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is an excellent remedie.A cataplafine made of it,with Barley groars,falt,and vinegre,cureth an-' G_ 
erie wheales and bjifters that breake outin the skin, Thefame beeing chewed raw;reprefleth the: 
cankers in the mouth, and the {melling of the gums :likewile, it afluageth the cooth-ach. The: 
juice of it being wellfodden,cureth the fores of the Amygdales, if the mouth and throat be wa= 
thed therewith. And fome put to this collution alittle pouder of the ftone Murta. And no meré 
vaile,for the very chewing onely thereof doth faften the teeth that be loofe in the head, It doth: 
mitigat the inconvenience of cruditie and indigettion, it ftrengthenerh the voice, and putterh 
by chirft. A cataplafine made therewith, having gall nutsand line feed among, of equall quanti-» 
tie,allaicth the paines and crickes in the nape or chine of the necke. Tempered with Honey and’ 
white Pullers cley, itis fingular forthe accidents that befall to womens breafts. ‘The feed taken’ 
with Honey, is very holefome for {uch as be fhort winded, Eaten in fallades, it ftrengtheneth the H 
ftomack,Ifit be laid as a catapla{m (to the bellieand Hypochondriall region jit allaicth the heae 
of ardent and burning fevers: yea,and in other cafes the very chewing of itcooleththe heat of 
the guts and enrrails, It {taieth vomits, eaten in vinegre: or taken in drinke with Cumin, it is 
good for the blondie flix and other inward impoftumes and filthie fores.Beeing firlt fodden and 
then eaten, ic isfingular for thofe that ftraine hardupon the ftoole, and notwithftanding many 
provocations and profers,deliver nothing. And whether it be taken in meat or drinke,iris a fove- 
raigne thing forthe falling ficknefle. For a fhife or immoderat courfe of womens tearmes, it is 
given with greatfuccefle,the quantitie of one Acetable meafure in wine cuit. A liniment made 
with it and {alt,is good for the hote gout and S, dathenies fice. The juiceif it be drunken,helpech 
the reines and the bladder.Ie expelleth wormes and fuch like vermine out of the bellie. A good J 
mitigative,itis of paine,if it be applied as a cataplafme to wounds with oile and Barley groats.It: 
mollifieth the ftiffeneffe and hardneffe of the finewes. etrodorus in his booke entituled the *A- 
bridgement or Breviarie of thofe roots thatare to becutup or gathered ; gave counfell to give 
this hearbeto women, newly laid upon child birth, forthe immoderateand exceflive purgation 
that many times followeth them. It cooleth the heat of luft,and repreffeth dreames of wanton- 
nefle know my felfe a grand fignior in Spaine, father unto a great perfonage, and one who had 
been advaunced tothe dignitie of a Pretour,who caried ever about him a root of this Peplium 
hanging at his necke by a lace or final] thred, and that for theintollerable paines of the Vvula, — 
whereto he was fubje€t ; and never would he leave itoff,but when he went into the ftove or bain : 
whereby he found {uch eafe,that hee was never troubled afterward with the faid difeafe.Moreo- K 
ver,{have read in fome writers, Thatif the head bee annointed or well rubbed therewith, a man 
fhall not fora year cogether find any inconvenience of a rheume diftilling from the brain. How- 
beit,itis thought thatthe ufe thereof will make the eyes dim, | 
Concerning Coriander, there is none found growing wild of it felfe without fowing by the 
hand. But certaineit issthat the very bef{ commeth out of Egypt :a{peciall and peculiar verte 
it hath againft onckind of ferpent or venomous worme, whichthey call Amphisbena[forthat 
it feemeth to have an head atboth ends} whether it bee inwardly taken in drinke, or outwardly 
applicd.It healeth alfo other wounds. It cureth the night-foes or chilblanes,the red angry pim- 
ples alfo,ifit bee but onely ftamped and laid too. There is not afwelling or apoftemation gathe- 
ring toan head, buta cataplafme made with it with Honey and Raifins, either refolveth them, L_ 
or quickly bringeth to maturation. If itbee no more but ftamped with vinegre, it eafeth the pu- 
{hes and biles that breed commonly in the ordinarieemun@tories, Three graines of Coriander — 
feed,fome prefcribeto be eaten before the accefle or fit ofa Tertian ague :or more than three to 
be rubbed upon the forehead,Others there are who thinke,thatto the fame effect they are tobe 
laid under the bolfter and pillow where the patient heth, before the Sunne rife and then fhall he 
befure to miffe his fit and be warifhed for that fever. Indeed,Coriander whiles it is greene, is of 
great force to coole the heat of agues. A cataplafme thereof made with Honey or Raifins,hea- 
Jeth ulcers alfo thatbe corrofiveandeat deep into the ficth, In like manner fo prepared, it isvery 
good forthe privie membres ; for burnes and {caldings,for carbuncles,and for the cares, With 
womans milke ithelpeth eyes that water contiiually. [he feed drunke in water, ftaieth the flux of M 
the bellic and guts:yea,and in cafe of thofe violent evacuations upwardand downward,tbrough 
the rage of chollericke humors,being taken in drinke with Rue,jiz fertlerh and knitteth the body 
againe.lf the {eed of it be drunke with fallet oyle and the juice of a Pomgranat,itchafeth foorth 
wormes out of che entrails, Xenccrares telleth a ftraungething,if irbe trye,namely, That if awo- 
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