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wine. And now that [ haverun through thofe maladies which are offenfive to every particular 
member, I purpofe to write in the next place of fuch as occupie the whole bodie: and of the re- 
mediescommon to them all,which I find to be thefe enfuing. 
And firft there prefenteth it felfe unto me the noble heatb*Dodecatheos, whereof] have foo- £9 called,foz 
ken beforeas a foveraigne remedie for thofe univerfall difeafes, if ir be taken in drinke, Nextto it aaa ae 
are the roots of all kinds of the Panaces,which are thoughe to bee excellent, and principally for maichie of the 
long and languifhing maladies : like as their feed for the obftructions of the bowels and the in- pea Binaets 
ward accidents of the guts: for the paines generally of the whole bodie,the juice of Scordinm is vos icte meme 
right commendable,and fo is that of Betonie:which hearbe taken in drinke,hath apeculfar pro. led Mejores 
pertie to mend the wan and leaden hew of body, reducing it to a more frefh and pleafant colour. 777 S naane 
The hearbe *Geranion, whichfomecall Myrrhis,others Merthrys, is like unto Hemlocke,fave the Painins . 
thatit hath finallerleaves,and a fhorter ftem,which alfo is round, ofa {weer fent to the nofe, and imagined to fc 
: : aie ; es incouaiell to- 
good favour in the mouth; for fowe Latines doe defcribe it:but according to the defcription Of oetherwith In 
the Greekes,the leaves rather refemble the Mallow, but that they are whiter fomewhar, the ftalks pier their Pre- 
flender and hairie: *itbrancheth out big atthe diftance of every two handbreadths,howbeir,full ae aes aeae 
of leaves betweene: and among the leaves areto be feene in the top of the braunches and {prigs comprifed is 
little buttons or heads like unto Crane bils. Another kind there is of them leafed afterthe man- this Difichon. 
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net of pafle-floweis or wind-flowers,but that they be entailed or endented deeper :and a round jerva, Ceres, 
root it hath fathionedlike an apple; which is {weet in taft, and isan excellent reftorative for all Désnavenus: 
fuch as have been weakened and decaied in nature by long fickneffe : And this Itake to bee the eto Nee 
true Geranion, which isa rarehearbe. A dram weightthereofdrunketwice a day/firftand laft]in sunus,Yalcansa, 
threecyaths of wine, is a fingular medicine for the phthyfick“And in that order it is good for ven- 77) - 
tofities: and hath the fame etfect though it be taken raw. The juice of the rootis foveraign for the ating tote 
infirmities of the eares. The feed given in drinketo the quantitie of foure drams with Pepper and thioke,orthe 
Myrrhe,cureth the crampe which pulleth the head and bodie all backward. The juice of Plantain eas: a 
if itbe drunke,or the hearbe it felfe boiled anid fo eaten,is holefome for thofe that be ina Phthi- *Dovesfoot,or 
ficke.Plantaine eaten with falrand oile in a morning fo foon asa man is awakened,isa great coo- Momordica 
ler, The fame is an ordinarie medicine for thofe that miflike, and whofe meatis not feene upon 
them, if they take iteach other day.Of Betonie and honey there is aliquid confection or lohoch 
made,which being licked and let downe leafurely,to the quantitie at atime ofa good big Bean, 
elpeth thofe thacare in a phthyficke or confumption of the lungs. Alfo Agarick,if it be drunk 
tothe weight of two oboli in wine cuit, is good in the like cafe: {o'is Daucum alfo taken in wine 
with Rhaponticke.Forthe hungrie wormes Phagedenz(aname in this place fignifying an inor- 
_ dinat*difpofition,to be alwaies eating and never fatisfied, although otherwife | ufeitfor canke- py. Eyre 
rous and corroding ulcers)the Tithymals or Spurges taken inwardly with Sefama feeds,is coun~ *@srsp0s. 
tedfoveraigne. Among the maladies which affect and infeft the whole bodie, want of fleepe,or 
an indifpofition thereto,is by moft Phyficians counted one: For which defect, they thew us thefe 
hearbes following, to wit, Panaccs, water Betonie, and Ariftolochia, which they prefcribe unto - 
the patientboth for tofmell too,and alfoto annointhis head all over withall.Likewife Houfleek 
called Aeizoon and alfo Sedum, giving direCtion to wrap it within a blacke cloth,and fo to Jay it 
under the pillow or boulfter of the ficke perfon, but in no wife tolet him or herknowfo much. 
Likewife Oenothera, otherwife named Onuris,is effeCtuall for this purpofe: an hearbe good alfo 
in wine to make the heart merrie . It groweth with leaves refembling thofe of the Almond tree, 
and beareth flowers like unto Rofes. Store of braunches itputteth foorth,and hatha long root, 
which being dried,fenteth much of wine.Of fuch vertue is this hearbe,that ifit be given in drink 
to the wildeft beaft that is, it willtame the fame and make it gentle. As for the crudities or rawhn- 
mots lying inthe ftomacke, which caufe loathing and abhorring of meat, Betonie is fingular to 
digeft chem: the fame drunke immediatly after fupper,helpeth concodtion,namely,if one dram 
weight of the hearbe be taken in three cyaths of Oxymell:and fo itrefolveth and {cattereth the 
fumes arifing up ino the head, occafioned by ftrong wine, Of the fame operation is Agaricke, 
drunke at tlie end of a meale in hote water, he forefaid Betonie hath the name of a fpeciall re- 
medic for the palfie: fo is lberis alfo reputed, as 1 have fhewed once befcre ; the fame hearbe re- 
viveth the lims which are benummed and in manner dead, And verely, Argemon is of that ver- 
tue,thatit difcufleth all thofe cold humors which mortifie any member, and put them in danger 
to be cut off or launced.Theroot of that Panaces which I named Heraclia, drunke with the ren- 
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