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__ onof this hearbe,it feemeth thatthe Greekes agreed not : for fome faid that it is leafed like to 
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bane alfo,ifit be applied moderatly;of Achillea and the beft Centaurie ; of Plantaineand Har- G 
ftrang,together with oile Rofat and Opium: finally,the juice of Acornesor Galangale ufed with 
Rofes,is much commended in that cafe.Bux this would be noted,that the manner of preparing 
of all chefe juices,isto heat them firft,and then toconveigh orinfufethemintotheearbya*pipe 
for the purpofe[called an Orenchyte.]Semblably,the hearbe Vmbilicus Veneris or Cotyledon 
is much commended for mundifying the eares,when they run with filthie matter efpecially, if it 
be tempered with deare fewet, and namely of a Stag or Hind, and fo inftilled hot. The juice of the 
Wallwort root clarified and {trained through a fine linnen cloth, andfoone after dried and har- 
dened in the Sunne,healeth the {welling impoftumations under the eares, if as need requireth,it 
bediffolved in oile of Rofes, and {o applied hote. The like effet in that cafe hath Vervaine and 
Plantaine ; Sideritis alfo being incorporat in old Hogs greafe. 3 tae 
After the fame manner Ariftolochia together with Cyperus, healeth the ftinking and illfavo- 
red ulcer of the nofe,called Noli-me-tangere. Has oy ar 
The root of Panaces,efpecially thatwhich is called Chironia, if it be chewed in the mouth, 
affluageth the toothach, fo doth the juice thereof, if there bee a collution madetherewith, The - 
root of Henbane hath the like vertue,if one chew it with vinegre: as alfo of Polemonia or Sauge - 
de bois : for which purpofe it is paffing good to chewthe Plantaine root, or to wafhthe mouth 
and teeth with the juice or decoction thereof boiled in vinegre, And the very leaves of Plantain 
be fingular for the paine of the teeth : yea, though the gums were putrified withtanke andcot- 
rupt bloud, orin cafe there owled or iffued out of them filthie bloudie matter. And the feed of 
Plantaine cureth the impoftumations of the gums,albeit they gathered tofvppuration and ran J 
matter. Moreover, Ariftolochia doth knit and confolidat the gums, yea,and fafteneth the teeth 
in the head, Forthefe infirmities of gums and teeth, the root of Vervaine is highly commen- 
ded, if it be chewed: or if it bee boiled in wine or vinegre,and the mouth wafhed with that de- 
coction. The roots of Cinque-foile fodden likewife either in wine or vinegre to the confumpti- 
on of a third part, worke the fame effect. But looke that before you boile them, they bee wel] 
rinced and wathed either in fea water or fale water atthe leaft : andwhen you ufe this collution, 
{ee you hold the liquor or decoCtion in your mouth a long time. But fome there bewho thinke 
it better co rub the reeth with the afhes of Cinque-foile burnt, leaves, root, and all, Moreover, 
the rootof Mullen or Taperwort fodden in wine, maketh a fingular collucion for the teeth. 
Likewife, if the teeth bee wafhed with the decoCtion of Hyffope or the juice of Haritrang, toe K 
gether with Opium or Poppie juice, much good and eafewill enfue thereupon, Asalfoby the 
juice of a Pimpernell root : and therather of that which is counted the female, if the fame bee 
conveighed up into the nofthrill of the contrary fide tothe tooth that aketh. Thereis an hearbe 
« called Ground{well, which the Greekes name Erigeron, and wee the Latines Senecio: they 
fay if aman make acircle round about it with fome inftrument of yron, andthen dig it out of 
the ground, and therewith touch the tooth that is pained, threejeverall times, and betweene — 
every touching {pit upon the ground, and then beftow thefaid hearbe root and all inthe very 
fame place where hee drewit, foas it may liveand grow againe, the faid tooth thall never ake 
afterwards, xT ct 
This Groundfwell is an hearbe much like in fhape to Germander,as foftalfo andtenderasit, L 
the finall ftalkes or braunches whereof enclineto a reddifhcolour; and itlovethto gow upon 
tiled houfes and walls. The Greekes impofed that name Erigeron, becaufe in the Spring itloo- 4 
keth hoarie, like an old grey beard : inthe top it devideth it felfeintoa number of heads, bee 
tweene which there commeth foorth alight plume, much like to Thiftle-downe: which is the 
reafon that Cal/imachys calleth it Acanthius 3 and others, Pappos. But inthe farther defcriptie 
Rocket, others to an Oke, butthat they be much lefle. There bee writersalfowhoholdthe root 
to bee good for nothing in Phyficke: and there bee againe thatcommendittobefingular for 
the finewes : befides, fome others are of opinion, Thatit ftranglethand choaketh as many as 
dtinke it. Contrariwife, certaine Phyficians prefcribe it forthe jaundife to bee taken in wine:for M 
alithe difeafes likewife of the bladder, aid againft the infirmities of the heart and diver: And 
they aflore.us, that it {coureth the reines or kidneies of all gravell. In cafe of the Sciatica they _ 
have ordainedit to bee drunke tothe weight of a dram with Oxymell, prefently after fome ex. 
ercile by walking : giving out, that there isnota better thing in the worldfor the gripes andtor- 
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