¶ The vertues.
The meale of Mill mixed with tarre is laid to the bitings of serpents, and all venomous beasts. [ A]
There is a drinke made hereof bearing the name of Sirupus Ambrosij, or Ambrose his syrup, which [ B] procureth sweat, and quencheth thirst, vsed in the city of Milan in Tertian agues. The receit whereof Henricus Rantszonius in his booke of the gouernment of health setteth downe in this man∣ner: Take (saith he) of vnhusked Mill a sufficient quantitie, boile it till it be broken; then take fiue ounces of the hot decoction, and adde thereto two ounces of the best white wine, and so giue it hot vnto the patient, being well couered with clothes, and then he will sweat throughly. This is likewise commended by Iohannes Heurneus, in his booke of Practise.
Millet parched, and so put hot into a linnen bag, and applied, helpes the griping paines of the [ C] belly, or any other paine occasioned by cold.