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birth,yea,and the dead infant within the wombe, And therefore he adviferh womenin travell to 
have chofe naturall parts annointed with Rue, yea,& to fit over a fuffumigation madethereof. Di+ 
etles maketh a catapla{me with Rue, Vinegre,Honie,and Barley flower,for faintings,cold fweats, 
cand tremblings of the heart. Likewife,againft che torments of the finall guts,commonly called 
“or,Dominemi- the*Lliake paflion, he appointeth to take the deco@tion thereof in Oile, and-to receive the faine 
Severe mei, 
3.Lord have 
in lockes of wooll,and fo tobe applied unto the upper region of the belie. Matiy doe fet downe 
mercic upon two dranisthereof drie,and onedram anda halfe'of Brimftone, as an excellent receitto bee ta- 
me. 
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gtetth to.0ur | Ea co ning > f ie : 
Caladniathiaes V Ild-Mint is called in Latin Mentaftrums it differeth from the other in the forme of the 
cording co Di 
afcovéres, > 
kenby thofethat reach and {pit up filthie ‘and ftinking matter: but if they caft or fend ‘up bloud, 
they thould drinke the decoction of three bratinches thereof in wine, It is an ordinarie practife 
in cafe of the Dyfenterie or bloudie Flix, to give it ftamped firltwith cheefe) in wine: but they 
ming!e therewith Bitumen,and fo crum or breake itin to their drink,againft thedifficultie of ta 
king wind, Alfo three drams ofthe feed thereofis given in drinketothofe that are fallen from a 
loft, for to diffolve the bruifed and cluttered bloud within them. Zrem, Take one poundorpint of 
oile,of wine one fextar or wine quart,feeth the leaves of Rue herein : that oilefo prepared, is fin? 
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gular good for to annoint the parts which are benummed, and in mannerimortified and blacke 
with cold. Moreover,confidering thatit is Diureticall,as A:ppocrates thinketh,and doth provoke 
urines] cannot but wonder at fonie,who give it as athing that ftaieth urine, & therfore appoint’ 
itro bee drunke by thofe that cannot hold theif water. The ihundtion thereof with Allum and’ 
Honie,cleanfeth the drie wild {cab & leprofie.Likewife with Morell or Nightfhade,Hogs greafe 
and:Buls tallow, tt fcoureth the Morphew,taketh away werts,difcufleth and difpatcheth the Kings 
evill and fuch like tumors, In like manner it killeth the fretting hote humor called S. Aathomies 
fire,being applied to the place with Vinegre, Honnie, or Cerufle,/.white Lead: like as it cureth 
the Carbuncle laid too, with Vinegre alone. Some there be who prefcribe Laferpitium alfoto 
be joined with the reftin this liniment: but without it they cure the chilblanes aind blondie fals 
thatbce to angrie in thenightfeafon.Many ule toboile Rue,and together with wax ,,teduce it in= 
to a'Cerot; which they appli¢ unto the {wollen breafts or paps of women,as alfo tothe breaking 
oucofphlegmaticke puftules or whealks[much like to our meafels or fmall pockes. ]Alfo beeing 
reduced into an unguent with the tender Iptigs or tops of Laurell, itis a fingular remedie forthe 
Flux or fall of humors into the burfe of the codsfAnd verely this Rue is counted fo excellent an 
hearbe in operation this waies,&{o re{petive peculiarly to thofe parts,that itis commonly hol- 
denfor a foveraigne remedie to heale all ruptures; ifa man take the wild of thatkind and makea 
liniment of itand old Swinesgreafe together. Likewife,ifany bones or lims bee broken, a Cerot 
made with the feed of Rue and wax together, is able to fouder the fracture. The root of Rue being 
reduced into a liniment,cureth bloud{hotten eies,and reftoreth to the native colour all {cars or 
{pots that give blemith to any part of the bodie. Among the other properties that be reported of 
Rue,this is one to be wondered at,confidering how hot itis of nature(as all Phyficians do agree) 
That a bunch thereof being boiled in oile Rofate,and with one ounce of Aloe broughtinto the 
forme ofan ointment; fhould repreffe their fivet,who areannointedtherewith. Asalfo, thatthe 
ordinarie ufe thereof at meat fhould difable folke as well in the act of generation, as conception: 
Ta which regard is it prefcribed unto them that fhed their feed,and unto fuch as ufe to dreame i 
their fleepe ofamatorious matters and the delights of Yenzs.But women with child muft beware 
how they cat Rue:they efpecially mivft forbear this hearb : for I findtharitkilleth theyong child - 
conceived within their bodies. Thus much for the effets that ir worketh in men & women,Over 
and befides all which, there isnot an hearbe growing inthe garden that is fo much ufed for the 
cuting of foure footed beafts, wherher itbee that they bee broken winded and purfive,or other- 
wife birten and {tung with venomous beafts ; in which cafes, there muft be an injection made up: 
intothe nofthrils,ot thejuice of Ruein wine . Alfo,if icchaunce that abeaft hath fwallowedan’ - 
Horfeleech in drinking,let itbe taken with vinegre. Finally,in every accident of theirs,let Rue be 
prepared and miniftred refpectively unto each griefe,according to the manner fet down for men 
inthe femblable cafe. : ais uaiarishe 
aie . Car. “xTri1 
2& Of wild Mint: of garden Mint : of Penyroiall:of' Nep,and Cumin, 
AJ W leaves:*for fhaped itis like Bafill, howfoever in colour itrefembleth Penyroiall,which 
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