f ( f 
2 The fecond, which is the Coftus antarue,anA it may be the Indian of Disfcorieles, and Niger of 
Pliny js a rootblackcbothwithin and without, light, yet very denfe. It Teenies tobeof fome large 
root, for that it is brought ouer cut into large pieces, of the bignefle df ones finger, fometimes big- 
ger fometimes leffe, which it feemes is for the more conuenient drying thereoffor a large roor,vn- 
kfle it be cut into pieces can fcarcely be weldried:thetafte of this is bitter, fomewhat clammy and 
ingrate : the fmell is little or none. 
There are fome other roots which hauebeen fet forth by late writers for Cofius,bat becaufe they 
are neither in vfejknowne here with vs, nor more agreeable to the defcriptions of the Antients, I 
haftening to an end, am willing to pafle them ouer in lilence. 
•j The Temperature and Vcrtues out of the Antients. 
A It hath a heating and attenuating facultie, and therefore was vfed in oile to annoint the bodie 
* againft the cold fits of Agues, the Sciatica, and vyhen it was needfull to draw any thing to the fuper- 
ficiesofthebody. 
B It is alfo conuenient to rnoue vrine,to procure the tcrmes.to help drains, convulfions, or cramps 
and paines in the fides ; and by reafonof the bitterneffe it kills wormes. 
C It is good to be drimke againft the bite of the viper : againft paines of thecheft, and windinefie 
of the ftomacke taken in Wine with Worme-wood: and it is vfed to be put into fundrie Anti- 
dotes.' 
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