The garden of health conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of simples and plants, together with the maner how they are to be vsed and applyed in medicine for the health of mans body, against diuers diseases and infirmities most common amongst men. Gathered by the long experience and industrie of William Langham, practitioner in phisicke.

¶ Morsus diaboli.

MOrsus diaboli. Seethe the herb and root in wine and drink it against all griefes that Scabious serueth for, and also against the plague, and to dissolue brused blood. 2 Seethe the roote in wine and drinke it against the paine of the mother, and against all poyson. 3 Stamp the greene herb with the root and apply it to ripen and heale carbuncles, botches, and plague sores. 4 Mixe the distilly water, or the iuice with Vitriall, to dry vp and heale all pushes, whelks, moyst scabs, &c. 5 Eat the root by it

selfe, or drinke the wine of the decoction of it, for the paine of the mother, and to saue a man from the plague or pestilent ayre. 6 Drinke the powder to kill wormes. 7 Stamp the herbe and apply it to brusings and bitings. 8 Throat squincy or apostume, seethe it in milke or water and gargarise therewith as hot as may be suffered. 9 Side stitch, drink the water or decoction thereof. 10 Feuers in children, hang the root and herb about their necks, and let the nurse drinke powder of cristall, or steepe it in wine and drinke it.

• Apostume 3
• Bitings 7
• Botches 3
• Bruses 1. 7
• Carbuncles 3
• Childrens feuer 10
• Mother 2. 5
• Plague 1. 5
• Plague sore 3
• Poyson 2
• Pushes 4
• Side stitch 9
• Squincy 8
• Scabs 4
• Stitch 9
• Throat swollen 8
• Wormes 6