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Bacce, rather 
cyme.i.the tops, 
as before. 
Hippuris,Horf- 
taile. 
The fix and twentieth Rooke 
the weight of three drams : but this care ought to be had, thatthe roumebe hote, and fo clofe G 
that no wind may come in,for feare of catching cold : and then it will driveout the jaundife by 
{weat,luftily. The leaves of Folefoot taken in water: the feed of Mercuries,both the male and fe- 
male,ifa cup of drinke be fpiced therewith, or if it bee fodden with WVormewood or cich peafe’s 
the*berries of rol 
all worts or pothearbes,fo long as hee taketh it: Capillus veneris given in wine : and the Fullers 
hearbe in wine honied,be all of them good medicines for the jaundife. 
As for the fores called Fellons or Cats-hairs, they will breed every where in any part of the bo- 
die,and put folke to great angui(h and trouble whohave them, yea, and otherwhiles endaunger 
their life,efpecially it they meet with leane and worne bodies.But what remedie ? Take the leaves 
of the hearbe Pycnocomos,let them be ttamped and incorporat with fried Barley ineale,and fo 
applied, in cafe the faid fellons are not drawne to a pointed or tharpe head. The leavesalfo of 
*Ephedros brought into a liniment and laid too, doe difcuffe and diffolve them, if they be taken 
in the beginning. ; 
Morcover,you fhall not fee a part of the bodie but it is fabjet to the Fiftulaes,which creepe 
inwardly and hollow as they goe : but efpecially, when by the unskilfull dire¢tion of Phyficians, 
or the leaud hand of chyrurgians there bee an incifion untowardly made inthe bodie. The helpe 
4-isto maketents of Centauric the leffe with honey boiled,and put them into the concavitie.Alfo 
Akind of Hou- 
fleeke. 
Our Ladies 
Mantle. 
Or Corns. © 
Darnell, as 
fome thinke, 
to ufe an injeCtion of Plantainejuice. To applie Cinquefoile with faltand honey. Ladanum alfa 
with Caftoreum: to lay unto the fore, Vmbilicus veneris,with deere marow, efpecially of Stag 
or Hind,hot.The ftring or pith of a Mullen-root fafhioned flender to the forme of atent putin- 
tothe ulcer,or theroot of Ariftolochiain that manner ufed, or the juice of Tichymall conveyed 
into it,ferve all to cure the Fiftula, 
Allinflammations,biles,& impoftumes,are healed by aliniment made of Argemonic leaves: 
So beall hard and {chirrous tumors, occafioned by the gathering of humors, with Vervaine or 
Cinquefoile fodden in vinegre: with the leaves and roots of Mullen : with Hyffope applied in 
wine: with the root of Acorus, fo thatthere bee a fomentation withall made of the decoction 
of the {aid hearbe : and finally with Houfleeke-In like manner, thefe hearbs before rehearfed do 
Hyffope drunke with water : the hearbe Liverwort,fo thacthe patient abftain from | 
heale bruifes, hard tumors,or bunches and hollow fores. The leaves of *Illecebra drawforthany | 
arrow heads and whatfoever fticketh within the bodie:fo doe the leaves of Folefoort:the Carot al- 
fo,and the leaves of *Lions paw, {tamped andincorporat with fried Barley meale in water. The 
leaves of Pycnocomos punned,or the feed beaten to pouder,and with Barly meale parched,and 
fo reduced into a cataplafme,are good to be applied to biles and impoftumes broken & running 
matter.In like manner the Ragworts are to be ufed. 
As touching the accidents that happen in the bones, the root of Satyrionif it be laid outward- 
ly upon them,are thought to worke a moft effeGuall and {peedie cure. All cankerous and eating 
fores, likewife impoftumes growing to fuppuration,are healed with the fea weeds, if they bee ap- 
plied before they be dried and withered, Alfo the root of marfh Mallow,doth diffipate and {cat- 
ter all gatherings of humors to an impoftume,before itbe come to an head andto fuppurat, 
Plantaine and the Clot Bur are fingular for burnes or fcalds, healing them up fo cleane with- 
outa skar,that a man fhall not perceive the place: The manner is to take the leaves,feeth them in 
water, {tampe them into a liniment,and {o to applic them.Likewife the roots of Sowbread,toge- 
with Houflecke:the hearbe it felfe Hypericon,which I called before*Corion,have the like effect, 
For the infirmities incident to finewes and joints,Plantaine is a foveraigne hearb,ifitbe ftam- 
ped with fale: fo is Argemonia punned and incorporat with honey. The juice of Harftrang is fin- 
gular to annointthofe that bee fprained, {ach alfoas be ftretched with an univerfall crampeasif 
they were all of a peece.For to mollifie the hardnefle of finewes that be fhrunke up, there is nota 
better ching than the juice of Zgilops. And to affuage their pain,a liniment made with Ground- 
{well and vinegre, is excellent. For thofe that be {prained and troubled with that crampe which 
draweth their necke backward, it is good to rub and annoint them well with Epithymum ; with 
the feed of S.Zeb5 wort, which alfo is called Coris, and to drinkethe fame. As for the hearbe 
Phrynion,they fay ichath vertue to conglurinatand unite finewes againe,if they were cut in fun- 
der,if it be laid too prefently, either ftamped or chewed in the mouth, For fuch likewifeas bee 
{pafinaticke plucked backward with the crampe; or troubled with trembling and fhaking of the 
lims,it is good to give them the root of the marth Mallow to drinke in mead: And in that maner 
taken | 
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