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reth an inveterat cough, fhortneffe, and difficultie of wind, ruptures, crampes and convulfions, G 
Outwardly applied,it is fiagular for che Sciatica, pleurifiesor paines of the fide,angrie biles and 
fellons. It is good alfo to bee ufed, in cafe the flefh (corrupted by meanes of corrofive ulcers, as - 
wolves and fuch other)is departed and eaten from the bone:moreover, for the wens called Scro- 
phules or the Kings evill : the knots and nodofities growing upon the joints: andthe tooth-ach: © 
it ferveth alfo ina liniment with honey forto annoint skald heads , With oile of Rofes or with 
Nard, it is good to be infufed or dropped into ears that run with matter. The very perfume alone 
or {mel] thereof is good to raife them who are taken with the epilepfie or falling ficknefle :alfo 
to recover women, lying(as it were)in a trance or dead,upon a fit of the mother:&to bring them 
again who are gone in af{woune.If a woman fall to travaile before hertime, itis good to fetch out 
that untimely fruit of hers(ifit be loth to come away)either by way of cataplafme or fuffumigati- 
a on. The fame effeé it hath, if the braunches or {mall roots of Ellebore bee well annointed there- 
with,and fo put up asa peffarie. The {moke of it frying in the fire(as I {aid before) driveth ferpents 
away : and more than fo,ferpents will not come neare unto them that are befmeared with Galba- 
num.And fay that one be ftrucken with a fcorpion, a plaftre of Galbanum will healethe wound, 
Ifa woman have been long in labour of childbitth,and cannot be delivered, let her drinkinone ° 
~ cyath of wine,as much Galbanum as the quantitie of a Beane, fhe fhall fall to her bufinefle and 
be delivered anone. The fame is a good medicine to reduce the mother into the rightplace, if it 
be unfetled or turned. If Galbanum be taken in wine with Myrrhe, it fendeth out the dead infant 
* Vino. Rather jn the mothers wombe.Alfo with Myrche and *wine,it is good againft all poyfons, andefpecial- 
aher Disew, YY thofewhich be called Toxica.Incorporat Galbanum with oile and *Spondylium together, it 
*Cow-Pasinep will kill any ferpents,if they be but touched therewith. Howbcit, there is an opinion of Galba- 
pt Madnepe.  nym,that*in difficulti¢ of urine it is not goodto beufed. 
Diofcorides ; 
teporteth the 
contrarie. 
Cuap. vi. 
e& Of Gum Ammoniackeof Storax:Spondylium:Spagnas:T erebinth: Chama 
pitys: of Pityufazof Rofius:of the Pitch tree:and the Lentiske, 
~ Ince we are fallen into the mention of Gums, it will not be amifle to treatof Ammoniackes 
being as itis fo like in nature(as| have faid) to Galbanum: for ithath vertue to mollifie, to 
hear,difcufle, and diffolve. Vied in collyries, itis a proper medicine to clarifie the eyefight: 
and ferveth well to take away the itch,the fpots or cicatrices, the pinand web alfo of theeyes. It 
allaieth the roothach,but more effectually if ir be fet a burning,and the fume received into the 
mouth, Taken in drinke, it helpeth thofe who hardly fetch and deliver their wind, It cureth the - 
pleurific, Peripnewmon or inflammation of the lungs, the infirmities of the bladdet, piffing of 
bloud,the {welled fpleene,and the Sciatica. And in that manner iteafeth the bellie,and maketh 
itfoluble. Boiled with the like weight of picch or wax and oile rofat together, andfo reduced in- 
to an ointment, it is good for al] gouts,and efpecially that which lieth in the feet. It ripeneth the 
biles called Pani, if icbe applied ra them with honey:and fetcheth away any cornes by the roots. 
In which fore it doch foften any hardnefle, Incorporat with vinegre and Cyprian wax, orels with 
oile rofat,it maketh an excellent plaftre for to mollifie the hard {pleene. Morcover,if itbe redu- 
ced into an ointment with vinegre, oile, anda little fal-nitre, it is fingular to annointthofe that 
have a laffitude or wearineffe upon them. ihe 
_ Touching Storax and the nature thereof, I have faid ynough in my Treatife of ftraunge and 
forraine trees. But overand above the qualities or properties before required,| take that for the: 
beft Storax,which is fatteft, pure, and cleane, and whereof the peecesor fragments doe breake: 
white. This drug cureth the cough,the foreneffe of the throatjand the accidents of the breaft: 1 
openeth the obfirudtions of the matrice,and mollifiech the hardneffe thereof. Wherher itbeta- ; 
ken inwardly in drinke,or outwardly applied, it provoketh womens fleurs,&moveth to the feege. 
Tread in fome authors, thatif one doe drinke Storax Calamita,in {mall quantitie, it will procure 
gladneffe and mirth of heart : butif it be raken in greater quantitie, itbreedeth heavinefie of the 
mind, Inftilled or poured into the eares,it riddeth away all the finging therein :and ina liniment 
itrefolveth the wenscalled the Kings evill,and the nodofities of the finews Soveraign it is againft 
thofe poyfons which hurt by meanes of cheit coldneffle, and therefore itis good for them thar 
have drunke the juice of Hemlocke. : 
