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the fplene, or have weake and feeble ftomacks, or bee troubled with, gnawing and painethéres G 
fach al(oascannot hold their meat,but it will flote above and comeup again: provided alwaies, 
that there bee no ulcer within the bodie.-Moreover it isiexcellent good for the wringing inthe 
guts, the jaunife, the old, cough,with fhortnefle of wind, The leavesemplaftred, refolve the wens 
or {welling kernels inthe necke, commonly called the Kings vill, buethey muftlie fouredaies 
before they be remooved, Beeing fodden in oile and reducedtoa liniment, and fo applied, it 
mundifieth the skurfe or daodruffe in the head, therunning {calls likewife chatare bred there. It 
is ufually alfo (boiled up with honey into a certaine confe¢tion) takemwith meatfor to helpe di- 
geftion; and in chatfortit purgeth alfo the entrails .Sodden.in oile and tempered with rofin, it 
healeth the chaps and clifts in the feet, Thefeed of Squilla emplaftred with honyuponthereins — 
of the backe orthe loins, eafeth the paine. Pythagoras was of opinion, and {fo reported, That if 
the Squilla or Sea-onion were hanged up inthe entrie of any dore, it kept out all charmes,en- 
chantments, and forceries. And thus muchof Squilla. ai(fow) byl eee 
Moreover, the plants called Bulbes, beeing applied in forme of aliniment with brimftone 
and vinegre, doe cure the wounds of thevifage: and ftamped by them(elves alone, and{o laid 
too, they help che contraction or fhrinking of finews: and ifthere be wine added thereto, itclen- 
feth the dandruffe in head, beard, and eyebrowes : but applied with honey, itcureth the biting 
of mad doggs : howbeit Eratofthenes taketh pitch.in ftead of honey for the faid purpofe: who 
writeth befides, That a cataplafme of them andhoneytogither , {tauncheth bloodina greene 
wound: but others joyne Coriander and corne meale to thereft, properly for bleeding at the 
nofe, Theodorus cureth wild tettars and ringwormes therewith, being applyed with vinegre: and 
with ftypticke harfh wine,or an egg, he ufeth it for the breaking out in the head. Moreover,a lini- 
ment made of Bulbs, he applyeth about the rheumaticke humors that fall to theeyes , and by 
that means cureth thofe that be bleere-eyed. Semblably the red of this kind efpecially, reduced 
into a liniment,and firft incorporat with honey and nitre, taketh away all the {pots and blemifhes 
thatdisfigure the face, if they beeannointed therewith ia the Sun: but with wine and Cucum- 
ber fodden, they rid away alfo the red pimples. They bee wonderfull good of themfelves alone, 
for greene wounds; or with honyed wine(according to the practife of Damion) fo they benot re- 
mooved in five daies : and he was wont therewith to curecracked ears alfo, andithe flatuous fleg+ 
maticke tumors of the cods, Othersthetebee, who apply them withmeale mingled among,to 
affuage the paine of the gout. Sodden in wine, and{o appliedas a liniment to the belly, they 
mollifie che hardnefle in the precordial parts & midriffe :and for the bloudie flixa drinkemade 
thereof, togither with raine water and wine, isa fingularremedie. Beeing taken in pills as big as 
beans, with Silphium, they arefoveraigne for the contraGtion of nerves or inward ctampswith- 
in the bodie. Stamped into aliniment, they reftraineimmoderat fweats that be diaphoreticall. 
Comfortable they bee to thenerves, and therefore they are prefcribed and given, in cafe of the 
paliic. Thofe with the redroots beeing made into acataplafme withfaltand honey, doe fpeedily 
cure the diflocations of the feet that be out of joynt. The Bulbs of Megara efpecially, doe pro- 
voke luft. As for thofethat be called Hortenfii, caken with cuit wine or Baftard,make fpeedie de- 
Jiverance of the child ouit of the mothers belli. The wild Bulbs broughtinto the forme of pills 
with Laferpitium, and fo fwallowed downe, doe heale inward wounds and other maladies of the 
entrails, The feed of the garden Bulbsin wine, isa good potion againft the fting of the Spiders 
called Phalangia: and the roots with vinegreferve for a liniment againft the ftings of other Ser. 
pents, Theauncient Phyficians in times paft,were woont to give the feed in drinke to chem that 
were outof theit wits, The floure of thefe Bulbs being bruifed into a cataplafme,taketh away the 
red dapled fpots in their legs who have fit neare the fire and burnt their {hins. But Diocles is of 
opinion, that all chefe Bulbous plants doe dim the eyefight: who faith moreover, That they are 
cording to the naturepf each one that eateththem.. iD 0 oe 
There is an hearb which the Greekes call Bulbine,with a red bulbous root, and leaves refeme 
bling Porret: of whichthereisa fingular good falve made for to heale greene wounds,butnone ‘* 
elle. To conclude ;as touching the Bulbecalled Vomitorius (ofthe effet that it hath to provoke 
yoinit) it hathblackith leaves sand thofelonger than the reft, . 
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