256 Phe fixand twentieth Booke 
with five-leafegraffe :and if the faid part be turned the iafight outward,or difplaced,thereis nota G | 
beter thing to fettle and reduce it to the former ftate, than a fomentation witlithe Cyclamin 
-ot Sowbread root and vinegte togither. Pimpernell with the blew floure, reftoreth thetiwill or 
fundementinto the right place,if it be falne down and hang out of the bodie: and contrariwifey 
that withthe red floure, driveth it downe. Vmbilicus Veneris is of wonderfull operationin the 
cure both of the blind piles,and the running hemorrhoids, The root of Acorus,[7.Galangale] 
* Or, Calamus {odden in wine,{tamped and brought intoa liniment, afluageth the tumors or {wellings of the 
Aromatics ods, And Cato affirmeth » That whofoever have the Ponticke wormewood about them, {hall not 
be galled betweene their legs. ; rittlite 
\ Crap. 1X. . 
ee Of Peniroyall, and Aygemone. 
| Thers add moreover Peniroyall to the forefaid wormwood, and fay, Thar if aman gather 
‘ Peniroyall fafting and bind it faft to the reins and {mall of the back, he {hall feele no griefe 
*Somecaltic ' inthe dhare,or it he were pained alreadie in that part,fhall find eafe thereby . * Inguina- 
Be ae ria,which fomename Argemone,is an hearbe growing every where among bufhes, briers, and 
thers takeir brambles, which if icbe but held in the hand, is thoughtto be excellent good for the accidents 
tobewild that befall che groine: Panaces made into a cataplafme with honey, healeth the flat biles and bor- 
pinieard ches that arife in the emundtories of the (hare : and the like effect hath Plantaine, applied with 
Rhas, falt, five-leafe,and the root of the great clot-bur, like as in cafe of the Kings evill seven fois *Da- 
* Some take mafonium to be nfed, As for Taperwoort or Mullen, if leafe root andaall be ftamped, with fome 
paitord {prinkling of wine among.and be afterwards lapped within a leafe of the owne,and fo heat under 
the embres & laid to the grieved place hot, it is very good for the fame purpofe.Andfome affirm 
upon their owne knowledge, by the experience that they have feene, that this cataplafme will 
worke much more effe€tually, if a yong maiden all naked have the applying of it to the faid bile; 
provided alwaies,that both {he and he the Patient be fafting : alfo that thee touch the fore orim- 
pottume with the backe fide of her hand, & in fo doing fay thefe words following, Negat Apella 
x Piflewspaply peflem poffe crefcere quam nuda virgo refinguats that isto fay, Apollo will never fufter,thata botch 
Femeanet which anaked virgin thus cureth, fhall poffibly grow farther: which charm fhe mutt pronounce 
lonatona thtice,afterfhe hath withdrawne her hand backe sand withall,both he and thee are to {pitas of- 
plague fore. ten upon the floore,that istofay, everytime that {hee repeateth the forefaid fpell. Furthermore, 
; the root of Mandragoras being applied with water,healeth thefe botches:fo doth the deco@tion 
of the Scammonium root,teduced int@a pulteffe with honey. Alfothe hearb Sideritis laid too, 
with old hogs greafe: Jaft‘of all, Chryfippea, incorporat with fat figgs: where, by the way note 
that this hearbe retaineth thename of himwhofirftbroughtittolight, — me 
Chap, X. 
eg Of Water-rofe,atherwife called Nenuphar. of {uch hearbs as either beat or coole 
* Enythraich. the cppetiie to lift and venerte, Of Saiyrion or Ragwort,* with the 
7rd roots of Cratege and Sideritis, - 
Ymphza,which alfo is named Heraclea,if it be but once taken in drinke,difableth a man 
altogither for the a&t of generation (as I have {aid before) fortie daies after: the fameif a 
Rhein + man drinke fafting or eat with his meat,{reeth him from the dreams of imaginarie Venus, 
+ which caufe pollution, The root applied ina linimentto the genitoirs,doth not only coole luft, 
butalfo keepe downe and teprefle the abundance of natural] eed : in which regard,it isthought 
‘good to nourifhthe bodie and maintaine a cleare voice.On the contrarie fide, the upper root of 
Glader given to drinke in wine, kindleth the heat of luft: like as the hearbe which they call Sam- 
pier favage :as alfo wild Clarie, being ftamped and incorporatwith parched barlpmeale.Butin — 
this cafe wonderfull is the hearbe Orchis both male and female, and few be like unto it; for two 
kinds there bé of it: the one beareth leaves like unto the olive,but that they are longer, rifeth up 
with a {tem foure fingers high, carrying purple foures, a double bulbous root formed liketoa 
mans genitoirs,whereof the one {welleth and the other falleth by turnsech other yeare ; and or- 
-dinarily it groweth neare the fea fide, The other is knowne by the name of Orchis Serapias , and 
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