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Snccifay or Devils bit, is excellent for Poyfons, e- 
fpecially the Plague; and it is obfcrvable, -that it is fo 
poweriul a Sudorifick, that laying the fick Perfon whe- 
ther of the Plague or other malignant Fever, on a Bed 
of that herb, moderately hot, he fliall fweai till they 
take him off, and much more if he drinks of the deco- 
aion or juice of the herb, which in Summer they take 
all, and in Winter of the root only. 
He fays, That for the Dropfy after all other things, 
one of the beft Remedies in the World, is to take Mer^ 
fus DiahoU and put it over the fire in a dry Kettle, that 
it may wet it only with its own juice, and of this to 
apply a quantity to the Belly and Reins of the Patient, 
covering him up warm , and fo provoke fweat ; which 
will come away in great quantity, and may be main- 
tained according to the ftrength of the Patient, and 
Exigency of the Cafe. 
VII. An Account of BOOKS, F/x. 
An Account of fever al late Voyages and Difcoveries to 
the South and North towards the Streights of Magel- 
lan, the South SeaSy the vajl Traits of Land Beyond 
HollandiaNova,^c. Alfo towards Nova Zembla,Green- 
land or Spitsberg, Groynland or Engronland, &c. By 
Sir John Narborough, Capt. Jafmen Tafman , Capt. 
John Wood, and Frederick Marten of Hamburgh. 
To which are annexed a large Introduilion and Supple- 
ment. The whole lUuJlrated with Charts and Figures. 
London: Printed for S^m.Smiih and Benj. Walford, 
Printers to the Royal Society , at the Prince's Arms 
in St. Paul'i Churchyard. 1 694. In Odravo, 
A Bout 14 Months ago thefe Bookfellers publiflbed a 
Curious Colleftion of Travels into the Levanty2,nd 
other adjacent Countries, By Rawolf Belon^ Greaves^ &c« 
Of 
