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THe Leafe and Seede of the Net∣tle resolueth swellings: purgeth * 1.1 the Breast and Loongs of grosie humours. The Seede drunke wyth sweete Wyne, mooueth lust and cou∣rage. The Leaues made in Playster with Salt, heale the bitinges of the mad Dog, and also Ulcers, and Soares: they pro∣uoke the Uryne, and the monethly course in Women.
THis healeth wounds and vl∣cers * 1.2 in bodyes that are of dry Complexion: for in tender bodies it doth rather exaspe∣ratt the wounde, liquify and consume the fleshe: wyth vy∣neger, or Wyne it is good agaynst the ache of the Teethe. Also spred vpon Leather and put to the Body, it represseth watery swel∣linges in such bodies as haue the Dropsie.
VIrgin Wax is a certaine gum∣my * 1.3 substance, whereby the hon∣ny Combes in the Hyue, and ye Waxe of the same be ioyned & fastened together: it is attrac∣tyue, in so much that it draweth out of the body stubells or thornes that are fastened in the same: the fume of it healpeth olde & longe Coughes.
HEbenus is thought to bee the tree th•• nowe is called Guaicum or Lignum v〈…〉〈…〉 it is abstersiue and of subtill substaunce, therefore it mūdifieth and clenseth ye Ey•••• and dryeth the wmes & vlcers in the sam•• At this time it is vsed of experience onl•• and of no aucthority to extenuate the bod•• and dry vlcers and the wmes of all parte•• as in ye sicknesse called the french Packe〈…〉〈…〉 Goutes, Melancholy passions, and ma•• other diseases.
THe leaues and croppes of sage prouo•• bryne: it is good for woundes. & staun〈…〉〈…〉 ••heth bloud in them: it mundifieth also U〈…〉〈…〉 cers and soares: besides that it is hoate, 〈…〉〈…〉 is also bynding temperately.
PImpernell is aftersiue, and attractiue the Juyce purgeth the head, aswell ga•• garised, as instilled into the Nose: also 〈◊〉〈◊〉 healeth wounds & corrupt vlcers & soares both kindes of Pimpernel be of one vertu〈…〉〈…〉
BAsile eaten gendreth superfluous Hu∣mours and moystures: wherefore taken ••wardes it is not wholsome: but vsed to ••e vtter partes it is resolutiue, and matu∣atiue. After Dioscorides it laxeth the bel∣〈…〉〈…〉, dissolueth wynde, prouoketh dryne, en∣〈…〉〈…〉reaseth Mylke, purgeth the Eyes and the 〈…〉〈…〉eade. It is esteemed good agaynst melan∣holy passions.
THis hearhe is more hoatter, and more resolutiue than Camomill: so that it re∣solueth & consumeth hard swellings, mixte wyth Oyle and Waxe.
THe Barke, Leaues, and fruite of thys tree bee strictiue and byndinge: but the fruite dryed mooueth the vryne, and healp∣eth splenetike persons.
TUrpentine is abstersiue, attractiue, mol∣lificatiue, and resolutiue: it is good for the breast: it prouoketh vryne: laxeth the belly, and healeth scabbes.
THis resolueth, and mollifieth: and is more of efficacie than turpentyne, in that behalfe.
THis is resolutiue, and mollificatiue.
| Balsamum | Liquor, | the licour, |
| Fructus. | the fruite, | |
| Lignum. | the wood. |
ALl parts of ye Baulme tree, the wood, ye fruit, & liquour also, be subtil, abstersiue, of great efficacie against all could diseases no sickenes: they prouoke vryne: are good or vlcers & soares that be filthy & corrupt: 〈…〉〈…〉he liquour is of greatest vertue next vnto 〈…〉〈…〉: the Fruite or seede leaste of all. The ly∣〈…〉〈…〉uour is called Opobalsamum: the Fruicte Carpobalsamum: the wood Xilobalsamum.
THe Nutmegge is comfortatiue of the stomacke, lyuer, and the splene: it stay∣〈…〉〈…〉th vomittes, & sweeteth the Breathe.
THe vtter Rynde or huske of the fruit of the Wallnut is very tarte in taste, and byndinge, the Juyce of it is good for the mouth, and throates that bee inflamed: the Kernell is vnc••••ous and euill for the Sto∣macke, the Dyle of it is resolutiue.
THis Fruite mooueth to vomittes, an〈…〉〈…〉 laxeth the Belly.
