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in any part of the bodiewhatfoever : the corrupt and withered cicatrices or skars,and the bomes char- 
ged with purulent and skinnie matter, Now if this verjtice be too tart and egre, it may bee delayed 
with honey or wine-cuit : and foit is good for blondie flixes,and the exulcergsion of the guts, for thofe 
whorect and reach up bloud, and for the {quinance. 
Next after the wine verjtice Omphacium, I cannot chufe but write of Ocnanibe whith isthe floure 
that wild vines doe beare, whereof Ihave alreadie made mention in my difcourfe of Ointments . The. 
beft Oenanthe is that of Syria, efpecially along the coasts and mountains of Antiochia and Laodiceas 
That which groweth upon the white vine,ts refrigcrative and aftringent : being powdred and flrew- 
— eduponwounds,it doth verie much good: applycd as a liniment to the Somacke, 118 exceeding coms 
fortable. A proper medicine it is for the fuppre/Sion of urine the infirmities and difeafes of the livcr, 
the bead-ach, the blondie flix, the imbecilirie of the ftomacke, and the leofene(fe proceeding fromit : 
alfo for the violent motion of cholerique humours proceeding upward and downward . The weight 
of ene obolus thereof taken with vinegre, belpeth the loathing that the flomacke hath to meat, ana. 
procureth appetite, It drieth up the running {calls breaking out in the bead: and moff effectual it is 
tobealeallulcersin moift parts, and therefore cureth fores in the mouth, privie members, and the 
feat or fundament, Taken with honey and faffron, it knitteth the belly. Theskurfe and roughnelfe of 
the eye-lids it doth cleanfe and make them fmoath :it repreffeth rbeume in waferie cyes. Given in wise, 
todrinke, it comforteth and confirmeth feeble ftomackss but in cold water, it flaicth the cafting and 
reaching up of bloud, The afhes thereof 1s much commended in collyries.and eye-falves: alfo for to, 
wmundifie filthie and ulcerousfores; to heale I:kewife whitflawes rifing at the natle rogts, and either 
the going away of the fle[b from thems, or the excre{cence thereof remaining about them. For tobring 
t into afhes, it muft bee torrified in an oven, and fo continue untillthe bread be baked and readie.t0 
beedrawne, ) 
As for Maffaris,or the Oenanthe in Africke, it is employed oncly about frocet odors and poman- 
ders : and both it ,as alfo otber floures,men have brought into fo great name, by making haft to ga- 
sher them beforethey could kuit to any fruit : foinventive is mans wit,and fo greedicto buat after. 
novelties and flraunge devifes, ; 
C aap, 1. 
The medccines which grapes frefh and new gathered doe yeeld. Of vine braunches and cuts 
tings : of grapekernels, andthe cake remaining afier the preffe. Of the grape Theriace. 
Of dried grapes or Raifins.Of Aflaphis : of Staphis-acre, orberwife called Pituis 
tarts. Of the wild vine Labrufca: ofthe wild vine both white and 
blacke. Of Mujls or new wines. Of fundrie kinds of 
wine,and of Vinegre. 
= YGF grapes that growto their ripeneffe and maturitie, the blacke are more 
ve 2» * vchementin their operation thantbe white: and therfore the wine made 
Weros of them is nothing fo pleafane:forin very truth,the white grapes bee 
fwweeter far, by reafon they are more tranfparent and cleare, andthere- 
fore receive the aire into them more eafily. Grapes new gathered doe 
puffe up the ftomacke and fill it with wind ; they rouble alfo the belly, 
which 1s the caufe that men are forbidden to eat them in fevers,e{pecial- 
ly in great quantitie; forthey breed heavineffe in the head, andinduce 
the Patient to fleepe overmuch, untill he growintoa lethargic. Leffe harme doe thofe grapes, 
which after they be gathered hang a long time: by which means they take the impreffion of wind 
and aire,and fo become holefometo the ftomacke and to any ficke perfon;forthey doe gently 
coole and bring the Patienttoa ftomacke againe. Such grapesas have been condite and pre- 
fervéd in fome {weet wine, are offenfive to the head andfume up into the brains.Next inrequeft 
to thofe abovefaid, which have hangeda long time, be fuch as have been kept in chafle:for as 
many as have lien among wine-Marc,or the refufe of kernels & skins remaining after the prefle, 
are hurefull to the head, the bladder and the ftomack : howbeit they do ftop alaske,and nothing 
is there better in the world for thofe that doe caft and reach up blond: and yet thofe grapes that 
have ben kept in Mutt or new wine, are much worfe than {uch as havelieninthe Marc aforefaid. - 
0 jj . Moreover, 
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