Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. — 
proportion, to wit,as much asthree fingers would containe, with equall quantitieof Henbane 
feed, in A fles milke.Many Phyficians give counfell to thofe that would vomit lvftily, for ro drink 
in water asthey fic at {upper,an acetabie thereof andten leaves of Baies,bruifed and beaten into! 
pouder. If Annifefeed be chewed, or applied-hot in forme of aliniment,yea,ortaken asa drinke 
in vinegre and honey,togetherwith Caitoreuim;ithelpeththerifing of the mocher & the daun- 
ger of fuffocation thereby. If'awoman inchild-bed prefently upon her deliverie, drinke it with 
cucumber feed and linefeed together, of equal] quantitie, namely, as much as may bee held be- 
tweene three fingers, in three Cyaths of white wine; it will fertle the lightnefle of the brainesand 
ftay the dizzineffe of her head; Tiepolemus pre{cribed for fevers Quartane,as much Annife feed, 
as three fingers might comprehend, with the like quantitie of Annifeand Fennell iced tobe ta- 
ken in vinegre.and one Cyath of Honie. Aliniment made with Annife and bitter nuts, allaieth 
the greevous paines of the Gout. There be who are of opinion, Thatit hath afpeciall vertue and 
propertic to refift the poyfon of the A fpis.Certain it is that itprovoketh urine, allaicth thirttand: 
theappetite to:drinke, yea ;andJollicireth tocarnallluft. Taken in wine, it gently putrech foortha 
kind fweat.Moreover,it keepeth:clothsand apparell from themoth. Generally, thefrefher and 
newer awaiesthat ivis,andtheblacker tharit looketh,the moré effectuall ic isfound to be. How- 
beic,this one:difcommoditie ithath, That itisanenemie tothe ftomacke, unlefie haply ic bee 
peftered with ventofities. s1uc 2 ler tes 9 sis tot | ay 
pe cioiler esciaibsitt stod osact $Atol doo Qapawl |x Wan now) 
eS Of Dilt:of Sacopeninm aad Sagspenum.Of Poppie both white and blacke.The manner 
ees of gathering and drawme juice out of hearbs. Alle of Opinm, 
\y lil alfo hath a propertieto diffolve ventofities,to breake wind and caufe rifting :alfo to.af 
gy {uageany wrings ortorments of thebellie,and yet it ftaieth the ux. i he roots beeing se- 
~~. duced into a liniment with water orwihe,teftraineth the flux of watering eies.A pertume 
made of the feed.as)it boilech, receivedup into the nofthrils, ftaieth the yex. Taken as a drinke in 
water,it concocteth crudities, and appeafeth the: paine of windinefle proceeding from thence, 
The afhes of itburned, raife up the V vulain.the throat that is fallen, Howbeir,Dill dimmeth the 
evefight,and dulleth the vigor of genitalbfeed. 8). ri 
As for our Sacopeniumn herein Iralie,itdiffereth altogether from that which groweth beyond 
fea.For the outlandith kind,refembling gum Ammoniacke,is called Sagapen.Good itis for the 
plurifie and paine of the breaft, Convulfionsor Spafines,andold fettled Coughs; for thofe that 
reach up filthie androtten matter; forthe tumers of the Midriffe and precordial parts. It cureth 
the {wimming and giddineffe of the head;the fhaking andtrembling of the joints, the cramp or 
convulfion that draweth the necke backward, the great {welled fpleenes,the paine of the bones, 
and all fhaking and quivering colds.A perfume made therewith in vinegre,ifa woman {meli un- 
to,ithelpeth the Mother that isready to ftop herwind, As forthe other accidents, it is both gi- 
ven in drinke,and alfo rubbed into greeved parts with oyle. [tis thoughtto bee foveraigne allo 
againft poyfoned drinkes given by Witches and Sorcerers. Pace 
Touching garden Poppie and the feverall kinds thereof] have written already : butbefides 
them there be other forts alfo of the wild,whereof I promifed totreat. Meane while, the heads 
of the forefaid garden white Poppie,if they be brufed whole as they grow with feed and all, and 
fo drunke in wine,doe procure fleepe.The feed of it {elfe alone curethi the Leprofie Diagoras gi 
veth connfellto cut the {tem or ftalke of the blacke Poppie when itbeginneth to {trout and {well 
toward the flouring time, out of which there will iffue a. ccrtaine juice called Opium: but Jol/as 
advifeth to make thatincifton when it hath bloumed,and to chufe a faire cleate day for it,& that 
houre of the day when as the deaw thereon is dried up. Now would they have them tobe cutun- 
detthe head before the bloume; but in the very head, after ithath done flouring: andverely,ther 
isno other kind of nearbe wherein the headiscut,but this onely. The faid juice of this hearbe as 
well as of allotheris receivedin wooll: or elfeif it run/but in {mall quantitie, they gather it with 
thechumbe naile, asthe manner isin LeGtuces: but the morrowafter theincifion, fomuchthe 
more vigilant they muft be to fave and gather that which is dried. And jn very deed the juice of 
Poppic commonly runneth out in grearabundance,and gathereth into a thicknefle: which af- 
terward is ftamped and reduced into little trofches, and dried inthe fhade , Which juice thus 
; } drawne 
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