of Plintes Naturall Hiiflorie, * 193 
A litivecataplafmes,yea,and into collyries ordained forto cleare the eyefight.I know few things fo 
good to provoke {necting as this Radicula neither is there abetter hearbe for the fpleene and 
the liver. The fame alfo if it be drunke to the weight ofa Romane denier or dram,in mead or ho- 
nied water, helpeth thofe that be fhortwinded.So doth the feed thereof taken with water,cure the 
pleurifie and any ftitches or paine in the fides. 
Tocome nowto Apocynon:a fhrub itis bearing leaves like unto Iviebne that they be fofter 
and the fhoots or tendrils thereof not fo long : the {eedis {harp pointed, clift,or divided, tull of a 
foft downe, and of a ftrong or unplesfant favor. Being given either to dogs or any other tourfoo- 
ted beafts in meat, itis their bane andkillech them. Moreover,there is the Rofemarie,whereof be 
two kinds: the one is barren & beareth no feed: the other,which rifeth alfo up in a {tem or main 
B ftalke,carieth feed ora rofinous gummie ftuit,called Cachrys. The leaves in finell refemble tran- 
_ kincenfe. The root freth and new gathered,reduced into a falve,healeth greene wounds. Applied 
usto the feat,itreduceth the fundament when it is fallen into theright place,refolve the {welling 
piles,and cureth the running hemorrhoids. The juice both of the braunches and heatbe it felte 
as alfo of the root,is fingular for to {cour the jaundife,and all things els which have need of clen- 
fing and mundification: itcleareth and quickeneth the eyefight. The feed is given to.drinke with 
great fuccefic for all old accidents of the breaft :but with wine and pepperit is good for the ma- 
trice,and helpeth to fend downe womensmonthly termes, Made into a cataplaime with *cocle *#rina. Some 
flower,it isapplied with good effect unto the gout. Itcleanfeth and{coureth away morphew : it (6° F717 
ferveth well to bring any part to heat that hath need of chaufing,yea,and to procure {wear,if the “~~ """* 
C caferequire,fothe place be anointed therwith :alfo ithelpeth any convulfion or cramp.Drunk 
in wine,it encreafeth milke,fo doth the root likewife. The very fubftance of the hearbe reduced. 
intoa liniment,cureth the wens called the Kings evill, if it bee applied untothem with vinegre: 
and taken with honey, itis goodforthecough. Asfor Cachrys,there be:many kinds of ir, as I 
have ihewed before.But this Cachrys of the Rofemarie abovefaid,itit be rubbed, yeeldeth a fub- 
{tance or liquor of rofin.Contrarie it isto poyfons and ftings ofall venomous beafts,but only of 
Snakes.[t moveth {weat,difpatcheth the wringingtorments of the bellie, and caufeth nurces to 
‘have plentie of milke.Savine the hearbe,called by the Greekes Brathy,is of tweforts:the one in 
leafe refembleth rhe Tamariske the otherthe Cypreffe tree: Wherupon fome have given itthe 
name of Candie-Cyprefie.Many ufe it in fuffumigations and perfumes,for Frankincenfe. Butin 
D medicines we Pinyficianstake the double weight of itin ftead of Cinnamon,and it is thought to 
have the fame operations and effects. Itdriveth back and keepeth downall {welling impoftumes: 
ierepreffethallotbofenlcers which be conofive and cankerous, Brought into afalve, it mundifi- 
eth filthiefores. Applied outwardly,iedraweth dead infants cut of the bodie: and nolefieitwors 
keth,being but received by way of perfume, Made intoaliniment,it healeth Si_4a/honies fire, 
and carbuncles. runike with honey and wine,it cureth the jaundife, Itis faid, that che very fume 
or {moke of this hearbe will rid hens and fuch like pullein of the pip. 3 
Much like unto this hearbe Savine,is thatwhich they call Selago, Many ceremoniesare to 
be obferved ia the gathering of this hearb: Firftand formoft,the partie who is to gather it, mutt 
beapparelled all in white,as it were in a furplice ;20¢ barefoot he mutt, and have his feet wafhed 
OE in faire water: before he commeth to gather it,he onght to do facrifice unto the gads withbread 
and wine :«moreover,jno knife or yrontoole isto bee uled hereabont: neither will any hand ferve 
buttheright,and that alfo mult doe the deed not bare and naked, but by fome skirt or lappet of 
his coat betweene,which was done off with the left hand ; and fo clofely kefides,as if he came to 
fiealeiraway fecretly: laft of all; when itis gathered,wrapped it muft be,and carried in a new lin- 
nen napkin or towel. Tlie Druide of France havea great opinion of this hearbe thus gathered, 
and have prefcribed itto be keptas the onely prefervative againft all hurefull accidents & mis- 
fortunes whatfoever, faying, that the fume thereof is fingular good for all the infirmitiesand di- 
icafesof the eyes, The Druida or Prelats of Fraunce abovenamed,make great aecount of ano- 
ther hearbe growing in moift grounds,which they name Samolus: and(forfooth)if you did well 
FE. you thould gather it fafting,with the left hand in any wife: and in the gathering not looke backe 
howloever you doe. Moreover,when itis thus gathered, it ought not to be laid downe out of the 
band in any place, butin the troughs, cifternes, or channels, where {wine,kine,or oxen ufe or- 
dinarily to drinke,where it muft be likewife ftamped :and then without faile, the forefaid cattaile 
fhall be warifhed and fecured from all difeafes. : ; 
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