The Kitchen (jar den, 
but the deco&ion of the herbe giucn in due time, hath the more forcible 
operation: ithelpethtocxpellwormes,becaufeof thebittcrnefle, and is 
thereby alfo afriend to the ftomack ouerchargcd with chollar, and to clcnfe 
the liuer : it prouoketh fweate and vrine, is helpefull to them are troubled 
with the ftone,and to eafe paines in the fides. 
Chap. LX I. 
StUn*m vcficnrium,ft*e Alktktngt, Winter Cherries. 
T He Winter Cherry hath a running or creeping roote in the ground, of the big. 
neffewany times of ones little finger.fliooting forth at fcuerallioynts in feue- 
rall places, whereby it quickly fpreadethagreatcompaffe of ground : the 
ftalkerifethnotaboue a yard high, whereon are fet many broade and long greene 
leaues, fomewhat like vnto the leaues of N ightfliade, but larger: at the ioynts where- 
of come forth whitifh flowers made of fiue leaues a pecce, which after turneintogreen 
berries, inclofed with thin skins or bladders, which change to bee reddifh when they 
grow ripe, the berry likewife being reddifh, and as large as- a Cherry, wherein are 
contained many flat and yellowifh feed lying within the pulpe : which being gathered 
and ftrung vp, arc kept all the y care to be vfed vpon occafion. 
The Vfc of Winter Cherries. 
The diftillcd water of the herbe and fruit together, is often taken tffthem 
that are troubled with the fharpneffe or difficultie of vrine, and with the 
ftoneinthe kidneyes,orgrauel in the bladder: but the berries themfeluesei- 
ther greene or dryed boy led eyther in broth, in wine, or in water, is much 
more effc&uall : It is likewife conducing to open obflrudtions of the liuer 
&c. and thereby to helpe the yellow Iaundife. 
Chap. LXII. 
Aftrum. Afarabacca. 
A Sarabacca, from a fmall creeping rootefet with many fibres, fhooteth forth du 
uers heads, and from eucryofthemfundry leaues, euery one Handing vpon a 
long greene ftalke, which are round, thicke, and of a very fad or darkegreene 
colour, and fhining withall : from therootes likewife fpring vp fhort ftalkes not fully 
foure fingers high, at the toppe of cuery one of which ftandeth the flower in fa- 
fhion very like the feede veflell of Henbane feede, ofa greenifh purple colour which 
changeth not his forme, but groweth in time to containe therein fmall cornered feed : 
the greene leaues abide all the winter many times, but vfually (heddeth them in winter 
and recouereth frefh in the fpring. * 
TheVfeof Afarabacca. 
The leaues are much and often vfed to procure vomits, fiue or feuen of 
them bruifed, and the iuice ofthem drunke in ale or wine. An extradf made 
of the leaues with wine artificially performed, might bee kept all the yeare 
thorough, to bee vfed vpon any prefent occafion, thcquantitic to bee pro- 
portioned accordingto the conftitution of the pafient. The roote worketh 
not fo ftrongly by vomit, as the leaues, yet is often vfed for the fame pur- 
pofe, and befides is held apaileable to prouoie vrine, to open obftrudions 
m the liuer and fpleene, and is put among diuers other fimples, both into 
Mithridatum and Andromachus Treakle, which is vfually called Venice 
Treakle. A dram ofthe dryed roots in pouder giuen in white wine a little 
before the fit or an ague,taketh away the ihaking fit, & therby caufc the hot 
fi£.to De the more renaifle^nd in twice taking expell it quite. 
Chap, 
