190 The foure and twentieth Booke - 
cyaths of wine,isa fufficient dofe.Moreover three berriesof the fame white lviedrunkatatime G 
in Oxymell,doc expell the wormes in the bellic : during which cure,it were not amiffe to applic 
* Goldenber. them outwardly alfo. As for the Ivie,which I called*Chrylocatpos, if one take twelve of the gol- 
oe den yellow berries thereof beaten to pouder,and put them to_a fextar of wine, three cyaths ther- 
of given to drinke, according to Erafifratus, purge by urine, the wateric humors between¢ the 
skin. and the fleth,which engender the dropfie, The fame Era/i(trat# was wontto take five fuch 
berries ftamped intopouder and mixed with oilerofat, which after they were made hote in the 
rind of a Pomgranat,he ufed to drop into the eare of the.contratie fide, for the tooth ach. The 
berries of Ivie,which yeeld a juice as yellow as Saffron, ifa man take before he fit down to drink, 
may be aflured,that he fhall not be drunke at that fitting, Likewife,they eafethem much who are 
given tocaft and reach up bloud, or befubject to the collicke and wrings of rhe bellie. Thewhite py 
berries of the blacke Ivie ifa man take in drinke, dull the vigour ofhis genetall feed, anddifable 
him for getting children. Any wine whatfoever,being boiled in wine,& fo brought roa liniment 
and applied,doth cure all ulcers,even morimals,and fuch as be untoward for tobee healed. The ; 
liquor iffuing out of Ivie,is depilatorie, but asit taketh away haire,fo it riddech lice and vermine. . 
The flowers of any kind of Ivie, taken (as muchas aman may comprehend with three fingers) 
twice a day in fome green and hardwine,helpe the dyfenteri¢ or bloudie flix, yea,and any other 
Jaske. The fame reduced into a liniment with wax,are very goodto skin andheale burns or {cal- _ 
dings. The berries of Ivie,colour the haire of thehead blacke. The juice of the lvie root drawne 
with vinegre and taken in drinke,is fingular againttthe poyfon of the venomous {piders Phalan- 
s gia.Moreover,] find in fome writers, Thatthe drinking out of acup or difh of Ivie wood alfo,as | 
well as of Tamariske cureth thofe who have hard {pleenes, The fame authors prefcribe to bruife 
the berries, afterwards to burne them, and with the afhes co drefle and beftrew the place that is 
burnt or fcalded,fo thatit be firft wafhed.and bathed in hot water. There are Phyficians who give 
order to cut and Jaunce the Lvie tree, for to draw a juice or liquourtrom the place of the incifion, 
which is to bee ufed for rotten and worme-eaten teeth :and by their faying, the faultie teeth will 
breake and crumble into peeces if they be annointed therewith; provided alwaies,that the found 
and good teeth ftanding next, bee well defended with wax for catching harme by this medicine. 
Moreover, they feeke and lay for the gum of vie, which they would perfuade us afluredly upon 
their word to be fingular for the teeth, being applied thereto with vinegre. 
For thevicinitic and likenefle of the name of lvie in Gréeke which ts Ciffos,I may takeocca- KX 
fion to {peak in this place of another {hrub or plantcalled Ciftbos, bigger than Thyme,& leaved 
like Bafill,Of ic be two kinds namely,the male,with a red Rofe coloured flowersthe female witha 
white:B oth forts are good for dyfenteries or bloudie flixes,and all loofeneffe of the belly, if there 
be drunke twice aday in fome greene and hard wine,as much of their flowers as may bee held at 
three fingers ends: which if they be made into acerot with wax,heale old ulcers,burns,and {cal- 
dings :and alone of themfelves cure the cankers orfores in the mouth, 
Vnder this plant efpecially groweth Hypocifthis, wherof | have written in my treatife of Ivies. 
Likewife,there is another plant like unto the vie, and the Greckes call it Ciflos Erythranos: 
which being taken in drinke,helpeth the Sciatica,and is good for theloines: but they fay it is fo 
vehement and forcible in operation, that together with urine icwill evacuate bloud. L 
Moreover,there is an lvie which creepeth and traileth alwaies clofe by the ground, and the 
fame the Greekes call Chameciflos, This hearbe being ftamped and taken in wine to the quan- 
titie of one Acetable,cureth the infirmitie of thefpleene. The leaves incorporate with Swines 
greafe, ferve to cure burnes. ; a Py. | 
Furthermore, the Bindweed Smilax, knowne alfo by the name of Nicephoros, refembleth 
Ivie,but that it hath finaller leaves. They fay,that a chaplet or guirland made of this Smilax, is 
fingular for the headach;provided alwaies, That the leaves which goe to the making of it, beein 
number odde.Some have faid that Smilax is of two forts : the one, which continueth a world of 
yearés, sroweth in {haddowie vallies,climbing trees,& tufted in the head with clufters(asit were) 
of berries in manner of grapes 3a foveraigne plant againft all poyfons, infomuch,as if thejuice M 
or liquor of the berries be oftentimes dropped into the eares of young babes or little infants,no 
poyfons (by report) will ever hurt them afterwards. Asfor the other Smilax or Bindweed, it lo- 
veth places well toiled and husbanded, wherein it ufually groweth; but of no vertue it is and ope- 
ration. The former Bindweed is that,the wood whereof wefaid would givea found, if it were ae 
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