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for there is another which is blacke, atid of greater efficacie tothe fame purpofe, ifitbeapplied G 
with honey and frankincenfe, Itis very good totefolveimpoftumesandbileswhich areinigrow- Rel 
ing; and not yet come to fuppuration ; butdifthey have continued and gatherto an heads it | 
bringeth them fooneto maturatiod, and afterwards cleferh ther It bringetly downe:- womens 
monthly fickneffe,and provoketh urifte.An elestiarie or lohoch made thereofjto lickejanddaft 
feréd gently to mele widerthe tongueand goedowne leifurely;is fingulari@oad for fuchasibee 
{hort winded and'labour for breaths alfo for pleurifies or pains of thefidejforconvulfionsahd 
_ inward ruptures, Ifone'dritike the weight of three oboli thirtie dais ropithericwill watkandcon> 
fume the {welled {plene. The fae fervethin a liniment to be applied with figs untothe excref 
cenceés orrifingsof the fleth over thie naile,called Pterygia: Being laidtooasabcataplaime sith 
wine,it fetcheth away the after-birthin womens ‘and taken tothe weight-of adeam;inhoneyed FY 
water',.it purgeth phiegmaticke humors. The jaice oftheroot mma bedrawnebeforethefruitor 
feed be ripe this juice either alone, ‘or incerporit with Ervile meale, if thebodiebe antointed 
therewith doth illuftrat the colour ;make the skin foft‘and tender sand in oneword itis fuchan 
| ; ae Be tf ermbelifhment,tharit maketh any perfon better for the fale: *where,by che way notesthat it cha- 
claotehere,bur {thi fexpents away. } Moreoversthe very fubftance of the roor ifix be ftamped with fatfigs,doth 
thinkeit fa: “1a therivels andwrinklesof the skin plaine afd even; if it belsabbed or annoinred therewith : 
peritous ac.“ baerhen the partie mutt walke immediatly uponie;a good quater of a miles for otherwile itwill 
fomemanu- frétiand burne the skin, unleéfle prefently iebee wafhedoffwith'cold water. Howbeit the blacke 
feripteopics. wild vine doth this feat more’ gently and with gréater eafefor furely the whitefeteeth an itchy up-: 
on the skin. There is therefore a blacke wild vine; which properlythey callBryonia,fome Ghis -p 
ronia, others Cynecanthe or:Apronia, likein all safpeaunahetoreskss but‘onely in thecolour 
[of the root grape or berrie] 'for itis-blacke, as I have before faid. The cender{prouts andfions — 
that’ {pring from the root, Disclés preferred'to bee catenin afalad.or orherwife, before-theveric - 
cropsand tender {hoots of the true garden Sperage ; andindeed they provoke urine'and dimi- 
nifhrthe {plene fat better : it groweth commonly in hedges‘among buthes.and fhrubs, and. moft 
of allin reed-plots: The root without-forth is blacke, but within of'a ‘pale yellow box colopr; 
~ and this is of muchmore efficacie to draw out broken bones than the above-named white-Brios 
nie’: Moreover;this peculiar propertie it hath’ befides’\, Tocure’the farcines or foresin:horfe - 
nlécks; and forthis,it is thought to be the onely thing in the world, Saidcommonly iris, that if- 
amandoe fet'aii hédge or hay thereof round about a grange or ferme houfe in the countrey, K 
there will no kitesnor hawks, nor any fuch ravening birds of prey, come neare ;foasthe pullen — 
and other foule kept about thefaid ferme, (hall be {ecure from their claws or tallons . If irbetied 
about the ankles ofa man, or the pafterns of labouring horfes, unto which there is a fall either 
of phlegmaticke humors or of a bloud,caufing the goutin the one and the pains in the other, it 
cuteth the fame. Thus much concerning the fundrie forts of vines, and their properties refpe- 
étiveto Phyficke. . olggesiedaly 
As touching Mufts or new wines, the firft and principall difference of them lyeth in this, That d 
fome by nature are white, othersblacke, and others againe ofa mixt colour between them both. 
Secondly fome mutts there bee, whereof wine is madesand others, which ferve onelyforcuite 
But if we regard the artificial devifes and thie carefull induftrie of man about them, therebean 
infinit number of mufts all diftinG and different one from the other. Thus much may fufficeto 
deliver fully in general] tearms concerning mufts or new wines. As for theirproperties, There is 
nomuft ornewwine, but itishurtfullto the fomacke,thongh otherwife pleafant to the veines 
and paflages . Certes, if a man poure downe new wine liaftily, withouc breathing or taking the 
wind betweene, prefently as he commeth out of the baine or hot-houfe ; he doth enough tokill 
himfelfe. Howbeit,ofa contraric nature itis to the Cantharides, & faveth chofe that are in dan- 
ger by drinking them. A fingular countrepoifon is new wittein the lees, againft all ferpents, but 
principally the Hemorrhoids and the Salamanders, Itcaufeth head-ach, and is an enemie to 
the throat and windpipes. Holefome itisfor the kidnies the liver, andthe inward parts of the - 
bladder, for it eaferh them all of paine. But a fingular verte it hath againftthe venomous worm 
or flie Bupreftis,above the reft: ifone drinke it with oile,and caft it up again by vomit, itisan ex- 
- cellent remediefor thofe who have taken too'much Opium it helpeth thofe who are in danger 
ofcrudled milke within the bodie:fuch alfo as are poifoned with hemlock, envenomed with the 
~ poifon Toxica& Doryeniuni, In fum,whire new wine is norfo powerfull in operation . per 
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