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the_o long_a experience_n and_o use_v of_o learned_a man_n
there_o be_v also_o a_o occult_a quality_n in_o poison_n of_o which_o physiologer_n and_o searcher_n of_o natural_a thing_n do_v sometime_o speak_v as_o also_o impious_a witch_n the_o physiologer_n that_o they_o may_v acknowledge_v the_o prudence_n and_o sagacity_n of_o the_o omnipotent_a nature_n in_o good_a as_o well_o as_o pernicious_a thing_n and_o contemplate_v the_o ornament_n of_o the_o world_n but_o those_o witch_n more_o pestilent_a than_o pestilence_n itself_o and_o most_o pernicious_a enemy_n of_o mankind_n that_o they_o may_v exanimate_a and_o extirpate_v out_o of_o the_o world_n all_o those_o who_o life_n and_o fortune_n they_o envy_v or_o hate_v for_o they_o most_o artificial_o adulterate_v the_o taste_n odour_n and_o colour_n of_o poison_n which_o they_o so_o crafty_o convey_v into_o meat_n and_o medicament_n that_o they_o may_v deceive_v the_o most_o wise_a and_o wary_a and_o in_o stead_n of_o bread_n give_v they_o a_o stone_n in_o stead_n of_o a_o fish_n a_o scorpion_n instead_o of_o sugar_n a_o sugar_a poison_n and_o so_o good_a man_n be_v not_o so_o safe_a from_o evil_a man_n as_o all_o man_n from_o scorpion_n and_o other_o destructive_a beast_n of_o which_o the_o physician_n speak_v as_o the_o logician_n of_o sophism_n and_o fallacy_n which_o he_o admonish_v we_o to_o observe_v and_o avoid_v as_o the_o theologer_n speak_v of_o vice_n which_o he_o persuade_v we_o to_o shun_v neither_o do_v he_o treat_v of_o evil_a that_o thence_o good_a may_v follow_v wherein_o he_o differ_v from_o the_o physician_n who_o disallow_v of_o poisonful_a sorcerer_n and_o yet_o treat_v of_o poison_n either_o as_o they_o be_v generate_v or_o by_o ill_a luck_n inge_v into_o our_o body_n or_o else_o as_o they_o be_v requisite_a to_o the_o cure_n of_o malign_a disease_n otherwise_o to_o discourse_v of_o they_o or_o use_v they_o be_v pernicious_a and_o indeed_o galen_n cap._n 42._o lib._n 2._o the_o antidote_n reprove_v they_o that_o teach_v composition_n of_o poison_n compenunt_fw-la improbantur_fw-la qui_fw-la venena_fw-la compenunt_fw-la as_o horummendesius_n aratus_n heliodorus_n the_o athenian_a and_o orpheus_n yet_o do_v he_o himself_o write_v large_o concern_v poisonous_a simple_n as_o before_o he_o dioscorides_n and_o after_o both_o nicander_n that_o they_o may_v be_v know_v avoid_v and_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o a_o learned_a and_o skilful_a physician_n use_v in_o some_o disease_n for_o arsenic_n be_v sometime_o apply_v to_o the_o dead_a flesh_n in_o ulcer_n viper_n oil_n to_o pocks-mark_n pimple_n and_o corrupt_a swell_n scorpion_n oil_n to_o their_o sting_n a_o hair_n of_o a_o mad_a dog_n to_o the_o wound_n make_v by_o his_o own_o tooth_n trochisk_n make_v of_o viper_n both_o internal_o assume_v and_o external_o apply_v to_o all_o poisonous_a affection_n and_o disease_n poison_n also_o be_v not_o only_o put_v into_o genita_fw-la venena_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la hominis_fw-la interdum_fw-la genita_fw-la but_o sometime_o generate_v in_o the_o body_n as_o galen_n cap._n 5._o lib._n 6._o loc_fw-la off_o which_o produce_v both_o like_a affection_n and_o effect_n as_o those_o that_o come_v by_o pernicious_a poison_n drink_v or_o otherwise_o assume_v for_o a_o plague_n be_v a_o poison_n which_o be_v sometime_o generate_v in_o the_o body_n without_o any_o manifest_a cause_n and_o the_o sperm_n retain_v in_o histerick_n woman_n be_v partaker_n of_o a_o poisonous_a quality_n dog_n also_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o summer_n easy_o become_v mad_a but_o these_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v fore-known_a by_o physician_n that_o they_o may_v preserve_v health_n without_o fault_n and_o drive_v away_o all_o disease_n and_o although_o poison_n be_v destructive_a historia_n venena_fw-la aliquando_fw-la nutrire_fw-la historia_n yet_o by_o custom_n they_o become_v nutritive_a for_o i_o think_v the_o story_n of_o the_o girl_n be_v sufficient_o know_v of_o which_o avicenna_n rufus_n and_o gentilis_fw-la speak_v who_o be_v feed_v with_o poison_n only_o from_o her_o infancy_n be_v so_o infectious_a that_o her_o breath_n be_v pestiferous_a and_o destructive_a to_o such_o as_o come_v near_o she_o another_o woman_n live_v at_o coleyn_n in_o germany_n who_o as_o albertus_n relate_v do_v usual_o eat_v spider_n whereas_o one_o spider_n bruise_v in_o wine_n will_v kill_v many_o one_o porus_n king_n of_o india_n do_v daily_o eat_v snake_n and_o poison_n anguirus_fw-la rex_fw-la anguirus_fw-la who_o be_v a_o long_a time_n nourish_v with_o this_o kind_n of_o aliment_n be_v so_o poisonful_a that_o he_o will_v kill_v man_n by_o his_o touch_n or_o breath_n or_o by_o his_o spit_v as_o a_o serpent_n or_o any_o other_o poisonous_a creature_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o man_n in_o the_o hellespont_n ophiogenes_n ophiogenes_n who_o be_v nourish_v with_o poison_n only_o and_o thence_o they_o be_v fit_o call_v ophiogenes_n that_o be_v to_o say_v generate_v of_o serpent_n the_o marsian_o and_o psyllian_o delight_v much_o in_o the_o same_o nutriment_n who_o fear_v not_o at_o all_o the_o bite_n and_o poison_n of_o serpent_n which_o be_v experience_v in_o one_o of_o that_o family_n exagon_n by_o name_n who_o by_o the_o decree_n of_o the_o roman_a consul_n be_v put_v into_o a_o hogshead_n fill_v with_o serpent_n who_o nevertheless_o escape_v without_o detriment_n plin._n cap._n 29._o lib._n 6._o athenageras_n the_o grecian_a as_o it_o be_v relate_v can_v not_o be_v hurt_v by_o scorpion_n the_o same_o be_v affirm_v of_o the_o ethiopian_n that_o inhabit_v near_o the_o river_n hydaspes_n galen_n make_v mention_v lib._n 3._o simp_n cap._n 13._o of_o a_o certain_a athenian_a woman_n which_o have_v often_o eat_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o hemlock_n without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o her_o health_n sext._n emperic_a have_v the_o same_o story_n of_o another_o old_a woman_n it_o be_v general_o report_v of_o lysis_n that_o she_o will_v eat_v opium_n in_o a_o great_a quantity_n without_o impair_n her_o health_n and_o i_o see_v a_o woman_n of_o nemaxium_n who_o daily_o take_v half_a a_o dram_n of_o the_o same_o a_o certain_a maid_n of_o crete_n do_v kill_v several_a with_o her_o look_n and_o bring_v boy_n into_o a_o consumption_n what_o need_v of_o more_o they_o that_o be_v accustom_v to_o poison_n be_v free_a from_o the_o mischief_n of_o they_o poison_n be_v draw_v either_o from_o plant_n proceed_v whence_o poison_n proceed_v animal_n or_o mineral_n from_o plant_n as_o from_o all_o kind_n of_o poppy_n from_o henbane_n and_o mandrake_n who_o quality_n though_o they_o be_v poisonous_a yet_o often_o time_n effectual_a for_o cure_v many_o disease_n and_o those_o very_a thing_n which_o sometime_o be_v present_a poison_n both_o to_o man_n and_o beast_n yet_o be_v right_o handle_v prepare_v and_o apply_v they_o be_v a_o secure_a help_n the_o herb_n wolf_n bane_n be_v poison_n mecamental_a poison_n sometime_o be_v mecamental_a yet_o it_o be_v add_v to_o ophthalmick_a medicament_n and_o hemlock_n though_o poisonous_a yet_o effectual_a in_o extinguish_v tetter_n ulcer_n and_o leprous_a spot_n nerium_n also_o drink_v in_o wine_n be_v good_a against_o the_o bite_n of_o serpent_n house-leek_n kill_v the_o ringworm_n and_o spread_v soar_v all_o kind_n of_o nightshade_n right_o apply_v do_v mitigate_v any_o pain_n but_o all_o these_o according_a to_o dioscorides_n be_v poisonous_a as_o also_o ranunculus_n esula_n hermodactylus_n yet_o the_o use_n thereof_o be_v not_o only_o wholesome_a but_o effectual_a in_o many_o distemper_n as_o also_o aconitus_fw-la herba_fw-la paris_n yea_o antimony_n and_o stibium_fw-la and_o many_o other_o be_v both_o medicamental_a and_o poisonous_a for_o they_o both_o cure_n and_o kill_v mushtoom_n also_o be_v not_o altogether_o medicament_n but_o sometime_o aliment_n and_o sometime_o poison_n for_o by_o the_o use_n of_o these_o five_o young_a student_n of_o paris_n be_v kill_v and_o yet_o courtier_n be_v much_o take_v with_o such_o dish_n i_o shall_v not_o here_o remunerate_v other_o poisonous_a plant_n which_o be_v daily_o and_o fortunate_o put_v to_o medicinal_a use_n for_o it_o may_v suffice_v that_o i_o have_v touch_v upon_o a_o few_o because_o it_o be_v not_o necessary_a neither_o can_v they_o all_o be_v comprehend_v in_o one_o chapter_n medicament_n also_o be_v take_v from_o poisonful_a animal_n animal_n medicine_n daily_o assume_v from_o poisonous_a animal_n for_o the_o flesh_n of_o stinci_n marini_fw-la be_v often_o give_v to_o decay_a nature_n to_o excite_v venery_n viper_n do_v admirable_o benefit_v such_o as_o be_v leprous_a as_o also_o snake_n who_o flesh_n right_o prepare_v be_v a_o sure_a antidote_n against_o many_o poison_n that_o which_o be_v assert_v de_fw-mi dracone_fw-mi marino_fw-mi aliment_n sea-dragon_n be_v both_o poison_n and_o aliment_n exceed_v credit_n for_o he_o have_v a_o sharp_a point_a bone_n upon_o his_o back_n so_o noxious_a to_o man_n that_o whosoever_o he_o prick_v be_v precipitate_v to_o death_n unless_o he_o be_v help_v in_o time_n yet_o his_o flesh_n be_v both_o pleasant_a and_o wholesome_a nutriment_n
for_o it_o be_v hot_a and_o thin_a but_o repercussive_n cold_a and_o gross_a galen_n lib._n 10._o compos_fw-la med._n loc_fw-la cap._n 25._o lib._n 1._o sympos_fw-la c._n 16._o lib._n 5._o simplic_n and_o every_o hot_a medicament_n draw_v every_o cold_a one_o repel_v that_o which_o be_v hot_a in_o the_o second_o degree_n do_v apparent_o draw_v that_o which_o be_v hot_a in_o the_o three_o partly_o draw_v and_o partly_o dispose_v and_o it_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o there_o be_v four_o different_a kind_n of_o attract_v medicament_n quadruplicia_fw-la atrahentia_fw-la quadruplicia_fw-la some_o draw_v by_o a_o elementary_a quality_n which_o be_v hot_a in_o the_o second_o degree_n other_o by_o accident_n as_o in_o putrefaction_n and_o of_o this_o sort_n leaven_n have_v the_o strong_a attractive_a quality_n other_o by_o a_o certain_a similitude_n as_o poison_n attract_v poison_n other_o by_o a_o occult_a property_n as_o dittany_n attract_v and_o extract_v prick_n and_o dart_n the_o loadstone_n iron_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o whether_o internal_o assume_v or_o external_o apply_v do_v not_o only_o open_v the_o passage_n by_o attenuation_n and_o scour_v but_o which_o cut_v divide_v and_o resolve_v obvious_a humour_n by_o sweat_n or_o breath_n of_o which_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n some_o weak_a call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v relax_v which_o indeed_o be_v hot_a and_o subtle_a but_o do_v not_o dry_v up_o which_o rather_o dispose_v the_o humour_n for_o resolution_n than_o resolve_v they_o the_o matter_n of_o resolve_v medicament_n be_v abundant_a for_o all_o those_o that_o be_v moderate_o hot_a in_o the_o second_o and_o hot_a in_o the_o three_o degree_n and_o subtle_a resolve_v that_o which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v stop_v or_o obstruct_v be_v contrary_a to_o that_o which_o be_v call_v anastomoticum_n for_o it_o obstruct_v the_o entry_n of_o the_o vessel_n and_o hinder_v evacuation_n because_o its_o substance_n be_v gross_a and_o therefore_o obstructive_a that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v close_v which_o have_v power_n but_o more_o unable_a and_o weak_a to_o obstruct_v and_o it_o only_o close_v the_o pore_n of_o the_o skin_n as_o stegnoticum_n do_v the_o orifice_n of_o the_o vein_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v clammy_a which_o apply_v to_o any_o place_n