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A expell the fame by gravell,and difpatch thofe caufes that bee occafions of {trangutie, Certes,a 
man no foonerfeeth this hearbe,but hemay prefently know the vertues thereof, and for whatit 
ferveth in Phyficke ; athing that he fhall not obferve againe in any other whatfoever : for at the 
very firft fight of thofe little ftones, his eye will tell him whatitis good for,without information 
from any perfon at all, There be common ftones found ab out rivers,bearing a certaine drie hoa- 
rie mofle upon them. Rub one of thefe tones againft another, having {pit firft thereupon, and 
then therewish touch the tettar orringworme in any part of rhebodie, ic will killche fame: but 
the partie mult as he toucheth it,utter this charme following : 
*gevyere KawSapicts, Avxos dypios vue diwnd. aT Pee ae 
5 , tetrars orring. 
B- Thatis to fay, | Wiebe 
XG ides. fliea : : y Aye tharides,and 
Camtharid afiie apace ‘for a wild Wolfe followeth in chafe. the (ata 
fa ih : q j : the wild Wolf, 
’ The Frenchmen have acertaine hearbe which they call Limeum, out of which they draw a ian, 
venomous juice, named by them Stags-poyfon,. wherewith they ufetoenvenome their arrow 
heads when they goeto huntthered Deere: Take of this.as much as goethtothe poyfoning of 
onéarrow,and putitin three meafures or modij of a math wherewith they ufeto drench cattell: 
and make fops thereof, and conveigh them downe the throat of ficke oxen.orkine, it will recos . 
ver them, But prefently after the receitof this medicine,they muft be tied up fure unto their bou- 
zies, until! the medicine have done purging :for the bealts commonly fare all the'while that itis 
j C inworking,asif they were wood. In cafethey fallafweating upon it,they muft be wathed all over 
withcold water. otal oh 
*Leuce isan hearbe like untoMercurie; butittooke that name by reafon of a certain white *atentha Sarze 
ftrake or line thatrunneth croffe through the mids of the leafe, for which caufe fome call it Me. #7 
foleucas. The juice of this hearbe healeth fiftuloes: and the fubftance of the hearb it felfe ftam- 
ped,cureth cancerous fores, I¢may be peradventurethe fame hearbe which is named Leucas, 
that is foeffeCtuall againft all venomous ftings proceeding from any fea-filhes, The Herbarifts 
have notdefcribed this hearbe otherwifethan thus, That the wild kind thereof with the broader 
leafe,is more effeQuallin the leaves; and thatthe feed of the gardenkind, hath more acrimonie 
thanthe other... : 2 7B . 
D Touching Leucographis,what manner of hearbeit fhouldbe,] have not foundin any writer: 
_and I wonder thereatthe rather, becaufe it is reported to be fo good for them that void & reach 
bloud upward,namely if itbe taken co the weight of three oboli with Sattron, Likewife ftamped’ 
with water and fo applied,itis fingular good againft thofe fluxes which proceed from the imbe- 
cillitie of the ftomacke : foveraigne alfo for to tay the immoderat flux of womens tearmes,And | 
it entreth into thofe medicines which are appropriat for the cyes; yea and intoincarnatives, | 
fuchefpecially asbe fit to incarnat thofe ulcers which are in che molt tender and delicat parts of 
the bodie. 
Cuap, Xin 
E 2 of Medium, Myofota,Myagros, Nigina, Natvix, Odontitis, Othonne, Omofma, Onopore | 
dos Ofyris,0xys,Batr achion ,Polygenon,P ancration,Pcplos, Periclymenos,Lcwcan- | 
themon, Phyteuma,P hyllon,P bellandrion, Phalaris,P olyrrhixon,and ; 
Proferpinaca : of Rhacoma,Refeda,and Stechas. 
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Edion hath leaves like unto “garden Floure-de-lis, A ftem three foot *high, garnifhed * 4:2: pasive : 
¥ § with fairelarge flowers,of purple colour,and round informe : the feedis{mal],and the others read Se= 
‘+ root halfe afootlong : it groweth willingly upon ftonie grounds lying in the fhade. The tee eee 
root taken in aliquid electuarieor lohoch made with honey to the quantitie of two drams, for But Diofcorides 
certaine daies together, ftaieth the immoderat flux of womens monthly termes, The feed alfo re- ith Tene 
F duced into pouder and drunke in wine,reprefleth their extraordinarie fhifts. iuie bied, 
*Myofota,otherwife called Myofotis, isafmooth heatbe, fhooting forthmany {tems from * Moufercare. 
onefingle root, and thofe in fome fort of areddith colour,and hollow: garnifhedwith leaves, 
which toward the root be narrow,long and blackifh,having their backe part fharpe and edged : 
which leaves grow along the {tems two by two together: and out of the concaviti¢s or armepits 
be- 
