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into two as mod other puHes do,of the like tallealloat the firrt.but quickly hot and (harpe upon the tongue, from 
whence commeth as it islikly the purging quality:bccaufeinfomeforttheferefemblethe forme ot a heart.there- 
fore iome called them Cor Divi Thorns, Saint ThomM hearts,and betides becaufe they grow in Saint Thomas Itland. 
C’/b/bk thinketh that this is the Beane of the Pbajiolw Bra[ilin»s, whofe pods I have (hewed you in page 1057, 
CMdnardui alfol'peaketh of purging nuts, which he calleth AveUeuie purgatrices, which grew in StMaTTomingo Avtttant 
that were very like untoHafell nuts, but three l'quare and browne on the outfide, with a tough thin fhell P“ r £ 3 "' /e r 
the kernell being white and fwcete withal!, whereby many were deceived: for they purge very violently both 
upwards and downewards cholleratid flegtne, even almoft to the danger of life, which by rcrafting of them 
before the taking is avoyded: they helpe the Chollicke, and expell winde, and ate often put into gliders for that 
purpofe; but I have knowne a glider givrn in this manner togood purpofe: a glider being ready to he given with 
a bladder.thefmallend of a Tobacco pipe was put into the bladder and tyed (but fo that it mightbeedrawneclo- 
fer after the pipe is pulled out) that had Tobacco in the Bole, which onely blowing the fmoake thereof into the 
bladder and lo given hath given prefent eale. 
Chap. LXXIIir. 
faal'm Thcvcti. Momboziu Antidote or Counterpoyfoni 
Tidraas Thevct mentioneth this herbein his Co/mograpty to grow in the Idand of (J Wombat.*, ha¬ 
ving many leng leaves like unto 
I Elecampane, which Ifland as it 
|aboundeth with many Angular 
good herbes, both for meate and 
medecine, lo it doth alfo with venomous 
Serpents: for whofe remedy it is alfo efpe- 
cially provided of other powerfull herbes,a- 
inong whomthis one is accounted a principally 
the experience whereof faith hee I have 
feene upon divers neople bitten by a mod vi¬ 
rulent Serpent, there called tsilefah, part¬ 
ly living in the waters and partly upon land, 
whofe venome was prefent death, if the pa¬ 
tient were not ftiddcnly fuccored here¬ 
with. 
HiiaUai Thevtti. Momlapa s Antidote or Countcrpoyfatt- 
Chap. LXXV. 
Herb j MaThcm*. The poorc mans Chirurgery.’ 
His herbe rifeth ufoaliy to be two or three cubits high, but in more fertile places to be above five cu¬ 
bits, ofafrefhgreene colour, the dalke is flender weake and hollow, leining unto fometbing to 
uphold it,orel(eitwilllyeonthe ground, where it will take roote againe, it fpreadeth into fundry 
branches, having tender foft leaves thereon like in forme and bigneffe unto Elder leaves,but dented 
about the edges, the flowers are like Camomill but all yellow and greater; it is greene all the yeare 
through; thole of Canaria call it Brungxrss nmd**, and the vulgar fort, Poore mens remedy and Chirurgiona 
bainc,becaufe the common people oflndiadoe generally plant it being naturally of (JUTahca, and ufe it for all 
hurts, eyther alone or mixed with other things that ferve fofthe purpole : the manner whereof is thus, They 
boyle the bruifed leaves in oyle, which after it is well boyled and drained they make anointment thereof with 
a little yellow Wax; and herewith they dreffe their fores,be they old or young, blooddy, putrid, malignant or 
Sdulous, and efpecially is good in the foule fores of the legges, Another way they have to ufe it by taking the 
middle ot inner rinde,the outermoft being taken away, which is ascalily done as. in Hempe, and annotating 
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