[BE. 3 . 
The Theater of Tlants. 
and killeth the birth if ic be applyed to the fecret parts*. It purgeth clammieand watery humors from the/oynts 
and that ftrongly: the j'uyce of the roote doth the fame UkCwife, and therefore ufed in olilters, or layd as a plail 
fter or puitie.upon the place payned with the Sciatica,eafeth the paines thereof, the iame B j'uyce of the roote, boy, 
led with wonnewood m water and oyle, cureth an inveterate megrime, if the temples be often bathed there¬ 
with, and fome of the leaves and rootes, be beaten together, and layd as a pultis thereuntoafterwards- the j'uyce 
of the roote with a little miike, caft up into the noftrels doth the fame : for it wonderfully pur»eth\he brains 
from excrements, andhealeth the evill favour of the noftrills caufed thereby : It cureth alfodie old paines 
of the head and tire Epilepfie : and being mixed with Goates dung, and layde as a plaitter upon any great 
or hard fwellmgs, or kernells, it refolveth them: The juice of the roote, as well as of the fruite (and fo doth til- 
decoftion of them alio, faith Mefnes) being drunke doth helpe the dropfie, for they mightily draw forth watery 
humors, and the yellow Iaundife, and all obftruaions both of the liver & fpleene: Diofcmda alfo fheweth this 
medecine to cure the droplie. Take faith he halfe a pound of tne rootes hereof,and being bruifcd, let it be put into 
three quarters ofa pint of ftrong wine, giving thereof three ounces, for 3 or 4 daycs together, untill the tumour 
bedilcerned,tobe aboundantly wafted and fallen; which thing it worketh faith he, without any troubling of the 
ftomacke; A few graines of Ehttermm mixed with conferve ofRofes, and fome thereof taken will doc the like, 
and herewith CaShor T>ur,mus faith he cured many: The powder of tire roote mixed withhoney, andlaydup. 
on any fowle fcarre in the skinne, doth attenuate it, and takerh away the markes or blew fpots, that come upon 
bruifing or blowes: the roote boyled or layde to fteepe in ftrong Vinegar, cureth the morphew and clenfeth 
the skinne ofallfoule fpots, freckles, and other difcolorings thereof; and the powder of the dryed roote faith 
DiofcoriA, clenfeth the face and skinne from all feurfe, and takerh away the blackeor ill colour from any 
fcarre: the juyee of the leaves dropped into the eares, eafeth them of the paines and noyfe therein, andhelpeth 
the deafenefle: the decodlion of the roote gargled in the mouth,taketh away the paines ofthe teeth* the powder 
ofthe roote mixed with honey, and put into old fores and ulcers, clenfeth them throughly, and thereby furthe- 
rcth their healing wonderfully. Our Apothecaries doe moft ufually take the roote of this wildc Cowcumber as a 
fubftitute for the roote of Coloquintida or the bitter Gourd,that not being fo frequent or ealie to be had as this. 
Chap, v. 
Scammoma. Scamonyc. 
>Avingfiiewed you in the twolaft Chapters, fome purging plants that runne, or fpread upon the 
! ground, or clime up by thole things that are fet by them: let me conj’oyne fome other the like, 
1 part growing naturally m ourowne,and partin other Countries,and firft of Scamonyc, which is pro- 
perly a or winding Bell flower, which w e call Bindeweede: I will comprehend in 
i j*cr n n r 11 tCr aliOjtnofe onely that in forme and force in working,come neereft unto the true-.the reft 
that differ (hall follow. 
'■ ThTtrui sSJnfe!‘ W4 ' 2 ' major albui. TbegreamhiteBindewcd, 
