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or Fennell rootes, doth helpe to open the body,and forne alfo a pply the leaves warme after they are boyled, to 1 he 1: 
belly for the fame purpofe, and is very convenient in hot agues, and other dibemperatures of thebodyjfor by the f 
mollifying quality, it not onely voi'deth hot cholericke and other offenfive humors,but eafeth the paines and tor- 
ments that come by obbruftions and condipation of the belly; and therefore they are ufed mall gliders condu- 1 
cing to thofe purpofes : the fame uled by Nurfes that give fucke to children, procureth bore of milkcin their 
breads: the decodion of the feede of any of the ordinary Mallowes made in wine or in mil ke, doth merveHoufly 1 
help all thedifeafes of the ched and lungs that proceede of hot caufes,as excoriations,the ptidckejpluride* and the ; 
red,if it be continued for fome time together: the leaves and the rootes worke the fame cdeds, let any one take 1 
which of them they thinke bed, or mod ready at hand, agreeing to their difpofition : they helpe much alfo in the 1 
excoriations of the guts and bowellsjand hardnede of the mother, and in all hot and fharpc difeaies thereof, as al- '■ 
fo the Alceafrttticoja pentaphylleaithe juyce drunke in wine, or the decoftion of them in wine, doth help women 1 
toafpeedy & eafie delivery: the common Alee a or Vervainc Mallow is thought to be mob effectual I for burdings \ 
or ruptures, and the bloudyflixe, and alfo for the flirinking of finewes and the crampe : the didilled water of ; 
them when they are in (flower, worketh to the fame purpofes, but more weakely, yet it is much commended to . 
be ufed in hot agues or fevers. Bliny faith,that whofoever fhall take a fpoonefiill of the juyce of any of the Mal- 
lowcs, fhall that day be free from all difeafes that may come unto him ; and that it is efpeciall good for the fal¬ 
ling ficknefle, The fyrupe alfo and conferve made of the flowers are very cffcftuall for the fame difeafes, and 
to open the body when it is codive or bound, by accident or a naturall difpofition ; the young leaves are often 
eaten with fait as a fallet: the leaves bruifed and laid to the eyes with a little hony, taketh away the impodu- 
cnations of them, which by fufferance might grow to a Fibula : the leaves bruifed or rubbed upon anyplace 
dung with Bees, Wafpes, or the like, yea ofthe Scorpion, and the biting of the deadly Spider cajled Bhalan- 
gittm, and is faid prefently to take away paines,rednefle and fwellings that rife thereupon, and keepeth them from 
din king, if they be rubbed therewith aforehand ; and as Diofcorides faith,the decoftion of the leaves and rootes, 
helpeth all forts of poyfon, fo as the poyfon be prefently voided by vomice ; a pultis made of the leaves of Mal¬ 
lowes, boyled and bruifed, whereunto fome Beane or Barley flower and oyle of Roles is put, is an efpeciall re¬ 
medy againd all hard tumours, and inflammations of impoflumes and fwellings ofthe coddes and other parts, j 
and eafeth the paines of them, as alfo againd the hardnede of the fpleene or liver, to be applied to the places : i 
the juyce of Mallowes boyled in old oyle and applied,taketh away all roughneffe of the skinne,as alfo the falling j 
ofthe haire, the feurfe, dandruffe,or drie fcabbes in the head,or other parts, if they be anointed therewith, or 
wafhed with the decoction : the fame alfo is efte&uall, againd the fealdings by water, and burnings by fire, and ! 
