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net of a Seale,foas there bee in proportion three parts of the faid root to one of the rennet,cu- G 
reth the falling ficknefle. And of the fame effect is Plantaine, taken m drinke, The faid difeafe is 
healed by Betonie,ifa dram thereof bee taken in Oxymell: by Agarickealfo,to the quantitie of — 
three oboli:and by a drinke made with Cinquefoile. Moreover, brionigar called likewife Arche- 
zoftis,warifheth this infirmitie,but it muft bee given in Ammivean wine.Furthermore,the root 
of Baccharis dried and beaten into ppuder,taken with Coriander inthree cyaths of hote water, 
 yGenmmculus. isa foveraign meane to helpe that maladie.*Cudweed made into pouder, and taken with vine- 
read fafees,,  gteshoney,or hot water:Vervaine drunke in wine: three *berries of Hyflope ftamped and drunk 
{bunches: but in water for fixteen daies together:Harftrang,and the rennet in the maw of a Seale,of each alike 
one pint quantitie taken in drinke: the leaves of Cinquefoile, if they bee ftamped and drunke in wine for” 
_ ON, cyme, 7. LOps 
orfpikes,agree ON anid thirtie daies: the pouder of Betonie,to the weight of three deniers, concorporat with 
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beftto the ~~ one cyath of Squilliticke vinegre,and an ounce of Atticke honey : laftly, two obols of Scammo- — 
* He meaheth nie,with foure drams of Caftor,be all appropriat medicines for the falling fickneffe. 
ay eiscat, Inall*cold agues,if the patient drinke A garickein hot water,the fits will be the lighter. And 
witheoldz, more particularly, the hearbe Sideritis drunke with oile, (horteneth the cold fitin a Tertian ; fo 
more orleffe, doth that *Ladanum which groweth among corn, if it be ftamped and fo given.Likewile, Plan- 
eet _, taine,if the patient drinke the weight of two dramsin mead two houresbefore the fitsor the very 
" juice of the root either after it hath lien a timeinfufed,or fimply ftamped without any {uch prepa- 
ration ; yea, and the fubftance of the root reduced into pouder, and given in a draught of water, 
made hot with a gad of ftecle quenched it. Some have appointed in this kind of ague three of 
thofe roots, and three cyaths of water precifely : and the fame Phyficians fora Quartane have 
prefcribed foure of either: & by their faying, if when Borage beginneth to fade upon the ground, 
one take out the pith or marow within the ftem, and whiles he is {o doing name withall the ficke 
partie, and fay he doth it for to rid him ot her from the ague ; and withall beftow it in feven leaves 
neither more nor leffe of the faid hearb,and hang all tied faft about the patient before the time 
thatthe fit fhould come,the fever will never returne againe.Alfo a dram of Betonie or Agaricke 
taken in three cyaths of mead, driveth away any intermittent ague, efpecially thofe that begin 
Reese with "quivering and quaking.Some are wontto give of Cinquefoile three leaves in aTertianjand 
‘namely Quin. foure in a Quartane,and fo rife to more accoraing to the period or type of the*reft: Others or- 
tans,Sertanes, daine indifferently for all agues the weight of three oboli, with fome pepper, in mead or honied 
2 ae water. Vervaine verely given in wine as a drench to horfés, cureth them of their feavers : but in 
Tertiansit muft bee cut juft above the third joint where it brauncheth: but for Quartanes athe 
fourth. Lhe feed of both kinds of Hypericon is good to be drunke in Quartans, And the pouder 
of Betonie dried, is fingulat for the quaking fits: and in very deed the hearbe it felfereprefleth all 
fhivering and whatfoever proceeding of cold.In like manner, Panacesis of fo hor anature,that 
Phyficians give dire€tion to them who are to travell over high mountaines covered with fnow, 
for to drinke it,and annoint cheir bodies all over with ir.Semblably,Ariftolochia doth withftand 
all chilling and through colds. The beft cure of thofe who bee ina frenfie, is by fleepe: and that 
may bee procured eafily by the juice of Pucedanum and vinegre together infufed upon the head 
by way of embrocation or by rubbing the fame with it:likewife with the juice of both the Pimper- 
+ nels.Contrariwife,there ismore adoe with thofe thatare in a lethargie to awaken them & keepe 
onan them from drowfineffe:and yet may that be affected fome fay by rubbing their nofthrils with the 
Harftrang. 
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Euphorbium, juice of the faid*Harftrang in vinegre,Por thofe that be out of their right wits or beftranght,Be- — 
asfomehave tonic is fingular good to be given in drinke.Panaces breaketh the carbuncle. Alfo the pouder of 
ae the Betonie in water,healeth it: or the Colewort with Frankincenfe, if the patient drinke often ther- 
fence of the patient, with their finger gather up the cindres or light afhes which fettle thereup- 
on,and applie them unto the carbuncle : others ftampe Plantaine and lay it to the fore, The Ti- 
thymall called Characites, cureth the dropfie. Alfo Panaces and Plantaine taken as meat in 
bole, with this regard, That the patieat have eaten fome drie bread before,without any drinke 
at all. In which cafe Betonie likewife is fingular, if two drams thereof bee given in asmany 
cyaths of wine fimply, or wine honied. Moreover, Agaricke, or the feed of Lonchitis,drunke 
to the quantitie of two Ligulz or {poones full, in water. Flea-wort beeing vfed with wine: the. 
juice of Pimpernels,both the red and the blew: the root of Vmbilicus Venerisin honied wine ; _ 
the rootof Walwort newly drawne out of the ground, fo that theearth bee onely thaken off 
without 
of hote, Some take a burning coale of fire, and when it is extinguifhed or gone outinthepre- — 
