2°92 The fevenand twentieth Booke 
aliver,eafiealforo melt and refolve. Ifyou fee any that is blacke, hard,fandie,or gritrie (a thing G 
which may foone bee knownebetweene the teeth in tafting of it) the fame isto bee rejected for 
naught.Many therebe who do fophifticat it with other gums and the juice Acacia, Aloéisof an _ 
aftringent nature, ferving to make thicke, to clofe faft,and gently to heat any part of the bodies 
. Much ufe chereis of itin many cafes but principally to loofen the bellic: being the only purga- 
tive medicine that is comfortable to the ftomacke, and ftrengtheneth it, fo farve is it from<offen- 
ding the fame by that laxative vertue or any contrarie qualitie that ic hath: And for this purpofe 
the ordinarie dofe to bee given in drinke, isone dram. But when the ftomacke's feeblevand will 
keepe nothing, the manner is totake the quantitie of one{poonefull thereof, in twocyaths of — 
water either warme or cold, twice or thrice in a day by turns,paufing fome {pace between asneed 
requireth and as the patient thall find expedient.Moreover,if occafionbecitopurgethe bedie H- 
throughly,Phyficians ufe to give three drams thereof,and not abovesAnd the betcer-will it work 
_ if itcbe taken prefently before meat. If the head be rubbed orannointed therewith and fome au- 
ftere or aftringent wine,againft the haire and in the Sunne, itreraineth the haire that is teadie to 
fa}l.A liniment made of it together with vinegre and oile Rofat,applied untothe forhead & tem- 
ples in manner of a frontale,eafeth the headach: fo doth it alfo,if by way of embrochation it be 
deftilled from aloft upon the headin a more thinand liquid fubftance, A very convenient & fin- 
gular medicine itis to heale all the difeafesincideatto the eyes, but efpecially for theitch and 
skab rifing in the eyelids. Alfo when the skin looketh black and blew under the eyes,or otherwife 
be marked by occafion of fome bruife, it raketh them all away, if it be applied thereto with hony: 
and namely chat which commeth out of Pontus, Itis a proper remedie forthe amygdales,the J 
gums,and all the ulcers of the mouth. Taken to the weight of a dram in water, it {taiech the {pit- 
tng and voiding of bloud upward, ifit be not exceffive : but in cafe it be violent and immoderar, 
it ought to be drunke in vinegre. The flux of bloud inwounds,or the bleedingin any part whatfo- 
ever it ftancheth,either applied by it felf alone or els with vinegre.In other refpects alfo itis right 
foveraigne for wounds,a great healer,and that which uniteth and skinneth quickly. A fingular 
remedic it is to be either caft upon the ulcers of a mans yard,the {welling piles, the rifts:& chaps 
of the feat ;in plaine drie pouder by it felfe alone, or els to be applied thereto with wine or witli - 
cuit,according as the greefe requireth to bee mitigated or reprefled Moreover, it gently ftaieth 
the immoderat flux of bloud bythe Hemorrhoids. Andina clyfter itisexcellent for to heale 
the exulceration of the guts in the bloudie flix. Alfoitis very good and wholefome for thofe I 
who hardly digeft their meat, to drinke it a prettie while afterfupper. And for the laundife itis 
fingular totake che weight of three oboli thereof in water. It is good to {wallow pils of Aloé ei- 
ther with boiled Hony or Turpentinefor to purge the guts and inward bowels.And afalve made 
therewith,taketh away the whitflawes and impoftumations about the naileroots. Foreye-falves 
and other ocularic medicines, it ought to be wafhed, that the moft fandie and groffe parts theres - 
of may fettle to rhe bottome and be feparated from the purer fubftance : orelsit oughttobetor- _ 
refied in an earthen veffell,and plied continually with {tiring with a quill or feather,that it may 
be burnt and calcined equally, 
Touching Alcza,it is an hearbe bearing leaves like unto Vervaine, which alfo is called Pe- 
riftereon,rifing up with three or foure ftems, well garnifhed with leaves, andcarying flowers in L 
maoner of Rofes:it puteeth forth for the moft part fix white roots,and thofea cubit long not di- 
rectly but crooked and bending bias. Jt graweth ordinarily in battle grounds,and fuch as ftand 
fomewhat upon water. The roots principally doe fervein Phyficke, which being taken with wine 
or water doe cure the dyfenterie or bloudie flix, ftop alaske,and knit thofe that are burft inwardly 
upon fome violent ftraine or convulfion. 1 
As for Alypon, a prettie hearbeitis, fhooting up withaflender {tem adored with litle foft 
and ender heads,not unlike to the Beet, quicke and fharpe in taft, biting exceedingly and bur- 
ning howbeitclammieto thetongue, Taken in mead witha little falt,it maketh the bodie folu- 
ble. The leatt dofe thatis given therof is two drams,fromwhich they arifetofour,whichiscoun- 
ted areafonable and indifierent potion: but never exceed the weight of fix. And ordinarily this M 
saa purgation 1s taken by them that have occafion to ufcit,in che broth ofa Cock,Capon, or Pullet. A 
¥iMouecr . /lfine, which fome call *Myofoton, isan hearbe growing among “groves, wherenpon it 
"der,agrore, tooke that name Alfine. It begins to put forth and appeare aboveground aboutmidwinter, and = + 
by mid{unmer it is dried away: when it traileth and creepethupon the ground, the leaves doe 
reprefent 
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