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gither, the weight of one denarius at once in white wine, is fingular in that cafe:the powder of G 
Betonie taken in drinke with honey and vinegre of Squilla, is commended for that putpofe sas 
alfo the root of Lonchitis drunke in water;and Teucrium applied asa liniment, : 
Scordum incorporat with wax, and A garicke with the powder or floure of Fenigreeke,helpe 
the infirmities of the bladder, and namely, the intollerable paines of the ftone and gravell, asI 
have beforefaid. Polemoniadrunke in wine ; and in like manner Agaricke, is good for that pur~ 
pole: the root or leaves of Plantaine taken in fweet wine cuit; alfo Betonie, prepared in that 
manner as it was appointed for the difeafe of the liver, bee remedies for the infirmities of that 
part. Beroniealfo given in drinkeand applied ina liniment, healeth a rupture ; and the fame is 
moft effeuall in curing the ftranguric {ome prefcribe and give counfell to drinke Betonie,Ver- 
vaine, Yarrow,or Millefoile, of each a like portion in water,as an excellent remedie for the ftone 
and gravell. And well knowne it is, that forto eafe the ftrangurie and remoove the caufe therof, 
Dictamnus is an approoved medicine :{o is the decodtion of Cinquefoile,ifit be boiled in wine 
to the confumption of a third part,found by experience to be an undoubted remediein that in- 
firmitie:thefame alfo is fingular good tobee applied in thatrupture where the guts bee falne 
cowne. The upperroot of Glader or Flags, caufeth young infants to make water, ifit be laidto 
the bottom of the belly: thefame given inwardly with water,cureth thofe that are burft and have 
their guts {lipped downe; and helpeththe infirmities of che bladder in an outward liniment. 
The juice of Harftrang healeth lice children who are burften sand of Fleawortthere is madea 
good ointmentro anoint their navell, when it beareth ont overmuch. Both the Pimpernels doe 
provoke urine :fo doth the decoGion of Acorus root: the very root it felfe alfo beaten into pow- 
der,and taken in drinke, worketh the like effe@; and befides,healeth all the accidents of the blad- 
der, Cotyledon or Vimbilicus Veneris, both hearbe androot, breaketh the ftone andexpelleth 
it by gravell; being otherwife fingular good for all inflammations of the genitall partsor mem- 
bers of generation, ifthe ftalks and {eed be taken with myrrhe,of each a like quanutie : WValwore 
{tamped togither with the tender leaves therof,and fo drunke in wine, driveth out the ftone: the 
fame applied outwardly, cureth the * accidents befalling tothe cods. Ground{well, with the 
powder of frankincenfe and {weet wine reduced into an ointment, cureth the inflammation of 
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thefaidcods. The root of Camfrey brought into a liniment, ftaieth the rupture whereby the _ 
guts comedowne:and white Hypocifthis, repreffeth the cancerous foresin thofe parts. Sem- 
blably Mugwort is fingular to bee given:in {weet wine, for the {tone and ftrangurie. The root of 
Nenuvhar or Nymphea Heracliataken in wine, afluageth the paine and griete of the bladder: 
of the {ame poweris *Sampier, fo highly commended by Hippocrates : nowis this one of the 
wild woorts which are ufually eaten in falads: and certes,this is that very hearbe which the good 
countrey wife Hecale forgat not to fet upon herbourd in a feaftthat fhe * made (as we may read 
in Callemachus the Pott:) And what isit but a kind of garden Batis? It groweth up with one ftem 
halfea foot bigh,or a{pan at moft: thefeed is exceeding hote,round,and odoriferous like unto 
Rofemarie:if it be dried, ic burfteth, and hath within a white kernell, which fome call Cachrys. _ 
The leaves be fattie,and of a greyifh whitein manner of the olive leafe,but thatthey be thicker, 
and faltifhin taft;roots it hach three or foure,ofa finger thicknefle:.it groweth upon the fea coaft 
among rocksand clifts, This hearbe may be eaten, raw or boiled, itskilleth not how, with Beets; 
Coles, aad other {uch woorts ;and in taft likewife it is aromaticall and pleafant: itis ufually pre 
ferved and keptcondite in akind of pickles andthe principal] ufe that it bath, is to cure the ftran-- 
gurie,if either leafe,ftalke,or root,be drunke in wine: alfo,beingthus taken ,it maketh folkelook 
with a more lovely and cheerefull colour: but ifone be too bold with it, and ufe it notwith mo- * 
deration,irbreedeth ventofities. The deco@tion of Sampier, maketh the bodiefoluble, andis 
“diureticall, for it mighiilydraweth water fromthe kidnies . In like manner, the powder of dried 
Althea or marfh Mallow,drunke in wine, curerh the ftranguric,andeafeth them that pifle drop- 
meale ; which ic will doe more effectually, if the Carotbe joyned withall:the fame is holefome 
for the fplene; anda countrepoifon againft ferpents,ifit be taken in drinke. If the powder therof 
be ftrewed and ming!ed among the barly whichis given'in provanderunto cart-horfes and fuch 
like, it helpeth them when they run at nofé with the glanders, and {tale drop by drop . Touching 
the hearbe Anthyllion, itis as like as may be'unto Lentils; which if it bee drunke in wine, cureth 
all the infirmities of thebladder, and riamely, when there iffueth forth bloud with urine. There is _ 
another hearbe comming neareto it in name, to wit, Anthyllis, like unto lva mufcata,orCha- 
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