obserue mother Bombies rules, to take iust so many 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or sprigs, and no more, lest it fall out so that it do you no good, if you catch no harm by it. Many odde old wiues fables are written of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tending to witchcraft and sorcerie, which you may read elsewhere, for I am not willing to trouble your eares with reporting such trifles, as honest eares abhorre to heare.
Archigenes maketh a garland of Veruaine for the head-ache, when the cause of the infirmitie [ D] proceedeth of heat.
The herbe stamped with oile of roses and Vineger, or the decoction of it made in oile of roses, [ E] keepeth the haires from falling, being bathed or annointed therewith.
It is a remedie against putrified vlcers, it healeth vp wounds, and perfectly cureth Fistulaes, it [ F] wasteth away old swellings, and taketh away the heat of inflammations.
The decoction of the roots and leaues swageth the tooth-ache, and fasteneth them, and healeth [ G] the vlcers of the mouth.
They report saith Pliny, that if the dining roome be sprinckled with water in which the herbe [ H] hath beene steeped, the guests will be the merrier, which also Dioscorides mentioneth.
Most of the latter Physitions do giue the iuice or decoction hereof to them that hath the plague [ I] but these men are deceiued, not only in that they looke for some truth from the father of falshood and leasings, but also because in stead of a good and sure remedie they minister no remedy at all for it is reported, that the Diuell did reueale it as a secret and diuine medicine.