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ments of the guts, if it bee taken in fweet wine cuit:efteeming ita fingular hearbe for the grecfe 
of the midriffe and precordial] parts about the heart, if ix bee eaten with meat in a fallad wich 
vinegre : and in regard of thefe manifold commodities they fow and nourifh it in cheir gardens 
for to bee alwaies readie at hand. And fome authours I find who have made afecond kiod there- 
of: but hey have not defcribed what manner of hearbe it is,onely they appointit to be given in 
water againft the fting of ferpents,and to be eaten for the falling ficknefle, Formine owne pate, 
will fet downe the ufe thereof in fome cafes,according as have found.ic by experience to worke 
inthe practife here at Rome. The plume or downe which it beareth,if itbe ftamped and redu- 
ced intoa liniment with Saffronanda few drops of cold water,and fo applied; cureth the inordi- 
nat flux of watetifh humoursinto the eyes » The fame dried and parched againft the fire, or 
otherwife fried with fomecornesof falt, and laidto the {welling wens called the Kings evill,heas 
Jeth them. | ays 
The May-Lillie (called in Greeke Ephemeron) is leafed like unto the Lillie, but thatthe 
leaves bec leffe : the ftem is femblable and equall unto it, upon which it beareth a *blew flower. *Diofcorides 
The feed which itcarieth isnothing medicinable.One fingle root it hath of a finger thickenefle, 1" whice. 
which is foveraigne for the teeth, if it bee cut and minced finall, and afterwards fodden in vine- 
greforacollution to wath the teeth with it warme. The very fubftance alfo of the root isfingu- 
Tar good toconfirme the teeth ftanding loofe in the head ;andto be putinto thofe that bee hol- 
- low and worme-caten. Moreover, the root of Celendine is good for the teeth, if itbee bruifed 
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or womantofhamie, asnoinfirmitie mote ; Iwill {et downe onc.or two compound receits for 
orftamped, and fo with vinegre heldin the mouth ..[f teeth bee rotten and corrupt, the blacke 
Ellebore is fingular to bee put into theirconcavities, And both of them (aswell the blacke as 
the white) ferve in acollution to ftrengthen and keepe them faft in their fockets, if they be boy- 
Jed in vinegre. As touching the Tazill(which is called in Latine Labrum Venerispit groweth in 
rivers and “waters: Within the heads or burres which it beareth, there is found alittle woorme by eonraceee 
3 ie , foal § er indeed 
or grub, which forthe toothach they ufe to bind about the teeth,or to putit in their holes, and within the cone 
clofethem up with wax. But when that hearbeis pulled out of the ground, great heed mutt be cavities or 
taken that ittouchnor the earth . The hearbe Crowfoot is called in Latine Ranunculus, in qh oun 
Grecke Batrachion; whereof bee foure kinds, The firft beareth leaves like unto Coriander, but Icaves where 
that they be fatrer, and as broadas thofe of the Mallow, of a {wert colour : the ftalke is whicifh, *+ iovne to 
x Sa bs ; s : .”. the ftem,bue 
or grifled and flender, the root alfo white: it groweth ordinarily along great rode waies efpeci- furely in ae 
ally in cold,fhadowie,and moift places. The fecond is better furnifhed with Jeaves, and thofe ic groweth noe 
more curand endented than the former, and rifeth up with greater and higher ftalkes. The third _ 
isthe leaft, having aftrong fent, and bearing a yellow flower like unto gold. The fourth is like 1aéseo, niofcor, 
to this, and hath likewifea yellow flower. They beall of them of acauftickeand burning quali- “be. 
tie, For lay butthe leaves rawand greene (as they grow) upon any place, they will raife blifters = 
in the skin, as well asa light coaleof fire : which isthe reafon, that they bee much ufed for }e- 
profiesand foule skabs; alfoto take outany markes imprinted in the skin, or unfeemely {carre. 
In famme, itis one of the ingredients that goe to the making of al] potentiall caureries or cau- 
fticke medicines, VWierethe haire is gone,and the place bare and naked, they ulecommonly to 
applic thefe hearbes for to recover the haire againe : but they muft bee foone remooved . For 
toorh-ach alfo itis an ordinarie thing to chew of theirroots, but if one continue fo long, it will 
burftcheir teeth in peeces. Thefame beeing curinto roundles, and dried, and fo beaten ince 
pouder, fervethto provoke {neefing. Our Herbarifts here in Italie call this hearbe Suumeazbe- 
caufe it helperband cureth the wensnamed Strume or the Kings evill, and the flatbiles orpu- 
fhescalled Pani, if thefamebe hanged up afterwardsin the chiamey totake fmoake . For this. 
opinion they have,and be verely perfuaded, Thatif itbe fet again intothe ground, the wens and: 
bilésaforefaid which were healed will returne and bee fore againe. The like forcerie and witehs 
craft they ufe with Plancaine : Butin truth, the juiceof Plantaineis fingular good for the can- 
kers or ulcers within the mouth :fo are the leaves and roots, if they be onely chewed, yeathough 
the patient or difeafed perfon were troubled with the {pitting rheume ; forthey intercept-all 
thofe defluxions, ‘which take a courfe into the mouth, Cinque-foile isa veryfoveraigne hearb 
“~ the on of themouth,andfor ftinking breath. Pfyllium,z.Fleawort, is good for the ulcers 
~ + But fince I have named a ftinking breath, which isa fouleand naftie difeafe, puttingman 
that 
