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, _ A ~ - O vhich oft The ieat_ies,itno s,-and feed liam ed with vine,oer,we-mans milke, and faffron, cure an Eryﬂ elm, K 1: S titties E.'::tll(i)ghlg1arl}l:{flSI-,)l.C:f£(1)L€1C::, il)giirE:1& hffirg Egoéflfgpkaggpif SEiA22t/ianies fire)aiid eafe the gfilt mightily, and put in the l'L_1ndamentasaJDCli— it ' _. - e r Ice ent: 1 ’ ’” -

H Erﬁjﬁiffgrgﬂi :1 Sifeﬁfoing i;1:,.,itg1,e gucrpie colour; m(;1‘(l1fe feed of blacke Poppy ch'unl< in wiireﬁtappetir the ﬂux of the bclly,and the ouermuch ﬂow» after which follow ‘heads fhort and round, which W‘ ° élorgfi“ ﬁ°k”‘i‘m’- _ _ _ _ ,, . 4 dc: thei, Cone, 0, Crowne ham lime 110155 by wflirtﬁc ecpe 3“ L made of the feeds of white Popepy,or made into Almond tnillgand fo g1uen,cau1et‘h hi

‘ ut - 0 mat’ to the heads 0 I ' . ' — 1&2: Hffeerdwrlpiyl :11 Sofécanlzi OP: not of themlelues; 046:‘ C It is manifeﬂ that this wilde Poppy (which I haue defcribed in the fift place) is that wher- {here is am) a double one Qfthis kinda Mediccompofition Dmmlzum 15 to be made 5 as Galen hath at large treatedin his feuenth of Q] ‘T be Iflace. d aupgipltnfﬂs according to the places afl7e'<‘]ted. Crzto alfo,and~aiter hug T/Jemzﬂm and Depzocrzrzes doe Thefckinds of-Po\Ppi.es are {Owns in gardms , an .eth+im Car» or the yvtlde Poppy to be in the fame cofrnpoirttorlgan heuen the fame Depzocritzzs adj do afterward come ofthe ﬁllings oftheir feed_ - mg >-A Dt 1; fhould ne that which 15 not fowne : and uch an on». 15 t 1s,wh1ch grows without fowu qr T/ye zrzme. , ‘ ' "“"* They ﬁoure moﬂ commonly in Iune. The feed perfeéted in Iuly and Auguft. " . ’ % _ 7/ze Names. ‘ e A _ ’ - , _ Poppy is called ofthe Grccians pus-'24:’: ofthe _L§; C H A P _ 74, Corneagofe-‘ 07' Wilde Toff}. ‘ t1nes,P4pauer .- the (hops keep the Latinc name :15 i e called in hig;hrDutch, snaagtameu: in low-Durcw 1 Papanecr Ram, s 191191 and gipantopz in Englilh ,Poppy, and Cheef? bowles: in French,P4uaz,and oliezte, by the VVa_1l0“5‘ The garden Poppy which hath blacke feeds,is ill“ named of Dioﬁoridesz -(yam, or wilde ; and is as he fa!‘ called am, becaufe opium ﬂowes from it :ofPlz'ny an the Latines,P4p4uer m'gmm,wherof there be many Vf“l riable colours, and of great beauty, although of‘eU_1 fmell, whereupon our gentlewomen call it loan 511' uer pin.

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; Papazler/lbinofzm. Red P0ppy,or C0tn.Roi'e., Prickly POPPY-

qr T/Je Tempmzmre. _ All the tioppies are cold , as Galeie tefiiﬁeth in W5 _ . booke of the faculties of limple medicines. an The I/cmm. d A This feed,as Galen faith in his booke of the faculties of Nouri{hments,is good to feafon br€“ vvith,but the white is better than the black.He alfo addeth,that the fame is cold and caufeth £165?’ and yeeldeth no commendalzllerpourifhment to the body: it is often vied in comﬁts,l'erued at‘ 6 table with other junketting i res. , _ _

The oile which is preifed out of it is pleafant and delightfull to be eaten,& 1S taken with bfﬁad. or any other waies with meat,without any fence ofcooling. _

A greater force is in the knobs or heads,wh1ch do fpectally preuatle to moue fleepe,and to My and {epic {Te diftillations or rheums and come neere in force to opium, but more gentle. Opium» 0 the condenfed juice of Poppy heads,is ﬂronge ii of all - tjuecamm (which is thekjuice of the heads and leaues) is weaker. Both of them any waies taken either inwardly, or outwardly applied I0‘ 6 head, prouoke ﬂeepe. opium fomewhat too plentifully taken cloth alfo bring death.,as Pliny U“ writeth. ' ' _ _ _ _

D It mitigateth all kind of paines :but it leaueth behinde it oftentimes a mifchiefeworfe than the difeafe it felfe and that hard to be cured, as a dead pallie and fuch like.

The vfe ofit, as, Ga/€22 lié. I I . of medicines according to the places affecfted, faith, is {O Ogeni ﬂue to the ﬁrme and folide parts of thebody as that they had need afterwards to be re fiored -

So alfo Collyries or eye medicines made with Opimn haue binhurtfull to nrany;infomucl1fh3f they llaue weakened the eies and dulled the light Ofthofe that haue vfed it : what foeuet is 5?

munded of Opium to mitigate the extrearne gaincs ofbtheﬂeareggringeth hardneffedof $832123, ' f allthof d" d om sareto ee wunne thataet b 21 e0 H’ :[?:ih3C1’l:I1?)rte[O bevfeflrliiit ircrirrftsrglsimsiircilciefiitie gﬂﬂd that is, when no othrir ri1)itiegTter or all-‘v"~‘g ‘if ‘T56 Defvrt"j7ii01i- ofpaine doth anything preuaile, as Galm in his third booke ofmedicinesjaccording to the place _ 1 ' affeacdj doth ci—ul1)dCntilCyi;1(§i(ii3;:;(ii]W8tC with a little ﬁr at and dr k F fl° ‘Or ifir bCb°i' ’ A I Cut round “hm” with d"‘~‘P€ gaﬂlﬁs like thofc 05 5UCC0ri€ Of W ild Rocket’ V Th“ ﬂours Th? leaucs 0 OPE the head feet arid tem les bathgd therewptth ('3 Célau Fieft the fariie. ' black‘ grow forth at the ‘OPS Of the {"31k5sb€iD° 073 bcautiﬁlll 3nd ‘~;§"”'*‘“‘ ‘Cd mlomﬁ .m"th led’IYVlith0u<ti{ugfar,an ieboiled in water with livgar to a fvrru catife it End: at” good agamﬁ than tlli: thfreds °°"“P3ﬁ'I_ng about the middle part obfthe h'ead,which being; fully grows; 13 lefff H rheurtie1d:1dSc:t211):ii)d)s that diﬁtil and fall down from the brain into theLiun,gs.and e:1l‘e the Cougx 0: 1- 2 I °Tg:_egias‘:1°“ POPPY ‘the feed is {mall and blaeite. . The green knops of Poppy liamped with barly meale and a little barrows greafe, help 5- /1”’ , Of this are very doubl mes ﬁre,ca11ed Igmsﬂzccr. »r:;e~

WVHC lialksofred Poppy be blacker endet and brittle fo-mewhathair‘y:the leanesate 3 " ’ 5 ”

foa kind hereof in all points agreeing with the fotmer{:3“iﬁg that the ﬂours e and beautifulhand therein only eonﬁﬁs the difference. it Th . jg ere