stick_v tenacious_o and_o obstruct_v the_o pore_n of_o the_o skin_n and_o fill_v they_o with_o much_o stuff_n as_o rosin_n or_o gum._n some_o be_v also_o call_v emphrastica_fw-la which_o obstruct_v the_o pore_n with_o a_o glewish_a humour_n and_o fill_v they_o with_o clammy_a matter_n a_o condense_a medicament_n call_v by_o the_o greek_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v that_o which_o make_v liquid_a and_o subtle_a juice_n more_o gross_a its_o power_n consist_v in_o gross_a and_o terrestrial_a matter_n void_a of_o all_o acrimony_n the_o med._n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v contrary_a to_o this_o which_o attenuate_v gross_a and_o compact_a humour_n and_o various_o dissolve_v they_o it_o be_v of_o a_o very_a subtle_a substance_n whether_o cold_a as_o vinegar_n or_o hot_a as_o aqua_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la otherwise_o call_v aqua_fw-la vini_fw-la and_o by_o many_o alchemist_n a_o elixir_n or_o quintessence_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o pore-opening_a medicament_n which_o deliver_v the_o passage_n from_o viscid_n and_o clammy_a humour_n &_o its_o faculty_n be_v various_a according_a to_o the_o various_a manner_n of_o the_o humour_n cause_v obstruction_n for_o that_o obstruction_n which_o proceed_v from_o a_o glewish_a juice_n must_v be_v dissolve_v by_o a_o attenuate_a and_o cut_v ecphracticke_a that_o obstruction_n which_o be_v hard_o withal_o must_v be_v resolve_v by_o a_o mollify_a quality_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v mollify_a which_o mollify_v a_o hard_a body_n as_o a_o hard_a boil_v and_o reduce_v it_o to_o its_o natural_a state_n and_o it_o be_v at_o least_o hot_a in_o the_o second_o degree_n and_o temperate_a both_o in_o humidity_n and_o siccity_n cap._n 4._o &_o 8._o lib._n 5._o simple_a that_o which_o be_v more_o temperate_a in_o heat_n be_v rather_o a_o cause_n of_o imposthume_n but_o that_o which_o be_v apply_v to_o a_o hard_a swell_a cause_v by_o siccity_n shall_v be_v both_o more_o moist_a and_o moderate_a in_o heat_n as_o oil_n of_o much_o marrow_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o a_o suppuratory_n which_o be_v most_o congruent_a and_o like_a to_o our_o nature_n and_o as_o it_o be_v a_o symmetry_n of_o heat_n and_o moisture_n c._n 5.7_o &_o 8._o lib._n 5._o simple_a whence_o if_o our_o finger_n be_v put_v to_o any_o part_n where_o we_o desire_v to_o change_v the_o matter_n into_o corruption_n if_o it_o be_v long_o therein_o detain_v it_o shall_v easy_o make_v a_o suppuration_n but_o mollify_a medicament_n be_v hot_a yet_o not_o so_o hot_a that_o they_o discuss_v by_o that_o quality_n their_o exuperant_fw-la humidity_n and_o therefore_o suppurate_a medicament_n perform_v what_o they_o may_v rather_o by_o quantity_n and_o mollify_a by_o quality_n than_o any_o other_o thing_n to_o the_o former_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v very_o simular_a but_o take_v strict_o it_o be_v a_o medicament_n which_o concoct_v the_o humour_n diapyeticum_n be_v that_o which_o change_v it_o into_o corruption_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o cleanse_v which_o purge_v out_o all_o gross_a and_o subtle_a humour_n and_o all_o filth_n whence_o it_o be_v call_v a_o purgative_a medicament_n it_o be_v altogether_o bitter_a of_o taste_n full_a of_o salt_n and_o dry_v that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v apply_v to_o green_a wound_n it_o be_v also_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v a_o blood_n stench_a medicament_n that_o medicament_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o incarnative_a which_o be_v effectual_a in_o regenerate_v flesh_n and_o it_o be_v dry_a in_o the_o first_o degree_n and_o cleanse_v moderate_o and_o without_o pain_n cap._n 15._o lib._n 5._o simple_a &_o 3_o method_n that_o medicament_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o glutinatory_n which_o conjoin_v and_o agglutinate_v part_n disjoin_v that_o they_o may_v return_v to_o their_o natural_a unity_n when_o it_o be_v apply_v to_o bloody_a wound_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o some_o symphyticum_n &_o aggregativum_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v effectual_a in_o solidate_v break_a bone_n and_o in_o conjoin_v flesh-pore_n that_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o synuloticum_n which_o make_v a_o scar_n in_o the_o ulcer_n which_o it_o do_v by_o its_o most_o efficacious_a siccity_n and_o astriction_n for_o this_o be_v dry_a in_o the_o three_o degree_n coleticum_n in_o the_o second_o and_o sarcoticum_n in_o the_o first_o only_a that_o medicament_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o consume_v the_o superfluous_a flesh_n to_o which_o it_o be_v apply_v and_o reduce_v the_o part_n to_o its_o native_a superficies_n whence_o it_o be_v call_v of_o some_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v hot_a in_o the_o three_o degree_n that_o med._n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o by_o burn_v the_o part_n to_o which_o it_o be_v apply_v by_o its_o most_o vehement_a and_o fiery_a heat_n it_o leave_v a_o pill_n or_o crust_n upon_o it_o as_o sublimate_v or_o a_o caustick_a that_o medicament_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v putrify_v which_o partake_v of_o some_o malign_a quality_n and_o destroy_v and_o putrify_v the_o place_n it_o touch_v by_o endure_v its_o stink_n and_o ill_a quality_n as_o sandarach_n the_o monk_n hood_n and_o such_o like_a some_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o take_v away_o hard_o thick_a skin_n and_o these_o may_v easy_o be_v use_v in_o their_o stead_n which_o be_v call_v catharetica_n that_o be_v superfluous_a flesh-consuming_a medicament_n and_o since_o these_o be_v the_o chief_a name_n take_v from_o the_o ffect_n of_o medicamentall_a faculty_n we_o will_v omit_v those_o that_o be_v of_o less_o use_n chap._n xv._o of_o the_o choice_n of_o purge_v medicament_n in_o general_n if_o a_o apothecary_n sufficient_o know_v these_o three_o thing_n he_o be_v most_o expert_a in_o his_o art_n to_o wit_n to_o select_v prepare_v and_o compound_v medicament_n now_o election_n denote_v knowledge_n for_o no_o man_n can_v well_o select_v and_o discern_v this_o good_a from_o that_o evil_a unless_o he_o have_v know_v both_o preparation_n also_o presuppose_v a_o industrious_a artificer_n who_o be_v long_o exercise_v in_o the_o art_n do_v correct_v
or_o parvity_n for_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o plant_n be_v diffuse_v and_o in_o many_o be_v more_o remiss_a but_o co-act_a into_o one_o plant_n or_o one_o fruit_n more_o valid_a yet_o many_o fruit_n be_v commend_v for_o their_o parvitude_n as_o caper_n and_o many_o seed_n for_o their_o magnitude_n as_o garthamus_n chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o choice_n of_o purge_v medicament_n take_v from_o their_o faculty_n we_o have_v brief_o but_o clear_o show_v how_o purge_v medicament_n ought_v to_o be_v select_v by_o a_o judgement_n take_v from_o their_o substance_n proper_a temperament_n second_o quality_n proceed_v from_o their_o temperament_n from_o their_o disposition_n extrinsecal_o acquire_v from_o the_o circumstance_n of_o place_n time_n number_n magnitude_n and_o parvity_n it_o rest_v that_o we_o dispatch_v brief_o what_o may_v be_v speak_v as_o to_o that_o choice_n which_o be_v take_v from_o their_o purge_a faculty_n which_o though_o it_o be_v help_v by_o the_o first_o and_o second_o quality_n yet_o say_v mesue_n its_o original_n be_v celestial_a and_o it_o have_v that_o specifical_a property_n whereby_o the_o medicament_n receive_v into_o the_o ventricle_n and_o solicit_v by_o our_o heat_n attract_v to_o itself_o the_o humour_n familiar_a to_o its_o nature_n as_o we_o have_v note_v elsewhere_o from_o the_o vein_n and_o passage_n of_o our_o body_n not_o perceive_v by_o the_o sense_n into_o the_o belly_n and_o then_o nature_n lade_v with_o the_o burden_n of_o the_o medicament_n and_o the_o humour_n attract_v prepare_v a_o way_n to_o excretion_n either_o by_o vomit_n at_o the_o mouth_n or_o by_o dejection_n at_o the_o inferior_a part_n whence_o there_o be_v two_o kind_n of_o purge_v medicament_n the_o one_o a_o vomit_v or_o ejective_a medicament_n the_o other_o dejective_n which_o distinction_n be_v take_v from_o the_o manner_n of_o excretion_n or_o vacuation_n now_o the_o dejective_n be_v more_o desirable_a than_o the_o ejective_n because_o nature_n have_v allot_v the_o inferior_a course_n to_o expel_v excrement_n the_o superior_a to_o receive_v aliment_n whence_o it_o frequent_o happen_v that_o nature_n act_v spontaneous_o and_o provoke_v by_o no_o morbifical_a cause_n do_v abundant_o carry_v and_o deject_v excrementious_a humour_n at_o the_o inferior_a part_n and_o sometime_o irritate_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o medicament_n of_o itself_o ejective_n and_o by_o the_o force_n of_o the_o swell_a humour_n purgâ—ndi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quomodo_fw-la purgâ—ndi_fw-la it_o eject_v both_o medicament_n and_o humour_n by_o the_o mouth_n whence_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o ejective_n be_v sometime_o better_o than_o dejective_a medicament_n especial_o to_o those_o who_o first_o region_n of_o the_o body_n or_o upper_a ventricle_n be_v stuff_v with_o much_o choler_n which_o by_o reason_n of_o its_o levity_n and_o the_o facility_n of_o the_o traction_n may_v more_o easy_o and_o soon_o be_v extrude_v by_o vomit_n hypocrates_n also_o commend_v vomit_n to_o they_o that_o be_v slender_a especial_o in_o summer_n because_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o be_v choleric_a slender_a folk_n say_v he_o aphor._n 6._o lib._n 4._o be_v prone_a to_o vomit_v and_o be_v to_o be_v purge_v upward_o but_o take_v heed_n in_o winter_n and_o aphor._n 40._o lib._n 4_o in_o summer_n it_o be_v better_a to_o purge_v upward_o in_o winter_n downward_o for_o the_o gross_a and_o cold_a humour_n collect_v in_o winter_n be_v more_o easy_o educe_v by_o the_o inferior_a part_n and_o therefore_o the_o skilful_a physician_n use_v sometime_o ejective_a and_o sometime_o dejective_a medicament_n as_o the_o condition_n of_o the_o swell_a humour_n require_v or_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o disease_a will_v bear_v for_o galen_n say_v lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr affect_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v be_v compel_v to_o vomit_v unless_o he_o be_v prone_a to_o vomit_v and_o that_o consume_a man_n be_v never_o to_o be_v purge_v by_o vomit_n nor_o they_o who_o have_v a_o strait_a thorax_n or_o narrow_a passage_n but_o if_o a_o vomit_n be_v prescribe_v to_o who_o it_o be_v convenient_a seligenda_fw-la quae_fw-la vomitoria_fw-la seligenda_fw-la then_o let_v it_o be_v provoke_v by_o those_o medicament_n which_o subvert_v the_o ventricle_n without_o great_a molestation_n and_o not_o with_o white_a hellebor_n according_a to_o galens_n advice_n lib._n quos_fw-la quando_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la medicam_fw-la lest_o any_o vessel_n of_o the_o breast_n shall_v break_v and_o much_o less_o by_o antimony_n whereby_o crafty_a beguiler_n kill_v many_o and_o sometime_o themselves_o as_o it_o be_v to_o be_v see_v in_o that_o admirable_a history_n in_o cornelius_n gemma_fw-la c._n 4._o lib._n 2._o pag._n 239._o linea_fw-la 14._o the_o same_o choice_n be_v to_o be_v observe_v in_o other_o purge_v that_o we_o use_v the_o more_o benign_a analogical_a to_o the_o morbifical_a humour_n for_o we_o ought_v to_o give_v a_o choler_n purge_v medicament_n to_o the_o choleric_a say_v galen_n a_o phlegm_n purge_v medicament_n to_o the_o phlegmatic_a and_o a_o