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cloferotheeare, Another hearbe there is like to this, which fome have called Clematis, This 
plant creepeth & climbeth upon trees, having many joints alfo orknots, The leavesare good to 
mundifie the foule leprofie. The feed drunke to the meafure of oneacetable, in a hemin of water 
ormead,maketh the bellic loofe, The decoction thereof is given likewife tothe fame effect, 
a4) Cuar. x1 
_ O& The veriaes and properties of Canes or Reeds, of the Papyr reed, of Ebene,Olean- 
der Sumach otherwife called Rhus Erythros, Madder Allyson Sope- 
wort or Fallers-weed, Apocynon, Rofemarte Cachrys,Sa- 
vine,Sclagoand Samitlus, Alo of Gums, 
medicinable vertues :and in no plants more appeareth the admirable power of dame Na- 
ture, the onely fubject matter handeled in all thefe bookes of ours. For in the firft place; 
there prefenreth it felfe unto us the root of Reeds or Canes which being bruifed and applied ac- 
cordingly, draweth forth of the bodie any {pils of Fearne flicking within the flefh: So dooth the 
Fearne root by the Reed. And for as much as we have fet down many forts of Canes,thatamong 
H Eretofore have we {hewed nine and twentie fundriekinds of Reéds,all endued with theft 
the reft, which commeth out of India and Syriajand wherof perfumers have fo great ufe in their 
- fweet ointments and odoriferous compofitions, hath this propertie befides, That if tbe boyled 
with the graffe called Dent de Chien [/,Quoich grafle or Perfely {ced]itis diuretical] and provo- 
keth urine. Applied outwardly,tt draweth downe the defired ficknefle of women. Taken in drinke 
to the weig 
the liverand the reines:it is a remedy alfo for the dropfie.As for the cough,a very perfume ther- 
of will ftay it,and therather, if it be mixed with Rofin. The root fodden in wine with Myrrhe,clen- 
feth fcurfe and dandruffe,it healeth alfo the {preading ulcers and running {cals of the head. There 
is a juice befides drawn from it,which becommeth like to Elareriuim,or the juice of the wild Cu- 
cumbet. Moreover,in any Reed, the beft and moft effeQuall part thereof isthat holden to bee, 
@ whichisnext tothe root, The joints alfo and knots be of great efficacie. The Cyprian Cane is 
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named Donax, therind whereof, if it bee burnt and brought into afhes,is fingular for to bring 
hair again in places where it is hed: it healeth likewife ulcers growing to putretaétion, The leaves 
thereof are ufed,to draw forth any prickes or thornes. The famebe of great vertue againtt S.4n- 
thonies fire,the thingles and fuch like,yea and againtt all impoflumacions.The common and or- 
diaary Reeds have an extractive or drawing facultie,if they be amped green: waich is not ment 
of the root onely,but alfo ofthe very fubftance of the Reed i felfe which they fay is of great ope- 
ration. The root being reduced into a liniment,and applied with vinegre,cureth all diflocations 
and eafeth the pains of che chine bone. 1 he fame punned ereene and new,fiirreth to ludtifsi be 
drunke in wine. The downe or cotton growing upon the cane, if it bee putinto the eares,cauicth 
hardneffe of hearing. 
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Oleander,called in Greeke Rhododendros,which fome name Rhododaphne,and others Ne- 
ron, 
ht of two oboli, itcureth thofe who are fubje@ ro convulfions or crampes:ithelpeth 
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