THe Filbeard and hasell Nutte be some〈…〉〈…〉∣what colder than the Wallnut, & more bynding: in other qualities like, but that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hasell Nut maketh the head to ake, and a〈…〉〈…〉 so is not good for the stomacke.
THis hearbe is abstersiue, and aperti•••• of oppilations of all the inward parts〈…〉〈…〉 it prouoketh vrine, and the monethly cours•• in women: also it healeth malicious vlcer〈…〉〈…〉 and soares.
THe G••rde in carret is the weaker, the the wilde carret is the stronger in all qualities: the whole hearbe prouoketh v∣ryne, and the monethly course in women, but specially ye roote & seede: the roote pro∣uoketh lust and courage.
THe Misseltoe is subtill, attractiue, and resolutiue: mixed with Incense it heal∣peth malitious vlcers. That which grow∣eth vpon ye Dake is preferred before other.
BOth kyndes of this hearbe, and special∣ly the rootes, be abstersiue, resolutiue, & good for the Breast and Loonges: they bee comfortable also for the Synewes, and dry vp vlcers.
THis Roote is comfortatiue of the Sto∣macke that is colde: it cōsumeth winde,
and resisteth poyson: & is very wholsome in time of the plague.
SAffron is maturatiue, and comfortatyue after Auicen it is a Cordiall: ••ow ve it 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it be vsed in excesse, it is not without da••n∣ger: after Dioscorides it mooueth lust and courage.
FEnegreeke is resolutiue, and mollitiue of swellings, and some thing abstersiue: if it be taken inwarde, it troubleth the Sto∣macke.
IEsemyne resolueth colde swellings: ea∣seth paynes and griefe that commeth of colde Fleagme.
THis healeth greene wounds, and is good for all passions: and for all wounds and soares that needeth to be dryed with mean•• ••eate.
••Ncense is dry in the first degree, and hath acertayne bynding or strictiuenesse. The ••arke of the tree is dry in ye second degree: ••oth doe healpe the spitting of bloud: com∣〈…〉〈…〉rt the stomacke, and stay the bloudy fluxe: 〈…〉〈…〉ey hyale also wounds, vlcers, & soares.
THis is the subtill pouder of Incense, & is of lyke vertue, but in some parte of 〈…〉〈…〉ore efficacie.
••He soote of all thinges doth dry and par∣taketh the nature of the thinge burned. ••he soote of Incense is vsed for Inflama∣〈…〉〈…〉ons, rhewmes, & vlcers of the eyes. The 〈…〉〈…〉ote of Turpentine, and Myr•••• be of lyke 〈…〉〈…〉tue to the soote of frākincense. The soote 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Storax is strōger thā is ye soote of Asphal∣〈…〉〈…〉s: strongest of al is the soote of the Ceder 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
THis Hearbe called Commonly Chame∣pitys is abstersiue, and apertiue of opila∣tions of the Lyuer: it prouoketh ••ryne, and the monethly course in women. This hear•• being greene healeth greene woundes, cor∣rupt vlcers and soares, and resolueth har••¦nes in the breastes of women.
THis hearbe openeth opilations of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉¦uer and splene, prouoketh ••ryne, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 monethly course in women.
THe Roote of this hearbe is incissiue, breaketh the stone, prouoketh ••ryne, the monethly course in women: it heal〈…〉〈…〉 moyst vlcers and soares.
THis Hearbe is inscissiue: it breaketh the stone, and resolueth the hardnesse of the ••plen••.
THe Roote of this hearbe is ••axatiue: it is geuen to them that haue the goute, & ••aynes in their Joyntes: but it hurteth the stomacke.
HOnny is abstersiue, and mundificatiue: when it is boyled and scommed it doth mūdifie ye lesse: it is sanatiue and consola∣tiue of vlcers and soares: it is good nourish∣ment for olde men and them that be of colde complexions: in younge persons and ••oa••e natures it encreaseth choller.
THis is confortatiue of the Brayne, and of all the Senses: it comforteth also ye heart, and is good for colde complexions.
THis Tree consumeth superfluous moy∣stures of the stomacke, & comforteth thē same, and the Lyuer also: and maketh the mouth to smell sweete.
HOrebounde is abstersiue, and apertyue of the Lyuer and splene: it mundifieth the Loonges, and moou••th the monethly course in women.
ALoes is abstersiue, & ••axatiue of the bel∣ly, and purgeth choller: it is lesse a••∣stersiue when it is washed: it is most com∣fortatiue to the Stomacke of al Medicines ••axatiue: it mundifieth and healeth vlcers, and soares that be harde to close, and speci∣ally in the Foundament, and secret Mem∣bers: it dryeth and healeth also Woun∣des.
