
from it, fhee dieth for very griefe. This plant hath the leaves growing two by twotogither, and 
thofe{mall,round, fmooth, and liker indeed to the young plants of * Beets than to other Cole. 
worts; whiter alfo it is, and more rougher clad with a moffie downe, than is the garden Cole-) 
wort. Chry/ippus wriceth, Phat it is a foveraigne medicine for fiatuofities, and {uch as be oppref-: 
fed with melancholly : that it isa fingular falve for frefh wounds, beeing applied with honey ;but: 
with this charge, That the platter be not taken off in feven daies. Alfo, if itbee ftampedand apa 
plied with water, itis an excellent cataplafme for the Kings evill, & fiftulousinward ulcers. Other 
Chirurgians and Phyficians do affirme, that it reprefleth running and corrofive fores which eat’ 
into the fleth, {uch as the Greckes name Nomus, /tem, thatit doth extenuat and refolveall ex-» 
erefeence of proud, ranke,or dead flefh: yea and it doth incarnat, heale up, and skin very faire: 
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