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if it bee fodden in wine cuit to the confumption ofthe onehalfe:and{o isitgoodforthefpots G 
thatarife in the eyes. The decoction of nitre boiled within the rind ofa pomegranat in wine cuit, 
cure the fore nailes and the raggednefle thereof: and reduced into an ointment with honey, it 
cleareth the eyefight:a collution made thereof, fodden in wine with pepper, eafeth the tooth- 
ach, ifthe mourh and gums be wathed therwith : fo doth the decoGtion thereof with leeks.Burne 
or calcine nitre into powder, it maketh an excellent dentifrice for blacketeeth,&reduceththem — 
againe to their naturall whiteneffe :annoint the head with nitre & Terra Samia incorporattopi- ~ 
ther in oile, itkilleth che lice and nits that breed therein: diflolved in wine, and poured into the 
ears that run attyr,itcureth them :dtopped into them with vinegre, iteateth and confumeth the 
filtbie excrements ofthat part: conveyed drie into the faid ears, it difcuffeth the finging andrin- 
ging therein. A liniment made of nitre and Fullers earth, ofeach alike weight,incorporatwith py 
vinegre,taketh away the foule morphew, ifthe skin be annointed therewith: mixed with rofinjor 
with raifons of white grapes ftamped ftones and all, it draweth uncoms andfellons to an head, 
and breaketh them: reduced into an ointment with {wines greace, it preferveth the genetoirs 
from inflammation, & cureth them :good likewife for the mieafi!s and {mall pocks which breake 
outin all parts of the bodie: put rofin thereto, and incorporat them both ina liniment with vi- 
| negre,ithealerh the biting of amad dog,fo it be taken betimes at the beginning: & in thisman- 
ner, it curech alfo the fores occafioned by the fting of ferpents, eating ulcers, which confumeto 
the bone; fuch likewife as be corrofive & apt for putrefaction,to it be mixed with quicklimeand 
tempered with vinegre, Stampe nitre with figs, and bring it into the forme of acataplafme or Ii- 
niment,it doth much good for the dropfie:the ventofities caufing wringingsandpainfullgripes y 
of the belly ,it difcuffeth, if the decoction thereof be drunke; namely, when tothe weight of one 
dram ,tt is {odden with rue,dill,or cumin. Annoint their bodies all over who are wearie, with ni- 
tre, oile, and vinegre, you {hall {ee how effeCtuallitis co refteth them and drive away their lafit- 
tude. Rub and chauteboth hands and feet, with nitre & oile wroughttogither,itisfingulargood = 
again{t quaking and (hivering cold : given with vinegre, efpecially in afwet,to thofe whoare 
painted with the jaundife, itreprefleth the itch that troubleth them: if a man bee poifoned with 
taking venomous muthroms, he fhall find means to avoid the daunger therof by drinking nitre 
in oxycrat or vinegre and water mingled togither, Hath one {wallowed down the hurtfull flie Bu- 
preftis?let him take a draught offal-nitre in water,& it will fave him, for it caufeth vomit:to thofe 
that have drunke bulls bloud, itis ufually given with the {pice Lafer: incorporatwith honeyand 
cow milke, it healeth the breaking out and the exulcerations in the face. Torrifie nitre untill it 
begin to looke blacke,beat it then to powder and caft the fame upon araw place that isburnt,, ic 
will rake out the fire and skin it up again: forthe paine of the belly and the kidnies, for the ftiffe- 
nefle and ftarkeneffe of the lims, the grievance alfo of the finews, it ferveth verie well in a clyftre : 
¢ lay itto the tongue with bread, it is foveraign forthe palfie or refolution of the finews:ithelpeth 
thofe thatbe fhort-winded,if they take itin a ptifan, or with husked barley. The floure of nitre in- 
corporat in Galbanum,and the rofin called terpentine,of ech an equall weight, and reduced into 
: alohoch,fo as the patient {wallow downe the quantitie of a beaneat once, curethan oldcough. 
ai *Burne or calcine nitre,temper it afterwards with liquid pitch er tar, and giveit todrinke, itcu- 
pin,  -teth the {quinancie. The floure of nitre incorporat with the oile Cyprinum, maketh a pleafant 
liniment to annoint the bodie withall in the Sun, forthe gout or any paine of joynts :drunke in 
wine,it doth exterminat and drive away for ever,the jaundife; itfcattereth and diicufleth ventofi- 
ties ;it ftoppeth bleeding at the nofe, if the patient receive into the nofthrils the vapour of it out 
of boiling water : mixed well with aluine,itriddeth away an itch: foment or bath the arme-pits 
duly everie day therewith in water,it correéteth the ranke {mell therof.Makealiniment or cerot of 
nitre 8c wax tempered togither, it healeth the ulcers occafioned by fleame:: after which maner,it 
is good alfo for the finews.Being injected by aclyftre, ithelpeth the flux of the belly, proceeding 
from a feeble ftomacke,Many Phyficians have given direétionto anoint the bodie all over with 
fal-nitce and oile,before the cold fitts of agues: which ointmentferveth likewife for the leprofie, 
and the unfeemly {pots or freckles that blemith the skin. To fit in atub of nitre within the bains, 
and therewith to bath the bodie, isa foveraigne thing for thofe that have/the gout, be in con- 
fumption,andeither draw backewardwith the crampe,or ftretchedand plucked fo ftreighe and 
ftiffe therewith, that they feeme all ofone entire peece. Sal-nutre, if itbee’ boiled togither with 
{ulphur,turneth to beas hard asa ftone. L oe 
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