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Mufeus and Hefiodus the Poets have a great opinion of Polium: for they give counfell to all G 
thofe that would come to preferment & promotion, for to be annointedall overwithaliniment 
thereof: fuchalfoas be defirous of renowme and glorie, tobe ever handeling of it,to ferit allo, 
and maintaine it in their gardens, True itis, that folke doe carie Polium about them ordinarily, 
or lay it under theit beds for to chafe away ferpents.Phyficians doe feeth ireither newand green, 
or drie, in wine and thereof make a liniment : or els they give itto drink in vinegre,to thofe that 
be pained with the jaundife;yea, and to fuch as be newly fallen into the dropfie,they give coun- 
fell to drinke the deco€tion thereof, being fodden in wine.And of it fo prepared,they makea li- 
‘ nimentforto be applied unto greene wounds,Moreover, this hearbe is very good to fend out the 
after-burden in women newly brought to bed, and to expell the dead infantourof the mothers 
woide. And otherwife ic ferveth very wellto mitigate any paines of the bodieltdothpurgeagd H 
evacuat the bladder: and ina liniment appliedto the eyes,reftraineth their exceflive watering, . 
I know notany other hearbe better to goe with other ingredients into antidots or conntrepoy- 
As namely iz fons(naimed of the Greckes Alexiphamaca)than this. Howbeit, fome denieall this,and are of 
ofcorides. opinion thatitis hurtfull to the ftomacke, thatthe drinking of it ftuffeth the head, and caufeth 
women to fall into labour before theirtime. They fay alfo,that this ceremonie would be precifely 
oblerved, Thatin the very place where this plant is found, fo fooneas ever it is gathered it fhould 
be hanged prefently aboutthe neck of the partie,with a foeciall care that ic touch notthe ground 
| ficft,and then isit an excellent remedie for the cataract in the eye. And thefe authours defcribe 
this hearbe to haveleaves liketo Thyme, butthat they bee fofter and covered over with a more 
hoarie and woollie downe.Being taken with wild Rue in raine water,fo that it bee beaten before J 
into pouder,it doth mitigat(by report)the deadly paines caufed by the fting of the Afpis, it bin- 
deth and draweth up a wound, it keepeth corrofive fores from feftering and going farther,as well 
as the flowers of the Pomegranat. 2 
The hearb Holochryfos if it be taken in wine,helpeth the ftrangurie,and {uch as cannot pifle 
but by drops.Anda lintment thereof is paffing good to reprefie the flux of humors to the cies, 
If it bee incorporat with Tartar or wine leesburnt into afhes, and drie Barley groats ; itmun- 
difieth the skin,and riddeth away ring-wormes,tettars,and fuch like wild fires. 
Astor Chiylocome, the root of itis hote,and yetaftringent.Itis given to drinke forthe die 
feafes of the liverand thelights, And being fodden in honied water, it affuageth the painesin- 
cident to the matrice.It provoketh womens monthly purgation : and being given in drinkraw, K 
it purgerh watere humors gathered in the dropfie. : 
touching Baulme,whici the Greckcs call Melittis or Meliffophyllon:if Bee-hives be rubbed 
all over and belmeared with the juice thereof, the Bees will never away; for there isnot a flower 
whereof they bee more defirous and faine, than of it: and in truth, lookein what garden there 
growerh abundance of this hearbe,the Bees there when they {warme,will bee fooneintreated to. 
tari¢,and not be haftice to wander far abroad. The fame is a moft prefentremedy not only againft 
Ps , their ftings,but alfo ot welpes,fpiders,and {corpions. And being tempered witha little nitre,it is 
‘ae fingular again{t the *ftrangulation of the mother. Taken it wine it pacifieth the wrings and tor- 
i. Muthzomes: ments of the bellic, The leaves thereof being fodden with falr,and brought into an ointment,are 
whereof there finpular good for to be applied unto the fcrophules or {welling kernils called the Kingsevill:and TL 
be daungerous likewile to the accidents of the feat and fundament, as the fwelling hemoithoidsor piles, The 
for futfocation. juice taken in drink,bringeth womento their ordinary monthly courfes:it difeufleth ventofities, 
aad teen and healeth ulcers; itallaicth the paines of any gouts, andcureth the biting of mad dogs: it is 
read it winger, GOOd for the bloudie ix thachath run ona long time: asaliothofe fluxes which proceed from 
aa accordin3- the jmbecillitie of the ftomacke: it helpeth them that bee ftreight inthe cheft,andcannot take 
y hath tranfla- Keg : ? : ane OE ee 
Rave: their wind but bole upright: iemundifieth alfo the ulcers within the breaft. To conclude,ic is faid 
tobea fingular remedie & none like unto it,forto difpatch the webs in the eye,if they be annoin- 
ted with the juice thereof and honey tempered together. | ai? 
Melilote alfo is thought to be good for the eyes, if it bee applied with milke or line feed, It af- 
fuageth alfo the paine of the jawes and head, if itbe laid roo with oile of Rofes :likewife itdooth M 
mitigat che paine in the eares, if it be inftilled or dropped into them with wine cuit . Moreover, 
the tumors and breakiag out of the handsit helpeth. Being boiled in wine,orftamped greene, it 
eafeth the greefe of tiie ftamacke. ‘The fame efteétit hath in the paine of the matrice, butif the 
cods be amifle, it the Longaon or tuill be fallen, and beare out of the bodie ; or if that partbee 
affected 