melancholy_a purge_a medicament_n to_o the_o melancholic_a otherwise_o we_o offend_v nature_n now_o there_o be_v no_o blood_n purge_v medicament_n prescribe_v either_o to_o purge_v blood_n by_o the_o mouth_n or_o fundament_n because_o as_o galen_n say_v cap._n 6._o lib._n de_fw-fr purge_v medicam_fw-la facult_a that_o be_v to_o jugulate_v not_o to_o purge_v man_n notanda_fw-la historia_fw-la notanda_fw-la which_o the_o history_n of_o one_o thracius_n a_o bithynian_a rustic_a who_o find_v a_o herb_n which_o if_o any_o one_o assume_v he_o shall_v first_o lose_v his_o blood_n than_o his_o life_n now_o many_o die_a by_o this_o mean_n the_o magistrate_n judge_v the_o offence_n worthy_a diligent_a inquisition_n apprehend_v the_o malefactor_n who_o be_v demand_v of_o who_o he_o have_v learn_v this_o deletory_a poison_n answer_v that_o he_o learn_v it_o of_o none_o but_o as_o he_o once_o carry_v a_o hog_n liver_n to_o a_o neighbour_a place_n his_o belly_n compel_v he_o he_o lay_v the_o herb_n down_o in_o a_o place_n where_o a_o certain_a herb_n grow_v while_o he_o have_v ease_v himself_o note_n note_n which_o after_o some_o respite_n and_o interval_n he_o take_v up_o again_o and_o find_v that_o all_o the_o blood_n draw_v towards_o the_o herb_n whence_o he_o conjecture_v that_o the_o herb_n will_v attract_v blood_n from_o the_o body_n and_o find_v it_o true_a by_o experience_n make_v upon_o one_o he_o meet_v as_o he_o have_v before_o imagine_v he_o afterward_o transfer_v the_o herb_n to_o evil_a use_n yet_o he_o profess_v he_o never_o do_v show_v that_o herb_n to_o any_o of_o which_o there_o be_v much_o in_o that_o country_n now_o the_o malefactor_n among_o other_o his_o torment_n that_o he_o be_v to_o endure_v be_v first_o to_o have_v his_o eye_n put_v out_o that_o when_o he_o be_v lead_v along_o to_o the_o place_n of_o execution_n he_o shall_v not_o show_v the_o herb_n to_o any_o medicament_n therefore_o that_o draw_v blood_n be_v omit_v as_o poisonous_a other_o not_o analogical_a to_o other_o part_n be_v to_o be_v select_v but_o such_o as_o respect_v certain_a part_n by_o affinity_n so_o physician_n prudent_o prescribe_v agarick_n staechados_n betony_n to_o many_o distemper_n of_o the_o head_n manna_n cassia_n to_o distemper_n of_o the_o stomach_n and_o reins_o aloe_n myrobolane_n and_o wormwood_n to_o purge_v and_o corroborate_v the_o ventricle_n senna_n cetrarch_n to_o the_o spleen_n hermodactyl_n and_o ground_n pine_v to_o the_o artery_n sage_n and_o rosemary_n to_o the_o nerve_n yet_o these_o simple_a medicament_n be_v not_o so_o much_o astringe_v to_o those_o part_n but_o they_o may_v be_v apply_v convenient_o to_o other_o and_o as_o many_o medicament_n as_o well_o simple_a as_o compound_v do_v peculiar_o corroborate_v some_o certain_a part_n by_o some_o familiarity_n and_o so_o some_o on_o the_o contrary_n do_v manifest_o destroy_v and_o hurt_v some_o part_n of_o the_o body_n as_o the_o sea_n hare_n the_o lung_n cantharides_n the_o liver_n hemlock_n the_o brain_n as_o it_o be_v well_o observe_v by_o galen_n cap._n 1._o lib._n 1._o compos_fw-la medic_fw-la per_fw-la genera_fw-la the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o medicinal_a institution_n the_o second_o book_n in_o which_o we_o shall_v treat_v of_o the_o preparation_n of_o medicament_n chap._n i._n where_o we_o shall_v demonstrate_v whether_o some_o preparation_n be_v not_o require_v to_o all_o medicine_n that_o tend_v to_o aliment_n a_o compound_v medicament_n that_o be_v unite_v and_o make_v up_o of_o many_o simples_n by_o art_n and_o experience_n before_o it_o exist_v of_o a_o convenient_a consistence_n require_v not_o a_o distinct_a preparation_n alone_o but_o also_o that_o vegetable_a or_o medicament_n which_o be_v simple_a as_o to_o its_o number_n and_o such_o spontaneous_o and_o natural_o may_v not_o be_v exhibit_v with_o success_n and_o not_o without_o some_o detriment_n to_o the_o use_n of_o man_n without_o some_o
perfection_n digestion_n be_v a_o simple_a maturation_n whereby_o thing_n incoct_v and_o untractable_a be_v coct_v and_o make_v more_o mild_a and_o tractable_a by_o a_o digestative_a heat_n circulation_n be_v a_o exaltation_n of_o pure_a liquor_n by_o a_o circular_a solution_n gradatio_fw-la circulatio_fw-la gradatio_fw-la by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o heat_n in_o mercury_n or_o pelican_n cup._n gradation_n appertain_v proper_o to_o metal_n for_o it_o be_v a_o exaltation_n of_o they_o to_o a_o great_a degree_n of_o bonity_n and_o perfection_n whereby_o their_o weight_n colour_n and_o consistency_n be_v bring_v to_o a_o more_o excellent_a degree_n but_o that_o i_o may_v no_o long_o digress_v from_o my_o purpose_n i_o will_v leave_v their_o chemical_a preparation_n to_o themselves_o for_o this_o treatise_n of_o distillation_n compel_v i_o brief_o to_o touch_v of_o these_o and_o paint_v it_o on_o the_o margin_n as_o a_o work_n by_o the_o by_o the_o end_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o medicamental_a institution_n the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o composition_n of_o general_a medicament_n chap._n i._n why_o medicament_n be_v compound_v as_o simplicity_n in_o nature_n be_v before_o composition_n so_o be_v simple_a medicament_n before_o compound_n and_o the_o ancient_a physician_n as_o pliny_n relate_v cap._n 2._o lib._n 26._o nat._n histor_n first_o prescribe_v only_a simple_n to_o cure_v disease_n as_o diocles_n praxagoras_n chrysippus_n and_o eristratus_n hypocrates_n also_o who_o first_o lay_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o medicinal_a art_n and_o give_v law_n thereto_o cure_v almost_o all_o disease_n with_o simple_a medicament_n alone_o yet_o say_v aetius_n cap._n 25._o tetr_n 4._o serm_n 2._o necessity_n constrain_v the_o exercise_v medic_n to_o seek_v new_a remedy_n and_o compound_v some_o simple_n because_o simple_n can_v always_o cure_v for_o say_v galen_n cap._n 5._o lib._n 1._o comp_n med_a general_a if_o simple_n only_o can_v preternatural_o cure_v all_o affection_n there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n of_o compound_n but_o this_o no_o simple_a can_v do_v the_o use_n therefore_o of_o composition_n in_o medicine_n be_v necessary_a especial_o for_o such_o disease_n as_o require_v at_o once_o contrary_a faculty_n in_o medicament_n which_o can_v be_v in_o simple_n the_o cause_n why_o medicament_n shall_v be_v compound_v be_v many_o serapio_n cap._n lib._n 7._o first_o medicamemorum_fw-la multas_fw-la esse_fw-la causas_fw-la compositionum_fw-la medicamemorum_fw-la when_o in_o cure_v or_o expel_v a_o disease_n there_o be_v no_o one_o simple_a medicament_n altogether_o contrary_a to_o it_o then_o must_v some_o compound_v be_v use_v which_o may_v supply_v the_o defect_n of_o the_o simple_a as_o when_o we_o will_v moderate_o cleanse_v a_o ulcer_n we_o mix_v two_o simple_a medicament_n the_o one_o whereof_o will_v do_v it_o too_o potent_o the_o other_o too_o negligent_o now_o from_o the_o concourse_n and_o commistion_n of_o these_o two_o will_v proceed_v one_o moderate_a detersory_n the_o second_o cause_n of_o composition_n be_v that_o the_o violence_n of_o the_o medicament_n may_v be_v obtund_v or_o its_o ignavy_a excite_v now_o its_o violence_n be_v obtund_v by_o the_o admixtion_n of_o a_o more_o benign_a or_o a_o opposite_a medicament_n as_o when_o with_o sharp_a we_o mix_v mild_a with_o bitter_a sweet_a with_o calid_a refrigerate_n &_o with_o malign_v cordial_a medicament_n the_o three_o cause_n or_o reason_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o malady_n to_o be_v cure_v for_o to_o every_o part_n affect_v and_o noxious_a humour_n a_o medicament_n that_o be_v analogical_a and_o destinate_a to_o the_o same_o must_v be_v prescribe_v for_o it_o be_v meet_v that_o medicament_n must_v be_v give_v to_o the_o brain_n lung_n or_o other_o part_n ill_o affect_v which_o have_v respect_n to_o such_o part_n and_o will_v free_v from_o such_o a_o mortificall_a cause_n the_o situation_n also_o and_o dignity_n of_o the_o part_n affect_v demonstrate_v composition_n to_o be_v necessary_a for_o some_o part_n do_v not_o only_o require_v roboration_n which_o indeed_o be_v a_o principal_a effect_n as_o the_o brain_n by_o cephalick_n and_o the_o heart_n by_o cordial_n as_o galen_n command_v cap._n 1._o lib._n 1._o comp_n med_a gener_fw-la but_o also_o oftentimes_o alteration_n and_o a_o vindication_n from_o the_o noxious_a humour_n which_o one_o simple_a medicament_n can_v effect_v furthermore_o a_o part_n situate_v far_o from_o the_o remedy_n speak_v composition_n to_o be_v necessary_a for_o some_o attenuate_a medicament_n must_v be_v mix_v with_o these_o remedy_n that_o the_o quality_n thereof_o may_v permeate_n to_o the_o part_n affect_v as_o galen_n declare_v lib._n 1_o de_fw-fr comp_n per_fw-la gener_fw-la there_o be_v also_o other_o less_o necessary_a cause_n of_o composition_n as_o when_o medicament_n be_v dulcorate_v with_o sugar_n or_o honey_n that_o they_o may_v be_v more_o acceptable_a to_o the_o palate_n and_o heart_n or_o when_o they_o be_v condit_v with_o cinnamon_n and_o other_o sweet_a spice_n or_o wash_v in_o convenient_a decoction_n or_o compose_v into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o bowl_n or_o solid_a electuary_n for_o many_o medicament_n be_v conjoin_v mix_v and_o unite_v together_o for_o odour_n sapour_fw-la colour_n or_o jucundity_n sake_n and_o also_o for_o preservation_n to_o future_a use_n chap._n ii_o of_o syrup_n in_o general_n whereas_o many_o plant_n can_v always_o be_v have_v in_o readiness_n and_o integrall_n but_o either_o their_o leaf_n will_v be_v fall_v or_o their_o root_n hide_v in_o the_o ground_n as_o in_o winter_n or_o their_o virtue_n decay_v their_o leaf_n and_o flower_n be_v scatter_v or_o they_o will_v not_o be_v find_v when_o urgent_a necessity_n require_v juice_n be_v extract_v out_o of_o they_o for_o future_a use_n or_o their_o decoction_n condit_v with_o a_o sufficient_a quantity_n of_o sugar_n or_o honey_n or_o both_o together_o be_v prepare_v so_o as_o they_o may_v be_v keep_v a_o long_a time_n without_o impair_n their_o strength_n and_o virtue_n after_o great_a coction_n till_o they_o acquire_v the_o the_o consistency_n of_o a_o syrup_n now_o a_o syrup_n be_v a_o certain_a liquid_a medicament_n of_o juice_n or_o decoction_n so_o long_o coct_v with_o honey_n or_o sugar_n quid_fw-la syrupus_fw-la quid_fw-la for_o sapour_fw-la and_o conservation_n sake_n till_o it_o attain_v a_o just_a consistency_n which_o may_v be_v know_v if_o one_o drop_n of_o it_o drop_v on_o a_o marble_n stone_n dilate_v not_o but_o cleave_v together_o or_o take_v betwixt_o one_o finger_n dwawne_v out_o in_o thread_n or_o teat_n syrup_n be_v invent_v by_o the_o arabian_n which_o avicena_n lib._n 5._o serm_n 1._o tract_n 6._o call_v decoction_n or_o juice_n thicken_v with_o sweetness_n according_a to_o the_o arabic_a word_n scarab_n 〈◊〉_d sharab_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o denote_v a_o certain_a drink_n but_o sweet_a or_o srab_n which_o signify_v sweet_a wine_n or_o rather_o a_o syrup_n or_o potion_n prepare_v after_o our_o manner_n the_o greek_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o sometime_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ancient_n by_o all_o these_o often_o understand_v oinomel_n or_o sweet_a potion_n for_o the_o name_n syrup_n and_o the_o preparation_n thereof_o be_v scarce_o know_v to_o ancient_a grecian_n but_o some_o hold_n that_o the_o name_n syrup_n be_v more_o probable_o derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d juice_n and_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o draw_v syrupietymologia_fw-la nominis_fw-la syrupietymologia_fw-la as_o it_o be_v a_o juice_n extract_v or_o that_o they_o be_v derive_v from_o syria_n or_o from_o that_o which_o alexander_n aphrodiseus_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d wine_n boil_a to_o the_o half_a new_a wine_n wine_z boil_a to_o the_o three_o part_n or_o a_o sweet_a potion_n of_o wine_n and_o honey_n syrup_n be_v perfect_o coct_v with_o honey_n or_o sugar_n that_o they_o may_v not_o corrupt_v but_o be_v useful_a for_o a_o whole_a year_n and_o they_o therefore_o have_v a_o thick_a consistency_n a_o mean_a betwixt_o wine_n boil_a to_o the_o three_o and_o a_o julep_n as_o a_o apozem_n betwixt_o a_o julep_n and_o a_o syrup_n for_o a_o syrup_n be_v not_o so_o thick_a as_o sapa_fw-la nor_o a_o julep_n as_o a_o syrup_n nor_o a_o apozem_a as_o a_o julep_n for_o as_o syrup_n which_o because_o thick_a may_v be_v keep_v long_a &_o safe_o so_o apozem_n and_o julep_n be_v thin_a may_v not_o be_v keep_v long_o and_o safe_o for_o they_o will_v not_o keep_v one_o week_n and_o therefore_o physician_n be_v wont_a to_o prescribe_v they_o to_o present_a use_n and_o have_v they_o make_v so_o oft_o as_o necessity_n require_v but_o we_o shall_v treat_v more_o large_o of_o these_o in_o the_o next_o book_n for_o now_o we_o shall_v speak_v of_o such_o as_o may_v be_v keep_v by_o the_o apothecary_n for_o a_o long_a time_n of_o which_o for_o present_a use_n
