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A Characias. The fifth, men call Cypariffias, for the refemblance that the leaves have to thofe. of 
the Cyprefle tree : it rifeth up with a double or threefold ftem, and loveth to grow in champion 
places : of the fame operation and vertue it is,that Heliofcopium and Characias beforenamed: 
The fixt Tithyimall, is commonly called Platyphyllos, although fome name it Corymbites, 
others Amygdalites, for the refemblance thatit hath ro the almond tree : there is nor a Tithy- 
mail hath broader leaves than it,which is the reafon of the firft and ufvall name Platyphyllos:it 
is good * to kill fith : irpurgeth the bellie,if eitherthe roor, leaves, or juice be taken in honeyed + 1¢ jete pua- 
wine or ini mead, to the weight of foure drams: a {peciall vertue it hath to draw water downward "ed soto pou 
from all other humors. The feventh is called commonly Dendroides, and yet fome give it the i see 
pame Cobion,others Leptophyllon : ordinarily it is found growing upon rocks, & of all othersias faith Dis, 
B carrieth thefaireft head : likewife the ftemsbereddeft, and the feed theweth in moft plentie: the: 
effects be allone with thofe of Characias, Astouching the plant called Apiosi{chas or Rha- 
phanos-agria,#. the wild Radifh : it putteth forth two or three ttalkes like bents or rufhes,fprea- 
ding along the ground, andthofe be red, and the leaves refemble rue: the rootis like an onion 
head, bur that it is larger, whichis the reafon that fome have calledit the wild Radith : this root 
hath awhite flethie fub{tance within, butthe skin or rind thereof is)blacke: ir groweth ufually 
ppon rough mountains, and otherwife in faire greens * full of graffe. The right feafon to dig up * Herbof:rhe- 
thisroot,is in the Spring 5 which being ftamped and trained, they ufeto put inan earthen por P77 oa 
where it is permitted to {tand,and looke what it cafteth up and {wimaseth aloft,they {cum offand that isto fay, 
throw away: thereft of the juice thus clarified, purgeth bothwaies, if it be taken to the weight of «rggie or 
C oneobolus & a halfe in mead or honied water: and in that manner prepared, it is given to thofe Pye; ee 
that be ina dropfie,the full meafure of one acetable:the powder alfo of the root dried, is good nie tranflated . 
to fpice a cup for a purgation: and (as they fay) the upper part of theroot purgeth * choller up- Menaaditaek 
ward by vomit, whereas the nether part doth it by feege downward. faith Diofcor. 
Now for the pains and wrings which often times torment the poore belly:all the kinds of Pa- 
nacesand Betonie are fingularro affuage and allay them clean, unlefle they befuch asare occa- 
fioned by cruditic and indigeftion. As tor the juice of Harftrang, it diffolveth ventofities, for it 
breaketh wind upward and caufeth onctorift: fo de theroots of *Acorus: alfo Carots,ifthey be *Which foe 
eaten in afalad after the manner of *Lettuce. For the infirmities proper to the guts, and namely ee ee : 
the worms there breeding,Ladanum of Cyprefieis foveraigmto be taken in drinke sin likeman- for our Cala- 
D nerthepowder of Gentian drunke in warme water,to the quanutic ofa beane: Plantain likewife | ats 
hath the fame effeG,if ther be taken of tr firft in amorning tothe quantitie of two fpoonfuls,and ore anole: 
of Poppie one {poonfull, in foure cyaths.of wine notvery old: the {ame medicine may be given 
alfo laft at anightto bedward; with fome addition of {al-nitre or fried barly meale, it itbe long 
after meat : and one hemine of tlie juice thereof is fingular for che cholique,if itbe miniftred in 
a clyfter,though the Patient were in an ague. In cafesof the Splene, ic 1s goodto drinke three 
oboles weightof Agarickin one cyath of old wine,foritcureth the {plene: and of the fame ope- 
ration is che reot of allforts of Panaces,taken in honied wine: but for the accidents ofthe {plene; 
Teucrion hath no fellow, if it bee taken either drie in powder, or boiled, to the.quantitie of one 
handfull in three hemines of vinegre: andthe famehearbe maketh a foveraignefalvefor green 
E woundsto be applied with vinegres or ifthe Patient cannot endure it witha ig orwater in ftead 
of vinegre, Polemonia likewife 1sa good herb for the fplene,to be drunke ih wine: fo is Betonie, 
taken to thepoifeof one dram in three cyaths of oxymell:and Ariftolochia is likewife refpective 
to this part, in cafe it bee given unto the Patient as againft the poifon of ferpents. Ifthe Patient 
continue the eating of Argemoniafeven daies togither with his meat, it will (as they fay)in that 
time confume and waft the {welling fplene: and Agaricktaken to the weighs of two oboli in oxy- 
moell, is eficctuall chat way. The root of Nymphza Heraclia or Neauphar drunke in wine, is able 
of it felfe co confume the fame, Ciflanthemos is an excellent hearbe-for the fplene or milt: if a 
man take a dram of it twifea day intwo cyaths of white wine, and hold on thatcourfe for fortie 
F daies togither,it will (by report)rid away the difeafed fplene by urine :to which purpofe, the de- 
coGtion of hyffope with figs ferveth verie well seven fo doth the decoction of Lonchitis,if itbe 
taken before it{pindle and run upto feed;alfo the root of Harftrang boiled, is good for fplene 
and kidnies. Acorum, if it be taken in drinke,confumeth the milt. ti 
For the Midriffeand Hypochondriall parts; or the {mall guts lying.in the flanke under the 
fhortribs,* Radith roots be fingular. The feed of water Betonie, if it be drunke thittie daics to~ Redices, | 
gither, oe 
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