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purpofes as the drie and old gathered, and therefore they would have awhole yeares drying be- 
fore they be ufed. The wall- flower being taken to the quantitie of halfea cyath in three cyaths of 
water, {tirreth womens fleurs, and draweth them downe. A liniment made with the root and vi- 
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negre together, doe mittigat and allay the paine of the {pleene : likewifeirafluageth the gour: 
and being tempered with Myrrheand Saffron, it is fingular for inflammations of the eyes, The 
leaves mixed with honey,cleanfe the head from skurfe and skall : reduced into acerot, it hea- 
lech up the chaps in the feat or Fundamentr, as alfoall {uch Fiflures in any moift place whatfoe- 
ver.And with vinegre they be good for all collections of humors and apoftemations. ee 
Bacchar alfo isan hearbe whereof there is good ufe in Phyficke. Some of ourcountreyme 
- havecalled it in Latine Perpenfa, It affourdesh a goodremedie againft Serpents: it qualifieth 
the exceffive heat of the head, allaieth the ach, and reftraineth the flux of humors downe into 
the eyes. A cataplafme is made therof for womens breafts {welling immediatly upon childbirth, 
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for to breake the kernell ; alfo for fiftulous ulcers beginning to breed between the corners of the 
eyes and the nofe;and S, Aathonies fire, The very odour thereof is a good inducement ro fleepeé. 
The root fodden and taken in drinke,is fingular for them that are troubled with crampes & con- 
vulfions ; that have fallen from on high ; that be drawne together with {pafmes; and finally, for 
fuch as labour for wind, Adeco@tion made of three or foure of the roots, boiled away to the 
thirds, is given with good fucceffe for an oldcough. And thisdrinke or Iuleb is very convenient 
for co purge women that havetravelled and beene delivered before their time. Ittaketh away _ 
the ftitcchesin the fide,cureth the pleurifie, and skoureth the {tone . Hereof be bagsand quilts _ 
made, and thofe if they bee laid in a Ward-robe amongft clothes and apparrel], caufeth them 
to {mell fweer, ciara 
As for Combretum (which I {aid was much like unto Bacchar) if itbebeaten to pouder, and 
tempered with Hogs greafe, it maketh a foveraigne falve that healeth wounds wonderfully. Afa- 
rum(by report)is an appropriat medicine for the liver, if an ounce of itbe taken inone hemine 
of honied wine. It purgeth the bellic as violently.as Ellebore.In cafe of the Dropficit is fingular; 
as alfo for the Midritte,precordiall parts, the Matrice, and thelanife. If itbee putinto new wine 
when it worketh,and fo tunned up, it maketh a fingular diureticke wine forto provoke urine: Ic 
mutt for this purpofe be digged out of the ground, when the leaves begin to putforth, Dried it 
olight to be in the fhade : although it be fubject to corruption,and mouldeth very foone.: 
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oS Of French Nard and Saffron, The medicinable vertues of Saffron,and the cake” 
or dregs thereof. Of Saliunca,Politm,pand Flower-de-lis, of Hole- 
chryfon ,Chryfocome,and Melilote, 
Or as much as fome have taken rufticke Nard to bethe root of Bacchar,and{fo named it : 
the which hath put me in mind of French Nard, and the promife which | made in my trea- 
tife of ftrange and forraine trees, to put off no longer than this place for to fpeake of it,and 
the properties thereto belong. To acquit my felfe therefore, Iwill here ferdowne the vertues of — 
the faid Nard, as touching Phyficke, Firfttherefore, if two drams of French Nardbeetaken in 
wine, itisfingular againft the {ting and biting of Serpents. Jtew If one drinkeit either in wine 
or water, it eaferh the paflions of the Collicke, proceeding fromthe inflammation of thegut — 
Colon Jn like fort it cureth the inflammation of the liverand the rgines ; the overflowing alfo of 
the galland the aundife therupon. Taken alont byit felfe or with Wormewood, itisa goodre- 
medic for the Dropfic.It repreffeth theimmoderat flux of womens flowers. 
As touching Setwall or Valerian which in the forefaid place we named Phu;the*root either 
beaten into pouder or fodden and fo given in drinke, is excellent for therifing of the Mother, 
which threateneth fuffocation; for the paines of thebreaft and plurefie, The fame provoketh the 
courfe of womens tearies,fo it be taken in wine, : b 
Satiron will not refolve nor be mixed well with honey or any {weet thing. Howbeit,in wine or 
water it will diflolve very foone and be incorporated therwith. A foveraignefpice this is,and fin- 
gular for many maladies. The beft way to keepe Saffron, iswithin abox ofhorne . It difcuffeth 
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verely allinflammations, but principally thofe of the eyes, if together with anegg it bee ap- 
plied in forme of aliniment, Excellent itis forthe fiffocation of the matrice,the exulcerations 
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