after_o a_o little_a refrigeration_n the_o several_a species_n must_v be_v by_o little_a and_o little_o add_v confound_v and_o mix_v with_o a_o spatula_fw-la till_o it_o have_v get_v it_o who_o solidity_n and_o equability_n than_o it_o must_v be_v lay_v on_o a_o marble_n before_o it_o be_v cold_a and_o with_o the_o spatula_fw-la dilate_v and_o plane_v when_o it_o be_v cold_a it_o may_v be_v cut_v into_o lozenge_n square_a or_o round_o of_o one_o two_o or_o three_o dramm_v weight_n which_o after_o they_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o hardness_n of_o sugar_n must_v be_v lay_v in_o box_n or_o chest_n of_o what_o consistency_n soever_o the_o electuary_n be_v whether_o solid_a or_o soft_a it_o preserve_v the_o strength_n of_o the_o simples_n well_o and_o long_o yet_o do_v the_o soft_a preserve_v it_o long_o than_o the_o solid_a because_o its_o humidity_n be_v great_a it_o more_o constrain_v the_o faculty_n of_o the_o medicament_n and_o hinder_v they_o from_o be_v dissipate_v by_o the_o air_n by_o how_o much_o a_o electuary_n be_v more_o grateful_a to_o the_o palate_n by_o so_o much_o the_o soon_o do_v its_o energy_n and_o faculty_n decay_v for_o its_o efficacy_n will_v scarce_o endure_v a_o year_n bitter_a and_o ingrateful_a will_v endure_v two_o or_o three_o year_n and_o the_o antidote_n against_o wild_a beast_n bite_n or_o poison_n sometime_o ten_o year_n without_o damage_n chap._n xii_o of_o hiera_n hierae_fw-la differ_v little_a from_o the_o opiate_n nomen_fw-la hiera_n pierae_fw-la unde_fw-la habeant_fw-la nomen_fw-la opiate_n from_o liquid_a electuary_n for_o they_o have_v all_o the_o same_o consistency_n and_o often_o the_o same_o purge_a faculty_n yet_o electuary_n and_o opiate_n do_v sometime_o purge_v neither_o molest_v the_o belly_n nor_o displease_v the_o palate_n with_o their_o sapour_fw-la but_o hierae_fw-la beside_o their_o purge_a faculty_n which_o they_o always_o have_v be_v very_o bitter_a and_o unacceptable_a which_o their_o name_n show_v for_o they_o be_v call_v picrae_fw-la for_o their_o exceed_a bitterness_n as_o hiera_n i_o e._n holy_a for_o their_o excellent_a effect_n they_o be_v compound_v of_o loosen_a and_o bitter_a yet_o medicament_n good_a for_o the_o stomach_n which_o incide_n and_o gentle_o purge_v gross_a and_o phlegmatic_a humour_n out_o of_o the_o first_o region_n of_o the_o body_n emendarit_fw-la hiera_n picra_fw-la galeni_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quod_fw-la cam_fw-la emendarit_fw-la and_o especial_o those_o that_o be_v call_v galens_n hierae_fw-la because_o change_v and_o mend_v by_o he_o cap._n 11._o lib._n 8._o comp_n med_a local_a which_o say_v he_o be_v the_o best_a remedy_n for_o the_o melanchollicke_n affection_n of_o the_o belly_n for_o many_o stomachicall_a malady_n have_v be_v cure_v by_o he_o in_o one_o day_n therewith_o for_o since_o aloe_n be_v mix_v hereunto_o which_o be_v very_o good_a for_o the_o stomach_n and_o cinnamon_n which_o be_v effectual_a in_o open_v exterge_a and_o attenuate_a for_o it_o be_v of_o very_o thin_a part_n they_o may_v be_v exhibit_v useful_o for_o all_o gross_a and_o viscous_a humour_n non_fw-la quib_n we_o conveniat_fw-la &_o quibus_fw-la non_fw-la and_o all_o affection_n about_o the_o belly_n and_o stomach_n proceed_v from_o vicious_a juice_n but_o not_o if_o they_o proceed_v from_o a_o sharp_a fever_n hiera_n who_o faculty_n be_v to_o calefy_v and_o exiccate_a may_v not_o be_v secure_o use_v in_o those_o fever_n whereby_o humour_n be_v accend_v in_o the_o vessel_n and_o whereby_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v inflame_v though_o by_o galens_n advice_n they_o may_v safe_o be_v use_v in_o fever_n that_o be_v not_o vehement_a there_o be_v beside_o galens_n picrae_fw-la descriptae_fw-la hierae_fw-la varia_fw-la descriptae_fw-la hierae_fw-la various_o describe_v various_a composition_n which_o from_o their_o effect_n be_v call_v hierae_fw-la and_o from_o their_o sapour_n picrae_fw-la as_o from_o that_o matter_n which_o in_o composition_n quantity_n or_o quality_n be_v preheminent_a one_o hiera_n be_v call_v the_o colloquintidan_n hiera_n other_o be_v confect_v under_o the_o name_n of_o logadius_n pacchus_n or_o myrepfius_n either_o because_o they_o first_o invent_v their_o composition_n or_o else_o alter_v augment_v and_o correct_v they_o the_o descriptious_a composition_n and_o power_n of_o every_o one_o shall_v be_v large_o treat_v of_o teach_v and_o explain_v in_o our_o book_n term_v the_o shop_n some_o hierae_fw-la have_v their_o purgative_a power_n only_o from_o aloe_n and_o that_o not_o potent_a and_o galen_n cap._n 2._o lib._n 4._o de_fw-la loc_fw-la affect_v say_v that_o they_o scarce_o condescend_v to_o the_o place_n about_o the_o liver_n unless_o they_o be_v take_v in_o a_o more_o ample_a weight_n they_o may_v be_v commodious_o give_v for_o the_o suffusion_n or_o web_n in_o the_o eye_n because_o they_o rather_o educe_v noxious_a humour_n from_o the_o brain_n than_o from_o the_o stomach_n but_o such_o as_o admit_v of_o coloquintida_n or_o agarick_n or_o both_o or_o scammony_n do_v potent_o move_v the_o belly_n and_o draw_v hurtful_a humour_n from_o all_o the_o part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o purge_v they_o out_o chap._n xiii_o of_o opiate_n in_o general_n opiate_n be_v reckon_v among_o liquid_a electuary_n and_o so_o call_v because_o they_o have_v opium_n in_o their_o mixture_n or_o from_o their_o similitude_n to_o hypnoticall_a medicament_n or_o from_o their_o consistency_n present_o after_o their_o inspissation_n or_o peradventure_o from_o their_o colour_n which_o in_o opium_n or_o the_o juice_n of_o black_a poppy_n and_o in_o liquid_a antidote_n whether_o cordial_n or_o open_v be_v the_o same_o and_o although_o the_o ancient_n call_v those_o medicament_n only_a opiate_n too_o strict_o which_o admit_v of_o opium_n in_o their_o mixture_n of_o what_o consistency_n soever_o whether_o solid_a as_o the_o alchemist_n laudanum_n and_o pill_n of_o cynoglosson_fw-la or_o soft_a as_o the_o roman_a philonium_fw-la yet_o be_v they_o in_o a_o large_a sense_n take_v for_o any_o soft_a confection_n cordial_n alter_v amplissima_fw-la opiatarum_fw-la appellatio_fw-la amplissima_fw-la purge_a or_o narcoticall_a whether_o they_o admit_v opium_n as_o antidote_n against_o venomous_a beast_n or_o they_o consist_v only_o in_o cordial_a and_o alter_a ingredient_n as_o alkerme_n and_o the_o confection_n of_o violet_n or_o of_o purge_v ingredient_n as_o triphera_n diaprunum_n and_o such_o like_a which_o be_v often_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o electuary_n and_o confection_n than_o opiate_n now_o opiate_n be_v invent_v by_o physician_n of_o ancient_a note_n gal._n inventae_fw-la opiatae_fw-la cur_n inventae_fw-la cap._n 2._o lib._n 2._o de_fw-la loc_fw-la affect_v aet_fw-la c._n 12._o lib._n 2._o the_o sign_n &_o cause_n diut_a morb_n to_o leniate_v the_o rigour_n of_o grief_n for_o grief_n be_v a_o sad_a passion_n quid_fw-la dolour_n quid_fw-la grievous_a to_o nature_n and_o hard_o to_o be_v endure_v it_o do_v various_o exagitate_v humour_n corrupt_v the_o blood_n accend_v a_o fever_n and_o deject_v the_o spirit_n affectus_fw-la ejus_fw-la affectus_fw-la so_o that_o the_o physician_n be_v sometime_o compel_v to_o relinquish_v the_o former_a disease_n that_o he_o may_v cure_v this_o great_a symptom_n with_o these_o presidy_n which_o though_o they_o take_v not_o away_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o disease_n yet_o they_o so_o refresh_v the_o sense_n and_o spirit_n by_o conciliate_a ease_n and_o sleep_v that_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o symptom_n be_v debate_v they_o may_v afterward_o extrude_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o disease_n more_o easy_o the_o vehemency_n therefore_o of_o grief_n be_v to_o be_v deceive_v parens_fw-la doloris_fw-la vehementia_fw-la desperationis_fw-la interdum_fw-la parens_fw-la sometime_o with_o narcoticall_a medicament_n which_o be_v sometime_o so_o prevalent_a that_o it_o drive_v man_n to_o that_o madness_n that_o they_o have_v rather_o die_v than_o live_v and_o therefore_o lie_v violent_a hand_n upon_o themselves_o galen_n have_v observe_v cap._n 5._o lib._n 7._o comp_n med_a loc_fw-la such_o vehehement_a vexation_n and_o torment_n in_o colicall_a dolour_n colicae_fw-la confectiones_fw-la colicae_fw-la which_o may_v be_v leniate_v by_o several_a medicament_n that_o he_o describe_v certain_a narcoticall_a opiate_n and_o leave_v they_o to_o posterity_n which_o he_o call_v colical_a confection_n which_o may_v mitigate_v the_o vehemency_n of_o the_o symptom_n stay_v the_o motion_n of_o humour_n and_o stupify_v the_o sense_n hence_o they_o be_v call_v narcoticall_a opiate_n because_o they_o bring_v to_o the_o part_n a_o certain_a necrosy_n or_o mortification_n and_o they_o be_v call_v annodyna_n i._n e._n grief-absolving_a medicine_n because_o for_o present_a they_o mitigate_v and_o absolve_v from_o pain_n and_o grief_n for_o anodynes_n be_v not_o all_o of_o one_o sort_n quae_fw-la paregorica_fw-la quae_fw-la for_o some_o be_v paregoricall_a or_o leniate_a which_o be_v temperate_a and_o most_o agree_v without_o heat_n as_o hydreole_n the_o root_n of_o lily_n boil_a in_o milk_n and_o oil_n of_o almond_n other_o be_v call_v alliotical_a which_o leniate_v the_o