••He seede of this hearbe ••axeth the ••elly, and purgeth fleagmo: howbeit it ••ut∣••••th the stomacke.
THis hearbe is abstersiue, mollificatyue, resolutiue, and strongly moueth the mo∣nethly course in women: the Juyce of the fruite called Elaterum purgeth cholier and ••••eagme.
THis roote groweth in India, and is of a subtill substaunce, as all other thinges that ••e Aromaticall & of pleasaunt sauour: it prouoketh ••ryne, & the monethly course in Women, aswell taken inwardly as out∣wardly in fomentations: it is good & com∣ble in plaisters both to ye lyuer & stomacke.
Rubarbe is abstersiue, and purgeth Chol∣ler gently, and without daunger: it is a speciall remedy agaynst all cholericke di∣seases: it openeth the obstructions of the ••yuer, and prouoketh ••ryne, as experience doth dayly shewe: the olde Au••thors both Greekes, and Arabikes wryre the same of Rubarbe, howbeit their descriptions séeme not to agree in all poynctes with out Ru∣barbe nowe vsed.
HEmpe seede cōsumeth & dryeth somuch, that if it bee eaten in great quantity, it dryeth seede of Generation: it is hard to be disgested, and maketh ye head ache.
THe Roote of wilde Hempe, doth resolue hard swellinges.
THe liquor of the Figge tree, & the Juice of the leaues be a••stersiue, ••lcerative, & apertiue of the vaines, and consume war••s. The Juice of the wilde Figge tree is stron∣ger than of ye Figge of the Gardein.
FIgges are nourishing amōge all fruites, and cōmended to be best: notwtstanding yt they engēder euil humors, they haue ye cōmodity of they doe soone passe downe through the bel∣ly, and are shortly distributed into ye whole body, they be abstersiue, and purge grauell from ye Kidnies: the nourishment that they geue is not firme and stable to body, as the nourishment of breade and fleshe, they bee windy, but by reason of their short tariance in the Belly the winde hurteth not much. The rype Figge is of much more prayse than the figge that is not ripe, the dry figge is colder than the greene, so that he cometh to the second degree, and is subtile, and in∣scissiue: of the great vse of them commeth not very good bloud: one discommodity of them is, that they cause the body to bee full of Lyce: if the stomacke be full of euill hu∣mours they doe much hurt, for shortly they be corrupted. Although the dry Figge bee subtill and inscissiue, yet it hurteth the Ly∣uer and splene that is enflamed, and so doth the greene figge also: therefore when the Lyuer or splene is abstructed or hath opila∣tions, figges be eaten before other meates
wyth Tyme, Peniroiall, Sauery, Cala∣mint, Pepper, or Ginger, and such like: who so eateth ye greene or dry figges after grosse meates, doth incurre domage. The dry fig is a medicine to the outwarde partes, and doth mature and rype hard swellings, and the same in short space doth resolue, and the decoction of them also: but when yee wyll more mature or rype than resolue, wheaten flower is to be mixed with them. And when you will more resolue than mature, ye flow∣er of Barly bread mixed with them is of ye meane operation betweene ryping and re∣soluing. The fatter the figge is, the more it doth mature or rype. The sharper and heat∣ter, the more it doth resolue. The greene Fygge, by reason of the superfluous moy∣stures, is weaker than the dry Fygge, but both doe laxe the belly. Fygges decocted to the thicknesse and substaunce of bonny are of the same vertue that Honny is, the figge decocted with Isope purge the Breast, and is good agaynste longe and colde coughes, and diseases of the Loonges.
MUske is pleasaunce in sauour, it com∣forteth both the brayne, & the heart.
THe leaues be resolutiue, the roote is in∣scissiue and of subtill substance, and pro∣uoketh vryne.
THis is resolutiue & dry with a certayne bynding, wherefore it is good agaynst olde vlcers and soares.
THe fruite of this tree is of little nourish∣ment, and euill for the stomacke: the li∣cour & Juice of the tree is mollitiue and re∣solutiue of swellinges, & healeth woūds: it consumeth also the hardnes of the splene.
THis is a kynde of bryne, which is abster∣siue, & is vsed agaynst corrupt vlcers of the bowells, ministred in glysters.
THis hearbe is abstersiue, and attractiue•• the roote mooueth vomittes, and healeth great woundes of the synewes, and cordes.
