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heads: and in a liniment outwardly, draweth foorth the ends of darts, and any {pills whatfoever 
fticking within the bodie: for which effedt,the leafe would be taken to the weight of one obolus 
in one cyath of water. Next to this in operation, isthe other baftard kind thereof, called Pfeu- 
dodiG@amnum : and there isneither of them both, but is good for to draw all biles & impoftums 
thatare broken and doerun matter . Moreover, Ariftolochia isan excellent hearbeto eat and 
confume putrified ulcers full of dead fle(h :it mundifieth alfo thofe that bee foule and filchie, if 
~ it beapplyed with honey: yea and draweth out the vermin bred of the corruption within them; 
the callofities likewife and hard excrefcences arifing in fores, it fetcheth away: alfo it draweth 
forth any thing fticking in the flefh, efpecially arrows andthe {pills of broken and skaled bones, 
if it be laid too with rofin, Of it felfe alone without any thing els, itis a good incarnative and fil- 
Jeth up hollowulcerswith good flefh: but mixed with the powder of the Floure-de-lis root, and 
fo incorporat with vinegre, itis fingular forto heale up greene wounds-Moreover,for old {fores, 
Vervaine and Cinquefoile medled togither with faltand honey,do make a foveraigne falve. The - 
roots of the great Clot-bur are good to be laidunto fre(h wounds, made by the {word or any ed- 
ged tools: but the leaves are better for old wounds, ifthe fame be tempered with hoggs greafe: 
howbeit this charge oughtto bee given, That as well the one asthe other, have aleafe of the 
owne laid over them'to cover the whole place. Asfor * Damafoniumn, itwould be ufed in thefe * riputs papo- 
cafes,prepared in that mannerasit is ordained for the kings evill. And the leaves of Mullen ferve 7 oF watet 
well for the fame purpofe,ifthey be applied with vinegre or wine, Vervaine isa good hearbe for * “"**"* 
all forts of woundsand fores, were they overgrowne with callofities and full of putrefaction. The 
root of Nympheza Heraclia, healeth perfectly all running and filthie ulcers, In like manner, the 
root of Cyclamin,{#.Sowbread Jeither alone of itfelfe, or incorporat with vinegre or honey: 
. The fameis fingular good for thofe wens or impoftummes that engender within them acertaine 
_ matter like unto* fat ortallow. Like as Hyflope is an appropriat hearb for running ulcers. Sem- * stecrorsace. 
blably * Peucedanum, which is of thatefficacie for the healing of greene wounds, that it will * Harftrang; 
-drawcortuption from the verie bone. The fame effects have both the Pimpernels: and befides, 
~ they doe repreffe thofe cancerous foresthat eat deepe: they ftay alfothe fluxof a rheume to 
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any fore, which hindreth the healing thereof: they be good alfo for yreene wounds, but efpeci- 
ally in oldbodies. The freth leaves of Mandragoras newly gathered, incorporat with the mafle 
of fome cerot, are fiugular for impoftumes and maligne ulcers: like as the root healeth wounds 
beeing made into a plaftre with honey, or oile. Likewife Hemlocke tempered with the floure of 
fine white wheat,and wroughtinto a paft with wie. Houfleeke cureth thingles,ringwormes,and 
fuch like wild-fires, yeaif they growto be VVolves, and begin to puttifie: like as Ground{well 
healetl: thofe ulcers which be given to engender vermin: but the roots of the mountaine Cich, 
or peafe earth-nut,are foveraigne for greene wounds: and both kinds of Hypocitthis,doemun- 
dific invererat ulcers. The feed of Pied: de-lion, ftamped with water,and reduced imo a liniment 
_ with parched barley groats concorporat all togither, draweth foorth atrow heads: fo doth the 
- feed of Pycnocomon, in the faine fort ufed and applied. The juice of the Spurge called Tithy- 
malus Characias, healeth gangrens,cankers,and putrified fores tending to mortification. The 
decoction alfo of the braunches; fodden in oile, with fried barley meale.As for * Ragworts,they_*o,¢h55, 
cure morinials alfo, either drie or greene,fo they be applied with vinegre and honey; and Oc- 
nothera by it felfe,healeth thofe untoward andfretting ulcers, which are the worfe and more an- 
grie for the handling . The Scythians are woonttoheale wounds with their hearbe Scythica. + 4% shar 
And for cancerous fores, the hearbe Argemonia incorporatwith honey, is knowne to be moft is co fay, when 
effeétuall. When any wound or fore is * over healed, an Afphodill root boiled, as I faid before, the *'r Vifech 
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then ftamped togither with parched barley, and fo applied, is fingular good to rectifie that de- & is not even 
fault: but for any fore or wound whatfoever, Henbane leavesbefingular. The rootof Aftraga- withthe zeft 
Jus beaten into powder, are foveraigne for fuch ulcers as doe water much, and be alwaics moift: reat spinal 
likewife the common *Maidenhaire boiled in water :but more particularly, ifthe skinbe newly Prefanazis 
fretted off by wearing fome uneafie thoes, there isnot a better thing to heale and skin the place, ee : 
than a falve made with Vervaine: alfo with hearbe Willow ftamped; or Nenuphar dried, made pe ee ie 
into powder, and fo {trewed upon the gall. As for the other Maidenhaire, it iscounted betterto aad apparence 
heale the fame raw excoriations, ifthey have continued fome time, and are growne to be exu!- es 
cerat, There is an hearb named Polycnemon, like unto wild Origan, howfoever the feed refer whichis Tri= 
ble that of Peniroyall : it hooteth foorth many braunches, and thofe knotted and joynted in di- ner aka 
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