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anditching, ifthe bodie be annointed therewith every night. Next unto this, the other kindsare G. 
to be raunged according to the validitie of their operation. As forthe Lawrell. Alexandricaor 
Idea, ifa woman in travaile of child-birth take three deniers weight.of the root, and drinke the 
fame in three cyaths of {weet wine, fhe thall be quickly delivered and broughtto bed. The fame 
dinke fendeth forth the after-birth,and provoketh womensmonthlyterms. 
Daphnoides, ot the wild Lawrell(or call it by any other of thofe names beforereheatfed)hath 
many good vertues: It purgeth the belly,ifyou take the leafe either greene or drie,to the weight 
of threedrams wich falc, in hydromel or honyed water: being chewed, it draweth downe phleg, ~ 
maticke and waterie humors. The leafe alfo mooveth to vomit, and is offenfive to the ftomack, 
The berries likewife be purgative, ifa man take five or ten of them at once. 
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PS Of the tame or gentle Myrtle tree planted. Of Myrtidanum, and the wild Myrtle, 
F garden Myrtles, che white is not fo medicinable as the blacke :the fruit or berries of ihe 
Myrtle,helpe thofe that reach up bloud: taken with wine,they put by the danger of veno- 
mous muthroms:chew them in your mouth, your breath willbee the fweeter for it two. 
daies after. Itappeareth by the Poét Mexander, that the good-fellows Synarifteufe were woont 
toeat Myrtle berries, The weight of one denier in wine, is good forthe bloudie fix. If they have 
alittle fivering or waulme over the fire in wine,they make a good water orliquor to cure untow- 
ard ulcers to heale, efpecially fuch as be in the extreame parts of the bodie, Of them and barley - 
groats, there is made a cataplafme for blecredeies: for the fainting alfo and trembling of the 
heart,being applied to the left pap or breaft. In like manner, the fame beeing ufed with pure un- 
delaied wine, is fingular for che pricke of {corpions: forthe infirmities of the bladder, the head- 
ach, and the apoftemations betweene the angle of the eies and the nofe, if they be taken before 
they yeeld filrhie matter: and fo they cure other tumors or fwellings: and if their pepins or ker- 
nels be taken foorth,and then incorporat with old wine, they be fingular forthe {mall pocks and 
meazles, The juice of Myrtle berriesbindeth the belly, but provoketh urine. A liniment alfois 
made thereof with wax, for the faid pocks and meazles : alfoagainft the ftiag of the venomous 
fpiders Phalangia, The {aid juice doth colour the haire black. Of the farne Myrtle there is an oile 
made, more lenitive and mildthan the juice or liquor abuve-named:and yet there is awine of 
Myrtles more kind and gente than ir, which will never overturne the brain or make one drunke, 
The fame, if it have lien and bee ftale, bindeth the belly and ftaieth a laske: it ftrengtheneth the 
ftomacke alfo, and reprefleth vomits :it affuageth che griping paines in the guts, and reftoreth 
appett to meat. The powder of drie Myrtle leaves, reftraineth fweats, if the bodie bee ftrewed 
therwith, though it were in a fever. The fame powder is good forthe feebleneffe of the ftomack, 
andthe flux from thence proceeding: 1: reduceth the matrice intothe right place, when it bea- 
reth downe out of the bodie : it cureth the infirmities of the feat; healeth running {calls and ul- 
cers; warifheth S. Anthonies fire, and the thingles, being ufed thereto.infome fomentationste- 
taineth and ftaieth the haires readie to fhed ; {coureth away dandruffe ; drieth up wheals, pocks, 
and meazles ;and laft of all, skinnech burns and skaldings. The powder entreth into thofeungui- 
nous or oleous platters which the Greeks call Liparas. And fuchakindof ptaftre in like maner 
as the oile of thefe Myrtle beries,is moft cfleGuall in thofe fores which light upon moift parts, as 
for example, the mouch,andthe matrice, Tine leaves in fub{tance,beaten to powder and tempe- _ 
red with wine, are a countrepoifon againft venomous mufhroms; but incorporat with wax into 
aliniment,they doeafe the gout of any joints, and drive backerifings and impoftumations. [he 
fame leaves boiled in wine, are given to drinke for the bloudie flix, and the dropfie. VWWhen they 
be dried and brought into powder,they ferve to caft and {trew uponulcers; alfotoreftraine any 
bleeding. They fcoure away freckles, and fuch like {pots of the skins they healethe rifting, over- 
growing, and parting of the skin about the naile roots; alfo whitflaws,chilblanes,piles,and {wels 
ling biggs in the fundament ;the accidents befalling to the cods;filthiemaligneand morimall jy 
ulcers and aft of all ,burns(applied in manner of a cerot.)For the ears running with filthiemat- 
ter, there is good ufe of the leaves burnt salfo of their juice and deco@ion. The fame are. like- 
‘wife burned, toferve for certaine antidots.or counttepoifons, In like manner,to the faid purpofe 
she tender {prigs of the Myrtle with the floure npon them, are gathered and calcined withio,an 
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