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A_ uponthebodie, and then afterward wathed off with cold water. The wild Rofe *leaves reduced ies rather the 
into a liniment with Beares greafe,doth wonderfully make haire to grow again,where(through ¢f. ee atowe 
fome difeafe)it is fallen away. | ing uponthe 
Lillie roots through theig fingular vertues and operations many waies,have enobled their own terre pies 
flowers.For firft and formoft,if they betaken in wine,they bee countrepoyfons againft the ting (he 
of Serpents,and the venome of Mufhromes. Sodden in wine,and applied in manner of 4 cata- 
plafme,and fo bound to the feet, they mollifie and refolve the cornes: but this muft not bee tn- 
done and removed in three daies.Boiled with greafe or oile,they caufe hair tocome again even 
in places that were burnt. If Lillie roots bee drunke in honied wine,they docevacuat downeward 
atthe feége with other ordure,the cluttered, bruifed and hurcfull bloud within the bodie. Over 
B and befides,inthis manner they helpe the fpleene, them that are barften and bruifed, and with- 
' all,bring downe womens tearmes orderly. But if they be fodden in wine, and fo laid too in forme 
+ of acataplafine, they knit and heale finewes that were cut afunder. They rectifie running tetrars 
and lepries: they fcoure away dandruffe and pilling skales in the face,they make the skin fmooth 
and take away rivels and wrinckles. The leaves of Lillies boiled in vinegre, are good to be laid to 
greene wounds: reduced into acataplafme with Hony, Henbane,and Wheat meale,incorporat 
and united allrogether, and fo appliedto the cods,they repreffle the fuxof humours falling to 
thofe parts. The eed made into a liniment,allaieth the heat of S. Avthonies fire. And in the fame 
fort,the flower and leaves applied, doe heale old fores. As touching the juice, which is expref- 
fed forth of the flowers, of fome it is called Mel, (7, Honey; Jof others Syrium: fingular good for 
C to foften and mollific the Matrice, for to procure {weat, and to ripen impoftumes tending unto 
 fuppuration, ie 
‘hod for Daffodils, there be two kinds of them admitted by the Phyficians for to bee ufed in 
médicine : the one witha purple flower ;the other of ayrafle greene. This latyer Daffodill is ad- 
verfe and hurtfullto the ftomacke,and therefore caufeth it to overturneand vomit: it ferret the 
bellieaffo into'a flux :contraricitis to the finewes,and ftuffeth the head: for the whictrnarcotike 
qualitie of ftupifying & benumming the fences, it cooke che name in Greek Narciffus, of Narce; 
which berokeneth nummedneffe or dulnefie of fence,and not of the yourig boy Narci//w asthe 
Poets doe faine and fable . The roots as well of the one as the other Daffodill, have a'pleafant 
taft(as ir were) of honied wine : the fame is good for burnes, applied unto the place witha little 
D honey :and fo ithelpeth diflocations and healeth wounds. Moreover, acataplafme made of it 
honey and oatmeale,doth refolve or ripen biles and great apoftemations : and in that fortit dra 
weth forth fpils fhivers,arrow heads,and thornes,and whatfoever flicke within the bodie. Being 
ftamped and incorporat with Barley groats and oile, itcureth them that be brusfed and {mitten 
with a ftone.Mingled with meale,itcleanfeth wounds,it {coureth the skin ftom all fpots that dis- 
figure it,yea,and taketh away the blacke mosphew. Of this flower is made the oile Narciffinum, 
good tofupple and foftenall hard tumors,goodalfo to revive and heat again wharfoever is {tark 
and benummedwith extream cold: And aboveall,this flower is excellent forthe cares : howbeit 
itmaketh the head to ake. 1 
Of Violets,there befome wild and of the field: others domefticall, and growing in our gat- 
E dens.Thepurple Violets are refrigerative and doe coole.And therefore a yood liniment is made 
of themrobe applied unto an horftomacke,againft burning inflammations. A frontal likewife 
maybemadeor them to beelaid untothe forehead, Butapeculiar vertuethey have befides to 
ftaytherunningandwaterie eyes : asalfoto helpe the providence or falling downeboth of twill 
and: matrice, and to reduce themagaine into their places. Moreover, beeing applied to {wel- 
lings and impoftumations, theyrefolve the fame withoutany head orfuppuration. Guitlands 
beingmade of Violets and ferupon the head,refift the heavinefle of the head,and withttand the 
overturning of the brainés upon over-liberall drinking ; yea, the very {mell thereof will difcuffe’ 
fuch fumes and ‘vapours as wouldtroubleand difquiet the head. Violetsbeing drunk with water; 
doe curethe Squinancie. That which is purple in the flower of the Violets, helpeththe falling’ 
F evillinchildrenefpecially, if they drinke itwith water. Violet feed refifteth the poyfon of Scor- 
pioris-Contrariwife,the flower of thewhite Violet,to wit, the bulbous ftocke-Gillofre,is good to 
Breakeall-impoftumate {wellings whereas March Violets did refolve them. Butas well the white 
Violees'as the yellow wall-flowers are fingular good to extenuate the groflebloud of womens 
teatmes,and to move urine. Violets if they be freth and new gotten,are not fo effectual for thefe 
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