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of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 
openeth the auditorie paflages of the ears;and fo by confequence clarifieth the fight of the eies, 
Soveraigne it is befides for thofe who have the falling fickneffe, and who are troubled in mind 
by occafion of melancholy. Itcureth the turning and dizzinefle of the braine,the fuffocarion or 
rifing of the mother. Ithelpeth fuch as be fore and bruifed with drie blowes ; fuch as are falne 
-headlong from high places,and thereby have cluttered bloud gathered within their bodies: as 
many alfo as have the infirmitie or weaknefle of finewes, or otherwifebe difeafed in the kidnics 3 
howbeit offenfive it is to thofe that have any ulcer either within or without. 
Touching the fyrrup Oxymel, Diewches faith, That the auncientsin oldtime prepared and 
tempered it in thismanner: They tooke of honey cen pounds, of old vinegre five hemines, of 
bay fale one pound, of Savetie three ounces, of fea water five fextars : Thefe togither in akertle 
they did fet to boile, and Jet them have ten walms over the fire : then they lifted the pan from the 
fire, powred this liquor out of one veffell into another,and fo kept it for their ule. But Afelepsades 
comes after, difprooveth all the manner of this compofition , and withall condemneth the ule 
thereof; for the Phyficians before his time, feared not to prefcribe it to be drunke even in fevers: 
and yet both he andall,do confefle andagree, That this was a good drink againft the venomous 
ferpentcalled Seps: alfo for them whowere poifoned with Opium, [z.the juice of Poppey | or 
with the gum Ixia, which commeth from the hearb C hamzleon. Moreover, they all commend 
it to be gargled hot for the {quinancie, for the paine and deafenefie of cars, for the accidents and 
infirmities of the mouth and throat: like as at this day we ufe in all thele cafes, the fharpe brine 
or pickle called Oxalme ; which, it ic be made of falt and new vinegre that is frefh and quicke, it 
is better in operation. } : | | 
As for the Cuitnamed in Latine Sapa, it commeth neare to the nature of wine, and in truth 
nothing els it is, but Muft or new wine boiled untill one third partand no more doremaine: and 
this cuit, if it be made of white Mutt is counted the better. Vie there is of it againft the flies Can- 
tharides and Bupreftes; againit the worms breeding in Pine trees,named thereupon Pityocam- 
p, againft Salamanders, and generally all thofe beafts whofe fting or tooth is venomous . If a 
woman drinke thereof, togither with fcallions or fuch bulbs, irfendeth downe the after-burden, 
and expelleth the dead infant out of the wombe. And yet Fabianws mine author faith, That icis 
no better thana very poifon, if a mai drinke it fafting prefently after he is come out of the baine. 
A confequent and appendantto thefe forefaid things,is the lees of wine ; which isto be cons 
fidered according to the wine from whence it commeth : & verely the lees of wine are fo ftrong, 
that oftentimes it overcommeth andkilleth thofe,who go down into the vats and veflels where- 
in the wine is made, Butto know and preventthe daunger thereof, this experiment isfound; 
namely,to let downe a candle into the faid vat:for fo long as itwill not abide light, bur goe our 
ftill, daungerous it is for a man to enterinto thofeveflels. And yet wine lees without any wath- 
ing atall, goe into thecompofition of many medecines. Take wine lees a certaine quantitie,and 
of the floure-de-lis or Ireosroota like weight, concorporat them cogither into a liniment: fin- 
gular it isto annoint the {mall pocks and {uch like cutanean eruptions, The fame, either drie or 
wer,may be applied with very good fuccefle to the places {tinged with che venomous {piders cal- 
Jed Phalangia ;to theinflammations likewife of the genetoirs or privie members ;to the paps,or 
any other part of the bodie whatfoever. Now for the better preparing thereof, it ought to be fod- 
den in wine,togither with barley mealeand the powderof frankincenfe ;which done,to bee bur- 
ned and fodried, Andto know whether itbeefutficiently fodden orno, make this triall: Ifyou 
touch it never fo little at your tongues end and fotaft hereof, when it ischroughly cold, ic will 
feemeto bite and burner, if it havethad fufficient boiling as it ought: bur it foone loofeth the 
heart and force, if irbenot kept in aplace well enclofed : by the {aid burning,it commeth to be 
much more ftronger in operation, Sodden with figs, it yeeldethan excellent decodtion to re- 
prefie rettars fhingles, and fuch like wildfires to {coure away alfofcurfeand dandrufle: & in that 
fort applied either as acataplafme or fomentation, it curetiithe leprie, and running skalls of the 
head, Being taken in drinke,efpecially raw, it isafoveraigne countrepoifon for fuch as have ea- 
ten venomousmu(Btoms, Boiledand wathed, ititis mingled with colyries which ferve for the 
eyes. A linimentthereof, cureth the accidents that befallto the cods and genetoirs, Taken in 
vane, it helpeth the ftrangurie,and giveth them eafe who otherwife couldnot pifle butby drop- 
meale.Lees of wine, after it hath loft the caufticke operation and life that it had, will ferve very 
well for a good lie or water to cleanfe the skin of our bodies, and to wath or fcoure cloaths: end 
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