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nofthrils and eares,as alfo for the dimneffe of the eyes, for the troublefome overgrowing & tur- 
ning up of the skin and flefh about the roots of the nailes, forthe genetoirs or priviemembers, 
for corrofive ulcers which they call Nomz,and for the prowd flefhand all excrefcencesin fores. 
Againft the poyfon or venome of the fea-Hare, there is an excellent compofition made with 
Pomeranats in this manner: Take the graines or kernils of Pomgranats, after they be defpoiled 
and turned out of their outward rind or skin,ftampe them well,and prefle out the juice or: liquor 
from them: feeth the fame untill a third part be confuumed, together with Safiron;Roch-aliome, 
Myrrhe,and the beft Atticke honey,ot each halfe apound. Others doe compound and prepare 
a medicine after another fort in thiswife : They take and pun many foure Pomgranats, anddraw 
outof them a juice, which they feeth in anew cauldron or pot of brafle; never uted before, to the 
thickneffe of honey : this they ufein all infirmities of the fundament & privie patts3 forall greefs 
and maladies which be cured with the medicinable juice Lycium:with this they cleanfe cars that » 
run with filchie matter; reftraine all violent fluxes of humors newly begun, and elpecially raking - 
acourfeto the eyes; and rid away thered pimplesand fpots thatarife in any partof the bodie. . 
Whofoever carteth in his hand a branch of the Pomgranat tree, fhall foone chafe away any fer- 
pents. The pill or rind of a foure Pomgranat boiled in wine,and fo applied,cureth kibes.A Pom- 
granat {tamped and then fodden in three hemines of wine untill oneremaine,is a fingular reme- 
die for the torments of the collicke,and driveth wormes out of the bellie.A Pomeranat torrifi-_ 
ed in an oven within a new earthen veflell never occupied before, well topped and covered with : 
alid ;and {fo beeing calcined,and drunke in wine, ftaicth the flux of the bellie, and afluageth the | 
wringsin the guts, Fhe firft knitting of this fruit,when the tree *beginneth to flower, is called by * Floreve incipi= 
the Greekes Cytinus.Of which there be obferved ftrange properties, approoved by the experi- ee ae te 
ence of many men: For if any perfon,man or woman;unbraced,unlaced,unpointed and unbut- ging co Galen 
toned, with girdle loofe,hofe ungartered,and {hoes unbuckled,and having notfo muchas aring Forthenthe . 
about any finger,come and gather one of thefe tender buds or knots, with two fingers onely, to ae oid 
wit,the thumbe and the fourth ring-finger of the left hand; and after this ceremonie performed tree theddeth 
proceed forward to another,namely,to touch lightly with the fame bud the compaffe of the eyes tbe bloflome, 
round about,as if the prieft fhould facre or hallow them;andwithall,when this isdone,conveigh 
the fame into the mouth, and {wallow it downe whole, fo asatooth touch itnot: theregoeth an 
opinion, That he or fhe for certaine {hall feele no impediment or infirmitie of the eyes that year 
throughout. The fame knots or young Pomeranats,if they bee dried and beaten to pouder, are 
very good to keepe downeall excrefcences of ranke flefh, and bec holefome for the gums and 
teeth.Moreover,the very juice drawne out of themafter they be fodden,dofaften the teeth in the | 
head,although they were loofe and readie to fall out before. The very *yong Pomgranats them- a ee ae 
felves alone newly knit,and making thew upon the tree, if they be ftamped to the forme of a lin jcynmea- 
ment,are fiagular for any corrofive ulcers,and fuch as tend to putritaction.Likewife,they bee ex- ning the ve 
cellent good in that fort prepared and applied, for the infammation of theeyes, and of theen- neti 
trailes,and in manner for all thofe occafions wherein the outward rinds and pils doe ferve. And ¢ 
here before that 1 proceed any farther, cannot fofficiently admire and wonder at the carefull in- 
duftrie and diligence of our auncients beforetime,which they emploied in the confideration of 
Natures workes, fearching as they did into every fecret, and left nothing behind them unaffaied 
and untried ; infomuch,as they tooke regard of thofe little pretie lowers appearing upon thefe 
knots or buds beforefaid,fuch 1 meane as breake forth and {pring, betore the Pomgranat itfelfe 
isformed,and maketh any apparence;which {mall bloflomesas L faid before, *are called Balau- *Hete is Piiny 
ftiag.For even thefe,as little asthey bee,ovr auncitours have found by their experiments to bee out of the way 
adverfe untofcorpions. And true it is,that being taken in drinke,they do reftraine the extraordi- 
narie flux of womens fleurs: they heale the cankers and foresin the mouth, the difeafes of the 
Tonfils or Amygdales,and of the Vvula: they doe helpe the fpitting and reaching up of bloud: 
they cure the feeblenefie both of bellie and ftomacke,with the fluxes thereupon enfuing:they are 
fingular befides for the greevances of the privie members, and for all running ulcers, fpreading 
in any partof the bodie whatfoever . Moreover, they made proofe of the faid flowers dried,and 
this high magifteriethey found, That becing beaten to pouder, theycured thofe of the bloudie 
flix, who lay at the very point of death upon that difeafe 5as alfo that there was not a better thing 
in the world to ftay any laske or flux of the bellie. Nay,they ftaied not here(fo inventive were our 
forefathers)nor thoughtmuch to make triall of the very ketnils or ftones,within their ete 
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