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_ A of Plantaine likewife,is a fingular remedie for their poifon. 
Moreover,Frogs (fich efpecially as keepe in bulhes and hedges, and be called in Latine Ru- 
betw,#. Toads)are not without their venom: 1 my felfe have feen thefe vaunting Montebanks cal-, 
ling themfelves Pfylli,as comming from the race of thofe people Pfylli who feared no kind of 
poifon;I have feen them (1 fay) in a braverie (becaufe they would {eeme to furpaffe all others of 
that profeffion)to eat thofe toads baked re hot between two platcers;but what became of them? 
they caught their bane by it,and died more fodainly than ifthey had ben ftung by che A (pis: bur 
what is the helpe for this ranke poifon ? furely the hearb *Phrynion drunke in wine. Some call it * Soitie takeit 
Neuras, others Poterion : prettic flours it beareth: the rootsbe many in number, full of thrings fo" es marae 
like unto finews,and the fame of afweet and pleafantfent.Likewife Alifura is counted another re- visa, akind of 
medie in this cafe :an herb it is,called by fome Damaforium, by others Lyron: the leaves mighe poe 
be taken for Plantaine, but that they be narrower, more jagged and plaited, bending alfo toward ‘naire. 
the ground; for otherwife ribbed they be and full of veins, as likeas may be to Plantaine, Astor 
the ftalke, itis likewife one and no more.plain and flender,of a cubitin heigth;in the head wher- 
ofithath knobs ; roots growing manyand thicke togither and thofe but {mall, like unto thofe of 
the blackeEllebore,but they be hot and biting, of a {weet and odoriferous {mell, and of a fattie 
fubftance withall: it geoweth ordinarily in waterie & moift places. And yet there is afecondkind 
of it which commeth up in woods,ofa more duskifh and blacker colourthan the former, bearing 
bigger leaves. The root of them both is of fingular operation againft the venomous frogs or 
toads abovefaid : alfo againft che Sea-hare, ifit be taken in wine to the weight of one dram. And 
fince we have mentioned the Sea. hares, take this withall, That Cyclaminos alfo is foveraignea- 
gainft their venome. Morcover,a mad dog letteth in a daungerous poifon by the wound that his « 
tooth maketh, againft which there is not abetter thing thian dog-rofe of the Eglantine called 
Cynorthodon,as I have before declared, Plantaine is a fingular hearb againft the biting of any * Whereof be 
venomous beaft whatfoever,whether it be taken inwardly in drinke or outwardly applied.Betonie peeinning of 
is likewife good therefore if it be drunke in old wine. Vervain which the Greeks call Periftereos, the fixe ehap- 
is an hearb bearing one main ftalke of a good heigth,fornifhed well with leaves,fpreading forth ies 
toward the head into other braunches, much fought unto by doves and pigeons , whereupon it * zupiea in 
tooke the forefaid name Periftereos, They fay,whofoever carie this herb about them,there dare deed fignifeth 
not adog bark at them. T hus much as touching the dangets procceding from venimous beafts, iia 
Whar remaineth now but in thenext place, to treat as well of {uch forceries and maleficial} or proiperous 
-poifons,as men have devifed and practifed to the mifchiefe of their owne kind,as of their reme- 237182": but 
: . ala ay 4 ~ what is tharto 
dies ? where in the firft place there prefenteth it felfe unto us that noble berb Moly ,fo much com. this place? No 
mended by the Poér Homer, asa {overaigne prefervative not only againft all chofe wicked inven- doubt Pinie 
; ote fhould h 
tions, but alfo againft the fecret and devilith praCtifes,to wit,charms 8 enchantinents, wrought jest in Theo: 
__ by Art magick and witchcraft, Next unto which,the hearbs*Mithridation,Scordotis;and Cen- phrafusitiarda, 
taurie :alfo the feed of Betonie drunke in honied wine or {weet cuit: the powder alfo of the dried oe Le 
hearb itfelfe,to the weight of one dram taken in foure cyaths of old wine,doth expel] out of the happineffe of 
bodie and evacuat by the feege any poifon whatfoever;but the Patient muft be forced to vomig 28°04 name 
up the firft potion,and then to recharge againe and take another draught of the forefaid medi- Wrerest rine 
cine. And verely it isa common {peech, That whofoever ufe to taft everie day alittle of Betonie, fpeaketb here. 
fal] never catch harme by any poifoned cup. Ifa man or woman'chanceto havedrunkedowne ® Gee ica 
t phraffus attri- 
any poifon,the root of Ariltolochia is a prefent remedie, ufed inthat order as Ihave prefcribed buteth to An- 
before in cafe of ftinging by venomousferpents. The like effect hath the juice of Cinquetoile, tithinon,as 
Semblably A garicke,ifit be taken to the weight of one denier Roman in threecyaths othonied jas ee 
water or mead, is of the fame operation swith this charge, [hat the partie do lay up his ftomacke hearb. Bur lay 
or caft before, There is an hearb called Calves-fnout, in Greeke Antirrhinon, or Anarrhinon,a a ale Ae | 
kind of wild Lychnislike unto Line or Flax,with little orno root atall, carrying a floure referm- wall berets 
bling the Hyacinth or Crowtoes, and the feed much like unto a Calves fnout or muzzle: The /ewhere,ups 
Me pod bd A 3 ) ws Fed bi Plinies Anag- 
Magicians havea great opinion of this hearb, That whofoeverbe rubbedall over withit, or an= pots or Rea 
nointed throughly with«he juice thereof, {hall looke more beautifull, lovely, and amiable: and ders,who ci- 
whofoever weareth it in a bracelet about the wreft or arme,(hall take no harme by charme,force- ee fie 
rie,witchcraft,or poifon. The like conceit they have of another hearb called * Euploea;and they nounced not 
affirme, That if any man or woman be annointed therewith, they {hall grow in great creditand ree ; 
reputation with the people. Moreover they fay,that the herb Arcemifia or Mugwort will preiens pianist 
al} hima, 
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