T’4 ’•* r. > ‘7 
Ofthi Sil^e worms 
r eadtvkny. I leaue to tell how (he doth poifon cure, 
ub, citato. From adders goare or gall of Lifards got. 
What burning blaines foe Iieales and fores impure* 
In palat, iawes, and al enflamed throte, 
VVhatcanckars hard^and wolfes beat her lure, 
What Gangrenes ftoop that make our toes to rotte: 
Briefly, few griefes from Panders boxe out • flew. 
But here they finde a medcinc, old or new. 
Her bjoud retourn’d to fweete Thisleanwine, 
Strengthneth the lungs and ftomacke ouer-wcake. 
Her duftred grapes do proue a diih mofl: fine/ 
VVhofe kernels (oft do ftones in funder breaker 
Her leaues too that conuerted are in time. 
Which kings themfclues in highefl prize do reakc: 
Thus giues (he meat,and drink, mcdcine,8c cloth. 
To eu’ry one that is not drownd in floth. 
i So Monardes Bragge now no more pcrle-breeding Tapr chant, 
taUnlrU. ub.de OfOc^thine,that(i)all-fupplyingfoodc, - 
Tl Vaunt not of Pates thou famou s(i) Africans 
Though fweete in tafle,andfwift in making bloud, 
Blulh Syrian plums Jrmenian, 
Ehufian figges, and fruit of Phillis good: 
:? - Badis your befl compared vyith this tree, 
Tiwt mofl delights my little flocke and mec. 
I M But 