convolve_v into_o gobbet_n be_v the_o worst_a some_o call_v it_o adrobolon_n that_o which_o grow_v in_o media_n call_v by_o physician_n parthian_a bdellium_n furthermore_o out_o of_o what_o tree_n bdellium_n exude_v be_v not_o conclude_v of_o among_o grave_n and_o learned_a man_n some_o say_v it_o flow_v from_o one_o like_o that_o which_o emit_v myrrh_n other_o affirm_v the_o contrary_a neither_o can_v i_o at_o present_a determine_v this_o doubtful_a cause_n perhaps_o they_o both_o come_v from_o plant_n much_o alike_o one_o from_o a_o sative_a tree_n the_o other_o from_o a_o wild_a one_o as_o we_o see_v many_o apple_n pear_n and_o plum_n much_o different_a in_o odour_n colour_n and_o sapour_fw-la which_o grow_v on_o tree_n very_o much_o agree_v however_o bdellium_n be_v no_o whit_n rare_a and_o we_o have_v it_o as_o good_a as_o ever_o the_o ancient_n design_v it_o it_o calify_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la mollify_v resolve_n it_o discuss_n hardness_n and_o gurtural_a tumor_n and_o humid_a bursting_n it_o relaxate_v the_o spiracle_n of_o the_o matrix_fw-la either_o by_o admotion_n or_o suffumigation_n it_o extract_v floor_n young_a and_o all_o humour_n be_v drink_v it_o break_v the_o stone_n and_o expel_v urine_n it_o be_v excellent_a for_o mixture_n with_o a_o pultess_n against_o the_o hardness_n and_o knot_n of_o sinew_n sect_n x._o of_o other_o humour_n and_o juice_n arise_v from_o plant_n the_o humour_n of_o plant_n say_v theophrastus_n by_o a_o usual_a nomenclature_n call_v juice_n be_v the_o proper_a blood_n of_o the_o plant_n which_o if_o the_o plant_n want_v it_o wither_v and_o perish_v but_o if_o it_o abound_v it_o wax_v young_a and_o flourish_v but_o this_o succe_fw-la or_o humour_n be_v various_a according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o plant._n for_o in_o some_o it_o be_v crass_a liquid_a viscid_a glutinous_a fryable_a gummeous_a in_o other_o fat_a oleous_a odorate_a rosinous_a in_o some_o melleous_a lacteous_a salsuginous_a as_o we_o have_v declare_v before_o of_o gummeove_n rosinous_a and_o oleaginous_a juice_n we_o have_v speak_v sufficient_o before_o it_o remain_v nor_o that_o we_o treat_v of_o other_o juice_n more_o gross_a and_o terrestrial_a chap._n 1._o of_o opium_n poppy_n be_v either_o sative_a or_o wild_a of_o both_o which_o there_o be_v many_o species_n the_o succe_fw-la express_v and_o concrete_v from_o the_o sative_n be_v call_v meconium_n meconium_n meconium_n only_o the_o lacryma_fw-la or_o succe_fw-la of_o the_o black_a poppy_n whether_o spontaneous_o or_o by_o vulneration_n eruct_v from_o its_o head_n be_v for_o its_o dignity_n by_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o latin_n opium_n whereof_o there_o be_v many_o variety_n respondent_fw-la to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o region_n where_o it_o be_v collect_v the_o theban_a opium_n and_o that_o which_o be_v bring_v from_o cairus_n be_v whitish_a and_o the_o best_a those_o that_o come_v out_o of_o syria_n alexandria_n and_o other_o region_n be_v black_a and_o not_o so_o good_a the_o latter_a writer_n also_o assert_v that_o the_o best_a opium_n flow_v from_o white_a poppy_n that_o which_o come_v from_o cambaia_n flow_v from_o the_o great_a poppy_n there_o call_v carcax_n each_o of_o who_o head_n equalize_v in_o magnitude_n a_o ostrich_n egg_n so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o such_o plenty_n of_o succe_fw-la shall_v erupt_v from_o they_o when_o vulnerate_v all_o agree_v not_o about_o the_o quality_n of_o opium_n for_o dioscorides_n and_o many_o more_o say_v it_o be_v cold_a in_o the_o four_o degree_n quality_n its_o quality_n matthiolus_n oppose_v they_o from_o its_o odour_n and_o acrimony_n i_o think_v it_o be_v of_o a_o mist_n quality_n participate_v of_o a_o light_n and_o fugacious_a calidity_n but_o a_o more_o valid_a and_o contumacious_a frigidity_n beside_o its_o elementary_a quality_n it_o have_v other_o also_o which_o much_o commend_v it_o if_o exhibit_v opportune_o and_o in_o a_o just_a dosis_n and_o much_o discommend_v it_o if_o undue_o use_v for_o it_o do_v not_o only_o induce_v tremor_n and_o palsy_n but_o lead_v to_o a_o perpetual_a sleep_n right_o prepare_v and_o right_o administer_v it_o help_v much_o for_o it_o cure_v perpetual_a watch_n by_o conciliate_a sleep_n it_o allay_v and_o deceive_v the_o fierceness_n of_o any_o dolour_n by_o make_v the_o sense_n more_o stupid_a it_o be_v much_o use_v in_o mauritania_n and_o asia_n where_o they_o call_v it_o amfium_n and_o osium_n as_o though_o opium_n be_v the_o most_o admirable_a exhilarator_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o erecter_n of_o the_o body_n whereunto_o they_o have_v so_o accustom_v themselves_o that_o if_o they_o shall_v total_o abstain_v from_o it_o they_o will_v periclitate_v their_o life_n the_o turkish_a soldier_n use_v to_o eat_v it_o that_o they_o may_v be_v more_o cheerful_a for_o battle_n and_o like_o drunken_a or_o madman_n precipitate_v themselves_o careless_o into_o danger_n some_o think_v it_o stimulate_v to_o venery_n but_o reason_n and_o experience_n refragate_v its_o use_n rather_o arceat_v its_o heat_n by_o make_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o flesh_n more_o ignave_n chap._n 2._o of_o elaterium_fw-la elaterium_fw-la be_v numerate_v among_o mochlical_a medicament_n which_o agitate_v the_o body_n by_o a_o turbulent_a motion_n which_o though_o it_o be_v violent_a yet_o hypocrates_n use_v it_o sect._n 2._o lib._n de_fw-fr loc_fw-fr in_o hom_n now_o it_o be_v seldom_o usurp_a except_o in_o a_o few_o region_n in_o italy_n where_o some_o take_v it_o for_o the_o curation_n of_o such_o disease_n as_o mild_a remedy_n will_v not_o profit_v elaterium_fw-la according_a to_o theophrastus_n be_v the_o inspissated_a succe_fw-la of_o a_o wild_a cucumer_n which_o by_o a_o special_a propriety_n will_v keep_v two_o hundred_o year_n it_o be_v say_v he_o the_o most_o diuturnal_a of_o all_o medicament_n and_o that_o be_v best_a which_o be_v old_a which_o to_o experience_n a_o certain_a medick_n have_v receive_v some_o for_o a_o gift_n very_o old_a keep_v it_o till_o its_o two_o hundred_o year_n be_v expire_v the_o cause_n why_o it_o endure_v so_o long_o i_o think_v be_v its_o copious_a humour_n whereby_o it_o extinguish_v a_o candle_n if_o it_o be_v set_v near_o it_o till_o fifty_o year_n be_v perfect_v the_o manner_n of_o its_o extraction_n and_o inspissation_n be_v notorious_a which_o he_o that_o know_v not_o may_v learn_v of_o dioscorides_n wild_a cucumer_n which_o we_o call_v anguine_a or_o ass_n cucumer_n be_v very_o like_o the_o sative_a only_o its_o leaf_n be_v not_o so_o angulous_a and_o more_o hoary_a its_o fruit_n be_v lesser_a pale_o green_a and_o full_a of_o seed_n and_o succe_fw-la which_o leap_v out_o at_o the_o first_o touch_n like_o siliquous_a arsmart_n which_o they_o thence_o call_v nolime_n tangere_fw-la the_o wild_a cucumer_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la and_o succe_fw-la of_o its_o fruit_n which_o they_o call_v elaterium_n say_v galen_n be_v accommodate_v to_o medicine_n the_o succe_fw-la be_v very_o amare_fw-la hot_a in_o the_o second_o degree_n it_o move_v flower_n kills_z young_z and_o by_o move_v the_o belly_n educe_v water_n chap._n 3._o of_o laudanum_n laudanum_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o liquor_n exude_v out_o of_o the_o leaf_n of_o cistus_n grow_v in_o cyprus_n where_o it_o be_v call_v ledon_n which_o if_o dioscorides_n say_v true_a be_v collect_v by_o the_o she-goat_n for_o the_o kid_n and_o goat_n feed_v upon_o the_o leaf_n of_o cistus_n who_o innate_a pinguetude_n in_o the_o spring-time_n they_o deterge_n and_o receive_v with_o their_o beard_n and_o carry_v it_o on_o their_o hairy_a leg_n whereunto_o it_o adhere_v which_o afterward_o the_o incolist_n comb_v off_o and_o percolate_v make_v it_o into_o lump_n and_o so_o keep_v it_o calling_z it_z laudanum_n some_o reject_v this_o manner_n of_o accept_v laudanum_n as_o fabulous_a and_o yet_o substitute_v not_o a_o easy_a way_n it_o be_v indeed_o so_o tenacious_a and_o viscid_a that_o it_o will_v easy_o follow_v contact_n and_o may_v be_v excerp_v otherwise_o the_o cyprian_a odorate_a greenish_a soft_a laudanum_n that_o have_v not_o gather_v sand_n and_o filth_n be_v the_o best_a the_o arabian_a be_v more_o vile_a and_o worse_o it_o be_v calefactive_a and_o mollify_v open_v the_o orifice_n of_o the_o vein_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la mix_v with_o black_a wine_n myrrh_n and_o oil_n of_o myrtle_n it_o keep_v on_o deciduous_a hair_n it_o flow_v not_o from_o cissus_n that_o be_v ivy_n as_o pliny_n think_v but_o cistus_n a_o small_a surculous_a lignous_a shrub_n emit_v long_o and_o blackish_a leaf_n glutinous_a to_o the_o tact_n which_o in_o the_o spring_n exude_v a_o certain_a fat_a odorate_a and_o rosinous_a matter_n which_o collect_v by_o any_o art_n be_v call_v laudanum_n it_o bear_v small_a whitish_a flower_n like_o little_a rose_n chap._n 4._o of_o hypocistis_n beside_o ledon_n or_o the_o ladanigerous_a cistus_n there_o be_v two_o other_o variety_n the_o one_o masculine_a masc_fw-la cistus_n masc_fw-la out_o
all_o bitumen_n be_v not_o solid_a and_o hard_a but_o some_o there_o be_v perpetual_o liquid_a and_o fluid_a call_v naphta_n which_o be_v the_o colature_n of_o babylonian_a bitumen_n white_a of_o colour_n and_o most_o capacious_a of_o fire_n for_o there_o be_v so_o much_o cognation_n betwixt_o this_o and_o fire_n that_o it_o will_v present_o leap_v into_o it_o when_o near_o it_o there_o be_v also_o black_a bitumen_n as_o the_o true_a and_o native_a bitumen_n of_o judaea_n and_o sodom_n come_v not_o to_o we_o in_o who_o stead_n we_o use_v pissaphaltus_n or_o factitious_a bitumen_n make_v of_o petreol_n pitch_n and_o other_o thing_n so_o neither_o the_o true_a naphta_n in_o who_o stead_n we_o assume_v a_o certain_a liquor_n that_o fall_v from_o the_o field_n near_o modena_n which_o they_o call_v petreol_n as_o if_o it_o be_v oil_n educe_v out_o of_o a_o rock_n for_o both_o have_v the_o same_o cansistency_n colour_n and_o virtue_n but_o pissaphaltus_n be_v the_o commixion_n of_o pitch_n and_o bitumen_n as_o its_o name_n design_n which_o some_o use_n for_o mumy_a of_o which_o hereafter_o all_o bitumen_n discuss_n mollify_v glutinate_v defend_v from_o inflammation_n by_o obfaction_n suffumigation_n or_o imposition_n emend_v the_o proptosis_n and_o strangulation_n of_o the_o uterus_fw-la but_o our_o bitumen_n be_v seldom_o right_a naphta_n extenuate_v incides_fw-la digest_v penetrate_v absume_v frigid_a and_o crass_a humour_n in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o cure_v the_o resolution_n of_o the_o nerve_n palsy_n and_o disease_n in_o the_o artery_n from_o a_o cold_a cause_n some_o yet_o recenseate_a more_o bituman_n as_o that_o furfurous_a pinguetude_n which_o some_o call_v whales-sperm_n quid_fw-la sperma_fw-la caeti_fw-la quid_fw-la other_o white-amber_n and_o many_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o sea_n for_o it_o be_v collect_v on_o the_o sea_n who_o fat_a spume_n or_o innatant_fw-la flower_n it_o be_v many_o think_v it_o be_v dioscorides_n his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chap._n 9_o of_o sulphur_n sulphur_n be_v either_o native_a and_o fossil_a call_v brimstone_n and_o quick-sulphur_n or_o factitious_a the_o native_a be_v natural_o generate_v of_o a_o certain_a fat_a portion_n of_o earth_n much_o whereof_o be_v in_o lipara_n melos_n and_o such_o place_n where_o the_o factitious_a be_v make_v the_o splendent_a pellucid_a and_o not_o saxous_a be_v best_a who_o colour_n without_o be_v subcincritious_a within_o subluteous_a many_o mountain_n be_v very_o sulphureous_a as_o aetna_n which_o eructate_v perpetual_a flame_n the_o factitious_a be_v make_v of_o some_o fat_a glebe_n which_o be_v effode_v out_o of_o sulphureous_a mine_n the_o manner_n of_o its_o confection_n i_o leave_v to_o such_o rustic_n as_o be_v exercise_v therein_o the_o green_a and_o fat_a be_v best_a sulphur_n have_v much_o cognation_n with_o fire_n for_o if_o it_o be_v cast_v upon_o coal_n it_o will_v burn_v and_o not_o be_v extinguish_v till_o all_o its_o oleous_a and_o fat_a substance_n be_v absume_v all_o sulphur_n be_v not_o alike_o in_o colour_n for_o some_o be_v green_a some_o more_o luteous_a some_o cineritious_a and_o some_o pallid_a or_o lucid_a whence_o we_o may_v gather_v that_o it_o be_v of_o more_o sort_n than_o two_o pliny_n also_o enumerate_v four_o some_z whereof_z be_v hard_o other_o fat_a and_o other_o more_o inflammal_a that_o sulphur_n whereof_o alchemist_n tell_v many_o vain_a and_o ridiculous_a story_n be_v not_o common_a sulphur_n yet_o it_o be_v mix_v though_o they_o assert_v that_o it_o be_v a_o principle_n of_o mixture_n but_o no_o more_o of_o that_o in_o this_o place_n there_o