Lib. 3. Of the Hiftory of Plants. \^ 6 y 
It prouoketh vrine, and'bringeth downe the menfes : it maketh the body well Co loured driueth G 
torch wormes, cureth agues, efpecially quotidians and wandring feuers,and others that are of lone 1 
continuance, 1 f it be mixed with fit things that feme for the difeafe : and thefe things ic perforates 
by drawing forth and purging away groife, cold, and flegmaticke humors, which caufe the d if 
eafes. 
From a dram weight, or a dram and a halfe, to two, it is giuen at once in fubftance or in ponder • H 
the weight of it in an infufion or deco&ion is from two drams to fine. 
But it purgeth flowly, and doth fomewhat trouble the ftomacke ; and therefore it is appointed I 
that Ginger lhould be mixed with it, or wilde Carrot feed, or Louage feed, or Sal gem in Latine 
Sal fifths. • b 1 j 
. G * le ”> as Me fie reporteth, gaue it with wine wherein Ginger was infufed : fome vfe to giue it K 
with Oxymel, otherwife called fyrrup ofvineger, which is the fafeft way of all. 
. Agaricke is good againft the paincs and fwimming in the head, or the falling EuilLbeine taken T 
with fyrrup ofvineger. & ** 
It is good againft the fhortnefte of breath, called Afihma, the inucterate cough of the lungs the M 
ptyficke,confumption, and thofe that fpet bloud : it comforteth the weake and feeble ftomacke * 
caufeth good digeftion, and is good againft wormes. 
Chap. 4?* Of the Cyprejje tree . 
Cuprejftts fat iua & fyluejlris. 
TheGarden and wild Cyprefle tree. 
The Defiription. 
’T'He tame or manured Cyprefte tree hath a long thicke and ftraight body ■ whereupon man y 
(lender branches do grow, which do not fpred abroad like the branches of other trees, but 
grow vp alongft the body, yet not touching the top : they grow after the fafhion of a fteeple, broad 
below, and narrow coward the top :the fubftanceof the wood is hard, found, well compaft, fweec 
offmell, andfomewhat yellow, almoft like the yellow Saunders, but not altogether fo yellow, nei- 
