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A  ther,affuageth the {welling of the cods. Tempered with vinegre, they will make the haire cole 
blacke.Moreover,if they be ftamped with two parts either of foft dough or the tender crums of 
bread, and{o incorporat together with Amminean wine, they doe allay the paine of the feet or 
the finewes. The little bals or apples hanging upon Cyprefle trees,are foveraigne for to be taken 
in drinke againft the fting of ferpents,and for the cafting up of bloud out of the bodie, Brought 
into an ointment, they ferve for the {wellings or impoftumes gathered toa place. ‘Take them 
whiles they be young and tender, {tamp them with Swines greafe and Bean floure they do much 
good ro thofe thatare burften : and for that purpofe a drinke made of them, is paffing effectuall, 
With ordinarie meale they ferve ina cataplafme to be applied upon the {welling kernils behind 
the eares,as alfo the Kings evill. There is a juice drawne out of thefe apples after they have beene 
B ftamped together with their graines or feed within : which if itbee mingled with oile, helpeth 
them to their cleare fight againe,whofe eyes are overcaft with a web and dimmed, The fame ef- 
fed it hath if it be taken in wine to the weight of one Victoriat or halfe dram.But Cyprefle Ap- 
ples rid and cleanfed Bos their graines within and reduced into aliniment with fat dried Figges, 
and fo applied unto the cods, cure their infirmities, and namely, refolve the tumors incident to 
thofe parts : but incorporat with levaine,they difpatch the Scrophules or Kings evill. The root 
and leaves punned together,and then taken in drinke,do comfort the bladder,and helpe fuch as 
are difeafed with the {trangurie :they ferve alfo againit the pricke ofthe venomous fpiders Pha- 
langia. Their fmmall fhavings or {crapings if awoman take inher drinke, procure her monethly 
termes, and are fingular for the fting of {corpions. 
-€ The great Cedar, called by the Greekes Cedrelate,as one would fay, the Fir-Cedre, yeeldeth 
acertaine pitch or parrofin named Cedria,a fingular medicine for the toothach ; for it breaketh 
them, fetcheth them out of the head and eafeth all their paine. As touching the liquor that run- 
neth from the Cedar,and the manner how itis made, I have written-alreadie. This *kind of pitch *cedrinn. 
were excellent for the eyes butfor one difcommoditie, in that ic caufeth headach. It preferveth 
__ dead bodies from corruption, a world of yeares : contrariwife, living bodies it doth putrifie and 
corrupt:A ftrange and wonderfull propertie,thus to mortifie the quicke,and quicken(as it were) 
the dead.It marreth and rotteth apparell, as well linnen as woollen: and it killeth all living crea- 
tures. And therefore l would not advife as {ome have done, totaft this medicine and take it in- 
- watdly forthe Squinancie or crudities of the ftomacke : neither would I be bold, but fearrather, 
D toprefcribe ic in acollution with vinegre to wath the mouth withall for the toothach,or to drop 
it into their eares who be hard of hearing or otherwife have vermine withinthem. Buta mon- 
ftrous and beaftly ching it is which fome report of it, Phat if a man doe annoint therewith the 
inftrument or part{erving for generation,at what time as he is mindedto knowa woman carnal- 
ly, it will bring het to an *abortiveilip,if (he were conceived before sor hinderconception,if the, 
werecleare. Howbeit,| would not make doubtro annoint therewith the head and other parts,for Grecnwmn ie 
to killlice,or to rid away the skurte and skalie dandruffe among the haire, either in head ot face, « i animes . 
Some give countell for to drinke it in {weet wine cuit,unto them who are poyfoned with the {ea- 
Hare.For mine owne part,] holdit afater way and an eafierto annoiut therwith the leprofie, But 
fome of the forefaid authours have applied it to filthie, putrified,and ftinking ulcers,andthe ex- 
crefcences therein + as alfo to rub or annoint therewith the eyes againft the pin and web,& fuch 
accidents as dim and darken the fight.Moreover,they have prefcribed to drinke acyath of it for 
to cure the ulcer of the lungs,andtoexpell wormes and verimine out of the bellic. Of this pitch 
orrofin there isan oilemade which they call Piflelzon,and the fame is farre more {trong in ope- 
ration forall the infirmities abovenamed,than the fimple rofin it felfe.Certaine it is, thatthe fine 
duft feraped or filed from the Cedar wood, chafeth away ferpents:: fo doe the Berries alfo of the 
Cedar beaten to pouder and reduced with oile into a liniment, in cafe a man annoint his bodie 
all over wish the fame. ; 
As touching Cedrides,that is to fay,the fruit of the Cedar, it is foveraign for the cough and 
provoketh urine,bindeth the bellie,& healech ruptures.It cureth fpafms,convulfions or cramps: 
ycea,and helpeth the infirmities ofthe matrice,it it*be applied accordingly, Alfo it is acountre- + 44.535 some 
poyfon againft the venomous fea-Hare: and a medicine for other maladies abovenamed, and read pori, itaké 
namely for apoftemes and inflammations, in drinke. 
Of Galbanum I have writtenheretofore.Good Galbanum fhould be neither moift nor drie 
but fuch inall refpets as Ihave defcribed alreadie. Beeing taken of it felfe alone in drinke,it cu- 
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