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A» heads or cups wherein the feed lieth bend like unto alittle horne. The leaves ateleffe and flen- 
deter of this Poppié than of any other wild. The feed alfois{mall, ripe and readieto be gathered 
in corne harveft; which beeing taken in drinke, to the quantitie of halfe an Acerable in honied 
wine,worketh downewards and {coureth the bellie. The leaves being ftamped with oyle, and fo 
applied, healethe haw in horfe eyes. The root taken tothe quantitie ofan Acetable, and fodden 
in two fextars of honied wine, untill halfe bee confuumed,is given in drinke for theinfirmitics of 
the loines andliver. The leaves applied asa cataplafine with Honey,bealeth Carbuncles. Some: 
call this kind,Giaucium,others Paralium : for it groweth within the aire uf the fea,or els in fome. 
brackifh placeftanding much upon Nitre, aria i it dasietlssis 
Anorzherkiad of thefe wild Poppies is called of fome Heraclion, or of others, Aphron,with: 
B’ leaves refembling*Sparrowes, if a man looke a farre off, The root runneth veryebbe and fiper- *Ssrchis finiliz 
ficially under the greene ford,and the feed feemeth charged with a certaine froth of fome. Heres 2", * leer 
5 ; ; : : d j * Z like to Stru- 
with linnen cloths in Summer time ufeto bee bleached;and to get-a bright white'colour. This thiem.Wherin 
hearbe beaten in a morter to the quantitie of one Acetable,and taken in white wine,helpeth the: fi" foule- 
falling fickneffe: for it caufech the patientto vomit. Thiskind of Poppie isthe principal ingre- Gantativpee 
dient or Bafisto the confection named Diacodium or Artetiacum, [he compofition or making Jerem prefenran- 
whereof enfueth in this manner: Take of this Poppie heads,or of any other of the wild{fort,one eee 
hundred and twentie : letthem lie in foke or infufed two daies together in three fextares or halfe.Agniticth the 
agallon of water: and in the fame water boile them well. When this decoétion hath paffed ha" pe 
through a firainer cr jelly bag, feeth ita fecond time with Honie up tothe height or confiltence: ters weed) and 
C ofa Syrrup(thatis tofay,unuil halie be confumed away)over afoftand gentle fire.Hereuntothe the bird calicd 
modern Phyficians which came after,put too,of Sattron,of Hypocifthis, Frankincenfe Acacia, het eaters 
of each fix drams; and intheend, of groffe cuit of Candie one fextar. But this latter compofi- abfurditie, 
tion ferved onely fora fhewand vaine oftentation; forthe fimple and plaine making of itin old, ee 
time with Honie and Poppie,and no other addition befides,was as wholefome and profitable as ;sine the fame, 
this. But to come againe to our wild Poppies : there is a third kind thereof named Tithymalos, a: commerly 
(which fomecall Mecon,others Paralion)carying a {meoth leafe and a white, with a head of the: aaah tae 
bignefle of a Beane. The time of gathering thefe Poppies,is when the grape is in the floure: and loweth of 
thea the manner is to drie them inthe fhade. Thefeedif itbee taken in drinke, the quantitie of ‘ome 
c . . . - oie se . reein to mne 
halfe an Acetable in meade or honied wine,purgeth the bellie. But what Poppie foeveritbe,the fi retaid hearb 
D headeither greene and freh, or drie, if itbe applied as a linimentto the eies, repreffeth the flux ia fome fore, 
of waterifh humors falling tothem,and mitigatech their inflammations.l{f Opium bee given in 
pure wine fomewhatallaied,prefently after the Scorpion hath ftung,itis a countrepoyfon.How- 
beit,fome there bee who attribute this vertue onely to the blacke Poppie, namely,if either the 
heads or leavés bebrufed and reduced into pouder. 
Cuap, xx. 
e& Of the wild Purcellane or Peplinm.Of Coriander and Orach, 
Here is awild Purcellane alfo,which they call Peplium: more effeCtuall,though not much, 
| than the Garden Purcellane; for there be ftrong and wonderfull properties reported thers 
~~ of for fuundrie ufés.Firft itis holden for certaine,that this hearbe sf tt bee earen'as meat, dul- 
leth the poyfon of venomous arrowes,of Serpents alfo called* Hemorthoids and *Prefters:and go called for 
being laid to the hurt place,draw forth the faid poyfon. The juice alfo of this hearb prefled forth that they caufe 
and drunke in wine cnit,isa remedy for thofe that be poyfoned with Henbane.Now ifthe heatbi 4° 0! Plea. 
it {elfe isnot to bee gouen,the feed hath the like effect. Moreover, itis thought.to beefingular named Diyfa- 
good for the aquolities gathered within the bodie,and the difeafes caufed thereby,as Dropfies, ¢ ere 
&c.for the head-achsfor rnenmaticke ulcers alfo, if it be brufed and applied with wine. All other me ieee 
fores likewife it healeth,if itbe chewed and laid too with Honey. After the fame manner prepa- fire(as it were) 
red, itis good tobee applied to childrens heads for to temper the heat of the braing, asalfo ro 27137) 
F their navils when they beare out more than they fhould, For all vehement diftillations of wate- chirtt : where- 
rie humors into the eyes,as well of old folkeas {mall infants, itis counted fingular;for to bee ap- #Po? they 
plied to the forehead & temples,together with Barley groats: butif it be laid untothe very eyes, oe 
then would the fame be tempered with milke and honey. Nowif it chaunce that the cies bee rea- 
die to fall out of the head, the leaves ftamped with thethales of Beane cods,and:applied therto, 
is 