be_v a_o certain_a fat_a liquor_n very_o efficacious_a sulphuris_fw-la oleum_fw-la sulphuris_fw-la educe_v out_o of_o sulphur_n yet_o such_o as_o may_v not_o be_v use_v imperite_o lest_o it_o do_v more_o harm_n then_o good_a there_o be_v a_o powder_n also_o make_v of_o sulphur_n against_o the_o vice_n of_o the_o lung_n who_o event_n demonstrate_v its_o excellency_n that_o medicament_n which_o mesue_n call_v diasulphur_n be_v hence_o denominate_v sulphur_n calify_v coct_n resolve_n cure_n cough_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la and_o difficulty_n of_o breathe_v take_v in_o a_o egg_n or_o burn_v and_o its_o smoke_n catch_v move_v spittle_n mix_v with_o butter_n or_o swines-grease_n it_o mitigate_v and_o kill_v the_o itch_n erupt_a on_o the_o whole_a body_n and_o mix_v with_o turpentine_n it_o cure_v tetter_n rough_a nail_n and_o scab_n chap._n 10._o of_o ambergris_n ambergris_n which_o be_v unknown_a to_o the_o ancient_n be_v neither_o the_o seed_n of_o balena_fw-la nor_o excrement_n of_o any_o other_o whale_n nor_o yet_o the_o dung_n of_o any_o bird_n educate_v in_o the_o isle_n maldina_n with_o odoriferous_a herb_n which_o dung_n be_v by_o the_o sea_n wash_v of_o those_o rock_n as_o some_o somniate_v nor_o yet_o any_o kind_n of_o maritimous_a mushroom_n eradicate_v by_o the_o sea_n as_o many_o have_v assert_v nor_o yet_o any_o thing_n make_v of_o laudanum_n aloe_n wood_n storax_n and_o civer_n as_o fuschius_n credit_v but_o a_o certain_a kind_n of_o bitumen_n by_o storm_n drive_v from_o the_o fountain_n and_o channel_n of_o the_o sea_n to_o the_o shore_n where_o expose_v to_o the_o air_n it_o speedy_o condense_n as_o many_o thing_n do_v which_o while_o they_o be_v in_o the_o water_n be_v soft_a and_o tender_a but_o eruct_v become_v dry_a and_o hard_a as_o amber_n perhaps_o as_o it_o be_v story_v a_o great_a quantity_n of_o ambergris_n have_v be_v find_v in_o a_o whale_n belly_n but_o while_o she_o be_v alive_a she_o have_v get_v it_o and_o inge_v it_o in_o the_o sea_n for_o it_o be_v absurd_a to_o think_v that_o amber_n shall_v be_v the_o whale_n excrement_n when_o the_o best_a amber_n devour_v by_o a_o whale_n lose_v its_o bonity_n and_o suavity_n which_o simeon_n sethi_n smell_v well_o enough_o who_o assert_v that_o amber_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o bitumen_n flow_v out_o of_o some_o fountain_n say_v that_o that_o which_o be_v devour_v by_o fish_n be_v the_o worst_a that_o can_v be_v garcias_n ab_fw-la horto_fw-la seem_v to_o assert_v that_o it_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o odorate_a earth_n see_v there_o be_v not_o only_o a_o fragment_n of_o three_o thousand_o pound_n weight_n of_o amber_n find_v in_o the_o earth_n but_o whole_a island_n of_o pure_a amber_n and_o he_o prove_v the_o probability_n hereof_o from_o the_o infinite_a variety_n of_o earth_n in_o colour_n and_o quality_n and_o see_v in_o this_o general_a acception_n bitumen_n may_v be_v call_v a_o kind_n of_o earth_n i_o do_v nor_o impugn_v the_o verisimilitude_n of_o his_o assertion_n especial_o find_v it_o call_v precious_a earth_n thus_o have_v i_o brief_o relate_v the_o whole_a history_n of_o amber_n for_o i_o will_v neither_o undertake_v neither_o will_v my_o short_a annotation_n bear_v the_o discussion_n of_o such_o opinion_n as_o have_v be_v publish_v about_o amber_n that_o amber_n which_o be_v most_o odorate_a devoid_a of_o filth_n perforate_v with_o a_o needle_n emit_v much_o fat_a succe_fw-la that_o which_o be_v cineritious_a and_o not_o black_a be_v good_a that_o which_o be_v black_a or_o very_o candid_a be_v not_o good_a it_o calefy_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la resolve_n recreate_v the_o heart_n brain_n and_o principal_a part_n refresh_v the_o spirit_n cure_v swound_n erect_v the_o strength_n exhilarate_v the_o mind_n and_o cure_v palpitation_n chap._n 11._o of_o yellow_a amber_n or_o electrum_n orange-coloured_n amber_n be_v various_o denominate_v the_o greek_n call_v it_o electrum_n the_o persian_n and_o mauritanian_n charabe_n that_o be_v catch-straw_n the_o german_n glesum_fw-la that_o be_v glass_n because_o it_o be_v splendent_a the_o roman_n succinum_fw-la because_o it_o be_v the_o product_n of_o succe_fw-la or_o sea-bitumen_n concrete_v but_o not_o the_o succe_fw-la of_o pine_n or_o black_a poplar_n as_o many_o have_v assert_v for_o it_o be_v find_v in_o the_o deep_n and_o upon_o seashore_n concrete_v of_o the_o fat_a juice_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o earth_n this_o matter_n while_o lend_v viscid_a and_o fat_a before_o it_o be_v obdurate_v and_o dry_v catch_n and_o detain_v many_o fly_n gnat_n aunt_n and_o such_o like_a infect_v which_o dye_n dry_a and_o odorate_v together_o with_o the_o amber_n this_o amber_n be_v either_o white_a or_o flave_n the_o white_a which_o be_v more_o odorate_a and_o light_a be_v good_a so_o also_o be_v the_o flave_n if_o pellucid_n and_o such_o as_o may_v be_v make_v by_o attrition_n to_o smell_v like_o rosemary_n and_o attract_v chaff_n or_o straw_n it_o be_v powder_n give_v in_o convenient_a liquor_n cohibit_v the_o flux_n of_o blood_n roborate_v the_o bowel_n and_o be_v good_a against_o the_o white_a fluor_fw-la of_o the_o womb_n one_o dragm_n thereof_o take_v in_o a_o soft_a egg_n will_v stay_v the_o flux_n of_o sperm_n and_o will_v help_v such_o as_o be_v tabid_v infest_a with_o hardness_n of_o intestine_n difficulty_n of_o breathe_v and_o long_a cough_n
white_a and_o perspicuous_a whereof_o image_n be_v carve_v and_o vessel_n make_v to_o receive_v and_o keep_v unguent_n chap._n 12._o of_o crystal_n crystal_n be_v not_o congeal_a water_n quid_fw-la crystal_n quid_fw-la as_o many_o think_v but_o a_o mineral_n stone_n white_z pellucid_a and_o nitent_fw-la like_o clear_a water_n consist_v of_o a_o aqueous_a and_o pure_a humour_n not_o concrete_v by_o cold_a but_o as_o many_o say_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o some_o divine_a calour_n neither_o be_v it_o make_v of_o ice_n though_o it_o be_v thence_o denominate_v and_o often_o sound_a in_o deep_a snow_n but_o of_o a_o humour_n of_o its_o own_o for_o ice_n warm_v by_o the_o fire_n melt_v easy_o but_o crystal_n hardly_o though_o encompass_v round_o with_o fire_n and_o always_o agitate_a with_o flame_n and_o wind_n crystal_n be_v also_o find_v under_o the_o earth_n among_o stone_n in_o very_o hot_a region_n where_o this_o crystalline_a humour_n both_o from_o the_o universal_a cause_n and_o a_o certain_a terrestrial_a potency_n lapidify_v no_o other_o than_o amber_n and_o coral_n which_o at_o first_o be_v humour_n also_o and_o afterward_o concrete_a into_o a_o lapideous_a solidity_n not_o by_o cold_a but_o from_o the_o aptitude_n of_o the_o matter_n the_o most_o pure_a usus_fw-la usus_fw-la pellucid_a and_o nitent_fw-la crystal_n be_v best_a it_o be_v not_o only_o fit_a for_o the_o make_n of_o cup_n vessel_n bracelet_n and_o other_o elegant_a matter_n but_o its_o powder_n ingrede_n the_o citrian_a unguent_n and_o be_v commend_v in_o dentifrice_n and_o other_o medicament_n inservient_fw-la to_o ornament_n chap._n 13._o of_o gypsum_fw-la a_o kind_n of_o talkum_n or_o lime_n gypsum_fw-la be_v know_v to_o all_o especial_o to_o the_o lutetians_n who_o wall_n house_n and_o palace_n be_v general_o cement_v therewith_o who_o suburbane_n mynes_n be_v whole_o of_o this_o limestone_n who_o cunicle_n contain_v not_o any_o flint_n or_o other_o stone_n now_o this_o gypsum_fw-la be_v a_o white_a and_o nitent_fw-la stone_n easy_o divisible_a into_o plate_n and_o fit_a for_o structure_n edifice_n and_o wall_n crude_a gypsum_fw-la be_v not_o usurp_v to_o the_o fabric_n of_o house_n but_o it_o be_v first_o burn_v till_o it_o become_v tabid_v white_a and_o easy_o pulverable_a then_o dilute_v with_o water_n which_o afterward_o concretes_n to_o a_o stony_a hardness_n before_o it_o be_v harden_v it_o be_v agitate_a with_o a_o spade_n subact_v and_o wrought_v so_o as_o it_o may_v be_v soft_a and_o sequacious_a more_o fit_a to_o agglutinate_v stone_n or_o compact_v other_o work_n it_o be_v best_a when_o new_o coct_v for_o if_o it_o be_v long_o keep_v it_o will_v be_v more_o humid_a and_o will_v not_o concrete_a so_o solid_o there_o be_v two_o sort_n hereof_o the_o one_o more_o common_a which_o be_v obscure_o nitent_fw-la the_o other_o more_o rare_a which_o be_v cleave_v into_o plate_n and_o splendent_a like_o specular_a stone_n whence_o many_o call_v it_o talkum_o but_o improper_o for_o talkum_n be_v more_o slender_a squamous_a white_a and_o lucid_a some_o call_v it_o selenite_fw-la some_o juggler_n by_o their_o deceptive_a art_n make_v a_o oil_n of_o talkum_n to_o wash_v erugate_v and_o dealbate_v old_a wife_n face_n withal_o and_o so_o daily_o deceive_v silly_a woman_n that_o will_v not_o endure_v deformity_n with_o their_o vain_a promise_n while_o wary_o yet_o not_o illicite_o they_o put_v their_o hand_n into_o the_o woman_n purse_n for_o it_o be_v no_o injury_n or_o deceit_n to_o beguile_v those_o that_o consent_n and_o be_v willing_a it_o have_v a_o astringent_a faculty_n and_o be_v good_a against_o rupture_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la chap._n 14._o of_o chalk_n chalk_n lime_n and_o gypsum_fw-la be_v agglutinative_a stone_n use_v in_o compact_v rich_a man_n house_n for_o poor_a man_n cottage_n be_v ement_v only_o with_o a_o little_a clay_n subact_v now_o lime_n after_o it_o have_v once_o drink_v water_n bear_v it_o not_o again_o but_o chalk_n be_v nourish_v by_o water_n and_o long_o and_o better_o preserve_v therewith_o when_o i_o name_v chalk_n i_o mean_v that_o which_o be_v very_o white_a pulverable_a friable_a and_o by_o infusion_n in_o water_n inflammeable_a for_o crude_a chalk_n be_v a_o hard_a ponderous_a stone_n that_o will_v neither_o dissolve_v nor_o wax_v white_a in_o water_n and_o be_v more_o proper_o call_v chalk-stone_n in_o what_o part_n chalk_n be_v find_v there_o be_v no_o lime_n and_o where_o lime_n be_v find_v there_o be_v no_o chalk_n that_o chalk_n be_v best_a which_o touch_v with_o water_n make_v a_o noise_n ignify_v and_o be_v cineritious_a for_o age_n make_v it_o white_a but_o more_o infirm_a for_o the_o air_n be_v get_v into_o it_o and_o its_o fire_n be_v abare_v dioscorides_n say_v that_o chalk_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o shell_n of_o cockle_n mussle_v or_o oyster_n so_o long_o burn_v till_o they_o be_v perfect_o white_a a_o eximious_a psylother_n may_v be_v make_v of_o quick_a chalk_n and_o auripigment_n which_o will_v easy_o depilate_v rough_a place_n this_o also_o with_o someother_n thing_n will_v make_v good_a pyrotick_n which_o will_v burn_v the_o part_n they_o be_v apply_v to_o chalk_v often_o wash_v with_o pluvial_a or_o fountain-water_n may_v useful_o be_v mix_v to_o such_o unguent_n as_o cure_v cadaverous_a ulcer_n chalk_n extinguish_v with_o water_n and_o twice_o or_o thrice_o wash_v if_o it_o be_v again_o cast_v into_o water_n make_v that_o water_n very_o convenient_a for_o the_o ulcer_n in_o the_o privity_n and_o other_o run_v cadaverous_a and_o dangerous_a sore_n in_o other_o part_n for_o by_o much_o wash_n it_o depose_v its_o mordacity_n and_o cease_v to_o be_v sharp_a but_o yet_o it_o callfy_v and_o siccate_v manifest_o and_o cease_v to_o be_v sharp_a but_o yet_o it_o calify_v and_o siccate_v manifest_o and_o be_v therefore_o good_a to_o exsiccate_a ulcer_n and_o induce_v scar_n chap._n 15._o of_o stone_n find_v in_o sponge_n sponge_n by_o nature_n accede_v near_o to_o plant_n than_o animal_n for_o they_o have_v accrestion_n and_o augmentation_n but_o no_o fensation_n as_o many_o have_v credit_v dioscorides_n make_v some_o of_o they_o male_a which_o be_v full_a of_o small_a hole_n the_o hardness_n whereof_o they_o call_v he-goat_n