of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 255 
A mepitys,carrying purple flours, fenting ftrong,and hatha root like to Cichorie,which is good 
in thefe cafes. But it feemeth that * Brookelime,called otherwife Cepza (an hearberefembling * Becebunge. 
Purcellane, burthat the rootis blacker, and good fornothing in Phyficke , growing upon the 
fandie thore,and having a bitter taft)is better forthe faid infirmities than the former named An- 
thyllis;for if it bee taken in wine with the root of Sperage, itisexcellent forthe difeafes of the 
bladder: of the fame operation is * Hypericon, which fome call Chamzpitys, others Corions +5, toh: worts 
This hearbe * thooteth forth many braunches, whichbe fmallandflender, of a cubit in lengthy « sicutaces 
and xed withall: in leafe it refembleth rue; the {mell is quicke, hot,and piercing: the feed which fice. 
- it beareth within certaine cods, is blacke, and the fame ripeneth togither with barley. The nature 
of the feed is aftringent: it doth incraffat and thicken humors,and ftoppeth a laske : urine it pro- 
voketh ; and being drunke in wine, fcoureth away the ftone and gravellin the bladder. A fecond 
Hypericon there is,which fome call Coris, in leafe it refembleth* Tamarix,under which it glad~ « qumaricis 
ly groweth, but that the leaves bee more fat, and not fo redzit groweth not * above a {pan high ; bur Dio. fait 
odoriferousto fmell unto, and of a mild fweet taft, and yet * (harpé withall, Thefeed is hot, and 27.0" ais 
therefore canfeth ventofities,and * inflation in ruptures: howbeit, unto the flomacke it is not wits, Ex Diofes 
burefull :and fingular good for the {trangurie, in cafe the bladder beenot exulcerat: drunkein ¥ fom. 
: ‘ s 5 : 5 : Jaflationem 
wine, itcureth the pleurifie. Greve the bladder and thedifeafes thereof, Maidenhaire p72), aicr, 
made into powder togither with Cumin,and given in white wine, is afoveraigne remedieval{o ad infarionens | 
Vervaine, fodden leaves andall, untill the third part of the liquor beconfumed :or the very root 
only thereof taken in honeyed wine hote, expelleth the {tones and giavell inthe bladder. In like 
manner the hearbe Perprefia,which groweth at Aretium and in Sclavonia,being boiled in water ; 
from three hemines to one, and{o taken inwardly as a dvinke, isan appropriatmedicine for the 
bladder. Claver or three-leafed graffe taken in wine; Camomile likewife * drunke, ispood for * Poss, 
the fame, Moreover, Anthemumexpelleth the flone:an hearbe thisis,whichputtethforhims 
mediatly fromthe root five fmall leaves,and twolong ftems, with a red-rofe colour floure :the 
roots ftamped alone, are as effectuall in this cafe as greene * Laver. As for Silaus, tt groweth a- *Water Cref 
long thofe rivers which run continually and be never drie,efpecially fuch as glide upon fandand ** 
eravell: itrifeth to the heigth of a cubit, and refembleth garden Perley :they ufeto feeth irafcer 
the manner of * Soure-docke, and fo prepared, irdoth much good to the bladders which, tf it * oi. sacicuns; 
be excoriat and {cabbed,the root of Panaces will heale it;for otherwile iris hurtfull to that part, or tather, ome 
atyums. A Vifand 
D Thehearbe called*Malum Erraticum, (7. as one would {fay,the wandring poifon,or apple] it ex- 977" 
-pelieth theftone,if one pound of the rootbe throughly fodden in acongius or gallon of wine; ¥ some takeic 
unto the confumption of the halfe, fo thatthe Patient take thereof for three daies togither one fr eae 
hemine at atime; and that which remaineth of the decoégtion, in wine, with Laver & Sea-netiles. (wich ie we 
Alfo Carots and Plantaine feed taken in wine,driveth downe {tone and gravel]. Thenettlecalled chap. of the 
Fulviana (an hearbe wellknown to thein efpecially that handle it,and which rooke that name of 2 ee 
himwho firft found outthe vertue therof) if itbe ftamped and drunke in wine, provoketh urine. seve, ) others 
Scordium is fingular for the {welling of the genetours or cods . Henbane is good for the dif- fo" widiegs 
eafes ofthe members ferving to generation. The juice of Peucedanum,[/,Haritrang] incorpo. 
rat with honey, like as the feed al{o taken inwardly, helpeth thofe who are pained with the ftran- 
gurie: likewife Agaricke,if three oboli thereof be drunke in one cyath of old wine: the root of 
Trifcile or Claver given to the poife of two drams in fweet wine:and one dram of Daucum [id 
e5t,Carot] either the hearbe,root,or feed,have the like effect. 
Such as be troubled with the Sciatica or gout in the hucklebone, find remedieby aplaftre or 
cataplafme, made with the feed and leaves both, of Madder ; alfo witha drinke of Panaces: like- 
wife if the place be well rubbed with Polemonia, and bathed with the deco€tion of the leaves of 
Ariftolochia, it findeth much eafe thereby. The broad finew or cord at the end of the mufcles 
which ts called in Greeke Platys; likewife the fhoulders if they bee pained, feele fenfible allevia- 
tion, by Agaricke, if the weight of three oboli be drunke in one cyath of old wine. Cinquefoile 
both taken inglrinke, and alfo applyed asa plaftre, allayeth the paine of the Sciatica: fo doth the 
hearbe Scammonie boiled with barley meale. The feed of both the Hypericons drunke in wine, 
is proper for that maladie. 3 
The accidents of the feat or fundement, efpecially when that part is fretted or galled, afalve 
of Plantaine healeth moft {peedily. 
_ The {wellings or blind piles appearing like bigs or knuckles within the fundement, are are 
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