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Woman fup offafinall draught (thougbtitwere no more bit halfe a cyath) every day of the juice G 
of any mallow, it skills not which, he fhall be free from all. difeafes undlivein perfit health. True 
itis tha if they be putrified and refolved in chamber-lye,they will heale all the feurfe & running 
{calls in the head:but if they be tempered with hony,a collution made therofcureth the cankers 
ofthe mouth: and a lavaturereprefleth all tettars,ringworms; & any fuchwild fire running upon 
the skin. A decoction ofthe root,eleanfeth the head ofdandruffe,if it be wafhedtherewith;and 
fetteth the teeth faft that were loofe. Take the root ofthat Mallow which rifeth up with oneonly 
ftem, pricke the gumbs therwith about the tooth painedsdoe this (1 fay) untill theach be gone. — 
Thefame root reduced into a'liniment, with the fafting {pittle of man orwoman,andapplyed _ 
accordingly ;refolveth the Kings evill,difpatcheth the {welling kernels behind the ears 5 and dif- 
cuficth biles and puthes, without any breaking of the skinor making ulcer. The feed of mal- H 
lowesif itbe taken in thicke wine, delivereth the Patient from phlegmaticke humors, from the 
rheume, and the heaving of the ftomacke making offer to caf{tand cannot. The root wrapped — 
faft.and tied withinalocke of blackewooll, preventeth the evill accidents that may befall unto 
womens breafts: The fame fodden in milk & taken after a fgppling fort (inmanner of a fupping) 
for five daies togither,cureth the cough. And yet Sextius Niger faith, they be hurtfullto the fto- 
*Awoman = macke: And *o/ympias of Thebes afficmeth, That if women ufe it with goofe greafe, they fhall 
2 ea not goe their fulltime with child. Others doe write, Thatif women take an handfull of Mallow 
fick,or at leat. leaves in oile and wine, they {hall bee throughly purgedin their due times, This is knowne for a @ 
ee pews truth and refolved by all that write or make profeffion of Phyficke , Thatawoman in labour, if 
ne ~  fheefit upon Mallows {trewed under her ftoole, fhall bee delivered with greater {peedandexpe- J 
dition: butthen mutt they bee taken away prefently after that fhee is laid, for feare that the very 
matrice followafter the child. An ordinary praétife itis of fage and difcreet midwives, To give 
unto women in travaile fafting,a {mall pint of the juice of Mallows fodden in wine: & yet thofe 
shat cannotcontaine but fhed their naturallfeed,are enjoyned to take Mallow feed bruied,and 
fo to bind ittotheir arme, Moreover,fo good and favourable naturally be Mallows to the game 
of love, asif they grew for nothing els: infomuch as Bemocrates doth affirme, That if the feed 
of that Mallowwhich runneth up in one ftalke, bee reduced into powder and ftrewed vpon that 
partof a woiman which Nature hath hidden,fheewill beefo wood after the companie of aman, 
as the will never be fatisfied nor contented with embracing. The like effec (faith hee) there will 
enfue, if three roots thereot bee bound neareto the place of nature. Alfo, that a decoction of -K , 
Miallows minifired by way of clyfter, isa fiogalar injection to cure the bloudie flix, or exulcera- 
tion of the gutss as alfo tic extraordinarie and bootleffe defire to the feege. In like manner, a 
fomentation thereof is very goad for other accidents befalling to the feat ortuill, The juice of 
Mallows is given warme,the quantitie of three cyaths, to melancholique perfons thatbee trou- 
bled in mind ; and of foure, to chofe that be ftarke mad indeed and befides themfelves. A whole 
hemina of the juice drawne and prefled from Mallows boiled, is given at one timeto thofe that 
be fubje&t to the falling ficknefle. The fame becing reduced into a liniment, isto good purpofe 
applyed warme unto thofe, who aré troubled with the ftoneand gravel, with wind cholique and 
ventofities, withthe cranpealfo or cricke that doth draw theirnecks backward, The leaves be- 
ing fodden in oyle,are laid wich good fucceffe in manner of a cataplafine,ypon the hot frecting L 
hamor called S. nthomes fire <alfo to places {corched,butnt, ot fealded:sbut for the accidents 
and Symptomes¢oncurrent with wounds, they bee ratherlaid raw with crumbs of bread. The 
juice of Mallows boiled, is comfortable to the finews, the bladder, and the fretting or grinding 
of the guts. Mallows being either eaten, or their decoction miniftred by way of inje@tion witha 
metrenchyte, mollifieth che faid rumors in the matrice. The juice of Malldws'well fodden, either 
taken indrinke or applyed. by way of fomentation, enlargeth the Vretere conduits, and giveth —— 
goodand eafie paflage for thetitine. The roor of Althzais more effectuall toall thefeinfirmities ~ 
and purpofes above-named, than.of any other Mallowsbut efpecially:in cafe of convulfions, 
crainps, and ruptures. If icbe fadden in water, it bindeth the belly. Boiled inwhite wine and ap- x 
plyedas.acatapla(me, it refolveth the fwelling kernels, commonly called the Kings evill;thofe M 
alforhatappeare behing theeares ; yea and che inflammations of the paps and breafts. As for 
thebules or mfiags called Pani,the leavesof Althza or the marifh Mallow foddenin wine and 
broughe to the forme of 2 liniment,doe difenfle and.rid away. Thefame,after they be dre, and 
fodden in mile, cure the coughs how tough and fhrewd foever it werey andthat moft ipelisilys 
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