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* Some thinke 
thisismeanc - 
othatrs wich- 
inthe paps, 
which fhould 
be ‘wallowed 
downe by 
chice ina cup 
of drinke, and 
forankle ja 
the brealt,&c, 
a difeafe cal- 
led by Arifforle, 
Trichia, Aud 
Rondelerizss {8 
ofan opinion, 
that fome fuch 
thing refem- 
bling an haire 
may brcoed _ 
Within the 
breft, of putri- 
fied humours 
Or corrupt 
milke.Butit 
feemeth by 
thatwhich fol 
Joweth, that 
Plinie meant 
no fuch mat- 
ter; but rather 
fome outward 
ey'c-fore, 
« 
~ The fix and twentieth Booke 
intheskin or haire, and to colourthe fame blacke, if itbee broughtinto powder, andwith oile G 3 
made into liniment. Hearbe Robert drunke in white wine, and Hyocifthis in red, doe flay the 
flux of reds or whites. Hyffope is a foveraigne heatbe to open andrelax the obftructions of the 
matrice caufing fuffocation. The root of V etvaine taken inwardly with water,is the beftthingin 
the world for allthe maladies incident to women, either in their travaile or after their delive= 
rance. To which effect, fome there be, who togither with Harftrang mixthe 
boiled in water, and laid too warme,doth moderatand quialifie all theviolent fluxésof the ma- 
trice, Camfrey ftamped and given in groffe wine or allegant, bringeth downe the ficknefle of - 
women when tt ftaieth upon them. The juice of Scordotistaken to the quantitie of one dram in 
foure cyaths of honyed water, giveth women fpeedie deliverance in childbirth : and for that pure qq 
pofe,theleavesof DiGtamnus are excellent, if they be taken in water: Andknowneitis for cet- 
taine,that the weight of-one obolus of thofeleaves given toa womanin hard travaile, will pre 
{ently caufe her to be delivered with eafe, yea though the infant were dead in the belly . Thelike 
operatiomhath the baftard Di@amnum, but thatit worketh more flowly: and inthis cafe, they 
uleto tie the root of Cyclamin about the woman in labour; tocaufe her alfoto drinke Ciffan- 
themos; yea and the powder of Betonie in honyed water. As for Arfenogonon & Thelygonon, 
they be two hearbs, bearing certaine grapes or berries like to olive bloffoms, butthat they be 
more pale; and white feeds or kernels within, refembling thofe of white Poppie . Ifa woman 
dtinke Thelygonum, fome fay, thee will thereupon conceive a maidschild, Arfenogonon diffe- 
reth from the/other in nothing but inthe feed, which commeth neare unto that of the.Olive: 
and -(forfooth) if {he take this hearbein drinke, fhee fhall havea man-child;beleeve it who that 
lift, Others there be;wHo fay, that both the one and the other be like unto Bafill ; and that Arfe- 
nogonon carieth a double feedknit togither like as they weretwo genetoirs, | 
_ That kind of Houfleeke which I called Digitellus, is fingularfor the difeafes incident to wo- 
mens breaits. Ground{well bringeth abundance of milke into womens paps, if they drinkeitin 
wine cuit: fo doth Sowthiftle fodden in frumentie. The grape called Bumaftos, taketh away the 
* haires aboutthe nipples of nources breafts,which {pring fometime after they have once borne 
children: which alfo otherwife is very good to cleanfe the skales, and fcurfe in the face, and to 
{coure away other {pots and pimples arifing upon the skin, Gentian,and Nymphza called He- 
raclea, the root alfo of Cyclamin, riddeth all fuch cutanean fpecks andblemithes. The graings | 
of wild Carawaies,called Cacalia, incorporat in wax melted or made liquid , lay the skin of the. 
face plaine and eves, and {mooth all wrinckles. The root of Acorum, ferveth likewife to purifie 
the skin from all outward deformities. Hearbe Willow giveth the haire of the head a yellowca- 
lour. Hypericon, which alfo isnamed Corion, dieth it blacke : likewife doth Ophrys, an hearbe 
growing with two leaves andno more.like unto jagged Beets or Coleworts. Alfo Polemonia fet- 
reth a blacke colour upon haire, if it be boiled in oile. As for depilatorie medicines,which are to 
take away the haire from any part, the proper place to treat of them is indeed among thofé that 
pertaine efpecially to women: burnow adaies men alfo are come to it, and ufe fuch devifes.as 
well as woinen, The moft effe€tuall of all others be they accepted, that are made of the hearbe _ 
‘Archezottis. The juice of Tithymall is likewife verie good to fetch off haires :and yetthere be 
fome,who pluck them out firft with pinfers,and then with the faid juice incorporatwith oile,rub 
the place often in the hot fun . Finally, Hyffope tempered with oile into a liniment, is excellent 
to heale the mange or {cab in four-foored beafts: and Sideritis hath a peculiar vertue for to cure 
{wine of their {quinfies or ftrangles. Nowisit time to purfue all other kinds of hearbs which re- 
maine behind. at. 
THE 
: rainesof theCy- 
prefletree beaten to powder, and give it to drinke in groflered wine, For the feed of Fleawoort, 
