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Forfuch as bee burften or have any rupture within, bee plucked with convulfions, or have G 
fallen from on high ; Cenraurie the greater, the roor of Gentian becing fiamped into pouder: 
or boiled, the juice of Betonie,bee counted fingular meanes to recover: and more than that,if a) 
vaine bee broken by overmuch ftraining the voice, or the fides. Likewife, Panaces, Scordium,| 
and Ariftolochia taken in drinke, ferve well for the fame purpofe. Moreover, ifanybee bruifed’ + — 
within the bodie,or have been overturned backward and throwne downe,it is good for them to 
drinke the weight of two oboli of Agaricke in threecyaths of honied wine; orin cafe an aguel 
follow them withall,in honied water :for which purpofeferveth alfothatkindof Verbafcum or: 
Mullen, the flower whereof refembleth gold :the rootalfo of Acorus.All the kinds of Houfleek;, 
to wit, Prick-madame,Horfe-taile, or Stone-crop : but indeed the juice of the biggeftis moft ef 
fectuall In like manner the decoétion of Comtreyroot and Carottakenraw.Thereisanhearbe 
called Erifithales with a yellow flower,and leafed much afterthe manet of Brankurfine:thefame 
ought to be drunke in wine,as alfo Chamerops in the fame café. As for Irio,it would be given in 
fome {upping :and Plantaine may bee ufed any way,it matters not how : which hearbe hath this 
good propertie over and befides,to cure the lowlie difeafe, whereof Scylla the Ditatour died, 
who was eaten with lice. A wonderfull thing that in the very maffe of bloud there fhould be en- 
*He meancth #gendred fuch creatures to confume mans bodie, Burthe juice of the wild Vine called*Vva Ta- . 
erie al- minia,as alfo of Ellebor,is foveraigne againtft this foule and filthie maladie, in cafethebodiebe 
nibuce untoie anointed all over with a liniment made of itand oiletogether. As for the {aid Taminia, if it 
thiswrong — be boiled in vinegre,it killeth fuch vermine breeding in cloths or apparell,fo they bee wathed or 
Bos rubbed therewith, 1 I 
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e&> For ulcers and wounds.To take away wert:.Of the hearbe Polycnemon. 
€ 7 Leersas they be of many forts, fothey are cured after divers manners. If they bee fuchas, 
runand yeeld filthie matter,a liniment or falve made of the root of all kinds of Panacesand_ 
wite topether,are thought to bee a foveraigne meanes to heale them. Butthat Panaces, 
which they call Chironia, hath a fingular propertie above the reft to drie up {uch fores. The 
fame root beaten to pouderand incorporat with honey, breaketh and openeth any {welling im- 
poftumes. This hearbe tempered with wine,it makes no matter whether youtake flower, feed,or K 
root,{o it be applied with V erdegreece or the ruft of braffe, healeth any fores, bee they never fo — 
defperat, and principally fuch ulcersas bee corrofive and eat as they goe. The fame if it be min- 
gied with {ried Barley meale,is good for old feftered ulcers. Alfo Heraclion,Siderion, Henbane, 
Fleawort, Iragacanth,and Scordotis,incorporat accordingly with honey, cleanfe the faid fores. 
Astfor this laft named,the very pouder of italone {trewed upon ulcers, eateth away the excref- 
*Sauge de bv's, cence of proud flefh.*Polemonia healeth thofe malignant foreswhich be called morimals, an 
are hardro bee cured. Centaurie the greater reduced either into a pouder, and fo caft upon t 
fore,or brought into aliniment and applied accordingly : the tops alfo of the lefle Centaunic €1- 
ther fodden or beaten to pouder,doe mundifie and Heale up all inveteratand cankered ulcers,” 
weal. |, Ehe*tender crops or huskes of *Clymenos,are good to be laid unto frefhand greene wounds, - oe 
for water Be. Moreover,the root of Gentian either ftamped or boiled in water to the confiftence of honey,or 
tonie. the very juice thereof,ferveth very well to bee applied unto corrofive and eating ulcers :like asa 
kind of Lycium made of it is as appropriat for wounds.Lyfimachia is an excellent wound-hearb, 
& healeth wounds {peedily, ifthey be taken whiles they be new,Plantaine isa great healer of any 
. fore whatfoever, but principally of fuch ulcers as bee in the bodies of women, children, and old 
* Mollie. Why folke.Jf it be *made foftand tender at the fire firft,it doth the cure fo much the better :and being 
Lis cs eae incorporat in fome ordinarie cerot, it mundifieth and cleanfeth the thicke edges and {wollen 
potider againtt brims of any fore,and ftaieth the canker of corroding ulcers. But when Plantaineisthus reduced 
os into a poucder and {trewed upon the fore, you muft not forget to cover the fame with the owne 
_ farina fo com. 1eaves.Moreover,Celendine is fingular for all impoftumes and botches,whether they be broken 
monly for the Of nO,vea, it mundifieth and drieth up hollow ulcers called Fiftulaes sand for wounds itis fucha 
poser of du Gngulat deficcative,that Chyrurgians ufeit in ftead of Spodium. The fame beeing incorporat 
with Hogs greafe, is excellent to be applied untothem when they-be inmanner palt cure and gi- 
ven over by che Chyrurgian, The hearbe DiGamnus taken in drinke, thruftech out aca 
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