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A. withoutskar, by theirfaying. Moreover;ifit bee chewed,or the juice thereof gargarizedwithho- _ 
ney, fothatthe hearb were fodden before, itcureth the fores in the mouthcalled Cankers 5 as _ 
alfo the mumps and inflammation of the kernelsin the throat, called Amygdales or Almonds. 
Semblably, ifaman take two parts of this hearbe, with wwaine of alumiejand togither with vine- 
gre makea liniment thereof, it will cleanfe-the invetérat dri¢ skab , and the mortified leprofie. 
Epicbarmusis of opinion, Thar forthe biting of amad dog, aman need doe no more’but lay 
tothe foreplace acataplafme of this herb'alone : but furer it were (faith he)and more effectual, 
if Laferand {trong tharpevinegre Sede smuneerniceet addeth tioreover and fuith, Thatif 
it beigiven:to dogs with 'fome peece of fleth, it will kill hem. And yet the feed being parched,is 
a remedieagainft the fting of Serpents, and a countrepoifon to veiomous muthroms and bulls 
B  bloud. Theleaves boiled and given with meat, or otherwife raw and made ‘into aliniment, togi- 
githerwitl brimftone; aiid nitre, helpe thofe that be difeafed in'the fplene, The {ame liniment 
mollifieth the hard{wellings of womensbreafts. The athes of the rootbeing burnt,cure the V- 
vula or {welling ofithe wezill inthe throac, if it be burtouched therewith! Allo a lisiinent therof 
with hony applied to the inflamed kernels behind the ears,reprefleth'them; yea and héaleth the 
ftinging of Serpents. Lhave not yer done with the Colewort, andthe vertues thereof; but one 
inftance more I will: give you to proove the woonderfiill force andeffeG that it worketh : Ifany 
braffe pot, caudron, orfuch like veflell, wherein we vfe to feeth water over the fire, have gathe- 
red incontinuance of time, a thickefur orcruft baked within, fuchas by no wafhing or {couring 
can berid away, be the fame never fo hard, deepe fetledand inveterat; boile but a Cabbage or 
C Colewortin it,and the fame will pillandgo fromthe pot fides. 
‘Among wild Woorts, we mutt place Lapfana,aplanrgrowing tothe heigth of a cubit,bea- 
ring a furredor hawie leafe, like for all the world to the Navew, but thatthe floure is whiter. This 
hearb is commonly fodden and eaten it: poitage sand fo taken, it moderatly loofeneth the belly. 
The Sea Colewort|[ otherwife named:So!danella}of all others purgeth moft forcibly : in re- 
gard of which acrimonie thar ithathao ftirthe belly, cooksufe to feeth it with farmeat, and yee 
is it moft contrarie to the ftomackewow Aathig! 5 ERB ; 
Touching Sguills or Sea-onions, Phyficians hold, thatthe white is the male, and the blacke 
the female:butthe whiteftof them be everbeft and-of moft ufe. The manner of preparing and 
drefling them, isafter this manner: Firft, the drie tunicles or skins being villed off,the reft which 
D isquickeand trefhunderneath mult be cut intoflices, and foenfiledupon a thread along with a 
retiediftance between every one, and hangedup todrie : afterwards, when the morcels be fuf- 
ficiently dried, they areto be put (hanging flill as they did by.a fring) into a barrell or veffell of 
the ftrongeft and quickeft vinegre thar can bee gotten, and therein they muft hang, fo asthey 
touch no part of thefaid veffell: But this would be gone in hand with 48 daies before the Sum- 
mer Solftice. Which done, the barrell of vinegre beforefaid being well luted and ftoppedclofe 
withyplafire, muftbeeferunder a roofe of tyles,to receive the heat of the Sun,all the day long 
from morning te night. Now when ithath been thusfunned fo many daies,as are before named, 
the veflell istemooved from under the cafe of tiles, the Squilla taken forth,and the vinegre pou- 
red out into another veficll. This vinegre clarifieth their eye-fight who ule it: comfortable itis 
E tothe ftomackeand fides, anda fuageth their painesif it be taken in fimall quantitie once intwo 
dates: forif aman fhould drinke over liberally of it, fo forcible it isthat itwould take away his 
breath, andcanfe him to feeme dead for the time. Squilla chewed alone by itfelfe, is holefome 
forthe gums and teeth. Being drunkewith vinegre and hony, it chafeth out of the belly che long 
flat wormes, and all other firch like vermin. If it bee but held under the tongue whileit is greene 
and freth, ic allaieth chirftinefie in the dropfie,and cavfeth thatthe Patient {hall defire ho drinke. 
The boiling of Squillaor the Sea-onion,is after many forts :forfome, after they have either 
weillated, orelsgreafedicall over with fat, put itintoa pot of earth, and then fetit into an oven 
or furnace to be baked. Others flice it into gobbets, and fo feech it between two platters. Some 
take it green¢,and drieit, then they cut it into pieces and boile it in vinegre ; and being thus ufed 
F andprepared,applyit tothe places which be {tung with Serpents. Others again roft it firft in the 
embzres,and afterthey have cleanfed itfrom the utmoft pulling, take the beft of it onely in the 
mids, and fecth the fame againe in water. Being thus baked and {od both, it ferveth to bee given 
inadropfie.And if it be drunke to the quantitie of three Oboles with honey and vinegre, it pro- 
yoketiyurine with cafe, In like manner, this compofition is good for thofe that be troubled with 
ei sa the 
