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rion hath notbeen fo happie yet,as to find fo much asa name among the Latines. A ftraunge G 
~ and marvellous qualitie of this plant:T he leaves are a very poyfon to all fourefooted beaits ;and 
yet they ferye man as aprefervative and countrepoyfon againit {erpents,it they be taken in wine 
with Rue among.Alfo theepe and goats if they chance to drinke of the water wherin thofe leaves 
Jay foaked,willby report)thereupon die. 
Neither hath Rhusa Latine name,notwithftanding it be much ufed in Phyficke, & otherwife. 
Foritisa wild plant growing of itfelfe,bearing leaves like unto the Myrtle, upon fhort ftalks and 
branches; fingular for to expell any poyfon and wormes out of the bodice: and befides, called itis 
the Curriers (hrub,forthat they ufe to drefle their skins with the dri¢ leaves therof,inftead of pom- 
granatrinds,Of a reddith colour it is,a cubit in height,and a finger thick. Moreover,Phyficians | 
employ the medicines whereinto this Rhusis put, for bruifes : likewife, for the flux proceeding H, 
from a feeble ftomacke,as alfo for the ulcers in the feat.But the leaves ftamped and incorporat 
with honey,and fo brought into a liniment or falve with vinegre,doe heale cankerousfores,fuch 
as with inflammation doe eat away the fefh to the very bone. Their decoction is fingularto bee 
inftiiled into eares thatrun with filchie matter. Moreover,there ismadea ftomaticall compofiti- 
on of the branches of thisRhus,boiled which ferveth in the fame cafesas the abovenamed Dia- 
moron,/,of Mulberries : but if it have allum joined withall, itis of greater efficacfe. The fame 
ah kitchia being brought intoa liniment,is pafling good for the {wellingsin a dropfie, As forthe *Rhus, 
Sumach,is all Which is called Erythros, /.the red, icisa {hrub,and the feed thereof is both aftringent and refri- 
enewiththe gerative.Much ufed isthe graine or feed of this Rhus in ftead of falt to pouder and feafon meats. 
other: but tia Laxative itis, and giveth a pleafant aft to any flefh meats, efpecially if Silphiumbeemingled J] 
the feed , and Withall. fempered with honey, it cureth and healeth all running ulcers : and in that manner pre- 
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thecumners pared, it is excellent for theroughnefle of a furred tongue, for places bruifed, looking blacke and 
pecupisd the, blew,or otherwife raw where the skinis rafed and pilled off Nothing fo foon healeth any wounds 
branches, inthe head, and bringeth them fo quickly to cicatrice, And taken inwardly with other meats, it) 
ftoppeth the immoderat flux of womens fleurs. 
As touching Madder,which fome Greekes call Erythrodanus, others Ereuthodanus,and we 
in Latine Rubia,it is an hearbe different from Rhus Erythros abovenamed. Diets ufe it much to € 
colour their wooll and woollen cloth, fo doe curriers about their skins and leather, In Phyficke it 
fervech to provoke urine : it cureth thejaundife,if itbee taken in mead or honied water: and re-| 
duced into a liniment with vinegre,it healeth the illfavoured tettars call Lichenes.Overandbe-. K 
fides,it is good for the Sciatica and the palfie: in cafe the patient who drinke therof, do likewife 
bach every day. fine roor and feed borh of Madder,draw downe womens months, ftop the laske, 
and difcuii¢ or refolve any apoftumations breeding. The braunchesand leaves thereof reduced. 
intoa cataplafine and laid too,are good for the fting of ferpents. The leavesalfo have a {pecialk 
propertie to colour the haire of the head. read in {ome writers, [hat if this hearbe be tied about 
the necke or fome other part of the bodie, and the patient doc nomore butlooke thereupon, it 
is fufticient to cure thejaundife, 
*sometoke it b3¢ hearbe *Alyflon differeth from this Madder,in regard of the leaves and branclresonly, 
tobe Afperala, which be lefle.It tooke that name Alyffon,becaufe thofe that bee bitten with amad dog,if they 
Beenie. drinke it with vinegre,or weare it tied faft abour them, fhall notlikewiferun mad. But itis very L 
ftrange which is faid moreover of this hearbe, namely, That the very fight thereof is ynough to 
diie up and confume that venomous matter oz humour infuled by the cooth of thefaiddog, and. 
whichis the caufe of madneffe, 
Asfor the Fullers weed,which the Latines call Radicula,and the Greekes Seruthion,as I have 
beforefaid,it ferveth to {coure and prepare wooll and woollen cloth forthe diershand. In Phy- 
ficke the broth or deco@tion thereof drunke,cureth the jaundife,and the infirmities or difeafes of - 
the breaft. It provoketh urine, loofeth the bellie,and cleanfeth the matrice, whichis the caufe, 
that Phyficians call it Aureum poculum, /.the golden cup, or golden drinke, ‘The fame taken 
with honey in manner of an ele@tuarie,to the quantitie of onc {poonefull ata time,is offingular 
operation for the cough and fhortnefle of breath, when the patient cannot draw and deliver his 
wind but fitting upright.Reduced into a liniment with parched Barley groats and vinegre, it cu- 
reth and clean{eth the foule leprofie. Drunke with Panaces and Caper-roots, it breaketh the 
fRone,and expelleth it out of the bodie. Sodden with Barley meale in wine, and brought to a 
pultefle,it difpatcheth rifings in the fleth,or broad flat biles called Pani.It is ufvallyput into eo 
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