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eogether, Melandryum is an hearbe found growing in corne- fields and meddowes,with awhite G" 
floweryand the fame of a {weet and pleafantfent: the final] ftems thereof be commended for the 
liver,in cafe they be f{tamped & given inold wine.Chalcetum commeth up in vineyards: which — 
if it be pimned,ferveth for a good cataplafme to be applied unto theregion of the liver. Theroot 
of Betonte taken co the weight of foure drams in wine cuit or honied wine,provoketh vomit rea- 
dily,as well as Ellebore.But for this purpofe Hyflope is becter beeing beaten in pouder, and gi- 
“or Poleme- ven with honey : but order would begiven before unto the patient,to eat Crefles or [rio.*Mole- 
ae monium alfo is of the like effe@,ifit be taken to the weight of one denier. Moreover,the hearbe 
Silybum hath a white juice like unto milke: which after it is thickened to the fubftance of aguas, 
is ufually taken to the forefaid weight,with honey, foravomitorie; and doth evacuat chollericke 
humours efpecially. On the contrarie fide; wild Cumin and the pouder of Betonie,if theybee H 
drunke with water,doe ftay vomiting.For to digeft the crudities of the ftomacke, and to rid away 
the loathing to meat, Carrot is thought to be very good: fois the pouder of Betonie, if itbera- 
ken in honied water: and Plantaine alfo boiled in pottage after the manner of Coleworts orfuch 
“Ceswach, ~ like pothearbes.*Hemonium ftaieth the painefull yex or hocquet.In like fort Ariftolochia.Cly- 
menos giveth libertie to draw the wind morefreely. Fhe greater Centaurie and Hyflope are fin- : 
gular in drinke for the pleurifie and infammation of the lungs, ‘Phe juice of Harltrang princi- | 
Py pally is a proper remedie for thofe thathave the plurifie. Touching that plant,whichthe French =, 
ae ioe call*Halum : the Venetians Cotonea :itis holden excellent for the greefe of the fides, for the 
Pinenm,  Teines,thofethatbee plucked with the crampe, and burften by any inward rupture : This hearbe 
fomwhat refembleth wild Origan or Marjeram,fave thatin the head itis likeratherunto Thyme: J 
{weet itis in taft, and quencheth thirft: a fpungeous and lightrootithath, in one place white,in 
another blacke.Of the fame operation forthe paines of the fide,is Chamzrops,anhearb which — 
hath leaves growing double about the ftalke,and'thofelike unto the Myrtle leaves: and bearing 
certaine buttons or heads,much aftez the manner of the Greekifh Rofe ;and the way to takeitis 
in wine. Agaricke drunke in that order as it was prefcribed for the cough,doth afluage the paine 
of the Sciatica andthe backe bone, Semblably,doth the pouder of dried Stoechas or Betonicsit 
it be taken in mead or honied water, | 
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e& Of all the infirmities and remedies of the bellie,amd thof parts thas either bee ad- K 
joining toit,or within contatned.The meanes bow toloofen 
and bind the bellie. | 
Ouching the paunch or belie much adoe there iswith it: and although moft men care for 
nothing els in this life, butto content and pleafethe bellie, yerof all other parts it pureeth 
them to moft trouble: For one while itis fo coftive; as that it will give no paflage to the 
meat ; another while {o flipperie,as it will keepe none of it: one time you final have it fo peevifh, 
as thatitcan receive no food ;and another time foweakeand feeble, that itisable tomakeno — 
good concoétion of it. And verely now adaies the worldisgrowne to that paffe,that the mouth 
and paunch together are the cheefe mean¢sto worke our death, The wombe(Ifay)thewickedeft L 
veffel] belonging to our bodies, is evermore urgent,like an importunat creditour,demaunding 
debt,and oftentimes in aday calleth unto us for viduals: Bor the bellies fake efpecially wee are fo 
covetous to gather good; forthe bellie,we layup fo many dainties and fuperfluities ; tocontent 
the bellic, wee fticke not to faileas farre asthe river Phafis;and to pleafe the bellie,wee feeke and 
found the bottome of the deepe feas: and when all isdone,no man ever thinketh how bafe and 
abject this part of the bodie is, confidering that filthie ordure & exctement which paffeth from 
it in the end. No marvell then if Phyficians bee much troubled aboutit,and bee forced todevife 
the greateft number of medicines for the heJpe and cure thereof. And to begin with the ftaying 
and binding of ita dram of Scordotis the hearbe, ftamped greene andtaken in wine, dooth the 
feat:fo doth the decoction rhereof,if itbe drunke,Alfo Polemonia isa foveraigne hearbeto bee Mi 
giveir in wine forthe blondie fix. The root of Mullen or Lungwort,taken to the quantitie of two 
Hinges in water; worketh the fame effect. The feed of Nymphwza Heraclea drunke in wine, is of 
the like operation : fo is the upper part of thedouble root of Glader or the Flag, miniftredto 
theweight of twodramsin vinegre. To thispurpofe ferveth alfo Plantain feed, done into prey 
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