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and inwardly taken,it doth forthwith ihew, caufiiig a certaine heat in the cheft, and yet vvithall 
I troubling the wits, as Petrus Bellonius in his third Booke of Singularities doth declare where 
tj alfo hee fheweth, that the Turkes oftentimes doe vfe Opium, and take one dramme and^a halfe 
: thereof at one time 5 without any other hurt following, failing that they arethereiiponfasit were) 
taken with a certaine light drunkcnncfle. Soalfothis Tabaco being in tafte biting, and in rem- 
■ perature hot, hath notwithftanding a benumming qualitie. Hereupon it feemeth to follow, that 
; not onely this Henbane of Peru, but alfo the iuice of poppie otberwife called opium , confirteth 
of diners parts fome biting and hot, and others extreame cold, that is to fay,ftupifying or be- 
numming: if fo bee that this benumming qualitie proceed of extreme cold (as Galen and ail the 
old Phylitions doc hold opinion) Then fhould this bee cold ; but if the benumming facultie 
doth not depend of an extreme cold qualitie, but proceedeth of the eflence of the fubftance • then 
Tabaco is not cold and benumming - but hot and benumming, and the latter not fo much by 
Ijreafon of his temperature, as through the propertieof his fubftance:, nootherwife than apur- 
jfging medicine, which hath his force not from the temperature, but from the elfence of the whole 
I fubftance. 
TheVertues; 
Nicolaus Momrdis faith, that the leaues hereof are a remedy for the paine in the head called the A 
iMegram or Migraime that hath beene of long continuance : and alfo for a cold ftonrackejefpeci- 
afty in children ; and that it is good againft the paines in the ludneies. 
It isaprefentremedie for the fits of the Mother: it mitigateth the paine of thegoutifitbee B 
!r ofted in hot embers and applied to the grieued part. 
It is likewife a remedie for the tooth-ache, ift he teeth and gums be rubbed with a linnen cloth C 
'dipped in the iuice ; and afterward a round ball of the leaues laid vnto the place. 
I The iuice boiled with Sugar in forme of a firrup and inwardly taken,driueth forth wormes of f) 
the bellie ; if withall a leafe be laid to the Nauell . 
The famedoth likewife fcoure and clenfe old and rotten vlcers, and bringeth them to perfect E 
digeft ion as the fame Author aifkmeth. 
. I In the Low Countreyes it is vfed againft fcabbes and filthinefle of the skinne,and for the cure E 
lofwounds :but fome hold opinion that it is to bee vfed but onely to hot and ftrong bodies : for 
,'they fay that the vfe is not fafe in weak? and old folkes : and for this eaufe,as it feemeth,the vvo- 
tmenin America (as iheuet layth) abftayne from the hearbe Pet tin or Tabaco, and doe in no 
-.vife vfe it. 
The weight of foure ounces of the iuice heereof drunke purgeth both vpwards anddowne- C 
ijvards, and procuretli after, a long and found flecpe, as wee haue learned of a friend by obferuati- 
P n j affirming that a ftrong Countreyman of a middle age , hauing a drop(Ie,tqoke of it, and ba- 
ng wakened out of hisrfeepe, called for meat and drinke, and after that became perfe&ly 
whole. r 1 
Moreouer the fame man reported, that he had cured many countriemen of agues with the di- H 
Killed water of the leaues drunke a little while before the fit. 
Likewife thereis anoile to betaken out of the leaues that healeth merry-gals, kibed heels and I 
inch like. 
It is good againft poifon,and taketh away the malignitic thereof, ifthe iuice be giuen to drink K 
ior the wounds made by venemous beafts be wafhed therewith. 
The drie leaues are vfed to be taken in a pipe fet on fire and fuckt into the ftomacke,and thruft £ 
litorth againe at the nofthrils againft the pains of the head, rhettmes, aches in any part of the body 
whereof foeuer the originall proceed, whether from France, Italy, Sp'aine, Indies, or from our fa- 
miliar and belt knowne difeafes : rhofeleaues doe palliate oreafefora time, but neuerperforme 
iny cure abfolutely : for although they emptie the body of humours, yet the caufeofthegriefe 
rannot be to taken away . But fome haue learned this principle, that repletion requireth euacua- 
ftonjthatis, fulnefle craueth emptinefle, and by euacuation aftiire themfe lues of health : Buc 
his doth not take away fo much with it this day,but the next bringeth with it more : As for ex- 
mP r 3 ^ ^ 0!; ^ nEUer yceld fuch ftore ofwater as when it is moll drawne and emptied. .My 
cire lpeake by proofe, who haue cured of that infections difeafe a great many 5 diners of which 
ladcouered or kept vnder the fickenefle by rhehelpc of Tabaco as they thought, yet in the end 
i mie beene conftrained to haue vnto fucli an hard knot, a crabbed wedge, or elfe had vtterly pe- 
' Some vfe to drinke it (as it is rearmed) for waritonnefle or rather cuftome,and cannot forbeare 
,no not in the midft of their dinner, which kind of taking is vnwholefome and very dangerous:al- ■ 
nough to take it feldome and that Phyfically is to be tolerated and may do fome good: but I 
-onunend the fyrrup abouc this fume or fmokie medicine, 
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