of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 289 
A and Mepianeth onely to thew. But both of them are for the faid purpofe to be drunke in wine. 
Phellandrion groweth in moorie grounds, and in Jeafe commeth neare unto garden Perfley: 
the feed thereof. is good to be drunke for the ftone,and the infirmities incident to the bladder, 
As for Phalaris, it hath along flender ftem like unto areed, in the top whereof i¢ beatetha 
floure bending downward; and the feed refembleth that of Sefama and this alfo breaketh the 
Polyrthizon is leafed like unto the Myrtle,and hath many roots, which being bruifed,are gi- 
ven in wine againftthe poifon of ferpents;not onely if men buralfo if foure-footed béaltsbee 
ftung by them. 7 we ; 
®B *Proferpinaca likewife,being otherwife a common hearbe, is counted a foveraigne remedie * Thought ea 
againft {eorpions : the fame ftamped and incorporat with fih. pickle and ile, is (by report) a Fe the !ame 
fingular medicine againft the pricke of {corpions. Over and befides, itisfaid, thar if irbee bu ,, Knotgrafie 
heldunder the tongue, it refrefheth thofe who be over-travailed or any waies wearied, fo as they above-named, 
have loft their {peech with verie faintneffe: but in cafe it bee {wallowed downe the throat,it pro- 
cureth vomit, which alwaies is good and holefomefor the Patient; |. tes tee io 
As touching Rhacoma, itis brought untous out of thofe countries which are beyond the 
kingdome of Pontus: arootitis much refembling the blacke Coftus, butthatit is fmaller and 
fomewhatredder; alfo without any {mell ; hot at the tongues end and aflringent: being punned, 
itis of a wine colour inclining tofaffron:aliniment made of this root, doth mitigat all impo- 
, C ftumes and inflammations; healeth wounds,and appeafeth the violence of any theums taking a 
courfe tothe eyes, efpecially if itbe applied with cuit: all matks remaining after ftripes, & other 
places of the skin blacke and blew, it taketh away, if they bee annointed with itand vinegre to- 
gither: the powder therof is good to be caftupon old morinials and ulcers untoward to be hea- 
led: and being to the weight of one dram taken in water, itis fingularforthem that caft up bloud: 
moreover, in cafe ofthe dyfenterie and the flux proceeding fromsimbecillitie of the flomacke, it 
is an excellent medicine to be taken in wine, ifthe Patient be free of the ague; otherwile,it would. 
be given in water. For to pun or ftampe this root more eafily, it had need to lie and foke in water 
overnight: the decoction thereof is given to drinke,in double meafure or quantitie for thofe 
that be plucked with the craimpe, burfen, and bruifed;ortofuch as have tumbled downe from 
D fome high loft.in pains of the breft, here had need {ome pepper and myrrheto bepurthereto: 
in cafe the ftomacke be feeble and cleane done, it oughtto be taken in cold water: and whether 
it be given inwardly or applied outwardly, it helpeth all thofe that void up filthie matrer from the 
parts beneath : likewife it cureth fuch as have weake livers, hard or {welled {olenes, and the Scia- 
tica:it healeth the infirmities of the kidnies,thortnefle of wind,& ftreightnefie of breath name- 
ly, when aman is driven to fitupright for is, The hoarfenefle and roughnefle of the throat itcu- 
reth, ifeither the powder be taken to the quantitie of three oboli in cust,or the decodtion drunke. 
The filthy cettars called Lichenes it{courethaway,applied unto themin aliniment with vinegre, 
In drinke, it diffolveth ventofities, riddeth away-thtough colds, and namely the thiverings and 
fhakings in cold agues :it reprefleth the yex or hicquet, appeafeth the wrings of the bellie,clee- 
E reththe windpipes,difpatcheth the pofe,the murre, and heavinefle of the head; ftillech the diz- 
zinefle ofthe head and turning of the braine occafioned by melancholly humors:and finally af- 
{uageth all painfull !affitudes,and is fingular good for cramps or convulfions. eth: 
About the towne Ariminum there groweth an hearbe commonly knowne by the name of Re- 
feda: it refolveth and difcufleth all impoftumes: it reduceth alfo into temperature any inflam: 
mation. But they that ufe to cure with this hearbe, muft when they lay it to the place, fay withall 
thefe words following ; Refeda, morbos Refeda, {ci{ne fcifne, quis hic pullos egerit? Radices nec capue 
wec pedes habeant, Thatistoflay,Refeda,caufe thefe maladies to ceale: knomeft thouknoweft thou wha 
bath driven thefe pullets bere? Let the roots have neither head nor foot, This charme (I fay) they 
amuft pronounce three times over, and fpit upon the groundas often. leynf 
FE _ Toconclude, Stcechas groweth in thofe Iflands onely which carrie that name and be called 
Stoechades: an odoriferous hearbeit is, bearing leaves like unto hyflope,and is bitter in taft:ta- 
ken in drinke,it procureth womensmoneths,and doth mitigat the pains of the breaft, Alfo itis 
ous of the pecies or ingredients entring into the prefervative compofitions called Antidots. 
Ce st Cuap. 
