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28 of the bloud-rod.of siler.Of Privet.T he Alder treeyand IvieOf Cifthus and 
| Ciffos.Of Evithranos.Of Chamacif[os or Ground-Iyic.Of Smilax 
u or Bindweed, Of Clematis. 
He plant called the Sanguin-Rod,is as unhappie as the forefaid Tamariske. The inner bark 
}_ thereof is fingular good to open again thofe ulcers, which are healed aloft onely and skin- 
~~ ned before their time, 1 SiR ali : 5 a 
The leaves of *Siler,broughtinto a liniment and applied asa frontall to the forehead, allay *Some thinke 
the paine’of the head. The feed thereof driven into ponder and incorporat with oile,is good for Hees 
the loufie difeafe andkeepeth the bodie from lice.The very ferpents cannot abide this plant or 
fhrub, but flie from it : which is the canfe; that the peafants of the countrey make theirwalking 
ftavesthereof. ~ EGIL S pct: DIRE dt . eae ARTA 
Our Liguftrum ot Privet, isthe very fame tree that Cyprosis in the Eaft parts. To good ule 
it ferveth amongft ushere in Europe :for the juice of itis holefome for the finewes, the joints, 
and any extreame cold. The leaves applied with fome cornes of falt,heale’all inveterat ulcers in 
any part wharfoever,and particularly the Cahkers in the mouth. The graines or berriés that it 
beareth,are good tokill lice :alfo for any gall,where the skin is fretted off betweene thelegs: and 
fo be the leaves likewife. The forefaid berries doe cure the pip in Hens and Pullain. gi 
As for the Alder tree: the leaves if they be applied hoteas they be taken out of {calding wa- 
ter,doe cure without faile any tumor or {welling, ; : , 
Astouching the Yvie tree twentie kinds thereof and no fewer I have alreadie fhewed: and of 
all thefe there is not one, but theufe of it in Phyficke is doubtfulland daungerous, For firft and 
formoft, Yvie. if it be drunk in any quantitic,howfoever it may purgethe head,furely it troubleth 
the braine. Taken inwardly, it hurteth the finewes :applied outwardly, it doth them much good. 
Of the very fame nature it is,that vinegre.All the fort of Yvies berefrigerative.In drink they pro- 
voke urine. Bur the foft and tender leaves, fodden in vinegre and oile rofat, and then ftamped, 
and fo tempered with more oile of rofes put too afterwards, untill they be reduced into an oint- 
ment,are a fingular remedie for the paines of the head ; and efpecially for the brain arid the thin 
pellicle Pia mater,which enwrappeth the braines:To which effect the forehead ought to bee an- 
nointed with the forefaid liniment, the mouth to be fomented and wafhed with the decoGtion, 
and the whole head afrerwards well rubbed alfo with the aboyefaid unguent. They are good for 
the fpleene,both taken inwardly in drink,and outwardly applied as aliniment. The decoction of 
the fame leaves may be drunke very well againft the fit of an ague,to drive away the fhaking cold: 
alfo for the finall pockes and meafels : for which turne likewife they ferve, if they bee pulverized 
and takenin wine. The berries of the yvie cure the oppilation and hardneffe of the liver, either 
given in drinke,or applied outwardly. So doe they open alfo the obftructions of the liver, ifa li- 
niment be ufed onely. The fame applied accordingly to the naturall parts of women,craw down 
their monthly ficknefle. The juice of Ivie(and {pecially of the white,which is planted in gardens) 
cleanfeth the nofthrils of the foule ulcers and vVérmine therein breeding, it rectifieth alfo the fil- 
thie fmell proceeding from thence. If the fame bee conveighed up into the nofe, it purgeth the 
head: but mote effeCtually, if fal-nitre be put therto.Moreover,itis to right great purpote drop- 
ped into the eares with ojle,in cafe they either run matter, or be pained, lt reduceth cicatrices or 
wounds and ulcers newly skinned,to the natural colour of the other skin. The juice of thewhite 
Ivie is of more force and better operation for the oppilations of the {pleene, & the {welling hard- 
nefle chereof, if it bee made hot with a red hot yron,than otherwife : whereof fix berries in en 
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