of Plintes Naturail Hiftorie. 483 
A drunke tothe fame number in fweet cuit or fimple wine, cure the paffions of the matrice,[and 
namely the rifing af the mother.) The root given in wine, appeafeth all the paines of the bellie, 
cleanfeth the guts,cureth the convulfion or crampe which plucketh the necke and bodie backe- 
ward,and the jaundife : iepacifieth alfo the greefes of the reines and bladder. As for the wrings of 
the matrice and ftomacke,the fame boiled in wine,doth afluage them: the laske itftaieth : and 
being eaten with meat,it is good for thofe that be troubled in their braines,or otherwife given to 
melancholie. But in thefecafes foure dram)s is counted a fufficient dofe. The klacke graines ta- 
ken to the number abovefaid in wine,helpe thofe that be ridden with the night mare,and in dan- 
ger thereby to havetheirbreath topped. For the gnawing in the ftomacke,the fame beeing ei- 
thereaten,or applied in a liniment,are fingular good : impoftumations likewife growing to {up- 
B puration,if they be taken betimes,may be refolved with a plaftte made of the black berries:and 
fay they were of long continuance, the red will doe the deed.But aswell the blacke as the red,are 
foveraigne for thofe whobee ftung with ferpents:as alfo for yong children who have the ftone; 
and be entring into the ftrangurie,and pifle dropmeale, : lee ont Otic 
Cudwort or Cottonweed,fome there bee whocall Gnaphalion others C hamezelon,. The 
white,fofrSnd delicat downe of the leaves,many ufein ftead of fockes; and furely icisnot much 
unlike. This hearbe is good to be givenin foie auftere or ftypticke wine, for the bloudie flix, Ie 
itaicth laskes,and reftraineth the immoderat flux of womens fleurs.Being clyfterized it is fingu- 
Jar forthe'Tinefine, that is tofay,the continual provocationsto the {eege withoutany voidance 
: excrements. Laftofall,in a linithentit ferveth well co bee appliedin ulcers tending to putri: 
C faction. {7 
* _. Assouching Galedragon(an hearbe fo called by Xenocrates) itrefembleththe thiftle named 
Lencacanthe[s-S. Marie thy {tle ]and groweth full of fharpe ptigkes in moorie grounds. Thefiem 
rifech-p tall,in‘manner.of Ferula or Fennell geant; in the very head and top whereof itbeareth 
athing refemblinganegge, in whichthere breed(they fay)in procefle of time certaine grubsor . 
little wormes, which areexcellentfor toeafe the tooth-ach, if they bee keprin a box with bread, 
and asneed tequireth, tied faft unto the armeof the patient omthat fide where the teeth ake ; for 
itis wonderfull howfoone the paine will by this meanesceafe. Marie they oughtto bee chaun- 
ged every yeare, for after one yeare they bec of no vertueinthiscafe : andin any wifethey mutt 
atnotimetouch the ground. © | 22s! » MOIS! 53 ) ) 
D ~ AsforHolcus,it groweth upon ftonie groundsand-thofe tharbe drieIcrifeth up witha fleni 
like unto the ftraw of that Barley which fpringeth every yeare without fowing : in the top where- 
of it beareth flender {pikes or eares, This hearbe bound about the head,or the arme, *draweth * And therfote 
forth of the bodie any fpils whatfoever : whereuponfome name it Ariftida,.-.; Ie ee 
*“Hyoferis refembleth Cichorie or Endive,but thatit isleffe,and in handling more rough.A *Asone would 
foveraigne vulnerarie hearbe,(o it be ftamped and laid toa wound. ot rls © fay,Swines Ene 
~ Holofteon, whichthe Greekes fo call by the *contrarie, isan hearbe without any hardnefle sab ph 
at all,as if wee fhouldtearme*[ Gall] by the name of [Sweet.] So {mall and flender it groweth, for the word 
thata man would take it to be all aires ; foure fingerslong, in manner of quich grafle or ftitch- fenfieth, All 
wort. The leaves bee narrow, and havean aftringent taft. 1¢ commeth wp ordinarily upon banks + 9 in Grecke 
E andhillocks, which bee allearth andnothing {tonie. Beeing drunke in wine, there is great ufe 2-rL felljis 
thercof for convulfions,{preines,and ruptures, Itis a great healer befides, and skinneth greene ieee eee 
wounds: and experience hereof may bee foonefeene: for if itbee put among peeces of flefhin France (as Da 
the potwhiles they boile,it will caufe them to grow together and unite. . ons mig Toe 
Hippopheftonisa certaine prickie bufh growing by the fea fide, wherewith * Fullers and: Di- ped ie donx. 
ers fill cheir leads andcoppers;without ftem,without flower: it bringeth forth certain little knobs “Seme read 
or buttens onely,& thofe hollow: leaves alfo it hath {mall and many in number, ofa grafle green ee 
- colour :the roots be white and tender; out of whichthereis a juice drawne by way of expreffion Faller, 
in Summer time, which is fingular good for to purge the bellie, if it bee taken to the weightof 
three oboli;and principally, helpeth thofe that bee fubje& to the falling fickneffe, trembling of 
£ themembers, and the dropfie : it cureth alfo thofe that be given to the fwimming and dizzinefle 
_ of the braine,to ftraightneffé of wind,and who cannot breath but upright;and laft of all,tofuch 
as be entring into a palfie, 
Cua 
