62 The twentieth Booke of. | 
’ Asforthe Cumin of A fricke, itis thoughtto havea fingular proprietic by it:félfe for to helpe, G 
thofe who cannot contain & hold their urine. The garden Cumin, if it be parched dry, brought, 
into powder,and given in vinegre, helpeth the defects and infirmities of the liver, Aloiecureth — 
the dizzinefle of the head. Butin cafe the acrimonie or fharpnefle of the urine befuch, asthat. 
* ju duet :he iefretandmoove {mart in the paffage, the powder thereof would bee tempered in fweer™ wine: 
ae a cuit. For the impediments of the matrice, tought tobe drunke in pure wine of the grape:and, _ 
withall, there muft be applied to the part offended, acataplafme of the leaves upona locke of 
wooll, Dried againft the fire, bruifed and beaten into powder, and fo incorporat with oile of ro- 
fes and wax, and wrought in the end to the forme ofa cerot,and then applied, it abateth the fwel- 
ling of the cods, Butthe wild Cumin is more effectual] in all the cafesabove mentioned, than 
that of the garden. Over and befides, ithath a {peciall vertue, togither with oile, againft Ser. 
pents, Scorpions, and Scolopendres. Take as muchof Cumin feedas you may comprehend 
within three fingers, drinke it in wine, it will {tay immoderat vomit, yea and the ficke heaving of 
the ftomacke,as if it would caft and cannot. A drinke made therewith, is given alfo for the cho- 
lique : and to that purpofe, aliniment thereof is very commendable ; or ititbee applied hot in 
quilted bags,fo thatthe fame bekept fwadled down unte the region of the gut Colon.For a wo- 
man thatis given to the rifing and fuffocation of the mother, let her drinke it inwine after this 
proportion, Three drams of Cumin to three cyaths of wine; fheethall find thatit will refolve 
thofe vapours andfumofities which caufedthe forefaid maladie . With calvestallow or fewer, 
or with honey, if it be let drop into the eares,it cureth the founding and tingling therein, Beeing 
appliedas aliniment with honey, raifons,and vinegre, it refolveth the blacke and blew matkste- 
maining after ftripes, Alfo with vinegre alone, itcureth the blacke {pots and {peckles appearing . 
in any partofthe bodie, ifthe place be bathed therewith. ; 
An herb there is refembling Cumin for all the world,which the Greeks call Ammi: although 
fome there are who thinke ittobe all one with the Cumin of thiopia. Hippocrates calleth is, 
the Roiall Cumin [of Agypt; | the reafon was,no doubt, becaufehe deemed that of gypt to 
* Ruelliue ta- exceed all the reft in goodnefle. But moftwritersbefides him, dothinke it * an hearb altogither 
ene f ia of another nature, becaufe it is fmaller and whiter: and yet it ferveth to the like ufe;forat Alex- 
mr bea andria in Agyptthey put it commonly under their loaves of bread inthe bottom cruft when 
they go tothe oven: and ordinarily it is Oecupied in the kitchin about fawces. Be it what it will, it~ 
diflolveth ventofities, it pacificth the wringing torment of the guts, it provoketh urine,andbrin- 
geth downe womens months. Beeing taken in wine (topither with Line feed) to the quantitie of 
two drams, it cureth the venomous ftings of Scorpions : but putthereto an equall quantitie of 
myrthe, it hath a fingular vertue againit the horned ferpent Ceraftes. And, like tothe other 
Cumin before named, it altereth the colour of as many as drink of it, and makesthem lookpale. 
A fuffumigation made thereof, with Raifons andRofin, mundifieth the matrice and natural 
parts of women. Finally, it is commonly faid, That ifa woman {mell thereto, inthe very a&@ of 
generation, fhe fhall conceive the rather by that means. | 
~ As for Capres, wee have fufficiently written thereof among other fhrubs that be ftraungets : 
and yet it will nor be amiffe toreiterarthus much, hata man muftbe welladvifedhow he taketh 
any outlandifh Capres that come from beyond-fea: butif hee will goe fafely to worke, lethim 
hardly keepe him to thofe of Italy, forthey are lefle harmeleffe than the other: for if all bee true 
that is commonly reported, whofoever daily eat Capres, fhall not bein daungercither of palfie 
~ orpain of fplene. The root of Capers is fingular goodto take away the white {potted morphew, 
(coufin germane to the leprofie) in cafe it be ftamped, and the place affeGted rubbed therewith. 
Take the rind of the root, the quantitie of two:drams, and drinke it in wine, it helpeth the fwel-. 
led fplene; provided alwates that the Patient forbeare the ufe of baines and hot-houfes :for (by 
report) thiscourfe continued 35 daies will caufe the faid fplene to purge away partly by urine and 
partly by feege. The fame, if it be taken in drinke, allaieth paine inthe loins and cureth thepal- 
fey. The feed of Capres fodden in vinegre,brufed and applied to the teeth, or otherwife the root 
.. thereof chewed only ,affuageth thetooth-ach. A decoétion of Capresin oile,inftilled into the 
_; €ars, mitigateth their paines. The leaves and theroot newly gathered, and fo applied asa eata- 
plafme with honey, healeth the correfive ulcers that eat to the very bone. Likewife the root re- 
folveth all thofe glandulous fwellings which wee naiie'the Kings evill: and ifthe fame be fodden 
in water, i¢difcufleth the tamors behind the ears, and tiddeth away the wormes breeding within, _ 
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