and_o other_o female_a which_o have_v large_a hole_n aristotle_n make_v four_o son_n of_o sponge_n some_o spisse_fw-la which_o be_v soft_a other_o tenuious_a which_o be_v hardeft_v other_o most_o spisse_fw-la and_o other_o most_o valid_a which_o they_o call_v achilleous_a sponge_n those_o that_o grow_v on_o stone_n be_v hard_a those_o that_o grow_v on_o the_o tranquil_a marine_a tract_n be_v soft_a but_o we_o know_v only_o three_o sort_n of_o sponge_n the_o first_o with_o rare_a and_o patent_n hole_n which_o be_v soft_a and_o most_o vulgar_a in_o magnitude_n and_o form_n resemble_v a_o man_n liver_n the_o second_o perviate_v with_o lesser_a hole_n which_o be_v denser_n lesser_a and_o hard_a the_o three_o like_o sea-spume_n which_o be_v most_o dense_a valid_a and_o cineritious_a they_o common_o call_v they_o all_o sea-mushrome_n pliny_n say_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la that_o stone_n either_o grow_v in_o sponge_n or_o come_v from_o other_o place_n fall_v in_o and_o be_v stable_v there_o both_o sort_n be_v well_o know_v for_o they_o be_v find_v in_o every_o sponge_n but_o those_o that_o grow_v in_o the_o sponge_n must_v be_v select_v as_o be_v more_o apt_a to_o break_v the_o stone_n yet_o galen_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o this_o stone_n be_v not_o so_o valid_a as_o to_o break_v the_o stone_n in_o the_o bladder_n chap._n 6._o of_o brick_n medick_n do_v not_o only_o from_o gem_n and_o stone_n but_o from_o break_a and_o inveterate_a brick_n wear_v shoe-sole_n and_o clay_n seek_v remedy_n for_o the_o sick_a for_o nothing_o be_v void_a of_o all_o quality_n and_o nothing_o but_o use_v opportune_o by_o a_o perite_fw-la and_o approve_v medick_n will_v profit_v there_o be_v many_o thing_n which_o be_v efficacious_a while_o new_a but_o by_o age_n lose_v their_o quality_n and_o virtue_n as_o common_a medicament_n other_o which_o be_v scarce_o medicinal_a till_o they_o be_v old_a as_o brick_n which_o at_o first_o serve_v only_o for_o structure_n but_o when_o old_a be_v very_o medicinal_a and_o expetible_a as_o will_v appear_v from_o the_o oil_n extract_v out_o of_o they_o for_o the_o cure_n of_o many_o disease_n as_o we_o have_v show_v in_o our_o shop_n sect_n iii_o of_o metal_n that_o be_v proper_o call_v a_o metal_n which_o be_v of_o a_o fossile_n body_n hard_a ductile_a with_o a_o hammer_n and_o liqueable_a with_o fire_n but_o as_o soon_o as_o it_o be_v melt_v it_o do_v return_v into_o its_o pristine_a form_n the_o word_n be_v derive_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o search_v because_o the_o metallist_n be_v wont_a to_o search_v the_o vein_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o every_o vein_n do_v afford_v
poison_n very_o efficacious_a to_o excite_v lust_n in_o man_n for_o it_o cause_v stiffness_n of_o the_o yard_n whence_o it_o just_o ingrede_n the_o confection_n of_o diasatyrium_fw-la it_o be_v a_o small_a fourfooted_a animal_n tect_v with_o small_a frequent_a and_o subluteous_a scale_n with_o a_o long_a head_n little_o thick_a than_o its_o neck_n a_o high_a belly_n a_o round_a tail_n like_o a_o lizard_n but_o short_a and_o crooked_a towards_o the_o end_n with_o a_o grey_a line_n from_o its_o head_n to_o the_o end_n of_o its_o tail_n dioscorides_n say_v it_o be_v the_o product_n either_o of_o egypt_n or_o india_n or_o of_o the_o red-sea_n though_o it_o be_v see_v in_o lydia_n of_o mauritania_n some_o do_v erroneous_o take_v it_o for_o the_o salamander_n pliny_n call_v it_o the_o land-crocodile_n for_o it_o very_o much_o resemble_v the_o crocodile_n of_o nilus_n but_o there_o be_v no_o proportion_n in_o their_o dimension_n for_o this_o be_v always_o small_a scarce_o exceed_v a_o cubit_n in_o length_n whereas_o the_o crocodile_n of_o nilus_n attain_v two_o and_o twenty_o cubit_n and_o yet_o no_o term_n of_o his_o concretion_n though_o his_o original_n be_v from_o a_o egg_n no_o big_a than_o a_o goose_n egg_n he_o live_v both_o upon_o the_o land_n and_o water_n his_o eye_n be_v like_o swine_n eye_n his_o sight_n in_o the_o water_n be_v dull_a but_o out_o very_o quick_a this_o animal_n alone_o except_o the_o par_a move_v his_o upper_a jaw_n he_o have_v a_o small_a rongue_n adhere_v to_o his_o under-jaw_n his_o leg_n come_v out_o of_o his_o side_n his_o foot_n be_v small_a in_o reference_n to_o his_o body_n his_o claw_n strong_a his_o skin_n squamous_a crustaceous_a and_o impenetrable_a save_v under_o his_o belly_n which_o be_v soft_a this_o animal_n live_v sixty_o year_n lay_v sixty_o egg_n in_o sixty_o day_n sit_v upon_o its_o egg_n sixty_o day_n before_o young_a one_o be_v exclude_v it_o have_v sixty_o joint_n in_o its_o backbone_n and_o as_o many_o tooth_n in_o its_o head_n as_o it_o will_v lie_v day_n in_o winter_n in_o some_o cavern_n without_o meat_n the_o more_o curious_a scrutator_n may_v have_v a_o full_a description_n of_o the_o crocodile_n in_o aristotle_n pliny_n and_o late_a writer_n who_o have_v lustrate_v egypt_n and_o the_o oriental_a coast_n chap._n 32._o of_o scorpion_n they_o make_v a_o oil_n of_o dead_a scorpion_n infuse_v in_o oil_n which_o they_o cognominate_v from_o the_o same_o for_o many_o use_n in_o medicine_n for_o by_o way_n of_o lineament_n it_o break_v and_o expel_v the_o stone_n in_o the_o reins_o and_o bladder_n and_o move_v urine_n it_o cure_v the_o bite_n of_o viper_n serpent_n and_o other_o venenate_n beast_n if_o it_o be_v adhibit_v to_o the_o armhole_n and_o groin_n in_o time_n of_o pestilence_n it_o will_v either_o preserve_v the_o user_n from_o it_o or_o cure_v he_o of_o it_o it_o will_v also_o cure_v a_o wound_n inflict_v by_o a_o scorpion_n and_o so_o will_v its_o own_o body_n bruise_v and_o apply_v a_o scorpion_n be_v a_o terrestrial_a animal_n with_o a_o long_a and_o nodous_a tail_n who_o end_n be_v arm_v with_o a_o long_a and_o oblique_a sting_n perviate_v with_o a_o small_a hole_n through_o which_o it_o effund_v its_o poison_n into_o the_o part_n prick_v it_o have_v arm_n and_o fore-cleyes_a bisulcate_v its_o tail_n be_v always_o ready_a for_o a_o stroke_n it_o never_o let_v we_o slip_v a_o opportunity_n it_o strike_v oblique_o the_o masculine_a scorpion_n be_v maculate_v on_o the_o belly_n and_o forecley_n and_o its_o poison_n be_v more_o pernicious_a the_o female_n more_o mild_a though_o some_o write_v contrary_a there_o be_v eight_o kind_n of_o scorpion_n the_o first_o be_v white_a which_o they_o say_v be_v not_o lethiferous_a the_o second_o yellowish_a who_o stroke_n be_v second_v with_o vehement_a ardour_n and_o a_o inextinguishable_a thirst_n the_o three_o be_v blackish_a who_o stroke_n deprave_v the_o member_n of_o motion_n and_o make_v man_n mad_a cause_v foolish_a laughter_n the_o four_o be_v somewhat_o green_a it_o have_v seven_o knot_n in_o his_o tail_n perpetual_a and_o great_a cold_a though_o in_o the_o heat_n of_o summer_n follow_v upon_o its_o stroke_n the_o five_o be_v pale_a and_o livid_n and_o infect_v the_o percussed_a with_o tumor_n in_o his_o groin_n the_o six_o be_v like_o a_o little_a sea_n crabfish_n the_o seven_o have_v great_a cley_n and_o be_v very_a like_o the_o crab_n we_o call_v pagurus_n the_o eight_o be_v of_o a_o honey-colour_n it_o have_v wing_n like_o a_o locust_n and_o the_o last_o knot_n of_o its_o tail_n be_v black_a winge_a scorpion_n be_v very_o rare_a with_o we_o but_o frequent_a and_o great_a in_o india_n and_o aphrica_fw-la with_o seven_o knot_n in_o their_o tail_n if_o we_o reckon_v the_o variety_n of_o scorpion_n by_o the_o variety_n of_o their_o colour_n some_o be_v call_v flave_n scorpion_n some_o yellow_a some_o cineritious_a some_o green_a some_o ferrugineous_a some_o vinous_a some_o white_a and_o other_o fuliginous_a the_o smiting_n of_o scorpion_n be_v far_o more_o perilous_a to_o woman_n than_o man_n and_o especial_o to_o virgin_n for_o they_o be_v always_o lethal_a to_o such_o unless_o they_o be_v present_o help_v and_o such_o scorpion_n as_o have_v seven_o knot_n in_o their_o tail_n be_v judge_v most_o cruel_a they_o procreate_v and_o sit_v upon_o vernicle_n like_o egg_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la and_o they_o produce_v a_o progeny_n which_o come_v to_o perfection_n drive_v they_o away_o and_o thus_o scorpion_n be_v say_v to_o be_v kill_v by_o their_o young_a one_o but_o these_o thing_n respect_v not_o pharmacy_n and_o therefore_o not_o for_o my_o purpose_n chap._n 33._o of_o worm_n many_o small_a animal_n be_v generate_v of_o worm_n and_o worm_n of_o many_o great_a animal_n yea_o this_o progeny_n spring_v from_o all_o alter_a and_o putrid_a matter_n stone_n bone_n wood_n fruit_n cheese_n flesh_n and_o all_o thing_n seem_v at_o first_o to_o turn_v into_o worm_n for_o man_n own_o flesh_n be_v absume_v by_o worm_n and_o his_o clothes_n by_o moth_n and_o though_o cold_a thing_n much_o resist_v putretude_n yet_o worm_n be_v generate_v in_o the_o cold_a snow_n and_o some_o be_v procreate_v of_o salt_n they_o be_v also_o generate_v in_o animal_n daily_o their_o body_n abound_v with_o putrid_a humour_n for_o there_o worm_n be_v generate_v where_o putretude_n reside_v for_o corruption_n be_v their_o mother_n i_o see_v a_o worm_n of_o a_o palm_n length_n come_v out_o with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o vein_n of_o one_o arm_n open_v they_o be_v still_o generate_v in_o the_o intestine_n and_o other_o part_n of_o man_n body_n and_o also_o in_o heart_n head_n every_o insect_n generate_v a_o worm_n except_o the_o butterfly_n which_o be_v procreate_v of_o another_o dissimilar_v insect_n as_o the_o poet_n et_fw-la fio_fw-la volucris_fw-la qui_fw-la modo_fw-la vermis_fw-la eram_fw-la the_o family_n of_o worm_n be_v thus_o ample_a i_o shall_v only_o speak_v of_o earthworm_n which_o be_v use_v in_o medicine_n for_o these_o wash_v in_o white-wine_n prepare_v macerate_v in_o oil_n and_o due_o elixate_v in_o a_o double_a vessel_n afford_v we_o a_o oil_n very_o conducible_a in_o nervous_a affection_n they_o be_v also_o assume_v at_o the_o mouth_n after_o due_a preparation_n to_o wit_n when_o they_o be_v wash_v dry_a levigate_v and_o mix_v with_o other_o powder_n to_o cure_v virgin_n pale_a colour_n many_o call_v they_o the_o earth_n intestine_n other_o earthworm_n other_o earth-lumbricks_a they_o have_v a_o long_a round_a body_n with_o neither_o bone_n eye_n nor_o ear_n they_o go_v so_o that_o the_o precedent_a part_n draw_v the_o consequent_a in_o their_o locomotion_n they_o be_v procreate_v of_o the_o mud_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o animate_v by_o the_o same_o cause_n that_o other_o infect_v be_v they_o be_v destitute_a of_o eye_n ear_n foot_n member_n and_o be_v like_o oblong_a fibre_n who_o part_n be_v not_o discriminate_v save_v by_o some_o knot_n and_o denervation_n a_o little_a beyond_o their_o middle_n spring_n or_o winter-shower_n if_o not_o glacial_a elicit_v they_o they_o be_v neither_o liberal_o nor_o copious_o generate_v in_o the_o earth_n much_o tread_v upon_o but_o frequent_o in_o fat_a and_o waste_v ground_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la these_o bruise_a and_o apply_v conglutinate_v prescinded_a nerve_n and_o fresh_a wound_n chap._n 34._o of_o spanish-flies_a or_o beetle_n these_o fly_n have_v only_o a_o nominal_a affinity_n with_o beetle_n for_o they_o be_v often_o use_v in_o medicine_n beetle_n never_o galen_n have_v experience_v they_o good_a against_o scab_n and_o leprosy_n and_o physician_n find_v they_o to_o provoke_v urine_n aristotle_n call_v they_o putrid_a animal_n because_o they_o be_v produce_v of_o putrid_a matter_n they_o be_v procreate_v nourish_v and_o find_v in_o many_o shrub_n as_o the_o bramble_n and_o in_o many_o tall_a tree_n as_o the_o
