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fore fuch as are of ahot complexion muff efpecially abftaine from it. Bur if it be boyled in water 
v'ntill fuch time as it hath loft his iharpenefle, it is the Idle forcible, and retainethno longer his 
euill iuyce, as Galen faith. 
C It taketh away the roughneffe of the throat, it helpeth an old cough, it prouoketh vrine,it brea- 
keth and confumeth winde , andisalfo a remedie for theDropfie which procccedeth of a cold 
caufe. 
D It killeth vvormes in the belly, and driueth them forth. The milke alfo wherein it hath beene 
fodden is giuen to yong children with good fuccelfe againft the vvormes. 
r Allium. 
Garlicke. 
J 2 Allium [yluejlreruientiius nucleis . 
Wilde Garlicke with red clones. 
£ It helpeth a very cold (lomacke, and is a preferuatiue againft the contagious and peftilent 
aire. 
p The dccoftionof Garlick vfed for a bath to fit oner, bringeth dovvne the floures and lecondines 
or after-burthen,as Diofcorides faith. 
G It taketh away the morphew,tetters,or ring-wormes, fcabbed heads in children, dandraffe and 
fctirfe, tempered with honey, and the parts anointed therewith. 
pi With Figleaues and Cumin it is laid onagainft the bitings of the Moufe called in Greeke, 
w’m : in Englifh,a Shrew. 
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