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over, the hearbe Laver, which loveth to grow in brookes and rivers, beeing eitherconditeandG 
preferved,or els fodden,allaieth the wrings of the bellie. VVaterfpeeke or Pondweed, called in 
Greeke Potamogeton,is fingular good forthe dyfenterie or blondie flix ; for the flux alfo,which 
proceedcth from a weake,ftomacke. This hearbe beareth leaves like unto Beets,but that they bee 
iefle onely and more hairic,or furred with a downe. A little itbeareth above the water, and hath. 
a peculiar propertie which is reftigerative and aftringent. The leaves alone be medicinable,and 
thofe be good for the morimals in the legs :for cancerous and corroding ulcers, ifthey be appli- 
Mpyrioplylon ed ina catapla{me with honey or vinegre. Ca/for the Phyfician defcribeth this hearbe * Potamo- 
aquaticum. Dos 
roe geton after another fort, namely with afmall flender long leafe like unto horfe haires, putting 
forth along ftem likewife and the fame {mooth,growing alfo in waters.Hee ufed with the root of 
this hearbe to cure the Kings evill,and healeall hard tumours. This Potamogeton hath an adver- 
{ative nature to Crocodiles alfo, and therefore they who huntafter them, carie this hearbe ordi- 
narily about them.In like manner Achillea ftoppeth a laske. And the fame effects worketh Sta- 
tice,an hearbe running up commonly in feven {tems,in the top bearing buttons or heads tefem- 
Dodoneé Ophio- bling Rofes.*Ceratia beareth but one leafe,and hath aknottie and great root, which is good to 
giofon ot Ad- bee eaten for to cure the laske, occafioned by the feeble ftomacke, and the bloudie flix, procee- 
ders tongue. I ; ; 
sree c: ding from the ulcer of the guts.Lions-paw,commonly called *Leontopodion, by fome Leuce- 
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Mantle. oron, by others Dorypetron, and Thorybetron, hatha root which*bindeth the bellie, and yer _ 
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marvel . HOtwithitanding purgeth choller : if it be taken to the weight of two denarij Roman,in mead or 
howthismay honied water. ‘This hearbe groweth in light and leane champion grounds, Itis faid,chatif the 
ere ra feed thereof bee taken in drinke,it caufeth ftraunge vifions and fantafticall dreames, Harefoot, 
narieinthe | Whichthe Greekes name Lagopus, drunke in wine, bindeth the bellie :but if the patient beein 
eure of dyfen- an ague,it would betaken with water : being applied and bound unto the fhare, it reprefleth the 
aia tumors and rifiags in thofe parts: An hearbe this is growing ufually among corne. Many there 
shes, to purge bee, who for the daungerous blondie flix that is thought incurable,commend highly above all 
spolier wb other hearbes,Cinquefoile in cafe the patient drinke the roots thereof boiled in milke: andthe 
Silanes: ac Mee opinion they have of Ariftolochia,in cafe there be taken of theroot to the weight of one vi- 
andwith them Ctoriatin three cyaths of wine. Now, this would benoted by the way, that in thefe cafes of aftrin- 
aliotobind  Sencie and binding, all the medi¢inesbeforenamed which areto be taken warme,ought to bee 
heat with a gad of iteele, quenched inthe liquor . Thusmuch of thofe Simples that bind the 
bellie. ? : ait) : 
Conttariwife, the juice of Centaurie the lefle isa purgative, if adram thereof bee taken in 
one hemine of water, together with fome few cornes of {alt and drops of vinegre ;for itdooth 
evacuat choller. The greater Centauric, commonly called Rhaponticke, ftilleth the wrings 
and griping paines of the bellie.Betonie maketh the bodie loofe and foluble taken to the weight 
of foure drams in nine cyaths of Hydromell or Mead. In like manner Euphorbium is laxative, 
and fo is Agaricke, if two drams thereoi be drunke in water with alitrle fale, orto the weight of 
three oboli in mead or honied water. Sowbread alfo,named by the Greekes Cyclaminos, taken 
inwardly with water, or put up by fuppofitories, provoketh to the feege:fo dooth a {uppofitorie 
Sr tngets made with the root of *Chamzciflus, Take a good bunch or handfull of Hyflope,feeth itin wa- 
vie tetwith a licrle falt to the confumption of a third part :it fervech to evacuat fleagme,if it bee but 
applied as a liniment to the bellie : or ftamped and incorporat with Oxymel and falt, in which 
manner ufed it driveth wormes out of the bodte. The root of Harftrang purgeth both fleagma- 
__ ticke and chollericke humors alfo, Pimpernell taken in mead, is a good purgative : fo is Epithy- 
"Here Plinie is mum which you mutt take to bec the *flower of a kind of Thyme that refembleth Saverie: here 
iste i a is the difference onely, that this flower is of a grafle greene colour,but that ofthe other Thyme 
lace winding iswhite. Somecall this Epithymum, Hippopheon :a fimple not very wholefome for the fto- 
pon: a bye macke, ne yet goodto provoke vomit ; howbeit, fingular to appeafe the wringing pains in the 
bourElax, ellie, and cocarminat or diffolve ventofities. The fame alfo may bee taken by way of lohoch 
or liquid electuarie, confected with honey, and fometimes withthe Ireos root, for the ftuf- 
fing and other imperfections of the breaft, Epithymum loofeneth the bellie,if itbe taken from 
foure dramsto fix, with honey, alittle falt and vinegre. Some Herbarifts de{cribe Epithymum 
otherwife, namely,that it groweth without any root, and thar it refembleth a little finail ftring 
or thread like unto haire, of ared colour : which if it be dried in the fhade and drunke in water 
to he weight or meafure of halfe an acetable, purgeth downeward fleagme and choller both. 
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