* He meaneth 
y Cautcnum 
HATA PASTS, 
medicamente 
pareeoulnesTiXey, 
OF Later e9 Foln- 
ano, which 
draweth hue 
tmors andihe 
bloud tothe 
habfé and out- 
ward parts:a 
neceffarie 
courfe to be 
rakenin Atro- 
phia,senamely 
afterlong dif: 
eafes, thatthe 
bodie may be 
equally nou- 
tifhed, 
The twoand twentieth Rooke 
for the black and blew marks remaining after {tripes: butif the fame with fome addition ofwax, G | 
be reduced into a cerot, ithealeth the Kings evill. The piles or werts growingin the fundement, 
with a fuffumigation of Silphium oftentimes ufed, will fall off. i 
_ Asfor the liquor Lafer, ifluing from Silphium,(in that manner as 1 have fhewed) it is holden 
for one of the moft fingular gifts that Nature hath bettowed upon the world, and entreth into 
many excellent confections and compofitions. Of itfelfe alone, it reduceth thofe to their natu- 
rall health, who are {torven and benummed with extreame cold. Takenin drinke, itallaieth the 
accidents and griefes of the nerves. Itis both given to women in wine, and applied alfo in foft 
Jocks of wooll to their naturall parts, for to bring downe their menftruall purgation.Ifitbe mix- 
ed and incorporat with wax, it draweth and fetcheth out by the roots, the agnels or corns in the 
feet, if fo be they be fcarified round about before with the launcer. Being diflolved in fomeconve- H 
nient liquor and taken to the quantitie of acich peafe, it provokethurine. Andreas the Phyfician 
doth affure and warrant us, That if it be taken in greater quantitie , itbreedethno windineffe in 
the ftomacke, but helpeth digeftion mightily both in women and alfo in old men: Who faith 
moreover, that icis better and more holefome in winter than in fummer, and for thofe efpeci- 
ally who drinke nothing els but water: onely they mutt looke to this and take heed, that there be 
no exulceration within their bodie. A great reftorative it is with meat, and quickly fetteth them 
on foot, who have lien long and been brought low by ficknefle : for Lafer, if it be applied in due 
time, isas good as a potential] * cauterie to raife a blifter: but better it isfor them whoare ac- 
quainted with tr,thaifor thofe who havenot ben ufedto it. Outwardly applied, no man maketh 
doubt bucit is of fingular operation, and worketh many effe@ts. Taken in drinke, it doth extin- 
guifhthe venome left in the bodie, either by poifoned darr,or ferpents {ting : and if the wounds 
bee anaointed with the fame,diffolved in water, itis the better : but particularly for the pricks of 
{corpions, it would be applyed with oile, Alfo in cafe that ulcers will not grow to any maturation, 
nor yeeld from them concoéted matter ; a pulteffe made of Lafer, togither with barley flowre or 
figs, is a fingular digeftive. Being laid too with Rue,or hony, or by it felfe alone(fothat the place 
be annointed over it with {ome vifcous gum to keepe it too thatit run not off) it is excellent for 
the carbuncle,and the biting of dogs. Ifit be fodden in vinegre with the rind orpill of a pome- 
granat,icis pafling good for the excrefcences arifing about the tiwill, ifthe place be bathed with 
that decodtion. Beeing incorporat with Sal-nitre, and well wrought withall beforehand, and fo 
applied, it caketh away the’ hard hornsand dead comsarifing in the fect, which commonly bee K 
calledin Latine Morticini. Tempered with wine and faffron or pepper, or if itbebur with mice 
dung and vinegre, it isa good incarnative in ulcers :and.an excellence drawer to the outward 
parts for to fill up the skin and make a bodie fat.A good fomentation there is mad@ofit & wine, 
for to bath kibed heels: for whichpurpofe, it is boiled in oyle and fo applyed. In like manner, it 
ferveth to foften hard callofities in any place whatfoever : and for the forefaid corns of the feet 
efpecially ifthey be {carrified'and {craped betore,itis of great efficacie. Singular itis agaiuft un- 
holefomewaters,peftilent tracts, and. contagious aires; as in times fufpected of infection, Sove+ 
raigne itis for the cough, the fall of the Vvula,and an old jaundife or overflowing ofthe gall: for 
the dropfic alfo & horteneffe of the throat ; for prefently it fcourerht the pipes, cleereth the voice 
againe,and maketh iraudible, Lf itbe infufed and diflolved in water and vinegre,andfoapplyed L : 
with a {punge,it afluageth the gout. Taken ina broth or thin fupping, it is good forthe pleure- 
fie,efpecially if che Patient purpofeto drinke wine after it. Being covered all over with wax to. the 
quantitie of one cich peafe, it is given very wellin cafe of contraGions and fhrinking-of finews, 
and namely to fuch as carrie their heads backward perforce, by occafion of fome crick or cramp. 
For the {quinance, itis good to gargarize therwith, Semblably it is given with leeks and vinegre, 
to thofe that wheaze intheir cheft, and be fhortwinded, &havehad an old/coughfticking long 
by them: likewife with vinegre alone;to fuch as have fupped off and drunke quailed'milke; which 
is cluttered within their ftomacke. Taken in wine, itis fingular for the faintings about the heart; 
asalfo for colliquations and fuclvas are faliieaway and far gone ina confumption, &thofe that 
betaken with the falling fickneffe: but in honyed water, it hath a {pectall operation refpective to 
the palfie, or refolution of the tongue. With fodden honey and Lafertogether, there ismadea 
liniment, very proper to annointthe region of the hucklebone,where the Sciatica is feateds and 
the {mall of the backe,co allay the paine of the loins. I would not give'counfell (as many writers 
doe prefcribe) forto pat itin the concavitie‘or hole of arotren tooth,and fo toftop up the ee 
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