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be applied.asa cataplafme with wines iv afluageth altumors,andbringeth dowhefnellings slit G 
ftaicth alfo the impecuous and violent flux of anyhumonrs wdpkiceseadicrobreedanimpoz 
ftumation.But if the fame be applied with vinegresittaketh away wertsand hard callofitics: leas, 
good for the Sciaticaand other gouts;for diflocations and lims ouvof joint,being beaten unto 
pouder,and beftrewed upona quilt of wooll moiftned and bathed with oilejand folaid untothe 
place in manner of afomentation.A potion alfo thereof is ufually given in cafe of the Gout, to 
wit,the weight of three Obols,in as many cyathsof vinegre and honey. Alfo when the ftomack 
rifeth again{t meat and refufech it, a drage or pouder of it with faltjbringeth the appetite again. 
The day Lillie Hemerocalles, hath leaves of a pale and wannith greene colour, otherwile foft 
and gentle: the root is bulbous or Onion like,and odoriferous :which if it bee laid to the bellie 
in manner of acataplafme,doth evacvat waterie htumors,yea,andthicke bloudtharlieth clutte 
red within the bodieireadie to doa mifcheefe. The leaves make an ¢xcellentlinimentto anoint | 
_theeyes dnd the parts aboutit,as adefenfative againft the rheume falling thither with violence;, . 
_,asalfotobe applied unto the paps and breaftsof women, whichake and arepainedprefently = 
after child-birth. 0) nei 20d Saavik seeks How daily | 19¥093 Aa 
“ca /~*” Hclenium,an hearbe which {prang firft from the teares of ladie#elena,as I have alreadie thes 
wed,is thought to have afpeciall vertue to preferve beautie,and to maintaine the skin fait, pure; 
and delicat, as well inthe face of women, as in other parts of their bodice. Moreover,a deep opis 
nion there isof this hearbe that whofaever ufeitfhall proove amiable and gracioussthey fhallL 
*~ fay,win love and favour wherefcever they come, Alfothereis attributed and prefcribed to this 
hearbe,if ic be takenin.wine,a mightic operationco precure mirth and make the heart merie:and, ~ 
itisthought to be aseffectuall thae way,as was that noble drinke Nepenthes(fohighlycommen- I 
ded in Homer){ocalled,for chatit puts away all heavinefle,forrow,and melancholie.And in faithl 
*So isnot In. the juiceof Helenium is *paffing {weet and pleafant. Theroot of Helenivm taken in water upon 
laorourEle- an emptie tomacke when aman isfafting is very good for them thatare ftreightwinded,& can- 
cpmpane i" nottake their breath but upright. Nowis this root white within and “fweet alfoas és the hearbe, 
itis not Hele- The fameiis given to drinke in wine againft the fting of ferpents. To conclude,being beaten into 
nium here “or pouder,itis faid fortokill Mice. ! , 
miftakein this © Astouching Abrotonum,] find that there be two kinds of it. Theone of the plaines,which I 
place.asin ma take co bethe male stheorher of the mountaines,which I would haveto goe for the female.Nei- 
pours: 4, ther of them both there is,but it is as bitter as Wormewood.The beftisthatwhich groweth in 
not wich ours, Sicilie: next to which,that of Galatia ismoftefteemed, The leavesare much ufed,butthe feed K 
much more,for to heat and chaufe any part of the bodie. And thereforeit is g00d and comfor- 
table for the finews: it cureth the cough: it procureth them libertie of breath, who cannot ferch 
their wind lymg or leaning with their heads: it helpeth the crampe: it doth confolidat ruptures: 
it eafeth the pain of the lo:nes,and maketh free paflagefor urine. The right manner ofthedeco- 4 
ction as well of the oneas the other,is to feeth them in bunches ot bundies like handfuls,untill a 
third part of thewater bee confumed; and foure cyaths is an ordinarie dranght of this decoction. 
The feed alfo being beaten into pouder,is given to the weight of a dram in water, for adrink.And 
indeed fo taken, it comforteth the matrice and the naturall parts of women, Apoulteflemadeof _ 
it and Barley meale, applicd unto dull and broad {wellings which gather not quicklytoan head, 
doth ripen them apace and bring them to fuppuration. Alfo being reduced into aliniment with 
2 quince rofted or baked, it cureth the inflammation of the cyes,if they be annointed therwith 5 
it hath a vertue to drive away ferpents ; and in cafe one hee ftung with them alreadie,icexpelleth 
the poyfon, taken inwardly in drinkes or laid too outwardly in forme of an ointment, draweth it 
forth, But moft effectually is the power thereof feene, in thofe poyfoned and venomous ftings 
which canfe the bodie to fhake,chill,and quake for cold; as namely,thofe of fcorpions,& the fpi- 
ders called Phalangia.Moreover,good it is alfo for other poyfons, if it be taken in drinke: and fo 
ithelpeth thofe that bee furprifed with any extreamecold howfoever. This propertic likewife it 
hath,to draw forth of the bodie all fpils or any thing els that fticketh within the fame. Itdriveth _ 
out of the bodie the wormes engendred in the guts, Finally, it is faid,that ifa braunchthereofbe pq 
Jaid under the pillow where folke lieth in bed, it will put them in mind of wantonneffe,and prose 
vokethein to luft: and again{t all charmes enchantments,& witchcrafts,which coolethe heat of 
@ , thefleth, and difable or bindany perfon from the act of generation, it is the moft powerfull hearb- 
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