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chaunce that either fheepe or goats doe taft thereof, itprovoketh them prefently co blea: whers 
upon certaine author, chauaging one letter for another in Greeke,callit* Basyou, Fhis hearb 
iso hotand ardent, tharif any part of the bodi¢ be rubbed or annointed therewith ,it will rife ine 
toablifter, [fone have taken a through cold and thereby gotten a cough, Phyficians have pre- 
{cribedtoufe fri@iions therewith, before the Patient goc into the baine for to fweat,. Alfo their 
direGtion is to do'the like before the cold fits of agues ; as alfo in cafe of the crampp-and torments 
of the guts. Wonderfull gooditis in all kinds of gout. If itbee taken in drinke with honey and 
falt, it is fingularfor thofe who bee difeafedin the liver, as alfo for thelights; for it openeth their 
pipes and difchargeth them of the fleam thar {tufted chem, fo as they may reach up and void the 
famewith eafe, The deco€tion thereof, with fomefalt, isexcellent good for thefplene and the 
bladder; yea and for all ventofities and fhottnefle of breath, Semblably, the juice prepared and 
drefled in manner aforefaid, bringeth the mother into the naturall place; and ferveth as acoun-, 
trepoifon againft the Sconlopendre both of the fea and the land: as alfo for the pricke of Scorp1- 
pion: and elpecially againft the biting of man or woman, The root thereof being applied freth 
and greene, ismarvellous good to repreffe ranke ulcers, andto confumethe proud fefh about 
them, The fame being drieand fo applied,reduceth skarstothes frefh colour and deauue of the 
faire and whole skin. Thusmuch of Penyroiall of the garden andthe field. RE 
Great conformitie there isin operation betweene Penyroiall and*Nep:for being both of 
them boiled in water unto the con{umption of a third part, they difcufle and fhake off thecold 
in ague fits which caufeth the Patient to {hake ;and befides,are of validitieto bring downe wo- 
mens monethly ficknefle . In Summertime, they affuage the extremitie of heat. Nep alfois 
poweifull againft Serpents , for the fmokeand perfume of this hearb they cannotabide,but will 
flie from it: whichis the canfe that fuch as bee afraid of Serpents, ftrew Nep under them in the 
place where they meane to repofe and fleepe. Being brufed and appliedto the running fittulons 
ulcers betweenethe nofe andthe greater corner of the eye, it i$ counted a foveraigne remedies 
alfo beeing frefh gathered, and mixed with a third part of bread,and fo tempered and incorpo- 
rat with vinegre tothe forme of a liniment, itcurerhthe, head-ach, The juice thereof being ine 
ftilled into the nofthrils, whiles the Patient lyeth upon hisbacke,ftancheth bleeding atthe nofe, 
Theroot alfo,togither with Myrtle feed, in warme wine cuit & fo gargarized, helpeth the Squi- 
nancie. Astouching wild Cumin, itis anhearb exceeding {mail, putting foorth foure or five 
leaves and notaboye,and thofeindented Ikea Saw: But,the garden Cumin is of fingular ufe 
in Phyficke, but principally for the painein the ftomacke. It difpatcheth the grofle vapours ari- 
fing from fleamesit diffolveth alfo ventofities, if it bee either bruited and eaten with bread, or 
drunke with water and wine: in which fort it affuageth the wringing torments and other paines 
of the guts: howbeit, it maketh folke looke pale as many as dtinke of it, Certes by that devife, 
namely, by ordinaric drinking of Cumin(as itis reported) the fcholless andfollowers of Porcizs 
Latro (that famousand great Khetorician) procured themfelves pale faces becaufe they would 
look like theirmalter,who in deed came tothat colour by continuall ftudie & plying his booke, 
Thus likewife not long fince, Julius Vindex, being defirous to be afiraunchifed by exo, preten- 
ding by his pale vilage and poore look,that he had not niany daiesto live,made faire femblance 
unto Mera by hiswillardceftamenc, that he should fhortly bee his heire ; (which cheat the faid 
Neva gaped after ;)and {o by that means Vzmdex entred fo far within him,as he obtained whatfo- 
ever he wouldat his hands. Cumin reduced into the forme of throchiskes or * nofe-tents put 
upinto the nofthrils, ftaunchethblond, The like effec it hath,being frefh gatheredand applied 
with vinegre. Being laid it felfe alone, to watering and weeping eyes, it reftraineth that humor: 
andin cafe the codsbee bolne ot {welled, it is good to mix honey withall in manner of an ém- 
plafter: Bur it fufficeth to make acataplafine therof, and Jay itto the belly alone, of little babes 
and infants that way troubled. Finally, to cure the jaunife itis fingular, given in white wine when 
g 
. thePatient hath {wet and is come out of the baine, 
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2 * Of Cumin Kshiopicke, which reftraincth the flix of urine : of Capres: of Lovach or 
-* _» Panax: and of a kind of Marjerom named Cunila-bubula. | 
BY for the purpofe aforefaid, namely to cure the jaundife,the Ethiopian Cumin is the belt, 
being taken after a bath with vinegre and water: alfo licked in manner of a Loch with hony. 
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*Por niger, 
*or,Cala- 
mintba. 
*ealled Errbina 
or Nafcalia. 
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» that this Title 
is corrupt, 
