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There is befidesin the region called Baétriana and about the river Boryfthenes, another G 
{trange plant named Gelotophyllis, which (by his report) if one doe drinke with Mytrhe and — 
wine, it will caufe many fantafticall apparitions : and the partie fhall therewpon fallinto a fit of 
laughter without ceafing and intermiffion, and never give over, unlefleit bee with a draught of 
Date wine wherein were tempered the kernils of Pine nuts together with pepper and honey. 
Touching the hearbe of good fellowfhip Syffitieteris found in Perfis,it cooke that name be- 
caufe ir maketh them exceeding merie who are met together at a feaft, They call the famse hearb 
likewife Protomedia , for chat itis fo highly efteemed among kings and princes. And another 
*Asone would name it hath befides.towit,*Acafignete,becaufe it commech up alone and no other hearbs near’ 
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ther,and make as it were a good mariage, ‘Bg 
The fame Democritus talketh alfo of Helianthe: an hearbe leavedliketothe Myrtle,growing 
in the countrey Themifcyra,and che mountaines of Cilicia,coafting along the fea. And he gi- 
veth out,that if icbe boiled with Lions greafe,and then together with Saffron and Date wine te-. 
duced into an ointment,the forefaid Magi and the Perfian kings therewith annoint themfelves, — 
to feeme thereby more pleafant and amiable to the people : which isthe reafun, that the fame 
hearbeis called Heliocallis. : 
Over and befides,he maketh mention of Hermefias, (for fo he tearmeth not an hearbebut a 
~ certaine compofition){fingular for the getting of children, which fhai] proove faire and of good. 
nature befides.Made it is of Pine-nutkernils, ftamped and incorporat with Honey, Myrrhe,Saf- 
fron,and Date wine, with an addition afterwards of the hearbe Theombrotium and milke: and 
this confection he prefcribeth to be drunk by rhe man alittle before the very a¢t of generation: 
but by women upon their conception, yea,and after their deliverie all che while they benources 
and give fucke:and in fo doing they may be affured,thatthofe children of theirs, thus gotten, 
bred,and reared,fhall be paffing faire and well favoured,of anexcellent fpiritand courage :and 
in one word every way good,O; all thefe hearbes before {pecified,he fetteth downealfothe very 
names which the faid Magi call them by. Thus much for the Magicke hearbes found in Democrs- 
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A pollodorue, one of his difciples and followers,comes in with his two hearbes tothe other 
beforenamed, The one he callech Afchynomene, becanfe it draweth in the leaves, if one come. 
neare unto it with the hand: the ocher Crocis, which if the venomous fpiders Phalangia doe | 
butcouch,they willdieuponit. ~ | \ 
_ Cratevas writeth ofan hearbe called Oenotheris,which being put in wine,ifany favage beafts 
befprinckled therewith, they will become tame, gentle andtractable, . io, 21 ‘ 
A famous*Grammiarian of late daies made mention of another hearb Anacampferos,ofthis 
ertue, That ifa man touched a woman therewith, were fheedeparted from: him in all the has _ 
ted that might bee, thee would come again and love him entirely. The fame benefitalfofliould 
the woman find thereby,in winning the love ofa man. This may fuftice forthe prefent to have 
written of thefe wonderfull Magicke hearbs ,confidering that meaneto difcourfe moreatlarge © 
of them and their {uperftition in a more convenient place. 1 9019 yo. , cissebon 
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Any writers have made mention of Eriphia. This hearb hathwithinthe ftrawofthe ftem 
i's certain flie like a beetle,running up and downe, and by that means making a noife like 
| unto a young kid, whereupon it tooke the forefaid name. There is notabetter thing in 
the world for the voice, than this hearb,as folke fay. poiliy iiss stioiyae 
The hearbe Lanaria, given to ewes in amorning when they are fafting, caufeth theirudders 
to firout with milke . Laétoris likewife isa common hearb andas well knowne, by reafon thatit 
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is fo full of milke, which caufeth vomit, if one taft thereof never fo little. Sometherebewhofay, M 
#The foldiors That the hearb which they call * Militaris, isall one with this La@oris : otherswould have it to 
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be verie like unto it; and that it fhould have that name,becanfe there is nota wound made with | 
{word or edged weapon, butit healeth it within five daies, in cafe ic beappliedtherctowith oile, 
Semblably, the Grecke writers make great reckoning of theix * Stratiotes: but this hearbe 
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