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Likewife of Spondylium, a kind of wild Parfnep ot Madnep, [have fpoken thereof hereto- 
fore,togither with Storax. An embrachation made of it, to be infufed upon the head, is exc¢l- 
lent forfuch asbe ina frenfie or lethargic: alfo co cure the inveterat pains of the head, Faken in 
drinke with old oile, ithelpeth the infirmities of the liver, the jaundife, the falling ficknefle, the 
ftreichtneffe of breath (whereby one cannot take his wind but ficting upright) and the rifing or 
-fuifocation ofthe mother ; in which cafes, a fuflumigation thereof is good. This Spondylium is 
effeQuall to mollifie the belly, and make the bodie foluble. Reduced into a lininmenc with rve, it 
ferveth fitly to be applied unto ulcers that {pread and eat as they goe. The juice of the flours is of 
great effec, if it be poured into the cars that run with filthie matter : but when this juice is a pref 
fing or drawing forth, ic had need to be kept well covered, forfeare of flies and fuich like, which 
are very greedie thereof, and love a-life tofettle uponit. The roorof Spondylium, or a peece » 
thereof fcraped, ifit be put in manner of atentintoa fiftula, eateth away ail the hardnefie and 
callofitie thereof. Being dropped into the eares, togither with the juice, itis exceeding good fot 
them. The root given.alone in fubftance, cureth the jaundife,the infirmities of the liver and ma- 
trice. If the head be all over annointed therewith, the haire wall curle and frizie. 
Concerning the fweet Moffe,called of the Greeks * Sphagnos, Sphacos, ot Bryon; growing *jniz, 
(as I have fhewed before) in Fraunce, it is good for the natural] parts of women to fit overthe 
decoction of it, in manner of a bath : likewife if itbe mingled with crefles 5 and fo ftamped togi- 
ther in fale water, itferveth well to be applied as a cataplafme to the knees and thighs tor any tue 
mors or {wellings inthofe parts. Taken in wine with drie per-rofia, it caufeth one mott{peedily 
to make water. Stamped with juniper, and drunke with wine, it doth evacuat the aquofities in the 
dropfic. 
The leaves and the root of the Terebinth tree,applied in forme ofacataplafine,are good for 
the collection of humors to an impoftumation. A decoction made with them,doth comiortand 
fortifie the ftomacke. In cafe of head-ach, of ftopping and difficultie of urine, it 1s pafling good 
to drinke the feed or grains of the Terebinth tree in wine. The fame gently eafeth and fotteneth 
the belly; it provoketh alfo carnall luft. The leaves of the * Pitch tree and * Larch ree bruiled + Picea, 
and fodden in vinegre, doe eafe the tooth-ach, ifthe mouth be wafhed with the decoction, The : Lavici a 
afhes made of their barks, skin the placesthat be chafed,fretted,and galled berweenthe thighs; pinicooke 
and heale any burne or {cald. Taken in drioke, they bind the belly, but open the paflages of the mu, whichis 
urine, A perfume or fuffumigation therof,doth fettle the matrice, when it isloofe and out ofthe ee F's (er 
right place. Butto write more diftinétly of thefe two trees; The leaves of the Pitch tree have a we, whichis 
particular propertie re{pective to the liver,and the infirmities thereof, if one take a dram weight es Pareiegicey 
ofthem and drinke it in mead or honyed water. It is well known and refolved upon, Thatto take “**“"" 
the aire of thofe woods and foretts only where thefe trees be cut,launced,and fcraped,for to draw 
pitch and rofin ont of them, is without all comparifon the beft courfe which they can take wh 
cither be in. aconfumption of the iungs,or after fome long and languifhing ficknefle,have much: 
adoe to recover their ftrength, Certes,fuch an aire isfar better, than either to make along voi- 
age by fea into *Agypr, orto goamong the cottages in fummer time for todunke new imilke i toto 
comming of the freth and greene grafle of the mountains. LE more grofic 
As for Chamepirys, it is named in Latine by fome Abiga, for thatit canfeth women toflip *"" 
their conception before time: of others,7h~ terrz,[7. ground Frankincente: | This hearbe put- 
teth forth braunchesa cubit long; and both in floure and favour refembieth the * Pine wee. A vg. sacher the 
fecond kind there is of Chamzpitys , lower than the other, feeming as though it bended and Pitch ire, 
ftooped downward tothe ground. There is alfoa third fort, of the fame odour that thereft, and 
therefore fo named. This laft Chameepitys, rifeth up with a litle ftalke or fem of a finger thick: 
nefle sit beareth rough, fmall lender, & white leaves ;andit groweth commonly among rocks, 
Allthefe three be hearbs in deed and no other, and {hould not be raunged among trees: yet for 
names fake, becaufe they carrie the denomination of Pitys,[7.tlie Pitch tree] Iwas induced the 
_Yather totreatof chemin chis prefent place, & to {tay no longer. Soveraigne they be all againfi 
the pricks or {tings of {corpions: appliedin manner of a liniment, with dates or quinces, they: 
be holefome for the liver : their decoGtion, togither with barley meale,is good for the infirmities 
of reins andbladder, Alfothe decottion of thefe hearbs boiled in water, helpeth the jaundife 
and the difficultie of urine, if the Patient drinke thereof. The thirdkind laftnamed, taken with 
hony,is fagular againft the poifon of ferpents:and in pat manex only applied as a cataplafme, 
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