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A Iecureth alfothe infirmities of the liver. The manner is to give thefame in vinegre and honey 
for to chafe away the vermin engendred within the guts: Boiled in vinepre, it is fingular for the 
eankers or exulcerations within the mouth: howbeit, all authors doe accord, that they bee not 
good for the ftomacke, 
Touching Lovage, which fomecall Panax, it is * folefome for the HNMhake Likewite a pro. Sita 
permedecineitis tercoayulfions and ventofities, Toconclude, there arefoine who nameit.ononm 
Cunila Bubula, as [have batore noted, bur they be deceived. ig ae 
Cuap. Sepia 
eo if the wild Oriean Cenila bis: : of the Baflara Mi arjor am; narmed.Gallivacea 
B di unila,or Heracleoticum Origanum: of the tender Cinilazo: of Rofemarie : os, 
‘of Garden Savorie'or Cunil, and that of the mountains. ! 
Veraridhelidesthe@arden Savorie, there. be many Kinds of Cunilaktownin Ph yfickes 
and firft,tinat which is called Bubula, & hath feed Jike unto Penyroiall, being either chew- | 
edin the mouth or applied ontwardlly,iis a good. wound-hearb, fothat ir be notremoo- 
ved but every fivedaies, Taken in winesit is fingularagain{tthe poifonous fting of Serpents, i in, 
cafe the hearbe itfelfe be ftamped, and laid withall upon the fore place : and verely.ir is an orci- 
nari¢ thing, to rub therewith well and throughly, the woundsthaerhey make... Semblably, the, 
Tortoifes, vagaing the ume thar they fhould fight with Serpents, ufe this hearb.in manner of.a 
C detenfative,and take themfelves well armed againft their enemic: ‘which is the reafon,that {ome 
give itthe name of Panax. Being dried, it afluageth the paine oftumors,& cureth the accidents. 
that befall to the privie members of men : Orifthe leaves be bur fta mped, they have che like €i- 
fect. And in one word,the operation thereof is excellent andwonderfull,if it be ufedin wine. 
Another Cunila or Savorie there is, which our countreymen call in Latin Gallinacea;the 
Greckes name it Origanum Heracleoticum, If it beebrayedand faltjoyned thereto, itis fove- 
raigne forthe eyes :it helpeth the cough alfo, and correcteth all faults of the liver. If a thicke 
grewell or few be made thereof, together with floure, aule, and vinegre, fo tempered asitmay 
be fupped, itcureth the pleuretie or paines of the fides: but above all, itis fingular for the flin- 
» ging of Serpents. | 
D © Athird kind there is, which the Greekstearme the male, but we in Latin * Cu inilago:a fine © Flea bane, 
king finell it hath with it, a woodie hard root, and a rough iste burit is generally faid,thatthe > 
operations thereof be more etfectuail,than of any other kind, cis verely thought, that ‘ifaman 
caft an handfull thcreot from him into any part of the houfe,all che moths and fuch like versain 
will gather about it. But tocometo particulars, Ithatha fingulas power againfi Scorpions if ic 
be taken with water and vinegre. Alfoif aman or woman take threcleaves 5 thereof, and rub his 
bodice throughly withit and oile togither,there is nota Serpentfo hardie as dare approch neare 
fuch a bodie fo perfumed. Contrariwifethe Cunila, whichis named Mollis, [zd ¢f?, Soit} hath 
leaves and braunches move hatrie chan the former, and thofe fharpe pointed like pricks. This 
hearbe if aman rub beiweene his fingers, refemblech honey in fell, and will fhicke faft to in 
E mannerof honey. Another fort there is of Cunila which we, forthe firellthat ichath.of Fran- 
kincenfe, call Libanotis. But both thefe, the one as well as the other, taken in wine or vines 
gre, cureth the biting and fting of Serpents. If they be bruifed or ftamped into powder, and 
{0 put into water,they rkill all the fleas in the place where'the faid, water is caft or iprinkled « As 
for the garden Savoie, italfo hath many good properties: The juice thereof with oyle ot rofes 
diftilled into the ears,is very comfortable unto them, The hearbe it felfe taken in drinke shelpeth 
thofe who are {tung with venomous Serpents. This Savorie oftentimes doth degenerat into a 
baftard kind,nansed Mountain Savorie.Like itis to wild running Thyme,and is effe ual likewife 
again{t the poifon of Serpents.It provoketh urine,and purgeth women newly delivered if haply 
they have notfuflicient voidance. Singular it is for to help digeftion, and ftirreth up appetite to. 
F meat wonderfully. In fum,as tell che gentle Savoric as the wild, ispafling holefome for crudities 
in the ttomuacke,ifone ice his morning draught therewith fafting, tis ufed alfo to very good 
purpote in diflocations andmembers out of joyat: with barley meale, water, and vinegre, it is 
exceilentior che flinging of wafps, and fuch like pricks, Astouching the other kinds of Libano- 
tis or Rofemarie,weire I will more fully in due place, 
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