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“ointments, by means of the grape verysice, the vine floure O¢munthes andl damely the wild vine Maffie 
isin Africke (according as have difcourfed ‘tore at targe heretofore:ybath therefore befowed upon 
wines thofemedicinable vertuesin greatelt meafure’, and withalluféd thee remonftrancesunto men in 
this manner :Callto mind (quoth flee) how many benefits and pleafures thom-receiveft at my hands 
Whois it but 1, thathave brought foorth wine; that fweet juice of the grape? Who butlyhave given 
thee Oile, that daintie liquor of the Olive? from me, come Dates and apples: from me thou bafta 
fruits of [ich varietie that unpofable it is to number thems Neither doe I déale by sheeas dame Tel 
lus doth, who beftoweth nothing upon thee without labour and feat of thy browes ; nothingtl fay) but 
before it doth thee any cood,requireth tillage by oxeand plough ,thrafbing with flaile upon the floore or 
trampling of beafts feet upon the mow, andthen the milstonesto grind ivifuch adoe thereis,and fo 
long atime fir[}, before thou canst enjoy the benefit thereof for thy food, But comtrariwife, whatfoever 
commeth from me,is readie at hand; there needs no intreating af the plough, wor any grentlabour and 
induftrie to bave and enjoy way fruits; for they offer themfeluesof their owneatcerd : yea and if thon 
shinke nsuch of thy pains toclimbe,or to putup thy hand and gather them, loe they are readie'to drop 
downe and fall into thy mouth,or els to le under thy feet See how 200d and gracious Nature bath been 
unto us herein,and how fhe hath ftroven with her felfe, Whether {he fhould profitor plealwre,man more! 
and yet Itake it, that (he affected Commoditie rather than Delight 2-4 90 0 
For to come unto the vertues and properties of the vine,T he very leaves andtender burgeons thera 
of, applied with barley eroats doe nsitigat the paine of the head, and reduce all inflamuations of the 
bodieto the due temperature.The leaves alone of the vine, laid unto the stomacke with cold water yal- 
lay the unkind heats thereof: and with barley meale,are fingular for all gouts and difeafes of thejoynts, 
The tendrils or young braunches of the vine being flamped and applied accordingly, drie up any tu- 
mors or fwellings whatfoever. T heir juice injected or poured into the guts by aclhyftre, cureththe blou- 
die flix. The liquor concreat(which is in manner of a gum i[fuing from the vine) healeth the leprie and 
all foule tettars, [cabs and manges in cafe the parts affected were prepared andrubbed before with fal- — 
nitre.T he fame liquor or gumis likewife depilatorie i if the hairs be often anncinted with it and oile 
togither, they willfall off : but the water efpecially that frveateth out of grcene vine braunches as they 
burae, hath a mightie operation that way, infornuch as it willfetch off werts alfo. The drinke wherein 
young vine tendrils have lien infufed js good for thofewho reach up ana pit bloud; as af for women 
who being newly conceived and breeding child, have many fwawms come over their heaFt,and be eft- 
foors fabjeF to fainting: The vine barke or rind, eeoie the dried leaves, flaunch the bleeding ine 
wound,yea and doe confolidat and heale up the wound it felfe, The juice drawae out of the white vine 
bezing flamped greene, and frankincenfe togither, take away fhingles, ringworms, and {uch likewild- 
fires, if tt be applied thereto. The afhes of the vine-flocke, vine-cuttings, and of the kernels and skins 
of grapes after they be pre{jed applied with vinegre unto the feat or fundament cure the piles fwellings, 
fiffarcs, chaps, and other infirwaities incident to that part : but incorporat with oile-rofat, Rut, and vi- 
negre they belpe diflocations barns, and the {welling of the [plene. The fame afhes ftvewed with fome af= 
perfion or oriniting of wine,upoa S, Anthonies fire; without any oile, doe cure the fame : as alfo all 
frets and galls between the legs, and befides eat away the haire of any place, The afhes of vine-cuttings, 
befprinkled with vinegre, are given to drink: for the difeafes of the {plene;foas the Patient take two 
cyaths thereof in warme water, and when hee hath drunke it, be upon the fplene fide. The verie (mall 
tendrils of thavine whereby tt climethcatcheth and clafpeth about any thing being punned and taken 
in water, Staieth and repre{fzth vomiting in thofe,whofe fiomacks ufe ordinarily to be kecklifh and {oom 
tooverturne, The afhes of vines tempered with old hogs greafe, is fingular to abate fwellings, to cleanfe 
Hiftulows ulcers first and foone after toheale them up cleane : likewife for the paine of finews proceeding 
of cold, and for contraction and fhrinking of the nerves : alfa for bruifes being applied with oile.More= 
over they eat away all excrefcenfe of prod flefh shout the bones being tempered with vinegre Cy nitres 
4nd lafl of all,mixed with oile, they heale the wounds madeby fcorpions or dogs. The afhes of the vine- 
barke alone, caufethz haire to come againein a burnt place. aa Ds ya 
How grape verjuice fhould be made, when the grapes are youne and nothing ripe, I have fhewed in 
of: and firft to begin withall, It bealeth all ulcers that happen in moift parts, and namely thofe of the 
mouth Tonfils or Almond-kernels on either fide of the throat, and of the privie members : the fame ts 
foveraigne for to clarifie the eye-fight : it cuveth the afperitie and roughneffe of the eye-lids,the fiftulous 
beers is the corners of the eye: the clowds or filmes that fhidow and cover the fight, theranning fores 
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