me Thethree and twentieth Booke 
* burns and {calls ;likewife for lims out of joynt, if they be’ bathed therein, The very leavesinfub- G 
ftance ftamped & incorporat with the juice of a peare-quince into an oimement,fet areddith yel- 
Jowcolour vponthe haire ofthe head. The flours brought into aliniment with vinegre, afluage 
the paine of the head: the fame calcined and burnt into afhes within a potof unbakedor rather 
earth,cither alone or with hony, healeth corrofivefores and putrified ulcers. Thefe flours have 
Someread acertain favour withthem,whichprocureth fleepe. The oile called * Gleucinum isaftringent; 
Melinwm . and yetit cooleth after the famé fort that the oile Oenanthinum. The Balfame oile,called Balme, 
is of all others moft pretious (as heretofore I have {aid in my trearife of odoriferous ointments) 
and of great eflicacie againft the venome of allferpents. Itclarifieth the eye-fight mightily,and 
difpatcheth mifts and clowds which dimmed the fame: it eafeth all thofe who drawtheir breath 
with difficultie : ic affluageth impoftumations and hard {wellings: itkeepeth blond fronycluttes A” 
ring, and is excellent to mundifie foule ulcers :fingularcomfortable to the eats incafe of paine, 
hardneffe of hearing,and finging within :to the head alfo for to afluage the ach: for the nerves, 
againft fhaking, trembling, and convulfions ;and withall,a proper rémedie for ruptures. Itdan- _ 
~ teth and mortifieth the poifon of Aconitum, ifit be taken with milke. 1f the Patient lying ficke 
of anague, be annointed all over therewith, it mitigateth the fits comming with fhaking and 
fhivering. Howbeit, folke muft be warie and ufe it with moderation; forbeing hot inthe higheft 
degree, it is caufticke, and fo doth enflame and burne: and therefore if a meanébe not kept, it 
bringeth a mifchiefe for aremedie, and doth more harme than good. 4 
Concerning Malobathrum, the nature and fundrie kinds thereof, [have difcourfed hereto- 
fore. Now for the vertues which it hath in Phyficke; firft,it provoketh urine : being ftamped,the ] 
juice drawae out of it with wine by way of expreffion, is excellent to bee applied unto the eyes, 
forto ftay their continual] watering: the fame laid to the forehead asa frontall, procureth fleepe 
unto them that would gladly take their repofe. And more effe Qually it worketh, in cafe thenofe- 
® Fobinn tna. TOtils alfo be annointed therewith, or if ibe drunke with water. The leafe of *Malobathrum, 
cuts, if itbe but held under the tongue, caufeth the mouth and the breath co fmell {weet : like as, if it 
lic among appparell, it giveth them a pleafant favour. The oile of Henbane is emollitive, how- 
beit an enemie to the finews : certes, ificbe taken in drinke; it rroubleth the braine. The oile of 
Lupines, called Therminum, is likewife an emollitive, and commeth neareft of any tothe ope- 
ration and effects of oile-rofar. , ; . | 
Touching the oile of Daffodils, [have fpoken of it in the treatife of the floursthereof. Ra- K’ 
difh oile, cureth the lowfie difeafe sand namely, when lice are engendred upon fome long and 
chronicke difeafe :it cleanfeth theskin of the face from all roughnefle, and maketh it flicke and 
fmooth, The oile of Sefama,cureth the paine of the ears ;and healeth ulcers which eat as they 
{pread, even fuch as be morimals and checke the Chirurgians hand. Oileof Lillies, which wee 
have named Lirinon, Phafelinum, and Syrium, is moft agreeable and holefome tor the kid- 
nies; alfoto procure and maincaine {weat; to mollifie the matrice and natural parts ofwomen, 
and to promote digeftion inwardly, The oile or ointment Selgiticum (aswe have alreadie faid), > 
* Herbacenm, 28 comfortable co the finews: like as the * grafle greene oile,which the Inguinians (dwelling up- 
* Called likee On the caufey or {treet-way Flaminia) ufe to fell. * Elzomeli, an oile which (as I havedeclared 
ee 9 before) iffueth forth from olive trees in Syria,carrieth a certain taft of honey: howbeittheirfto- 
eae macks it maketh to rife at it, who licke thereof ;and it is of power to foften the bellie. It purgeth 
choller Elective, iftwo cyaths thereof be givento drinke in one hemine of water: howbeit thefe 
fymptomies or accidents do follow them who drinke thereof : They lie as it wete in a dead fleepe, . 
and mutt eftfoons be awakened, Our luftie drunkards whomake profeffion of caroufing;ufe to ; 
take one cyath thereof before they fit downe todrinke one another under bourd. The oileof 
Pitch is ufed every where, for to heale the fcurfe, mange, and farcins in beafts. . dar este 
Nextto vines and olives, Date trees are to beraunged inthe higheft place and doe carrie the 
greateft name. Dates, ifthey be frefh and new, doe inebriat and overturnethe brain: andif they 
be not very well dried,they do caufe head-ach: neither are they (fo faras I can fee)any way good 
for the ftomacke: againe,they do exafperat the cough and make it worfe, yet they begreatnou- M 
rifhers,and caufe them to feed who eat of them; Our auncients in old time drewa certaine juice 
or liquor out of them when they were boiled,which they gave unto ficke perfons in ftead of an 
hydromell or honeyed water, todrinke; andthat for to refrefhthem,toreftore their fitength, . 
and to quench thirft: and for this purpofe, they preferred the Dates of Thebais in high Aigypt 
| mi before 
