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atime when the inwards ofabealt kiied for facrifice were caft upon the ground wherethis hearb — 
The fiveand twentiech Booke 
boile it ina new earthen veflell never ufed before, together wich the heatbe Heliotropiam or 
Turofol,and two or three cloves of Garlicke, untill it bee throughly fodden. Whica decoGion 
they prefcribe to be given unto women,as alfo the hearbe it {elie to bee caten the fecond day of 
their monthly ficknefle, and fo to continue for three daies together :and then upon the fourth 
day, after they have bathed, to companie with their husbands. Azppocrates giveth woonderfull 
praife unto Mercurie,as well the male as the female, for all thofe accidents which follow women: 
But the manner of ufing ic,which he prefcribed,there is no Phyfician hath skill of He appointed» 
to make paffaries thereof with Hony,oile of Rofes,oile of Ireos or Lillies,and{o to putthem up. 
into the fecret parts: andin this manner he faith that the hearbeis excellent goodforto provoke © 
the monthly termes of women,andto fetch away the after birth. Heaftirmeth alfo,thata potion: 
or fomentation therewith will doe as much. Moreover, by his faying,the juice of Mercurie infu- 
fed into the eares, or applied by way of linimentwith oldwine, isfingular for them when they. 
suo with ftinking matter. He ordained likewife acataplafme of Mercurtetobelaid untothe bel- ' 
lie, for to ftay the violent flux of humours thither : for the ftrangurie alfo and infirmities of the : 
bladder.In which cafes,he gave the decoCtion thereof with Myrrhe and Frankincenfe, And very 
ly forto loofen the bellie,althoughthe patient were in afever,thereisaposion of Mercurie fin- 
gular good,made in this wife; Take a good handfull of Mercurie,feerh the fameintwodexsars of 
water, untillone halfe bee confumed: ler the partie drinkeche fame with faleand honey raised: 
therewith: But the faid decoction if it be made with anHogs foot,with a Hen ,Capon,or Gacke, 
boiled withall,is the holefomer.Some Phyficians.were of opinion; That forte purge the bedic,, 
both Mercuries,as wellthe male as the female areto be given, either boiled alone by themfaives 4 
or clfe with Mallowes, They cleanfe the breaft parts, and evacuar choller, bur they hustthette- 1 
macke, Touching all the other properties of Mercurie,| will write in placeconvenient. 
As Chiron the Centaure found outthe medicinable vertues of certaine hearbs, fo weare be- 
holden to his fcholler Achilles for/orie,which is fingular to heale wounds, andof his nameiscal- 
led Achillcos. This is that wound-hearbe, wherewith(by report)he cured prince Tclephas.Some 
have thought that he devifee firftxhe ruft of braffe or verdigreece which is fo excellent forfalves 
and plaftres : and therefore you fhall fee ~chil/es commonly painted {craping off the ruft of his 
{peare head with his {word into che wound of the faid Telephus:Ochers fay,thathe tooke botlithe 
{aid ruft or verdegreece,and alfo the hearbe Achilleosto worke hiscure, ‘Seme would havethis 
Achillea tobe Panaces Heracleon;and others, Sideritis:we in Latin call ix Millefolia. Anthearb 
itis growing with a ftalke or {tem to the height of a cubit, {preading into many braunches,clad 
from the very root up to the top, with leaves fnaller than thofe of Fenell.Ochers confefle indeed 
thatthis hearbe is fingular good for wounds: but.the true Achilleos (faythey) bach a blewifh 
ast 
_ ftalke a foot high and no more,bare and naked without any braunches at all, howbeit finely dec- 
ked and groithed on every fide with round leaves,{tanding one by one in excellent order & ma- 
king a faire fight. There be againe who defcribe it with a fourefquare {tem, bearing heads inthe 
top in manner of Horehound, and leaved like unto an Oke, And this they fay is of that efficacie, 
thacit will conglutinat and unite finewes againe, if they, were cut quite afunder. Moreoverjyou 
{hall have fome who take for Achillea that kind of Sideritis growing upon mud wals, which 1f it 
be brufed or ftamped,yeeldech a ftinking fent.Moreover,shereis.ancther going underthename 
Achilleos,liketo this laft defcribed,but that the leaves bee whiter and fattier tne little ftalkes or 
{prigs more tender,and it groweth in vineyards, Laftof all, there is one more called Achilleos, 
which rifeth up to the height of «wo cubits bearing prettic fine and flender braunches and thole 
thiee {quare, leavesrefembling Fearne hanging bya long ftele, and the feedis much hike unto 
that of the Beet. In one word, they bee allot them moft excellent for healing wounds, And 
as for that efpecially, which hath che largeft leaves, our countreymen in Latine have called it ; 
ScopaRegia.And the fame is holden to be good forto heale the Squinancie or Gargle mn fwine. 
_ Inthefame age wherein Achilles lived.prince Texcer alfo gave the firft name and credit to one 
fpeciall hearbe,called after him Teuction which fome nominat Hemionium. This plant pucteth 
forch little ftalkes in manner of ruihes or bents,and {preadeth low: the leaves bee fmall : irloveth 
to grow in rough and untoiled places : a hard and unpleafant favour it hath in taft :itnever flou- 
reth,andiced it hath none. Soveraigneit is for the {wollen and hard {pleene ; The knowledge of 
which propertie came by this occafion,as it is credibly and couftantly reported. fortuned upon 
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