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without certaine moifture mined, being in them when they are as yet frefh, which they lofe when 
they be dried: for this caufe their mice and infufton doth alfo make thebodiefoluble yet not fo 
much as of the others aforefaid.Theferofes being dried and their moifture gone dobindanrl 
and likewife coole, but leffer than when they are frefh. & 1 ‘ 
TheVcrtues. 
They ftrengthen the heart,and helpe the trembling and beating thereof. 
They giue ftrength to the liner, kidneies,and other weake intrails ; they dry and comfort a weak 
ftomacke that is flafhie and moift 5 ftay the whites and reds,ftanch bleedings in anv nan nfi-h,. 
dy,ftay fweatings,bindc and loofe,) and moiften the body. ^ 
And they are put into all manner ofcounterpoifons and other like medicines whether thev be 
to be outwardly applied or to be inwardly taken, to which they giueaneffeauallbinding andcer 
tame ftrengthmng qualitie. 
Honie ofRofeSjOr CMclRoftrum, called in Greeke which is made of them, is moft excel 
lent good for wounds.vlcers, iftiies, and generally for fuch things as haueneedto be clenfed and" 
dried. 
The oile doth mitigate all kindes ofheat,and will not fuffer inflammations or hot fwellmgs to 
tife,and being nfen it doth at the firft affwage them. ° 
f The Temperature and Vertuts of the parts. 
“ ^ loomin | s that is to fay, the yellow haires and tips, do in like manerdry 
and binde.and that more effe£lually than of the leaues of the rofes themfelues.-the fame tempera- 
ture the cups and beards be of, but feeing none of thefe haue any fweet fmell, they are not fopro- 
fitabIe,nor fo familiar or beneficall to mans nature : notwithftanding in fluxes at the fea, it (hall 
^ C t£nS h t£ST^ at ft ° re thereofwithhim . whicR doth there preuaile much 
The fame yellow called Amherst, ftaieth not onely thofe lasks and bloudy fluxes which do hap- 
pen at the fea, but thole at the land alfo, and likewife the white flux and red in women, if thev bee 
i Un C ° P oude b antl two Icruples thereof giuen in red wine, with a little powder of Ginger 
infui t ernemitk dbCin§a “ he fca ’ forvvantofredvvine you may vfe fuchliquouras you canlet 
laskc he litde hCadS ° r bUtt ° nS ° f thC R ° feSjas rlin y wricct h,do alfo ftanch bleeding, and ftoppe the 
The nailes or white ends of the leaues of the floures are good for watering eies. 
The iuice, infufton, or decoction ol Rofes, are to be reckoned among thofe * 3 medicines which are 
foft,gentle,Ioofing opening and purging gently the belly, which may be takenatall times and in 
all places, of euerykinde or fex of people, both old and yong, without danger or peril!. 
The fyrrup made of the infufion ofRofes,is a moft Angular & gentle loofingmedicine, carrying 
downwards cholericke humors, opening the (loppings of the liuer, helping greatly the yellow iaun- 
dies the trembling of the heart, & taking away the extreme heat in agues and burning feuers which 
Take two pound of Rofes the white ends cut away, put them to ftcepe or infufc in Ax pintes of 
ivarme water m an open vcflell for the fpace of twelue houresithen ftraine them out, and put there- 
to the like quantum of Rofes, and warme the water again, fo let it ftand the like time: do thus foure 
or hue times ; mthe end adde vnto that liquor or infufion, foure pound offinefugar in powder - 
then boy Ic it v nto the forme of a fyrrup 3 vpon a gentle fire, continually ftirring it vntill it be cold- 
then ftiaine it, and keepe it lor your vfe, whereof may be taken in white wine, or other liquour.from 
one ounce vnto two. J 5 
Syrrupot the iuice of Rofes is very proA table for the griefes aforefaid,made in this manner : 
Take Rofes, the w.)itenai escutaway,wbat quantitie you pleafe,ftampe them, and ftraine out 
t ic mice, the which you (hall put to the Are, adding thereto fugar, according to the quantity of the 
mice: boilingthcin on a gentle Arc vntoa good confidence. 
Vnto thefe fyrrups you may adde a few drops of oyle of Vitriol, which giueth it a moft beauti- 
tull colour and alfo helpeth the force in cooling hot and burning feuers and agues : you likewife 
may adde thereto a fmatl quantitie of the iuice of Limons, which doth the Iikef 
Theconferue ofRofes as well that which is crude and raw, as thatwhich is made by ebullition 
or boiling, taken in the morning fading, and laft at night, ftrengthneth the heart, and taketh away 
the (hakmg and trembling thereof , ftrengthneth the liuer, kidneies,and other weake intrails, com- 
-° r ft" la 'l c f c . puiacke that ismoift andrawjftaieth the whites and reds in women, and in a word 
is moft familiar thing to be vfed for the purpofes aforefaid, and is thus made: 
1 ake r “ e , ° r ,- , ,. S)C ‘ le nails cut off, one pound, put them into a clean pan: then put thereto 
a pmte and a halfe oi Raiding water, (luring them together with a woodden flice,fo let them ftand 
