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ther thejuice of Aconit,[#. Libard-bane] or fwallowed a venomous {pider. The fame doth loo- 
fen che belly, evacuat flimie and roping fleame, and expelleth the broad worms and other fuch 
vermin engendred in the belly. Of the like efficacie isthe barke,ifit be pulverifed and fo taken in 
drinke. The leaves boiled in raine water,togither with the bark of the black fig-tree and the vine, 
his fee doé make a lavature or water to * colour the haire [blacke.] The juice of mulberries doth worke 
blackcoloar {Pcedily,and provoke tothe {eege: and the vesy fruit or mulberric it felfe, forthe prefentiscom- 
wasiamott fortableto tlie ftomacke; it coolethafir the time but bringeth thirft with it. Ifa man eatthem a- 
eae Jone, or aft, and lay no other meat upon them, they {well in the ftomacke and be very flatuous, 
"The juice drawne out of unripe mulberries, are of vertue to bind the belly. In fumme, there be 
ftraunge and woonderfull properties worthy to be obferved in this tree, which feemeth to have 
fome fenfe and underftanding, as if it were a living ard fenfible creature,whereof I havealreadie 
# 1ibi6care, * written more at large in the defcription of it;andthe naturethereof. There isanotable*com- 
* Diamornm,or pofition made of mulberries, refpeCtiive to the mouth and throat, called thereupon Panchre- 
aaa ftos Stomatice,and by another name, Arteriace: the receitand making whereof,is in this man- 
berries, °. ner; Recipe, of the juice drawne out of mulberries, three fextars, feeth it over a gentle and foft fire 
[or rather Ietit ftew in balneo Mariz] untill it be reduced tothe confiftence of hony : afterwards | 
* Pondus X due put thereto of verjuice made of dried grapes, the weight of two * deniers or drams; of myrthe, 
ora, the poife of one denier; of faffron likewife,one dram or denier. Letthefe ingredients (Ifay) be 
firft beaten to powder (fuch I meane as need pulverifing) and fo mingle them togither with the 
forefaid deco¢tion,and put it up for your ufe.A betterand more pleafant medicine there isnot, 
for the mouth, the windpipe, the uvula,and the ftomacke. There is another way of makingitin J 
*Somewhat® this fort, Take of the juice aforefaid, the quantitie of * two meafures calledfextars,of Attick ho- 
undertwo ney one fextar, feeth them togither as betore.Many marvails befides are reported of this tree,of 
wine quarts . . 4 . . . . . 
Site. which I will give you a little taft: Spie where the little mulberries that {hall be axe newly knit, to 
wit, when the tree firft buddeth and before the leaves be fully out; gather their young knots of 
the fiuit toward, which the Greeks call Ricinos,but in any cafe with the left hand ; cake heed alfo 
that they touch not the ground, howfoever you doe: and if when you have obferved thefe cir- 
cumftances, youweare them about your wrefts, hang them about your necke, or otherwife tie 
them about you, be fure they will ftaunch bloud,whether it gufh down from your nofthtils, flow 
out of a wound, run out of the meuth,or iffue by the hemorrhoid veins, And in truth, folke ufé 
to keepe thefe little buds or knots very carefully forthis purpofe. The fame vertue and operation K 
the braunches have (as they fay) but then they muftbee broken from the tree at the full of the 
moon,when they begin toknit & give fome hope of fruit: and if the fame touch notthe ground, 
then they have a {peciall propertie refpeCtive unto women, for to reftrain the immoderat flux of 
their monthly cerms,being tied or faftened to their arms. And it isthought,that they worke this 
effect, iithe woman her felte do gather them at any time whenfoever; provided alwaies, that the 
braunchin any wife couch not the ground,and that fhe weare it faft about her in manner afore- 
faid. The leaves of the mulberrie tree ftamped greene,or beeing drie and boiled, ferve inacata- * 
plafnic to be applied unto thofe places which are {tung by ferpents, The fame good theydoalfo, 
if they be taken in drinke. The juice of he barke which grew to the root, if itbe drunke either in 
wine or oxycrat,[7. vinegre and water togither] isfingular againft the pricke of {corpions. But 
here I mutt fet down the compofitions that our auncients devifed and made of mulberries: Pirft 
and foremoft, They took a quantitie ofthe juice prefled out of mulberries,aswellripe asuntipe, — 
which they fod in a braffe pan, unto the confiftence or thickneffe of honey. Some ufed to put 
thereunto, myrrhe and cyprefle, ferting all to frie and take their fermentation in thefun, untill it 
grew to hardnefle in the forefaid veflell,ftirring it thrice a day with a {patule:This was theftoma- | 
ticall medicine of the auncients,which they ufed alfoin healing and skinning up wounds. And 
yetthere was another kind made after this fort: They prefled forth the juice of the unripe mul- 
berries,but firft hey let the faid fruit to be very well dried, and this ferved them in lieu of fauce, 
which gave an excellent taft to their other meats. In Phyfick alfo,they employed it much,name- 
ly, about corrofive and eating ulcers,and for to evacuat tough fleame out of the breaft: they 
ufed it alfo as need required, as an aftriive,to corroborat the noble and principall parts within 
the bodie. It ftood them alfo in good ftead for collutions,to wath the teeth withall. Moreover,a 
third kind of juice they had, which they drew from the leaves and roots after they were well boi- 
led: and with thisjuice and oile togither, they were woont to annoint any burnt or fcalded ek: 
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