Vertues and Use.
This is of a clensing and attractive qua∣lity, whereby it draweth forth Thorns or Splinters,* 1.1 or other such like things gotten in∣to the Flesh, and put up into the Nostrils purgeth the Head; and Galen saith also they have a drying faculty, whereby they are good to soder the lips of Wounds, and to clens foul Ulcers. The distilled Water or Juyce is much esteemed by French Dames to clense the Skin from any roughness, deformity, or discolou∣ring thereof: Being boyled in Wine, and given to drink, it is a good Remedy a∣gainst the Plague, and other Pestilential Fea∣vers, if the Party after taking it warm lie in his bed and sweat for two hours after, and use the same twice at least. It helpeth also all stin∣gings and bitings of Venemous Beasts or mad Dogs, being used inwardly and applied out∣wardly: The same also openeth the Obstru∣ctions of the Liver, and is very available a∣gainst the Infirmities of the Reins, it provo∣keth Urine, and helpeth to expel the Stone and Gravel out of the Kidneys and Bladder, and