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lb) The quantitie of [hi ponder is a drain weight, and in the infulion,foure,ﬁue,oIf m0I€- Ilmal’ be mixed with any liquor V

E It is in the decoétioi or in the infnlion tempered with cold things in burning agues an! Orb“ hot difeales :in cold aid long inﬁrtnities it is boyled with hot opening ﬁmples and fuch ik€ 5°’

bf the Hiﬁcirie of Plants.

clle it is lieeped in wine, in which manner as familiar to mans nature,it draweth forth gflflY by ‘

the i’toole,alinol"t withcut any kinde ofpaine,crude and raw humors. A Moll of the Arabian: commend the cods, but our Phyﬁtions the leaues rather 5 for vnlelli the cods be full ripe they irgender winde,and caufe gripings in the belly. For they are oftentimes g4‘ ~ thered before they be rige,and otherwife eaﬁly fall away being fhaken downe by the winde,5Y ‘ca. _ ion oftheir weake and {lender Ptallces. V '

— ~ . . . - ’ fc G fsome aifo thinke that Sene is hurtfull to the flomacke, and weakneth the fame, for Whlch Ca“

tire}; by that Ginger_orl'ome fweet kinde of fpice is to be added, whereby the ﬂomacke _mé:)Ybl: ltr_ei‘igthne,cl.‘ Likewife Jllefue noteth that it is ﬂow in operation, and therefore Salgem 1“ mixed with it. Moreoue,Sene purgeth not fo fpeedily as ﬂronger medicines do. _ .. d H Notwitlaliaiidihg it [my be helped not only by Salgem,but alfo by other purging things nL_r,xf<;’ therewith, that is to fay,viith limple medicines, as Rubarb, Agaricke, and others 3 and with C9 pounds, as that which is called Catbalicon, or the Eleétuary Dmyz/mmicon, or that which 15 macfgc the j uyce of Roles, or fone other, according as the condition or quality of the difeafﬁ and 0‘ ' licke man requireth. ' _ _ -b0_ I , Tllﬁ lcaues 0fSene area familiar purger to all people, but they are windiegand do klnde jg- cl re afterwards.very_much difquieting the ﬂomacke with rumbling and belching : for the “"31 Ci , « of which inconuenrence there muﬁ bee added Cinnamon, Ginger, Annife feed, and fell“?

Raiﬁns ofthe Sun, and {ugh like that do breake winde, which will the better help his Pulgmg qm’ r

litie. v x e K 569% _dOtl1 better purge when it is infufed or l’teeped,than when it is boyled : for doubtleflii it more it is boyled the lefle it purgcth,-and the more windie it becommeth. :11 ,5.‘ L Take Borage,l3ugloll'e,Balme,Fumitory,of each three drams,Sene of Alexandria verlfwir 51;: Paled and Pounedg two ounces, ﬂrow the ponder vpon the herbes and diflill them : the W3.‘ white commeth thereol referue to your vfe to purge thofe that line delicately, being minillre in yo P16 wine with S.Ugar,in condited confeé’cions,and fuch dainty waies,wherein delicate and 595 PF dg. do greatly delight : you may alfo (as was faidbefore) adde hereunto according to the maladlﬁ tiers purgers,as Agariclte,Mirobalans,&c. . M The ponder of Sene after it is well prepared two ounces,of the pouder of the root OFMC .. foure di‘ams,pouder of Ginger,Annife feeds,of each a little,a fpoonfull of Annife feed5a "t -little Gingenand a modicum or (‘mail quantity ofsal gamma : this hath beene proucd 3 Very i ff familiar medicine for all ages and fexes. The patient may take one fpoonefullor two! 5 both l’£ing,either in pottage,fome fupping in drinke,or white wine.This is right proﬁtable I0 draw ﬂegme and melancholy from the brcﬁ and other parts. i N T heleaues of Sene and Catnmomill are put in baths to wafh the head. / riefcs O Sene opens the inward parts of the body which are (topped, and is profitable againll 311 5 of the principall metnbersof the body. l ’ lanes, 13 Take Sene prepared according to art one o‘unce,Ginger halfe a quarter of an ounce,tW¢l”e C 3; all P530511 feed two drams,or in ﬁead thereof Cinnamon and Tartar, of each halle a dram’ PO llouflll

theleswhich done, take thereof in white wine one dram before {upper which doth maluc purge the head. l ’

