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fweer wine and drunke, loofeth the belly gently, and is excellent againli the exulceration Of the

bladder. .. v . -

T he fruit cut in pieces or chopped as herbes to the pot,and boiled in a {mall pipkin with 3 P1“: ofmntton,being made into potage with Ote-meale, euen as herb potage are madqwhercof a me O eaten to break—fafi,as much to dinner, and the like to {upper 5 taken in this manner for the {Pawn three weekes together without intermiﬂion, doth perfeéily cure all manner of fauce fleg_m5 zn copper faces, red and fhining ﬁerie nofes (as red as red Rofes) with pimples, pumples, rubies, fuch like precious faces. . h this

Prouided alwaies that during the time of curing you doe vfe to wafh or bathe the face wit

liquor following .

, . . . s Take a pinte of fh-ong white wine vinegre,pouder of the roots of Ireos or Orrice three df{’3me ’

. . . tWO fezirced or bolted into moli ﬁne duff, Brimmeﬁone in line pouder halfe :1 ounce, C_3(|jf3§’h;: the dragines liamped with two blanched Almonds, foure Oke apples cut thorow the ml ‘'3:

,3 . i_ - . r jnyce or foure Limons : put them all together in a flrong double gla_ll'e, {hake them C0g‘3‘h‘1‘;r ‘£1: ﬁrongly, letting the fame in the Sunnefor the fpace of ten dates :with which let the face (Sue {lied and bathed daily, fufiering it to d tie ofit felfe without wiping it away. This doth not mes helpe ﬁerie faces,bnt alfo taketh away letitils,fpots,rnorphew,Suneburnc,and all other dﬁfom‘ V of the face. ‘

1- Th.-it which formerly was in the fecond place I: y the name ofcueumir Tum'cin,wan the fame with the fifth of the former Edition(now the font-rh)aI1d

fore omitted.

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C H A P. 54.1.‘ Of mid? Czzcaméer;

Czmzmir L/Ijininw. ilde Cucumber. q} The Dzfcriprion.

by He Wilde Cucumber hath mall)’ fat hag: i branches,very rough and full Of l“Ycc’n a ping or trailing vpon the ground,wh€_f€"PO& of fer very rough leaues,hairy,fharpe pom“ ’ thc an ouerworne grayifh greene COlOUr:ﬁOnEoO[. bofome ‘of which come forth long tend“ {man ﬂalkes : on the ends whereof doe gl’0W 31¢ ﬂnures com pofed of ﬂue fmall leaues Ofahpthc Yellow colour: after which commeth fort ge, fruit, of the bignes of the frnallefc pnllcfs :5 on but fomewhat longer, very rough and ha‘ $0 the outlide, and of the colour and fﬂbfwilc . the Pcalkes, wherein is contained very muc big. ter and final hard blackifh feeds alfo,Of‘h»c .de

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nelfe of tares ; which being come to ma" his.

and ripe’neﬂ'e, it calleth or fquirteth fort 0 water with the feeds, either of it ownﬁ “C01: 5:‘, being touched with the molt tender or ‘lemg [0 hand neuer fo gently, and oftentimes ﬂflkeh 1'; hard againl} thofe that touch it (e Tp€C‘’“y]ace » . chance to hit againll the face) that ‘he. Phat}; _ " ‘ fmarteth long after:whereupon of fome it The

‘ beene called Noli me t.mgere,Toiicli me 9°"

root is thicke,white and long laliiDg-

'{]' The Place. '_ It is found in mail of the hot countries 3m_°“.g

ml! ~..,,,, -.nu"'” “ll

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\ ’j$‘v _.\> ;,,‘I_ 4 > . n _» y p ,. rubbi{h._, grauell,and other vntillcd plac. ad

being once planted,faith Dodamm, it eafily commetb vp againe many yeares after (which. and yet faith he further, rhatit doth not fpring againe of the root, but of the feeds T about : which may likewife be true where he hath obferued it,but in my garden it is Oil as I {aid before, the root is long lafiing,ancl continueth from yeaie to yeare.

a I ' - - ount1‘1¢75' , P ﬂuted in gardens in the LOW C is true.)

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I”. _ . _ qjfﬁe ‘Time. ‘

0 Plmgeth vp in May,ir ﬂoureth and is ripe in Autumne,and is to be gathered at the fame time,

make that excellent compolition called Elaterium.

It . _ _ Q1 The Names.

2“ - cialled in Greeke oixur fyewe: in_ Latine,_.e1gre_/2‘x'5,and ;Errr4tivm Crtmmilr .’-in fhops,Czm4mer aﬁni.

fPir~t_ tal1atl,C0c0mero falvamo : in Spanifh,Cagum6rzllo amargo.-in Engli(h,wi1de Cucumber,

mg Cucumbers,and touch me not: in French, Cimeombres ﬂzwvager.

Th q]' The Teriape-rature. L _ .

wife he leaues ofwilde Cucumbers,roots and their rindes,as they are bitter in talie,fo they be like; or and clenling.The juyce is hot in the fecond degree,as Galen witneffeth,and oi thin parts.

‘C enleth and walleth away.

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qr The Vertrm.

{O The l“YCe called Elmrium doth purge forth choler, ﬂegme, and watery hummus, and that with A

“Dd not onely by {iege,but fometimes allo by vomit

I 0: th e Cluflntity that is to be taken at one time is from ﬁue graines to ten,according to the lhength B

5 Patient.

The luyce dried or hardened, and the quantity of halfea fcruplc taken, driueth forth by liege C

gm [Te ﬂ

J math. egme, cholericke humours, and pieuaileth mightily againlt the droplie, and fhortnelfe of

eiezhe fame drawne vp into the nofthrils mixed with a little milke, taketh away the rednelle of the D

[113 he l“YCe ofrhe mot doth alfo purge ﬂegme,cholericke and waterilh humours,and is good for E

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whm:°i‘il¢=bLit not offuch force as Elatermm, which is made of the juyce ofthe fruit : the making rw’°f1corn:nend to the learned and curious Apothecaries : among which number M*.Wz'l1z'am hatﬁ tin Bucklers Burie my Inning friend hath taken more paines in curious compofing ofit,and_

more exactly performed the" fame than any other whatfoeuer that I haue had knowledge of.

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CHAP. 54.2.. Of Citrze/It Cucumbers;

:1: 2 Citmllw minor; Small Citrull.

I 0"?"/liar 0 icimzmm. Citrull Cucumber.

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