They are effeftuall againft the cough - they eafilv 
digeft and confume the groffe humors which arc hard- 
ly concofted : they purge choler and tough flegme: 
they procure fleepe, and helpe the gripings within the 
belly. 
It helpeth the Kings Euill, and Buboes in the 
groine, as Pliny faith. Ititbedrunke in Wine it pro- 
uoketh the termes, and being put in Baths for women 
to (it oner, itprouoketh the like effefts moft exquifit- 
ly. The root put in manner of a pelfarie haftneth the 
birth. They couer with flefh bones that be bare, being 
vfed in plaifters. The roots boyled foft,and vfed plai- 
fterwife,foften all old hard tumours, and the fvvelli'ngs 
of the throat called Strum* , that is, the Kings Euill; 
and emplaiftered with honey it draweth out broken 
bones. 
The meale thereof healeth all the rifts of the funda- 
ment, and the infirmities thereof called Condilomata ; 
and openeth Hemorrhoides. T he juice fniffed or 
dravvne vp into the nofe, prouoketh fneefing,and dravv- 
eth downe by the nofe great (lore of filthy excrements, 
which would fall into other parts by fecret and hidden 
vvaies,and conueiances of the channels. 
It profiteth being vfed inapeflarie, toprouoke the 
termes, and will caufe abortion. 
It preuaileth much againft all euill affeftions ofthe 
bred and lungs, being taken in a little fweet wine, with 
fome Spiknard^or in Whay with a little Mafticke. 
The Root of Xjris or Gladdon is of great force 
againft wounds and fra&ures of the head ; for it draw- 
erh out all thornes, ftubs, prickes, and arrow-heads, 
without griefe; which qualitie it effedleth (as Galen 
faith) by reafon of his tenuitieof parts, and of his attra&ing, drying, and digefting facultie, 
which chiefely confifteth in the feed or fruit, which mightily prouoketh vrine. 
pi The root giuen in Wine, called in phyficke Pajfum, profiteth much againft Convulfions, Rup- 
tures, the paine ofthe huckle bones, the ftrangury, and the flux of the belly. Where note, That 
whereas id's (aid that the potion aboue named ftayeth the fluxol the belly, bailing a purging 
qualitie ■ it muft be vnderftood that it worketh in that manner as Rhubarb arum and o dfirum do, in 
that they concodt and takeaway the caufeof thelaske ; othervvife no doubt it mouethvnto the 
ftoole, as Rheubarb,i^d farim, and the other Irides do. Hereof the Countrey people of Somerfet- 
fhirehaue good experience, whovfe todrinkethe decodtionof this Root. Others dotake the 
infufion thereof in ale or fuch like, wherewith they purge themfelues, and that vnto very good 
purpofe and effeft. 
The feed thereof mightily purgeth by vrine, as Gale n faith, and the country people hauc found 
it true. 
h a p. 44. Of (f inger. 
The defcriptioH. 
G inger is moft impatient ofthe col dnefle of thefe our Northerne Regions, as my felfe 
haue found by proofe , for that there hauebeene broughtvntomeat feuerall times 
fundry plants thereof, frefh, greene, and full of juyce,as well from the Weft Indies, 
as from Barbary and other places ; which hauc fprouted and budded forth greene leaues in my 
garden in tire heate of Sommer, but as foone as it hath been but touched with the firft (harp blaft 
ofWinter,ithathprefentlyperiflredbothbladeandroot. The true forme or picture hath not 
before this timebeenefet forth by any that hath written ; but the World hath beenedeceiued by 
a counterfeit figure, which the reuerend and learned Herbarift Matthias Lobell did fet forth in his 
Obferuations. The forme whereof notwithftandine I haue here expre(led,with the true and vn- 
doubted 
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