to helpe alfo the difeafe called Saint Anthonies fire,and all other hot,red and painefull fwellings, in any part of the 
bodie : the flowers of Mallowes boyled in oyle or water, (as every one is difpofed) whereunto a little hony and 
a Home is put, is an excellent gargle to wafh any fore mouth or throate, for it clenfeth and healeth them in a'fhort 
fpace;if the fcctebe bathed onwafhed with the deco&ion ofthe leaves, rootes and flowers, it helpeth much the 
defluxions ofrheume from the head, which rofe out of the bomack;& if the head be wafhed therewith,it Aayeth 
the falling and fhedding ofthe haire thereof: the greene leaves faith Pliny, beaten with niter and applied dravveth 
out thorncs or prickes in the flefh.The French and curled Mallo wes,and the Hollihocks,are of thelame nature and 
quality,and work to the fame eifeft that the other do.The .Marfh Mallow is the chiefed Mallow,of2II other, and 
molt effe&nall in all the difeafes before fpecified,and therefore as I faid before, it was called Bifmalva , for that 
it wastwifeasaoodin efte&as the other; the leaves are likewife ufed in dead of the common Mallowes, to 
loofen the belly gently, and are effe&uall in deco&ions of gliders for to eafe all the paines of the body, opening 
the draightpaffages, and making them lubricke, whereby the done maydefeend the more eafily and without 
paine out ofthe reines and kidnies and the bladder, and to eafe the torturing paines comming thereby; but the 
rootes are of more efpeciall ufe for thofe purpofes, as well as for the difeafes of the bread and lunges, as coughcs, 
hoarfenefle of the throate and voyce, wheefings and fhortnefle of breath, &c. being boyled in wine, or honied 
water and drunke : the rootes boyled in water very well, and after they be drained forth thedecoftion being 
boyled againe with Sugar roa jud confidence and thereof made into rowles or trochifces, or the like, area?c- 
Ijchreflon and much ufed for all the purpofes aforefaid : therootesand feedes of the Marfh Mallow, boyled in 
wine or water, is with good effetfl nfed by them that have any excoriations in the guts or the bloudy flixe, not 
fo much by any binding qualitie in them, ashy qualifying the violence of the fharpc cholericke fretting humors, 
that are the cailfe thereof, and by the fiiminefleeafingthe paines and healing the forenede, and in fome fort bay¬ 
ing the further eruption of bloud therefrom, at that time, or any other after: it is profitably taken of them that 
are troubled with ruptures, crampes or convulfions of the finewes,and boyled in white wine for the impobumes 
of the throate, called the Kings evill, and of thofe kerhells that rife behind the cares, and inflammations or fwel- 
ings in womens breads: the dried rootes boyled in milke and drunke, are fpecially good for the chin cough: 
Hippocrates ufed to give the decoftion of the rootes,or the juyce thereof to drinke, to thofe that were wounded, 
and were ready to faint, thorough the expenfe and Ioffe of bloud, and applied the fame mixed with hony and ro- 
fen unto the wounds : the rootes boyled in wine he gave alfo to drinke, to thofe that had received hurt by brui- 
fes or falls,or by blowes and dripes,to thofe that had any bone or member out of joynt, and to thofe that had any 
dwelling paine or ach in the mufdes, finewes, or arteries of the body ; it is good alfo to be ufed in all the ulcers 
and fores that happen in any cartilaginous place : The Muccilage of the rootes, and of linefeede and fenegrecke 
put together, is much ufed in pultifes, ointments, and plaiders, that ferve to mollifie and diged all hard tumors 
and the inflammations of them, and to give cafe of the paines in any part of the body ; the feede either greene 
or drie,mixed with vinegar clenfeth theskinne,of the morphew,ana all other difcolouring thereof whatloever, 
being bathed therewith in the Sunne,the feede ofthe yellow Mallow hath beene tried (even as the feede of the 
Marfh Mallow hath beene alfo) to be of Angular good effeft againd the done, if a dramme, or a dramme and a 
halfe at the mod being made into ponder, be given at a time, and if the efteft prefently follow not,letitbc repea¬ 
ted the fecond time, or the third, and it will give helpe ; it provoketh alfo urine, and eafeth the paines that come 
thereof, and of the done : it is ufed by the Tu-kes to procure red and fleepe, as Paludamus faith : the leaves or 
juyce or pouder of them, or ofthe feede, is ufed with good efte&.to clenfe and heale greene wounds, by fode- 
ring up the lippes of them quickly: The red of the Mallowes doe participate of the properties of the common. 
