The fix atrd twentieth Rooke | 
Yohoch, cureththe cough. The faid hearbe taken fimply by it felfe'alone; raifethtough flame G 
out of the breaft, and caufech itto breake from the Patient with cafe, The likeveffcat hath Cens 
taurie the greater, yea though a man did bring up bloud : for which infirmitie,the juice of Plans 
" tainalfo is thought to be fingular. Betonie taken in waterto the weight ofthree oboli,isof great 
, force againft the {pitting of blond, and raifing up of filchie matterout of the cheft. The rootof © 
the great bur hath the like vertue,if itbe eaten tothe weight of one dram with eleven Pine-nats. | 
The juice of Harftrang, as alfo Galangale, is good for the paine inthe breaft; and therfore they 
goe. bothof them into prefervatives and antidots which ferve for countrepoifons: The Carot 
likewife helpeth thofe thatcough; like asthe hearb Scythica(which is: the wild caraway;)forjbes 
ing drunke to the weight of three cyaths in {weet wine cuit, it is penerally good forall difeafes of 
the breaft, for the cough, and helpeth fuchas fetch up filthie-and rotten matter, MN by fy 
210: ‘(Cuap vi. rk 
2G Of Mullen or Lungwort : of Cacalia : of Folefoot called Tufflago or Bechium: 
fs and of Sauge : bearbs all appropriat for the cough. 
rt A Vilen or Lungwort with the yellow golden floure, being in like manner taken to the fame 
4° + quantitie, eafech the forefaid infirmities, Certes this hearbeis of that efficacie in thefe 
cafes, thatifa drench thereof be given to horfes,which not onely have the cough butal- 
fo be broken winded, it will helpe them. Thefame effects I find attribuced to Gentian, The root 
of Cacalia foked in wine and chewed,is good not onely for the cough butalfo for the infirmities: > 
in the throat. Take five braunches or flips of hyflope,and two fprigs of rue,with threefigs,feeth 1 
thefe togither, it isan excellent drinke for to difcharge the breaft of fleame that ftuffeth it.Fole- 
foot,called in Greeke Bechion,that is to fay in Latine* Tuffiiago, doth appeafe the violence of 
‘the cough. Twokinds therebe of this hearb :the wild,which wherfoever itis feen to grow, thew- 
eth that chere ts water under it: a thing that they know well enough whofeekefor {prings, for they 
take it to bean aflured figne and direction to water : it beareth leaves like to Ivie, but fomewhat 
bigger, either five or {even innumber, which underneath or toward the ground be fomewhat 
whitith, but above in the upper fide, of a pale colour, without floure, ftem, or feed, and the root 
is but{mall, Some would have it and Chamaleuce both, tobe one and the fame hearbe called 
by divers names, Take this hearbe,leafe and root togither when they be dried, fetallon fireand — 
receive the ftnoke by a pipe, as if you would fucke or drinké:it down, itis (they fay)anotableme- K 
dicine tocurean old cough; but between every pipe you mutt {ip a pretie draught of {weet wine, 
The fecond Bechion fome would have to be called Salvia, an hearbe like unto Mullen: {tampe 
the fame, and let the juice run through a ftreiner. 5 which being made hot, drinke it for the cough 
and paine in thefides, This hearbe likewife is very effeQuall againft{corpions andfea-dragons. 
Alfo an inun¢tion made therewith and oile togither, is commended much forthe fting of fer: 
pents. A bunch of hyopefodden with three ounces of honey, isa fine medicine forthe coughs 
, Cuap. Vit ; salty 
BG For the paine of the fides and breaft : for thofé that cannot draw their wind butfittingap~ LL 
right : for the paine of the liver : the heart ach: for the lights : difficulrie of urine: the 
cough : the breaft, ulcers for the eyes :for the flax of the belly occafioned by a 
feeble liver : against immoderat vomits : for the yex, the plen- 
: rifit, and all griefes of the fide, ; . 
Vagwort or Mullen drunke in water with rue, is very good for the paine of the fides and the 
L; breaft :for which purpofe alfo, they fay, that powder of Betonie is as good, if it be taken in 
water well warmed. The juice of Scordotisis holdento be a great corroborative of the fto- 
macke : fois Centaurie alfo & Gentian, drunke in a draught of water.Plantain eithereaten alone ~ 
by it felfe, or wich a gruel! and broth of Lentils, or els ina frumentie potage made with wheat, is 
comfortable to'the ftomack,Betonie,although otherwife itlie heaviein the ftomack: yet if one’ 
either chew the leaves, or drinke them in fome broth, it helpeth much the defeéts and infirmi-® 
ties thereof, In like cafe Ariftolochia if irbe taken in drinke. Alfo Agaricke chewed drie, foas 
between whiles the patient fupa little of pure wine of the grape, hath the like vertnesAss for ie, 
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