Lib. 2. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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<[f The Vertues. 
The roots of garden A ngelica is a Angular remedy againft poifon, and againft the plague, and A 
all infedtions taken by euill and corrupt aire- if you do but take a peece of the root arid hold it in 
your mouth, or chew the fame between your teeth, it dothmoft certainely driue away the peftilen- 
tiall aire, yea although that corrupt aire haue pofleffed the hart, yet it driueth it out again by vrine 
and fvveat, as Rue and Treacle, and fuch like Antrpbarmaca do. 
Angelica is an enemy to poifons; it cureth peftilentdifeafes if it byvfed in feafon : a dram 
weight of the ponder hereof is giuen with thin wine.or if the feuer be vehement, with the diftilled 
water of Carduu-s bencdicituftl of Tormentii H,and with a little vineger, and by it ieIfealfo,pr with 
Treacle ofVipers added. 
It openeth the liuer and fpleene : draweth downe the termes, driueth out or expelleth the fecon- 
dine . 
The decodtion of the root made in wine, is good againft the cold fluttering of agues. 
It is reported that the root is auaileable againft witchcraft and inchantments,if a man carry the 
fame about them, as Fuchfius faith. 
Itattenuateth and maketh thin, grofteand tough flegme : cheroot being vfed greene, and while F 
it is full of juice, helpeth them that be afthmaticke,dilToluing and exncdforating the fluffing* 
therein,by cutting off and clenfingthe parts affedted, reducing , (he body to health againe ; bur 
when it is dry itworketh not foeffedlually. 
It is a moftfingular medicine againft furfeting and loath foment fle tomeate.-it helpeth con- G 
codtion in the ftomacke,and is right beneficiall to the hart : it cureth the bicings of mad dogges, 
and all other venomous beads. 
Thevvildekindesarenotof fuch force in working, albeit they haue the fame vertues attributed H 
vn to them. 
Of tfMfaJlerrvorts and herbe Gerard. 
l Imperatona. 
Mafterw oorts. 
2 Herbti Get .wdi, 
Herbe Gerard, or Ailh-weed 
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