LQ Handle Sene in rm;

to ﬁxty Ralﬁns of the Sunne with the [tones pickt out one fioonefull of Annife feed brat .5 {rand ‘.hel:3 in 3 ‘l”3" {)5 ale tillonc halfe be walled, and while it is boilinrr put in your Sene‘ 6.‘ otio" fl’ U” ‘be mommgathcn lllaine it and put in a little Ginger : then tatlize the 005 half‘: ofthlshpalfe Of and Pu‘ th‘3"e""“° [W0 fP°°“f“llS Offyrrup of Rofes : drinlte this together, I meant: the one halfe: the medicine at one time, and if the patient cannot abide the nextbday to receiue the other then let it be deferred vntill the third day after. ' will Sene and Fumitory (as Raﬁ: aﬂirmeth, doe purge adult hurnors, and are excellent g°0d ag fcabs,itch.,and the ill allfeétion of the body. ’ . ﬂ me; Ifsene be infufed in whey, and then boyled a little, it beeommeth good Phyﬁcke 3?3““:n3,, to lan.eh3ly,clenfeth the braine and purgeth it,as alfo the heart,liuer,milt,and lungsacallm Il00_l<e yOL1ng,enf;;endreth rnirth,and taketh away forrow: it Cleereth the light,lirc‘ﬂ8‘h“°‘ and is very good againlt old feuers and difeafes ariling of melancholy. ‘

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‘ "Y" 'l1€1‘€v€rc forzncrly two ﬁgures in this chaptenwhieh diﬂ"erc<l oncly in tlrattht 6rli,‘wl:,:'eh w,-is chasm Oriemalis, had lclfcfr '1 astues-lean the «Save ItnlJtG,\‘Il1l€ll was the fctond_. M '

. bar‘; nner aboue f'pecilied,then take halfe an ounce thereof,which d0“° 9ddcb[oil0..

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CHA P. IL 34‘/2476! Seﬁeo Ell The Defcriftioﬂ. . I CGZzrt‘ca and Sene be fo neere the one vnto the other in lhapﬁ and ll1€W,th3't the VB5knf“l

Herbarills haue deemed Colatm to be the right Sene. This Baltard Sene is a lhrubby plant growing to the forme of a hedge bulh or {hrubby tree:his branches are f’traight,'

brimesﬁlld wooddy - which beinc careleﬂy broken err, and as ne?$1igem1Y Prick‘? 0* l)iUCl<C inmthﬁ - J ‘ b

and, will take root and profper at what time of the yeare foeuer it be done; but {lipt or cut, or Planted in any curious fort whatfoeuer among an hundred one will fC8YC€lY grow‘ the ‘re b°u8hC5 or branches {re beret with leaues like Sifted or Secziridaca, not much vnlike liqu0l'1C€ 3 among Which cpme f0Tth faire broom-like yellow ﬂoures, which turn into fmall cods like the fownd of a lilh or a

. I _ _ _ p L P _ . _ . mule bladdegwh ich will make a‘ cracke being broken betweene the finger: - W hﬁffm 3'3 mntamed

any blacke ﬂat feeds ofthe bignelfe—ofTares, growing vpon a {mall rib or ﬁnew within the cod : ‘ ‘Wot is hatd,and of a wooddy fubftancfe. ‘ 2 Colum Scorpioidts. . — Baﬁard Sene with Scorpion cods.

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Q 3 « Baﬁma 35“: W 1:11 Scot ion cods is a fmallwooddy fhrub or bu‘l‘h,hauingleaues',5131191399 Rd 01 ° ‘ P b H‘ ‘ 11 { 0p h n his fmall yellow HOUWS are fan lrs like vnto the former ballard Sene, ut le e in eac I6 pge .whe ks Of Mmlmlm his SW4 Pzoidt; ﬁn there fucceed little long ctookedcods like the long co s or _ us her rerembmw rim roots Blgvhereol it took his name : the rootis like the root ofItht;1l3:]i:)(r)adtS of Valena inelgm‘ bone 3 wli1e)r!:l(:f?lhr:u:h' ’‘ Ii’ gIilO}’Wg1-gxélgg 1:3; EC Called Scorpi0“ 53139- n ' ' _ A . s lellg The low or dwarfe Calult)ea of Cluﬁm defcription, hath 3 thicke Wooddig “EOE waned with 3' byi Wllh barke,with many ﬁbres annexed thereto,vvhich bringeth forth Yale Y1 ‘CW ﬂ‘00555‘~Vh<‘T“-" grgpgreatly increafeth, of a cubic and a halfe high, friro_0tlLé§ﬂ_d Of 3 glam“ C391" 5 “fh°1f€‘3“ fmfe. oft}: “lies compofed of fix or feuen leaues, and fometimes mm: {Ct VPQ“ 3 middle Nb like ‘I-0 5’ C —

common kinds of 3 mpticke taﬁe, with fame ﬂrarpenelfe or biting : the fl-routes grow vp0I7I .

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