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to eatof them, and cannot come by water neare at handto lap, they will die thereof. Sweet al- .G 
mondsare not fo medicinable asthe bitter,and yet they be purgative,abfterfive,and dinreticall, | 
Ifthey be newand fre(h,they charge and ftuffethe ftomacke, oP co Sh go 
Hazle nuts and Filberds, othecwile called the Greekifh nuts, beeing taken in vinegre with | 
wormwood feed, cure the yellow jaunife,as it is commonly faid : and a liniment made with them, | 
doth helpethe difeafes incident to the feat, and particularly the piles and {welling bigsthere ap- 
pearing. The fame medicine is good for the cough,and fuchyas {pit and caft up bloud. » 2 
idwer,oFetex, » Astor VWalnuts,the Grecks have given thema* name importing as muchas the heavinefle 
7, the head: 
like asin La- 
of head; and not without good caule, for the very fhade of thetree and the fent ofthe leaves,do. 
tine, Nex, no Pierce & enter into the head: fo do the kernels alfo in leffe while, if they be eaten: nowthe newer 
xa,velnocendo, they be, the more pleafant taft they have :the drie are more oily and unctious, hurtful to the 
ftomacke,hard of digeftion caufing headach,naught for them who havea cough,andforfuch as 
would vomit in a morning fafting: good only in thattroblefome running to the ftoole and ftrai- 
ning for nought, by reafon of their propertie to evacuat fleame. Thefame beeing eaten before | 
meat,doe dull the force of any poifons : they helpe the {quinancie alfo, applied with rue & oile, 
Adverfe and contrarie they are to the nature of onions,and doe keepe downe and repreffe theix 
{trong finell which rifeth from them, after ‘a man hath eaten them.. Applied with a little honey, 
they are thought to be very good for the inflammation of the ears ; andwith rue, for the breatts 
and paps; asalfo for diflocations and parts out ofjoynt. Butif they be ufed with onions,falt,and 
- honey, they are fingular for the biting both of dog and man. The {hell ofa wallnut, isthought to 
be of acauftick qualitie,and good to burne or feere an hollow tooth : the fame being burnt,pul- 
verized,and incorporat with oile or wine, ferveth to annoint the heads of yong babes tor to make 
the haire growthicke: and in that maner itis ufedto bring the haire againe of elder foike, when 
through {ome infirmitie it is fhed, The more Walnuts that one eateth, with more eafefhall hee 
drive worms out of the belly. Walnuts that have been very long kept, doe curecarbuncles, gan~' 
grens tending to mortification, and reduce the blacke and blew {pots(remaining after firipes)to 
their owne colour. The barke of the walnut tree, is a foveraigne remedie for the bloudie flix,and 
the foule tettars or ringworms. The leaves bruifed and ftamped with vinegre, and fo applied, put 
away the paine of theeares. Afterthat Mihridutes (that moft mightie and puiflantking) was 
vanquifhed, Cuews Pompeiws found in his fecret clofet or cabinet, among other pretious jewels, - 
the receit of a certain antidot or prefervative againft poifon, fet downe under the hand ofthe {aid | 
# prince, ina privat note-booke of remembrances,in this manner following : Take two drie walnut | 
kernels,as many figs, of rue,twentie leaves: ftampe all thefe togither into one maffe,with a grain 
or corne of falt among.Vnder which receit,was thusmuch fub{cribed, Whofoever ufe to eat of 
this confection in a morning next his hearc, there (hall no poifon hurt him that day, Itis faid 
moreover,that the kernels of walnuts chewed by a man or woman fafting, doe cure the biting of 
amad dog fothat the place be annointed and drefled therewith. a 
Butto returne againe to Hazle nuts and Filberds, they doe caufe head-ach, they breed wind © 
in the ftomacke :and a man would not thinke nor beleeve how foone they will make one fat, but 
that experience approoveth it. If they bee rofted or torrified, they cure arheume:and if they be - 
beaten to powder, and given to drinke in honeyed water, they rid awayan old cough that hath 
ftucke to onea long time : fome put thereto certaine pepper cornes, and others drinke them in 
wine cuit thatis fweet. Fifticks are ufed inthe fame fort, and have the fame operation and ef- » 
fects as the Pine-nut kernels have: Over and above, they are foveraigne for the fting of ferpents, ' 
whether they be eaten or taken in drinke. : 
Cheftnuts be exceeding aftringent,and mightily ftay all fluxes both of the ftomacke andthe 
x Alvociteand belly: forfuch as {coure overmuch and have * a great laske upon them: alfo for them whoreach 
not alvié cient. yp bloud ,they be pafling holefome; and withall, nutritive and breeding good faft fleth, 
Carobs, which be frefhand greene, are hurtfull tothe ftomacke, and do loofe the belly; yet 
the fame, if they be dried,do bind, and are more holefome for the ftomacke: diureticall they be 
alfo, and provoke urine. As for thofe Carobs or Cods of Syria, fome ufe to feeth three of them 
ina fextar of water untill halfe be confumed,and drinke that juice or liquor thereof for the paine - 
of the ftomacke. Ifa man take the greenetwigs ofa Corneil tree, there will (by the meanes of a 
red hot plate or flice of yron fet unto them) {weat or frie out a certain liquid humor, which muft 
bereceivedfo,as no wood touch it: the ruft of yron befineared with this liquor,cureth foule tet- 
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