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~ isamoftexcellent wound-hearbe.And it isavouched by the people of that country, Thatif an 
» Ox chaunce to have his {tringsor finewes cut quite atwo with the plough fhare, thishearbe will 
_. conglutinatand fouder them againe,if irbe madeintoafalve with{winesgreafe. =. . 
Concerning baftard Navew, called in Greeke Pfeudo Bunion, it hath theleaves of Navew 
gentle,and braunchethto the height of a hand breadth or fpan. The belt of this kind,gtowerh in. 
the Ifle Candie,wherethey ufe to drinke five or fixe branches therof forthe wringing torments | 
of the bellie,for the ftrangurie,the paine of the fides midriffe,and precordiall parts, 
Myrrhis,which fome call Smyrthiza others Myrrha,is paffing like unto Hemlocke,in flake. 
leaves,and flower; onely it is {maller and flenderer, and hath noill grace.and unpleafant taft.to. 
be eaten with meats, Taken in wine, it hafteneth themonthly courfe of womens fleurs if they bee. 
too flow,and helpeth themin labour to fpeedie deliverance. It isfaid moreover, That in time ofa, 
plague itis holefometo drinke it for feare of infeCtion. A {upping or broth made of,it,helpeth 
thofe who are ita Phthyficke or confumption; This good propertie it hath befides,toftirreup. a. 
quicke appetite to meat. It doth extinguith and kill the venome infli@ed by the fting orpricke of 
the venomous fpiders Phalangia. The juice drawne out of this hearbe after it hath lien infufedor 
foaked three dates together in water,healeth any fore breakisg outeitherin faceor head. _ 
» Finally,Onobrychis carieth leaves tefembling Lentils,but that they are fomewhat longer: it 
beareth alfo a red flower: but refteth upon a finall and lender root.It groweth about f{prings and 
fountaines, Being dried and reduced into a flower or pouder,it maketh an end of the ftranguric, 
fo itbe drunke in a cup of white wine well {trewed and {piced therwith.It ftoppeth a lask, To con- 
clude, the juice thereof caufeth them to {weat freely who are annointed all over with it. 
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2& The medicinable vertues of Coriace/ia,Callicia,and Menais with three and twentie 
other hearbes,which fome hold to be Magicall. Moreover, of Confidia,and 2° 
Aproxis befides fome other which are revived and in requeft ou 
againe having been long time out of ufe. 
O difcharge and acquit my felfe of the promife which Imade of firaunge and wonderfull 
hearbes,] cannot chufe but in this place write a little of thofe which the Magicians make 
fuch reckoning of. For can there bee any more admirable than they 2 And in verie truth, 
Democritus and Pythagoras, following the traéts of the faid wife men and Magicians, were the 
firft Philofophers,whio in this part of the world fet thofe hearbes on foot,and brought them in- 
toa name. OD uc | 
And to begin with Coriacefia and Callicia. Pythagoras affirmeth, That thefe two hearbes will 
caufe water to gather into anyce. I findno mention atallin any other authors of thefehearbs, 
neither doth he report mote properties of them. pb arti 
The fame author writeth of an hearbe called Menais,knowne alfo by the name of Corinthas, 
the juice whereof(by his {aying)if ir be fodden in water, prefently cureth the {ting of ferpents,if 
the place be fomented with the faid deco@tion. Hee affirmeth moreover,that if the faid juice or 
liquor be poured upon the graffe, whofeever fortuneth to goe thereupon,and touch it with the 
fole of the foot, or otherwife chaunce to be but dafhed or {princkled therewith, fhall die there- 
upon remedileffe and no way there isto efcape the mifcheefe.A monftrous thing to report that 
this juice fhould be fo rankea venome as it isunleffe it beufed againft poyfon. 
The felfefame Pythagoras fpeaketh yet of another heatbe which hecalleth Aproxis: theroot 
whereof is of this nature,to catch fire a farre off slike forall the world to Naphtha, concerning 
which, I have written formwhatalreadie in my difcourfe as touching the wonders of Nature.And 
he reporceth moreover, hat if a man or woman happentobe fick of any difeafe,arwhattime as_ 
this Aproxis isin the flower,although he or thee bee throughly cured of it, yet fhall they have a 
crudging or minding thereof as often as it falleth to Aower againeyeare by yeare, And of this 
opinion he is befides, [hat Frumentie corne,Hemlocke,and Violets,are of the fame nature and M 
propertie.lam notignoranc, That this booke of his wherein thefeftrange reports are recorded, 
jome have afcribed unto Cleomporus,a renowmed Phyfician:but the currantfame or {peech hol 
deth ftill fo conftantly,time out of mind,that we muft needs beleeve Pythagras to be the author 
of the faidbooke. True it is indeed, that thename of Pythagoras might give authoritieand cre- 
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