122 The two and twentieth Booke age r 
(by his faying) the worms in the belly. Applied i alinimenttothe bate and naked places of the G 
head,itcaufeth thekaire to growagaine, and bringeth all tothe former beautie. Mianydoeufe 
tomakea cataplafme of Nettle-feed and old oile; or els {tape the leaves togither with Beares 
greafe,for the paine of the gout: and verely for that purpofe,asalfo forthe fplene, therootpous 
ned with vinegre,is no leffe eftetuall. Beeing boiledin wine, itdifcufleth.and driveth downe ri- — 
fings in the groine,and fuch likeemundtories,{oit be laid too with old hogs greafefalted. Burthe 
fame root dric, is a verie depilatorie,and fetcheth haire off. Phanias(the naturall philofopherand 
phyfician) in afeverall treatife which he madeinthe praife of Nettles, profeffeth, Tharhe know. 
ethnot the like remedie to the Nettle, boiled firftand then condite, for the windpipe,the cough, 
the diftiJlation and flux of the belly, the ftomacke,the bilesand botches in theemun@ories, the 
| {welling and enflamed kernels behind the eares, and kibed heels, The famewith oile, procureth H 
| fweat : and foddenwith mufcles,and {uch like thell-fithes, itmooveth to the ftoole: with ptifane 
| or barley broth,it purgeth the breaft, and fendeth downe womens tearms: applied with fale, it 
reftraineth ulcers that be corrofiveand apt to run and {pread farther. The juice alfo of the Net- 
tle, ferveth to many ufes; for being prefled forth and laid asa linimient to the forehead ima fron- 
tall,it {tancheth bleeding at the nofe. The fame taken in drinke, provoketh urine, and breakerh 
the {tone :burif one gargle with it, it ftaieth the Vvula from falling. As for the feed, it ought to 
be gathered in harvelt ume :and that which is brought from Alexandria, is efteemed beft . For 
all the particular difeafes above rehearfed, the kinder and gentler Nettles alfo, even thofe that 
be young and tender,areknowne to be of good operation; butprincipally that wildkindbefore- 
faid: and this propertie moreover it hath, Torid away the leprofie out of the face, if itbe taken — J 
in wine. Finally, if a foure-footed beaft will not abide tobe covered or ferved with the male of 
that kind, an ordinarie practife itis, torub thegmature or fhap with a Netele, for that will make 
her ftandto the fellow. ‘ 
Cuap, X1111, / 
eg Of Laminm,and the medicinable vertues thereof. hag te 
, Stouching that dead Nettle, which among the otherkinds wee named before Lamium, 
A: Archangell, it is the mildeft of all others and moft tractable, for the leaves bite not nor : 
fting atall. The fame, if it be applied with fomecorns of falt,to contufionsandbruifes,to K 
deepe burns, the Kings evill, fwellings ,gouts,and wounds, cureth them all. The white that it hath 
in the mids of the leafe,is fingular for S. Anthonies fire, the fhingles, andfuch like. Some there - 
be of our Latine writers,who treating of Nettles, have couched them in their ranks refpectively 
to thetime,faying, That the rootof a Nettle which commeth in the Autumne, cureth the ter- 
tian ague ; butitmuft be tied faft to the Patient! andthefe ceremonies are to be obferved alfo in 
the taking it foorth of the ground, That the partie be named for whome it is gathered ; the fever 
alfo, Of what cype orkind it is; yea and who be the parents of the ficke perfon; and then hee or 
{hee thall be furetobe delivered of that difeafe. Thefaid root,with the fame circumftances,is of 
the like operation to drive away the quartan aguealfo. The felfefame authors doe affirme moreo- 
ver, Thatthe root of a Nettle beeing applied with falt, draweth foorth all thorns and fhiversthat 
 ficke within the flefh. Alfo,that a catraplafme of the leaves and hogs greafe incorporattogither, 
doth refolve the {crophules or {welling kernels called the Kings evill: or if they are come to fup- 
puration, eateth and worketh them forth,and doth incarnatand fill up the place againe, 
—_—- 
Cuar, Xv. 
e& Of the hearb Scorpius : the fandrie kinds thereof, and the medicinable properties. 
Here isan hearbe called* Scorpius, which tooke that name of the tefemblance that the 
head hath toa fcorpionstailey Few leaves it beareth 5 but (according to the name) itis 
°~* good againftthe fting of fcorpions, Another hearbe there is of the fame appellation, and 
of like effect to the other; bur it fheweth no Jeaves at all :the ftalke is {mooth, and refembleth | 
gatden Sperage :in the top or head whereof, there isa pricke to be feenelikeafting,which gave _ 
‘occafion of the forefaid name. | ial “at sig | a 
ii tobi } MUP hse HAP, 
* Scorpidcides, 
