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- Dorycnium,or of Carpafinn,which is commonly named Opocarpafiim, Moreover;this would 'y+ 
of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie. 4A4z 
The broth of thefe fithes hath thename to evacuat both the bellie and the bladder, to {cour and 
mundifie the guts, to open any obitructions whatfoever, to purgethe reines, to rake down the 
rankenefle of bloud and fat: In which regards, they be foveraigne forthe dropfie, for the month 
ly rearmes of women, the jaundife,all gouts and difeafes of tlic joints whatfoever,andventofities? 
Singular they are holden to bee for to cleanfe the humours either chollericke or phlegmatickey 
which annoy or ftuffe the lights,or which engender obftructions about the livers] kewife to'cure 
the infirmities of the {pleene,and all rheumes or defcent of humors to any place.Onely theybe 
hurtful ro the throat,and make a man to loofe his voice,thisis al] the harme they do. The ulcers 
that corrode and be full of filthie matter,and require mundification, they hele: fo doe they all 
cankerous fores. Being calcined after the order of Burrets, they-cure the biting both of dog and 
man, if their afhes be incorporat with honey: and fo they cleanfe the leprofic, and rid away the 
pimples or {pots in the skin called Leouls. Their afhes*taken in drinke, havea vertue to Gifcufle *poinrather 
the dimnefle and miftineffe of the eyefight, to cure the accidents of the gums and teeth 5 & be- Hnu,tharis, 
fides to drie up the finiall pockes,and fuch like breaking forth of wheales,by-occafion of fleagme. bros 
: : liniment, & fo 
Furthermore,they are as good as a countrepoyfon againft the juice of the deadly Dwaley called u‘ed outward- 
f : t Bees E ; : ‘ * Salem. Some 
be noted, that they grow all to be of twokinds of them : the one*Mituli,{z.Limpins]which have aed Scilla, 
a taft of fale,and carte a ftrong favour; the other *Myfcze, which differ from the other in round: {a Onion of 
nefle :leffe alfo they be a good deal and hairie : and as their fhelsbe thinner, fo their flefhismore oe 
firme and hard, The faid Limpins alfo,as well as Burrets,yeeld athes when they becalcined,which *Haply Coc- 
_ havea caulticke qualitie, whereby they ferve properly to mundifie the skin from leprofielenuls, 
and other pimples and 1llfavoured{pots, The fame being wafhed after the manner of lead,be fin- 
gular for to fubtiliat the thicke eye: lids, ro fcatter and difcufle the pearles in eyes, to diffipat the 
cloudie and miftie dimneffe: to cleanfe filihie ulcersin any vate of the body,and namely the pus 
fhes and blifters that arife in the head. As touchitig the feth charthey have, it fervethina cata- 
plafme tobe laid unto the biting of mad dogs. The Palours alfo doe mollifie and foften the bel- 
lie : fo doth Caftoreum,beeing drunke to the weight of two drains in honied water. They that 
would have this medicine more quicke ih operation and to workethroughly, pur thereto of the 
garden Cucumber root dried one drarh, anid of fal-petre two drams.As for the fifhes named Te- 
thez,they are fingular againft the wringing rorments ofthe bellie and all ventofities. Thefe fifhes 
be found ordinarily about the rockes of the fea? fucking the leaves of Reits and {uch likeweeds, 
more like indeed to Mufhromes and Puflesthan tofithes: But the famehave a f{peciall propertie 
to cure the Tinefime and the accidents of thekidacies.. (30 2 1 
Moreover,there groweth inthe fea akind of Wormewood, which fome call Seriphium, and ks 
principally. coward * Capofiris in gypt, the whichis more {mall andilender than that of the *Taphefr#. 
Jand:it loofeth the bellie,killeth che wormes in the guts,and expelleth them. The Cuttil! fithal- 
fo islaxative:And ordinarily given it is to be caten, after it hath beene fodden with oile, falr, ‘and 
meale; Salt Cackerels likew:fe provoke unto the ftoole,in cafe they bee reduced into a liniment 
with Buls gall,and therwith the'savill annointed. Generally the broth of fith ftewed berween two 
platters with Leétuce, dilpatcherli thofe fharpe and fretting huinourswhivb-are the caufe-of the 
Tinefine, The crai-fithes of the tiver ftamped anddrunke in witer, {top a lask,and be dinfeticall: 
but yet in wine’ they move appetiteto the fieze. Takeaway their feet and armes whereby they 
crawle,then pun/and incorporat the reft of their bodic with Myrrhe,they drive outthe ftone.But 
this ieee miuft bee obferved,that to every'dram weight of them there be put three oboli of 
Eo appeal the painefull paffion called Iliaca, to allay andrefolve venrofities alforandin flati- 
ons,there is nota better thingthan to rake infoure cyaths of mead or honied wine hote; Cafto- 
reum with Caror & Parfely {eed ,as much as maybe comprehended with three fingers: Thefame 
is fingularto allay the wings and torments of the belly, with vinegre and wine mingled together, 
The Fes named Erythinieaten as meat, doe ftay the loofeneffe of the bellie. For to cure the dy- 
fenterie or bloudie flix,feeth Frogs with the fea Onion commonly named Squilla, and thereof 
make certaine trochisks, to bee given unto the patient in that cafe, The fame effect hath their 
all or heart ftamped and incorporat with honey,as Niceratw mine author doth teftifie, Eat fale 
Fh with Pepper,foas you abftaine from all fleth befides, if you would bee cured of the jaundife. 
Lay the fith named a Sole,to the region of the {pleene, it cureth the opilation and hardnes there- 
of; 
