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ach,if che mouth be wafhed therewith. To conclude it ftirreth ap to flefhly lifts soo 
There is befides another kind of Clematis, knowne by the name of the AgyptianClematiss 
howfoever {ome call it Daphnoeides, others, Polygonoeides. Leaved itis like the Lawrell, fave 
that the leaves bee long and thin, Butagainft.all ferpents, and efpecially the Afpides.it isa fo- 
VaNens countrepoyfon if itbee drunke in vinegre. Aigypt bringeth foorth this hearbe in great 
abundance, : nt 
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e& Of Avon, Dracunculus,or Dracontium.Of Arisof Millefoile.of another hearbe 
of that name Of Pfeudobuniuem.Of Myrrhisand Onobrichis: with | 
their medicinable vertucs, 
Wake-robin, °F Here isa great difference betweene *Aron (of whichhearbeI have written among thofe 
Dragon, #_ with bulbous roots) and *Dracontium : althoughwriters bee atfome variance about this 
point, for fome have affirmed that they be both one.Howbeit Glaucias hath diftinguifhed 
them, in thatthe one groweth wild, and the otheris planted: and he pronounceth and calleth 
Dragon,the favage Aron.Oshers are of opinion, That there is no other difference between them, 
but tlat che onion root iscalled Aron, and the ftem of the fame hearbe Dracontium : whereas 
indeed there is no likeneffe a all betweene the one and the other, if fo be that Dracontium of the 
Thefe defcrip- Greekes be the fame that we call Dracunculusin Latine. For Aroshatha blackeroot growing | 
withon: Wake Dtoad, flat,and round, yea,and farre greater, infomuch as itisa good handfull:butthe root of gf 
robin and Dra- Dracunculus is fomewhat red,and the fame wrythed and folded round in manner of aDragon, ~~ 
gon. whereupon it tooke that name.Nay,the very Greekes themfelves have made anexceeding great | 
difference, betweene Dragon and Wake-Robin ; for they affirme, That the feed of Dragon is 
hot and biting, and befides, of fucha virulent and ftinking {mell, that the very fent thereof is 
ynough to drive a woman great with) child.to travaile before hertime, and toflip an unumely — 
birth.C ontrariwife they have wonderfully commended Aron: For firftand formoft,they prefer 
the female of this kind as a principall meat,before the male, whichis harder to be chewed, and 
longer ere it be concogted and digefted:moreover,they affirm, That as well the one as the other, 
doth expeGorat the fleame gathered in the heft sand whether it be dried and brought into pou- 
der and {o the drinke Ipiced withall,or othetwife taken in forme of a lohoch or electuarie,itpro- x 
voketh both urine and alfo womens monthly termes. Drunke with Oxymell, it mundifieth and 7 
2 comforteth the ftomacke : and Phyficians have given it in Ewes milke for the exulceration of 
| the guts : & rofted under the embers, they have prefcribed it to be taken with oile for the cough: 
Some have fodden it in milke,and given the decodtion thereof to be drunke in thatcafe. They 
have appointed italfo to bee boiled,and then applied accordingly,to waterie eyes for toreprefie 
the violence of the rheume: likewife, unto places blacke and blew with ftripes : as alfo forthe in. 
flammation of the amygdales : alfo, they have given direction to inje@ the fame with oile by 
way of clyftce,as an excellent remedie for the Hemorrhoids : and to applie it ina liniment with 
honey, for to take away the pimples and freckles of the skin.C/eophamtus hath givenitthe praife 
of an excellent antidote or countrepoyfon: prefcribing alfo the ufe thereof forthe pleurific and 
” inflammation of the lungs, in the fame manner,as in cafe of the cough :he appointed likewile to. 
beat the {eed into pouder,andbeing mixed either with common oile or oilerofat, to-drop itinto 
the eares for to afluage the paine. D-euches ordained,to take and temper it with meale, and foto 
worke it into a pafte, and to give the bread fo made,unto them thatcough:tothofewhobethore 
winded :{uch alfo as cannot breath unleffe they fit upright: and laftly,to.as many asreach up fil- 
thie matter out of their breaft. Diodotws the Phyfician made therof anelectuarie or lchoch with 
honey,for them to licke who are in a Phthificke, or otherwife difeafed in the lights: and hee ap- 
pointed it to bee laid asa pultefie for fractures of bones. There is not a beaftor living creature 4 
whatfoever,bur if the fhap or naturall parts be annointed therewith, it will fetch away thefruitot 
their wombe. The juice drawne out of the roor,if it be incorporat with Atticke honey,fcateereth M 
the muftie clouds and filmes in the eyes that trouble the fight: the fame alfo cureth the defects 
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and infirmities of the ftomacke.And a fyrrup made with the deco€tion therofandhoney,is good 
to ftinta cough. All ulcers whatfoever,bee they woolves,cankerous fo1es,or otheiwile correfive 
and cating forward fiiil: yea, the very illfavonred Polype and Nolime-tangere inthenofthrils, = 
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