* Some read, 
fortic. 
* pi, forme 
read Opi, é.the 
juice ef poppy. 
The eightand twentieth Booke . 
fhe is with child,or pained with after-throws in childbedithee fhalbfind nich eafe by that poti-’ G- 
on. Furthermoreitis faid, that fows milke given with honyéd wine toa woman thar isinlabour, — 
helpeth her to fpeedy deliverance, Leta woman newly brought to bed drink the fame milk dloney 
the will proove a good milch'nource, andhave herbrefts'ftruc with milke but let her bi€alts be 
annotated all over with thebloud ofa fow, they will growthie lefle by thatineans. Inthe paps doe 
ake and pur the woman to paine; a draught of afles milke afluageh that priefe: putthereto a 
quantitie of honey, it will bring down the defired purgation of a woman. Ihe greace of the fame 
beat, which hath been tried and long keprshéaleth the exulceration of the matrice : and beeing 
applied tothe natural parts with alock of wooll in formeofapeflarie or otherwile, itmollifierh 
the hardneffe of that place. The fame frefh,or long kept(it makes no. matter whether)is depilato- 
ri¢;for looke what part is annointed with i. water cogither, the haire will come no more there, H 
The mile of an affe kept untillic be drie,and tempered with water into a liniment for the breafts, 
caufeth them to grow, and bringeth ftoreof milke intothem: and ifthe matrice be untetled and 
turned afide any way out of order, itreduceth it into the place againe! Ifa woman ficovera fuf- 
fuinigation of an affes houfe,and receive the fume up into het bodice, the thall have quicke peed 
of childbirth; forfo ftrong itis, that it will caufe abortion and pucher to atlip before thetime: 
and therefore itis not to be ufed unleffe a woman have gone her full time, or that the child bee 
dead in her wombe; for furely it is able ro kill thechild within het bodie,withour great heed and 
carefull regard, Alfo it isfaid,that the dung of this beatific be appliedtre(h and green,is of won- 
derfull operation to ftop the extraordinarie flux of bloud inwomen:foisthe athes ofthe fame _ 
dung which being laid unto their natural] parts,is a foveraigne remedie for the accidentstherto ~] 
belonging. Moreover,take the forme or froth of an horfe mouth, and let the place be‘annointed. 
therewith for * twentie daies togither, eitherbefore the haire doe come,or whenit beginneth to 
fpurt, it will keepe them for ever being undergrown: of the fame operation is the decoction of a 
harts horne; but it will dothe feat the better.in cafe the faid horne be new and greene. Ifthe ma- 
trice be fyringed and wafhed with mares milke, ét will find much comfort and eafe thereby. lf a 
woman perceive the infant to bee dead in her bodie, let her take the powder of the rugged werts 
upon a hoile leg, called Lichenes, in freth water, it will exclude the faid dead fruit ofthe wombe: 
the perfume alfo of the houfe will doe as much, or the dung dried, Ifthe matrice betalne or flipe 
out ofthe bodie,an injeCtion of butter by the metrenchiyte,taieth the fame and keepeth itup. If 
there be any hardnefle growne in that part,whereby it is topped, a beafts gall mingled with oyle “K 
ofrofes and terpentine,and fo applied outwardly in a lock of wooll,openeth the faid obftruction. 
Tris faid alfo, hata {utfamigation made of ox dung; ftaieth the matrice up when it is readie to’ 
fall,yea and helpeth a woman in labour to {peedie childbirth :but if fhe ufe to drinke cows milke; 
fhe thalbe the better difpofed and prepared'to conceive with child. Moreover,this is a thing for 
certein knowne,that there is nothing bringeth a womanfooner to barrennefletham hard travaile 
in'child: bearing, But to prevent this inconvenience, Olympias the expert midwife of Thebes, af 
firmeth, that there is nothing better thantoannoint rhe natural] parts of awoman with ox gall, 
incorporat in the fat of ferpents,vercegrece,and hony mixed thetewith,before that fhe medlerh 
with aman inthe aét of generation, Likewife, ifa woman: whichis given. to‘have thofe natural) 
parts over-moift and flipperie,by reafon of humours purging immoderatly that way,doe apply _ L 
unto the neck of the matricea calves gall, a little before fhe mind to admit the carnall companie _ 
of aman,fhe will béethe more apt to conceive sand in verie truth, che inundtion therewith doth 
mollific the hardnefle of the belly; repreffeth outrageous fuxions, ifthenavillbee annointed = 
therwith :and in one word, is good everic way forthe tmatrice. Howbeit in the ufe of this gall,they 
ordaine a proportion,to wit,thatto everie- denier weight ot the fame, there be puta third part of 
*perfley feed, with as much of the oile of alinondsasis thought fufficient to incorporat then? 
into a liniment;and this they put up with wooll in manner of a peflarie., The gall of an’ox calfe 
tempered with halfe as much honey, is a medicine ordinarily keptinreadinefle forthe difeafes of 
the matrice.Some make great account of'veale, and doe promife,thatifwomen aboutthe time 
that they conceive doe eat it with the roovof Ariftolochia,#. Birthwort,they fhall bring foorth M 
boies.Asfor the marow of acalie,fodden iawine and- water togither with the {uet,& fo conveied 
up in a peffarie, healeth the exulceration of the matrice/So doth fox greace,& the dung of cats; 
but this:oaght to bee applied with rofini and oile rofaty Iris thought, that there is notfo good a 
thing for the matrice, as to ft ver a fuffamigation made of goats home, The bloud of the wild 
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