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2& The medicinablevertues of Leucanthemum,and Sampfuchum i, Marjevom.] 
Eucanthemum mingled with two parts of vinegre,and fo given to drinke, is godd for thofe 
tharbe fhort winded. As for Sampfuchum or Amacacum, that of Cyprus 1s meft com- 
mended, and the {weeteft of all other: this hearb brought into a liniment, and applied with 
vinegre and falt,is good againit the venome of Scorpions, Moreover, ifitbe put up intothe na- 
tural] partsof a woman in forme of a peflaize, ithelpeth much to bring downe their monethly 
courfes: for if it be taken in drinke, it is not fo effleQuall, Applied as a liniment, after it is incor- 
porat with barley groats,it reftraineth the flux of humors to the eyes, The juice thereof when it 
is fodden, difcufleth and diffolveth the ventofities that moove pangs and wringsinthebelly. A 
good medicine it is to provoke urine, and by confequence, for thofe that be tn a dropfic. Mar- 
joram dried, mooveth fneezing. Thereof ismade an artificiall oile, called. Sampfuchinum or 
Amaracinum, fingular for to heatthe finewes, arid to mollifie theit ftiffeneffe and hardnefie: as 
alfo by the heat thereof to comfort the matrice. The leaves applied with honey, fervevery well 
toreducethe blacke and blew marks occafioned by ftripes or bruifes, to their naturall and lively 
colour:and brought into a cerot with wax,it is good for diflocations of joynts. 
Cuap, xxiii 
Oe The vertues and properties of Anemone or Windfloure,requs/it in Phyficke. 
)& P Eehavedifcourfed of Anemone and thofe kinds thereof, which go, to the making of 
VV chaplets and garlands : itremaineth nowtherefore to fpeake of thofe which ferve for 
good ufe in Phyficke. But firft as touching Anemone in generall: fome there be who 
_ call it Phenion 5 and two principall kinds there be of it: The firft groweth wild in the woods : the 
fecond commeth in places well tilled and ia gardens; but both the oneand the other love fandie 
grounds, Asforthislaterkind, itisfubdivided into many {peciall forts: for fome have a deepe 
red fcarlet fopre; and indeed fuch are found in greateftplentie: others beare a purple floure: and 
there be againewhich are white, The leaves of all thefe three belike unto Parfley. None of them Hereupon a. 
ordinarily growin heigthabove halfe a foot; andin the head of their temme,they (hoot forth nemoneis 
{proutsin manner of the tendrils of Afparagus, The floure hath this propertie, Neverto open Seer 
but when the wind doth blow; wherupon ittooke the name * Anemone in Greeke, Bur the wild * Spin 
Ancmonce is greater and taller ; the leaves alfo are largeryand the flours are of ared colour.Ma- 4 mae 
ny writers, becing carried away with an error,thinke this Anemone and Argemoneto be both wiGeanee . 
one zothers coniound it with chat wild Poppie which we named Rhceas: but there isa great dife Recilins called 
ference betweene them, for thar both thefe hearbs doe floure ater Anemone: neither doe the yea 
Anemone yeeld thelike juice from them, as doth cither Argemone or Riiceas before-named: wind-flovre 
they have not alfo fuch cups and heads in theton, but onely a certaine mufculofitic atthe ends more pre- 
and tips of thei braunches, much like tothe tender buds ot Afparagus. | DTI 
All the forts of Anemone or Wind-flouie, bee good for the head-ach and inflammations 
thereof; comfortable to the mattice ofwomen,and encreafeth their milke.Being taken inward- 
Jyin a Prifane or bailey gruell, or appliedoutwardly asa cataplaime with wooll, this hearbe pro- 
voketh their monthly tearms. The root chewed in the mouth, purgeth tlic head of fleatne, and 
eureth the infirmities of the tceth. The fame being fodden; and laidto theeyes asa cataplafme, 
repreffeth the vehement flux of waterie humours thither, The Magiciatisand Wile men, attri- 
bute much tothefe hearbs, and tell many wonders of themmg namely, That aman fhould gather 
the firft chat he feethin any yeere, and in the gathering to fay thele words, IP gather thee for a re. 
wmedie againft tertisn and quartan agues: which done, the partie muftlap and bind faft ina red. 
cloth the faid foure,and fo keepe it in afhadieplace and when need requireth,to take the fame, 
and either hang it abourthenecke,or tic it tothe arme or fome other place. The root of that 
‘Anemone which beareth the red floure, if irbe bruifed and laid upon any living creature what- 
foever, raifeth a blifter, by that cautticke and corrofive vertue which it hathsand therefore it is 
ufed to niuadifie and cleanfe filthie ulcers. : | pas 
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