THe flouer of the Lilly is abstersiue, mol∣litiue, and sanatiue. The Oyle of ye sayd Lilly is resolutiue, and mollitiue. The leafe abstersiue, and sanatyue. The roote abster∣siue, resolutiue, and consolidatiue.
THe roote and seede of this hearbe prouo∣keth vryne, and the monethly course in women: it is of such subtilty that it healeth the falling sickenesse, and the shortnesse and difficulty of winde or breathing.
THe seede of the Turnep is very whol∣some, and mooueth Iust and courage: the roote is hard to be disgested, windy, and en∣creaseth seede or nature. eaten in excesse, it breedeth crude and grosse humours.
THe seede of Rampions is abstersiue, and mixed with the flower of the Lupyne, or Wheate, or Tare doth clense the Face and the rest of the body: the roote is commonly vsed in sallettes, more of vse than of suffici∣ent Aucthority.
THe roote boyled, doth inflate and nou∣rishe lesse than the Turnep: the seede is is good agaynst all venym and poyson, for if it be drunke it maketh the venym to take none efficacy.
OF these Geloflowers be three kyndes: yellowe, white, and blewe: the yellow is of more vertue, they bee abstersiue, reso∣lutyue, and subtill: they prouoke the mo∣nethly course in women, and resolue swel∣linges.
THis hearbe is abstersiue, resolutyue, and prouoketh the monethly course in Wo∣men. The ashes of this hearbe are hoarter and dryer than ye bearbe it selfe. And there∣fore it healeth a Disease in the heade called Alopecia.
THe squill is inscissiue of grosse humors, and specially in the Breast: it is better boyled, or rosted, than rawe.
THe seede & leaues of this hearbe bee ab∣stersiue, and resolutiue. The Oyle of the Seede called Oleum Cicinum, or Oleum de Kerua, is more hoatter and more subtill thā the oyle Olyue, & therefore more resolueth: the seede purgeth choller & fleagme downe∣warde, & prouoketh also to vomit.
PItche is abstersiue, maturatyue, and re∣solutiue: it is more dry than hoate, and healeth woundes.
THis is also abstersiue, maturatiue, & re∣solutiue of hard swellinges: it is more ••oate than dry, and is also subtill: good for ••hem that be short breathed, and doe voyde corrupt and matterishe humours out of the 〈…〉〈…〉reaste.
THis is the Gumme of a tree that grow∣eth in Arabia: it is abstersiue, and exic∣ratiue: it healeth woundes in the head, and ••illeth wormes: prouoketh the monethly ••ourse in women: is good for the Breast, & ••gaynst the cough.
MUmia is not much different from Bitu∣men Indaicum: For in Syria they En∣〈…〉〈…〉aulme the corses of dead persons wt Bitu∣〈…〉〈…〉en Indaicū, which Enbaulming with por∣〈…〉〈…〉ions of the deade Bodies is brought from 〈…〉〈…〉ence, & is called Mumia: it is vsed against 〈…〉〈…〉uses, aswell of the inwarde partes, as of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 outwarde.
ROcket is so hoat that it is not commō•• eaten, without it be mingled with L〈…〉〈…〉¦tice leaues: it is thought to encrease na••u〈…〉〈…〉 or seede, and prouoke iust: it maketh ye 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to ake, if it be eaten alone: the seede prou〈…〉〈…〉¦keth vryne: the wilde Rocket is strong〈…〉〈…〉 than the Rocket of the Gardein.
THe leaues & fruit bee drunke to prouo〈…〉〈…〉 vrine, and the monethly course in wo〈…〉〈…〉 and to breake the stone. The roote decoc〈…〉〈…〉 is of the same vertue.
THe fume of the leaues and roote of fol〈…〉〈…〉 foote dried & taken by the mouth, heal〈…〉〈…〉¦eth the coughe, & straightnes of winde: th〈…〉〈…〉 leaues greene and made in plaisters beal〈…〉〈…〉 hoate inflamations, and swellinges that 〈◊〉〈◊〉 harde to mature and rype.
BOth kindes of mother worte be of subtill substaunce: they breake the stone in the 〈…〉〈…〉ydnies, vsed both in fomentations to the Belly, and taken by ye mouth, they prouoke ••he monethly course in Women.
Purge ye Breaste. Byting. Gal. si. 60 Acti. li. 10 Pau. li. 70. Dio-li. 40.
Tothach. Dropsie. Gal. si 60. Acti. li. 20 Dio. li. 70. Pau. li, 10.
Pricking of thorne. Cough. Gal. simp. Acti. li. Pau. li. Dio. li.