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vers places: it beareth in the head certain berries as it were in bunchesand clafters odoriferous, 
andas they fent fomewhatftrong and hor, fo the {mell is not unpleafant: take this hearbe,chew 
it with your teeth,and then lay it to any wounds made by the edge of the {word orfuch like wea- — 
pon,and fo let it licand remoove it not until] the fifth day,youfhall feeitto healeexcellentwell, 
Camftey applied unto a greene wound, skinneth it moft {peedily :{o0 doth Sideritis; as for this 
hearbe, it (hould be applied with honey. The feed and leaves of Mullen, fodden in wine & ftam- 
ped to che forme of a cataplafine,draweth foorth all thorns,fpills, and arrow heads, which fticke 
within the bodie. The like effe€t worke the leaves of Mandragoras, incorporat with partched 
barley meale ;and Sowbread roots ftamped and mixed with honey. iheleayes of Germander 
punned with oile, are excellent to be applied unto thofe ulcers which doe corrode the fleth un- 
der them and eat forward: like as the Reiks or Sea-weeds.Betonie isa foveraigne hearb for can- 
cerous ulcers: alfo for the blacke {ploches that have continued along time upon the skin, if there 
be faleput thereto. Argemonia tempered with vinegre, taketh. away werts:fo doth the root of 
Crowfoot, which alfo is fingular good to fetch off with eafe,theragged and fretted nails that be 
offenfive. The leaves of Mercurie,the male and female both,orthe juice thereof brought intoa 
liniment,have the like operation. All the forts of the Lithymals take away.any werts whatfoever: 
fo doe they rid the troublefome rifings and impoftumations like whitflaws about the naile roots, 
and all flecks, {pots, whelks, and {pecks whatfoever. Ladanum reducethany skars to locke faire 
and freth coloured againe. tie 
Cap. XV. 
O& Many experiments and approoved receits, for the provoking or ftaying of womens monethly 
searms : for curing the difeafes of thetr matrice : for fending out the birth, or vetaiming ibe 
fame within the bodie the fulltime. Alo fundrie devifes for to amend the faults that blemifh 
the skin of the face : to colour the haire of the bead,or to ferch wtoff, Last of all,divers medi 
cines for the farcins or [cabin foure-footed deafts. 
] Tisfaid, That ifa travailer or wayfaring man weare faft tied about him sMugwort or Sauge,he 
thall never be wearie nor thinke his journey long, But to come now unto the infirmities of wo- 
*Intheirma- mens The blacke feed ofthe heatbe Pxonie, is generally good for all their * maladies, if itbe 
trice as name- 
ly,the rifing of taken in mead : the root alfo is of the fame operation and befides provoketh the ordinary courfe 
the moiker, of their months, The feed of Panaces drunke with wormwood,mooveth their feurs, and procu 
a reth thein to fweat : the like effect hath Scordotis either in drink or liniment, A dram of Beronie 
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given to women in three cyaths of wine,helpeth all the maladies incidenttotheir naturall parts, — 
*Towitthe *bur{pecially thofe that enfue upon their deliverie of childbirth. Achillaa being applied accor- 
fay of the af dingly,(taieth the exceffive Aux of their monethly tearms ; for which purpofeal{o, itis good for 
ter-burden : 3 Z " : : 
after-throwes, them to fitin a bath made with the decoétion of the faid hearb: and in this cafe,to their brefts or 
fuppreftion of pans, * there would be laid aplaftre of Henbane feed tempered with wine: therootalfoapplied —- 
theispuregario, * : ; bie ih : BS > 
orimmoderay 1 Manner of a cataplafe to their fecret parts, is counted foveraigne for that infirmitie: likeas 
bikes, ; Celendine the greater laid unto the forefaid breafts,[fthe after-birth,when the child isborne,be 
* Sweiled an 
hard, 
¥Purgat,fome it {elfe Panaces drunke in wine, or outwardly vfed to the region of the matrice, * cleanfeth the 
yead better(ia (ame, Sauge de bois taken with wine,expelleth the after-birth and by afuffumigation, mundifi- 
mine “opinid) 
eorrigity.redue Cth the matrice. The juice of Centaurie the lefle, bringeth women to their defired ficknefle, if 
ecth itintothe chey drinke it, or foment che parts beneath, therewith, Likewife the root of the bigger Centaurie 
ight pl oe 
bringunfr. wed after the {ame mannet,appeafeth the pains of the mother. Ifthe famebe fcraped {mooth, 
ied andper-_ and pucup into the right place as a peffarie, it draweth away the dead child within her bodieFor — 
ie the griefe and anguifh which women feele in their wombe, there is no better thing than to apply 
the juice of Plantaine in a locke of wooll :and in daunger of fuffocation by rifing of the mother, 
to give itin drinke, But DiGainaus is foveraigne and hath no peere: it provoketh monthly fleyrs: 
it fendeth out the dead child, yea though it lay overthware and ftucke croffe in the birth: for 
which purpofe,the woman muft drinke to che weight of one obolus, in water: And verely of fuch 
power is this hearbein fuch cafes, that fo long as women goe with child, it muft not come within 
the chamber where they are, for feare it putthem co travaile before their time. And notonely in 
drinks 
loth to come away ; or if the infant be dead within the mothers wombe,the roots of Panacesap- - 
plied accordingly to the privie parts, fetch forth both the oneand the other, The verie hearbe ~ 
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