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it mufi(they fay)be gathered with the left hand :and then kept faft bound neare unto the middle 
or girding place of the patient. And furely it helpeth the Sciatica, in cafe it be tied fure to the af- 
fected place, | 
Afcyron and Afcyroides, be hearbs refembling one another,and both like unto Hypericon : 
howbeit that which is named A{cyroides, hath the bigger braunches, and thofe {treight and di- 
~ ret,much after the manner of Fennell and fuch like,red throughout :and in the top thereof ap- 
peare little heads orknobs,of a yellowcolour. The feed contained in cettain pretie cups,is fmal, 
blacke,and gummie : bruife the faid cops or knobs betweene your fingers, they feemeto ftaine 
them with bloud; which is the caufe that fomecall this hearb*Androfemon. The feed is fingular, *#Mans bloud 
for the Sciatica,namely if the patient drinke two drams weight thereof in afextar of Hydramel, 
that is to fay,mead or honied water: for it loofenetl the bellic and purgeth choller. A liniment 
made therewith,is much commended fora burne. 
Apace is an hearbe which hath very fine and fmall leaves: and alittle taller it is thanthe Lens 
till: but larger cods it beareth,wherein lie three or foure {eeds,blacker,moifter,and fmaller than 
the grains of the faid Lentill. It groweth upon corne lands.More aftringent it is by nature than 
the Lentill,and bindeth ftronger ; tor all other matters it worketh the fame eflects. The {ced boi- 
led, ftaieth vomits and laskes. | atic: 
Touching *Alcibion what manner of hearbe it thould be, Inevercould yet find in any wri> *Pérée bath 
ter,But they give direction to ftampe the roots and leaves thereof, and fo ina cataplafme to ap- eerie 
plie themunto any place ftung with ferpents,and to drinke them alfo. Now they pretcribe for the fidering thatin 
drink, To take of the leaves one good handfull,and to {tampe them, and fo to give them in three the 22 Dooke | 
cyaths of meere wine full of the grape: or of the root three drams weight,with the like meafure fe dle beikit 
of wine, - ( according to 
AleGtorolophosin Greeke,called by us in Latire Crifta Galli, i. Cocks-combe, hathleaves Dini) 
for all the world refembling the creft or combe of a Cocke, and thofe in number many:aflender. and leafe to 
ftem and blacke {eed ,enclofed within certain cods. A foveraign hearb itis for them that cough, Sab) 
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if it be boiled with bruifed beanes,and taken in manner of an electuarie with honey. {t{cattereth jameth it Aéeebio™ 
the cloudie filmes that trouble the eyefight and the manner is to take the feed whole and {ound bacon, 
asitis,and to putitinto the eye: itis nothing offenfive nor troubleth that part one whit, bur ga- 
thereth co itfelfe all chofe grofle humors which impeached the fight.And in very truth, this feed 
whiles itis within the eye chaungeth colour, and being blacke before, beginneth to wax white ; 
it {welleth withall,and in the end commeth out of the eye by the owne accord. 
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He hearbe which we naine in Latine Alum, the Greckes call Symphytum Petreum, as if 
_ one would fay,Comitey of the rock:And very like itis to wild Origan, The Jeaves be fmall, 
and three or foure braunches {pring immediatly from the root :the tops whereof refemble 
thofe of Thyme,Much branched it is otherwife,odoriferous in fmell,and {weet in taft: itdraweth 
> downe water into the mouth and cavfeth fpitting. The root which it putteth forth is long &red. 
This hearbe taketh pleafure to growin ftonie placesamong rockes:in which regard it rooke the 
add:tion of the name Petreum.Singular good itis forthe fides and flankes, the fpleene, reines, 
and wrings of the belie : for the breaft,the lights,for fuch as reje@ or caft up bloud,andaretrou- 
bled with che afperitie and hoarfeneffe in the throat:For which infirmities,the rootis tobe {tame 
ped, boiled in wine,and fodrunke:yea,and otherwhiles to bee reduced into a liniment,and {o ap- 
plied. Moreover the chewing of it onely,quencheth thirft, and hath a principal vertuetocoole 
the lungs. Being applied outwardly in the forme of acataplafme,itknitteth diflocations,helpeth 
convulfions,is comfortable to the {pleen,and the bowels or guts, if they befallen by any rupture. 
Tie fame root rofted or baked under the afhes, ftaieth a laske,in cafe it be firft thrigged from the 
hairie firings thereof and pilled; and then afterit is beaten into pouder, be drunke in water with 
nine Pepper-corns.And for healing of wounds, fo foveraigne it is,that if itbee put into the pot 
and iodden with peeces of fleth,it will fouderand rejoine them, whereupon the Greckes impo- 
fed upon it the name Symphytum,y.ConfouMel Finally, itfervech to unite againcbroken bones. 
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