. - of Plinies Naturall, Hiftorle. 509 
A intotrochiques. A fingular collyrie or eyefalvethis is to withftandthie beginining of peatls; ca- 
taraéts, and {uch accidents of the eyes ;to difcuffe alfo the webs that come over the fight, to le: 
vigat theroughneffe of the tunicles, to difpatch the white skars, andin one word to cure all the 
infirmities of the eyelids, As for verdegreace that is not calcined at all, itis excellent goodto be 
put into vulnerarie or healing plaftres : the famealfo is of a wonderfull operation to cure the ex- 
ulcerations of the mouth or the gumbs 5 the lips alfoexulceratit healeth, being reduced into 4 
liniment with oile: but if you put wax thereto, it doth mundific, and withall skin and heale pet- 
fitly. Verdegreace is proper to eat away and confume the callofitie growing in afiftula, and in 
thofe infirmities which are incident tothe feat or fundamente, whether itbe brought into alini- 
ment with gum Hammoniacke and fo applied, or elfein forme of acollyrie, that is tofay, atent 
B thruft into the hollow fiftula. The fame verdegreace incorporat with a.third part of thetrue rofin 
called Terpentine, is foveraigne for foule leprofies and wild-fires, 
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ee Of * Scolecia, and *Chalcitis, of * Nyy, + Sary, and >’ Chacanthum. ‘Akindof 
verdegris of 
Nother fort there is of Braffe-ruft or Verdegreace, which commonly is called Scolecia: ane aa 
this is made of alume, falt or falnitre, of each a like weight, ftamped well cogither with the aworme, as_ 
ftrongeft white wine vinegre that can be gotten, ina mortar of Cyprian brafle or copper: he ea a 
and this mutt not be done bur in the hoteft daies of the yeere,to wit,about the rifing ofthe Dog- coppeietie, 
C ftarre. Now mutt all the ingredients aforefaid bee punned and incorporattogither, untill fuch whereof is i 
timeasthe mafle become green, and that it gather and draw togither in manner of * crawling fy tome think, 
wotines, whereupon it taketh the name Scolecia.But if fo bee, that this manner of working and 3 Brafzzolus 
making it,chaunce to faile and doe not well, forto amend the fame, the two parts of vinegre pocen ito 
which entred into the mixture, ought to be tempered with as much urine of aboy under foure- mane : others 
teene yeers of age. Nowif you wouldknow the medicinable effets and vertues of this kind of a it for pee 
verdegreace, both it and the arrificiall Borax beforefaid (which I named Santerna) be of the ve- ghyciih or 
rie fame operation thar the ordinarieruft of brafle or verdegreace,called in Latin Erugo. There afh-colour 
isakind of Scolecianaturall or minerall of it felfe, without addition of any thing elfe whatfoe- $<? pret 
ver; whereof I purpofe to {peake in thisplace, and the {ame is {crapedfrom the {tone or ore of * tr femeth 
D which commeth braffe, There isaftone lying inthe mine which they name Chalcitis, outof pee ‘ 
- which alfo (with burning) they excod braffe : differ it doth from Cadmia for Chalcitis is hew- eres Fe 
ed out of mines thatlye above, verieebb and expofedto theaire, whereas the other is digged Diofe. cree 
from under the ground in thofe mines that lie hidden. 7rem,Chalcitis (as beeing of atender and (0 “™1#3& 
foft narture) preiently will crunsble into peeces, foasit feemethto bee a certaine fine mofle con- averaia: for 
creatand gathered togither, Alfo, there is another difference betweene thefe two Marcaffins; the {aid mix- 
cs : Sa ~ 8 i ture isto be 
forthat, Chalcitis containeth in itthreefeverall kinds of matter, to wit, Braffe, Myfy, and Sory3 cducedinro 
of which | purpofe tofpeake feverally by themfelves in their due place. Now this Chalcitis lyeth certaine tro.” 
within the braffe mine in long veines :that which is of a yellowifhcolour|:ke honey,full offal] (a's oe 
veins running here and there, brittle and aptto crumble, and not of a ftonie hardnefle,is Couns led xonsner, & 
E ted thebeft:the ftefheralfo and more newly gathered that itis,the more effe@uall and whole- erie Oar 
fome mentake it tobe; for that beeing long kepr, it will growinto thenature of Sory., Beeing 2,0, 
thus inthe right nature, it hathafacultie (if it bee pulverized) toconfume the excrefcenfe of 
proud ordead flefh in ulcers, to ftaunch bloud, torepreffe alfothe accidents befalling to the 
gumbs, uyula, and tonfils: the fame putup into the naturall parts of a woman within a locke of 
woollin manner of apeffarie, helpeth the infirmities of thofe places :but if it be tempered and 
incorporat with the juice of porret, it ferveth to be putintothofe plaftres which are appropriat 
to the ulcers and fores of the privities or members of generation. Now if you ‘fteepe itn vine- 
gre, and let it lic fo infuled within an earthen pot wellluted with beafts dung, for the {pace of for- 
tie dates, it will cometo the colour of faffton: put then unto it of Cadmia ftone the ike quanti- 
F ticin weight, you fhall have that medecine whichis called Pforicum. Alfo,ifinthis compofi- 
tion you put two patts of Chalcitisto one third part of Cadmtia; and fo temper them togither, 
this foréfaid medecine willbe more quick and zgte: but in cafe you would haveit yet more mor: 
dicant and ftronger in operation, let the {aid ingredients be tempered rather with vinegre than 
wine, Calcine thefasie or torrificit, you fhall find.it more effeCuall in all operations aforefaid,, 
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