be_v express_v afterward_o new_a flower_n be_v immit_v as_o before_o and_o express_v which_o be_v thrice_o iterate_v then_o the_o flower_n after_o the_o last_o infusion_n be_v abject_a the_o oil_n coct_v on_o a_o flow_n fire_n till_o its_o aqueous_a humidity_n be_v dissipate_v and_o than_o it_o be_v repose_v and_o keep_v in_o a_o fit_a vessel_n the_o oil_n of_o violet_n extinguish_v inflammation_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la help_v the_o pleurisy_n leniate_v the_o asperity_n of_o the_o artery_n and_o lung_n allay_v hot_a imposthume_n remit_v all_o inflammation_n and_o mitigate_v dolour_n chap._n 2._o oleum_fw-la keirinum_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o wall-flower_n d._n mes_fw-fr â„ž_o of_o wall-flower_n â„¥_o seven_o of_o the_o best_a oil_n lb_n i_o ss_z of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o decoction_n of_o the_o flower_n â„¥_o iij._n ss_z mingle_v they_o and_o after_o insolation_n express_v the_o flower_n add_v the_o same_o three_o time_n over_o boil_v the_o water_n away_o and_o preserve_v the_o oil_n the_o commentary_n the_o copious_a wall-flower_n occur_v next_o which_o the_o arabian_n call_v keiri_n out_o of_o which_o mesue_n educe_v oil_n by_o impression_n as_o he_o do_v out_o of_o chamomile_n and_o rose_n that_o be_v by_o three_o infusion_n insolate_v and_o express_v with_o a_o little_a of_o the_o succe_fw-la or_o decoction_n of_o the_o same_o flower_n which_o after_o the_o last_o maceration_n he_o absume_v by_o gentle_a coction_n and_o have_v express_v and_o strain_v the_o oil_n he_o repose_v it_o in_o a_o fit_a vessel_n and_o keep_v it_o but_o it_o be_v now_o common_o make_v by_o one_o or_o two_o infusion_n without_o any_o commixtion_n of_o any_o succe_fw-la or_o decoction_n the_o flower_n be_v leave_v a_o whole_a month_n confuse_o immerge_v in_o the_o oil_n before_o colature_n but_o this_o manner_n be_v not_o good_a for_o hereby_o the_o oil_n be_v more_o turbid_v and_o its_o faculty_n weak_a be_v due_o make_v it_o calefy_v moderate_o attenuate_v allay_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la digest_v mitigate_v dolour_n from_o flatulency_n cold_a or_o pituitous_a matter_n it_o benefit_n such_o as_o be_v gouty_a or_o paralytical_a and_o cure_v the_o dolour_n of_o the_o nerve_n and_o juncture_n chap._n 3._o oleum_fw-la irinum_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o orris_n â„ž_o of_o the_o root_n of_o orris_n lb_n i_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o same_o lb_fw-mi ij_o macerate_v they_o in_o a_o sufficient_a quantity_n of_o the_o decoction_n of_o the_o same_o root_n add_v sweet_a oil_n or_o oil_n of_o the_o pulse_n sesamum_fw-la lb_fw-la v._o boyl_n they_o in_o a_o idoneous_a vessel_n strain_v out_o the_o root_n and_o flower_n add_v a_o fresh_a quantity_n three_o time_n over_o and_o the_o oil_n which_o be_v last_o press_v out_o keep_v for_o future_a use_n the_o commentary_n there_o be_v many_o sort_n of_o orris_n which_o we_o have_v enumerate_v in_o our_o book_n of_o simple_n the_o best_a whereof_o be_v the_o celestial_a orris_n next_o the_o white_a or_o florentine_a oil_n be_v make_v by_o infusion_n out_o of_o both_o but_o especial_o the_o former_a their_o root_n and_o flower_n be_v macerate_v and_o express_v as_o be_v declare_v some_o take_v only_o the_o root_n a_o little_a bray_v and_o their_o flower_n tund_v and_o coct_v they_o with_o the_o succe_fw-la of_o other_o root_n and_o then_o pour_v oil_n upon_o they_o and_o elixate_v they_o again_o till_o all_o the_o water_n be_v absume_v and_o the_o oil_n thus_o make_v be_v very_o odorate_a and_o efficacious_a yet_o it_o will_v be_v more_o efficacious_a if_o this_o be_v twice_o or_o thrice_o iterate_v as_o of_o old_a there_o be_v no_o dissension_n among_o author_n about_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o flower_n to_o the_o root_n see_v all_o give_v twice_o as_o much_o flower_n as_o root_n but_o they_o agree_v not_o about_o the_o other_o root_n which_o must_v be_v elixate_v in_o the_o water_n and_o about_o the_o water_n itself_o nor_o yet_o about_o the_o oil_n wherein_o it_o must_v be_v infuse_v but_o leave_v for_o brevity_n sake_n the_o variety_n of_o opinion_n about_o this_o matter_n we_o say_v that_o one_o pound_n of_o root_n must_v be_v take_v and_o coct_v in_o four_o or_o five_o pound_n of_o water_n at_o the_o most_o till_o half_o be_v absume_v some_o add_v to_o this_o definite_a weight_n of_o root_n flower_n and_o water_n only_o two_o pound_n of_o oil_n other_o seven_o pound_n and_o a_o half_a and_o other_o eight_o pound_n i_o mix_v five_o pound_n and_o coct_v they_o all_o on_o a_o slow_a fire_n till_o the_o watery_a humidity_n be_v dissolve_v it_o calefy_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la mollify_v tenuate_v digest_v resolve_n concoct_n penetrate_v open_v ripen_v take_v away_o the_o sound_n in_o the_o ear_n discuss_n bile_n and_o other_o hard_a tumor_n emend_v the_o cramp_n and_o native_a foetour_n and_o alley_n dolour_n from_o cold_a matter_n chap._n 4._o oleum_fw-la rosatum_fw-la completum_fw-la or_o complete_a oil_n of_o rose_n d._n mes_fw-fr â„ž_o of_o common_a oil_n wash_v lb_v iiij_o fresh_a rose-leaf_n lb_v i_o ss_z infusion_n of_o rose_n lb_v i_o put_v they_o into_o a_o close_a vessel_n well_o cover_v insolate_a they_o for_o seven_o day_n then_o boil_v they_o in_o a_o strong_a vessel_n upon_o a_o gentle_a fire_n for_o half_a a_o hour_n afterward_o let_v the_o flower_n be_v express_v new_a put_v in_o and_o this_o repeat_v three_o time_n at_o last_o what_o oil_n be_v press_v out_o preserve_v for_o use_v the_o commentary_n mesue_n call_v this_o the_o complete_a oil_n of_o rose_n because_o it_o be_v make_v of_o oil_n of_o mature_a olive_n frequent_o wash_v and_o the_o leaf_n of_o red_a rose_n perfect_o explicit_v insolate_v a_o whole_a week_n and_o thrice_o change_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o description_n wherein_o we_o have_v give_v a_o just_a definite_a weight_n of_o each_o out_o of_o mesue_n who_o leave_v all_o to_o every_o man_n judgement_n &_o will_n except_o the_o water_n of_o the_o infusion_n of_o the_o rose_n which_o he_o equalise_v with_o the_o oil_n we_o believe_v a_o three_o or_o four_o part_n will_v be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o oil_n for_o when_o it_o be_v put_v in_o more_o quantity_n it_o be_v not_o easy_o resolve_v by_o infusion_n and_o oil_n by_o long_a coction_n acquire_v alien_a calour_n and_o lose_v much_o of_o its_o native_a suavity_n the_o other_o three_o description_n give_v by_o mesue_n we_o omit_v the_o ablution_n of_o oil_n be_v multifarious_a for_o it_o be_v either_o put_v in_o some_o pot_n or_o fit_a vessel_n with_o some_o water_n and_o long_o verberate_v so_o that_o it_o may_v be_v easy_o separate_v when_o the_o water_n be_v settle_v or_o in_o a_o glass_n vial_n who_o bottom_n be_v perforate_v where_o it_o be_v long_o agitate_a have_v both_o its_o orifice_n and_o inferior_a foramen_fw-la occlude_v then_o let_v it_o stand_v a_o hour_n and_o the_o inferior_a foramen_fw-la be_v open_v the_o water_n that_o do_v subside_o will_v flow_v out_o the_o same_o be_v shut_v the_o oil_n will_v remain_v in_o the_o vial_n whereunto_o sometime_o more_o water_n be_v affund_v but_o we_o have_v abundant_o dissert_v about_o the_o preparation_n of_o medicament_n in_o our_o institution_n the_o oil_n of_o complete_a rose_n extinguish_v inflammation_n roborate_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la coct_n densate_n temper_n the_o hot_a ventricle_n and_o recreate_v it_o allay_v the_o ardour_n of_o the_o reins_o cure_v headache_n from_o a_o hot_a cause_n stay_v fluxion_n and_o cohibit_v the_o force_n of_o humour_n chap._n 5._o oleum_fw-la rosatum_fw-la omphacinum_fw-la vulgo_fw-la dicitur_fw-la incompletum_fw-la or_o the_o oil_n of_o incomplete_a rose_n â„ž_o of_o the_o wash_a oil_n of_o unripe_a olive_n lb_v iiij_o of_o rosebud_n lb_v i_o mingle_v they_o in_o a_o fit_a vessel_n and_o insolate_v they_o for_o seven_o day_n repeat_v the_o same_o three_o time_n over_o and_o make_v thereof_o a_o oil_n the_o commentary_n this_o be_v call_v incomplete_a oil_n because_o it_o be_v make_v of_o rose_n not_o complete_o expanded_a and_o of_o oil_n express_v from_o immature_n olive_n which_o be_v call_v omotribe_n crude_a green_a and_o omphacian-oyl_n which_o be_v extract_v sole_o for_o medicinal_a use_n in_o who_o want_n we_o substitute_v common_a oil_n wash_v in_o omphacium_fw-la that_o it_o may_v acquire_v acidity_n and_o a_o refrigerative_a faculty_n the_o rose_n must_v be_v red_a new_a and_o not_o perfect_o explicate_v which_o must_v be_v purge_v from_o their_o white_a part_n bray_v in_o a_o stone-morter_n with_o a_o wooden-pestel_a macerate_v in_o oil_n insolate_v a_o whole_a week_n and_o then_o express_v these_o rose_n be_v abject_a other_o fresh_a one_o must_v be_v immit_v insolate_v and_o express_v and_o the_o oil_n extract_v keep_v for_o use_v this_o oil_n refrigerate_v and_o roborate_n much_o vires_fw-la vires_fw-la and_o therefore_o help_v such_o disease_n as_o proceed_v from_o a_o hot_a cause_n extinguish_v st._n anthony_n fire_n alley_n ardour_n cohibit_v the_o
success_n extract_v first_o in_o common_a or_o as_o some_o say_v be_v better_a in_o rose-water_n must_v be_v mix_v with_o they_o and_o all_o move_v with_o a_o stick_n till_o they_o acquire_v a_o due_a spissitude_n this_o unguent_n leniate_v the_o dolour_n of_o the_o breast_n coct_v the_o humour_n that_o cause_n cough_v move_v spittle_n help_v the_o pleurisy_n resolve_v the_o useless_a and_o noxious_a humour_n that_o adhere_v to_o the_o muscle_n of_o the_o breast_n and_o relaxate_n leniate_v and_o mollify_v the_o part_n chap._n 13._o unguentum_fw-la de_fw-la althaea_n or_o the_o ointment_n of_o marshmallow_n d._n myreps_n â„ž_o of_o marshmallow-root_n linseed_n and_o foenugreek_n of_o each_o lb_n ss_z squill_n â„¥_o iij._n let_v they_o be_v wash_v and_o macerate_v for_o three_o day_n in_o lb_n v._o of_o water_n then_o boil_v they_o till_o they_o grow_v thick_a to_o a_o pound_n of_o this_o musilidge_n add_v lb_v ij_o of_o oil_n boil_v they_o till_o the_o musilidge_n be_v dissipate_v then_o add_v wax_n lb_v ss_z clarify_a rosine_n common_a rosine_n of_o each_o â„¥_o iij._n turpentine_n gum-thraganth_a gum_n of_o ivy_n of_o eachÊ’_n i_o let_v all_o these_o be_v melt_v in_o a_o kettle_n stir_v and_o so_o remove_v from_o the_o fire_n till_o it_o grow_v cold_a and_o become_v into_o the_o consistence_n of_o a_o unguent_n the_o commentary_n fernelius_n give_v a_o far_o more_o simple_a description_n of_o this_o unguent_n omit_v squill_n scammony_n galbanum_fw-la and_o ivy_n gum_n because_o they_o make_v the_o unguent_n too_o sordid_a and_o lest_o these_o shall_v impair_v its_o digestive_a faculty_n by_o their_o absence_n he_o add_v some_o simples_n to_o make_v it_o efficacious_a yet_o i_o think_v these_o so_o necessary_o requisite_a that_o he_o that_o expunge_n they_o expunge_n much_o of_o the_o odour_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o medicament_n if_o ivy_n gum_n can_v be_v have_v its_o succe_fw-la may_v be_v substitute_v the_o quantity_n of_o water_n which_o be_v three_o pound_n be_v too_o little_a to_o elicit_v and_o coct_v the_o success_n in_o be_v augment_v to_o five_o pound_n the_o rest_n be_v easy_a the_o manner_n of_o its_o confection_n and_o the_o description_n plain_n it_o calefy_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la mollify_v mitigate_v humectate_v and_o digest_v thence_o it_o remove_v the_o cold_a distemper_n and_o cure_v the_o hardness_n of_o the_o nerve_n it_o emend_v too_o much_o siccity_n and_o cure_v the_o pleurisy_n and_o other_o affection_n arise_v from_o crude_a humour_n adhere_v to_o the_o muscle_n chap._n 14._o tetrapharmacum_fw-la or_o the_o lesser_a basilicon_fw-la d._n mes_fw-fr â„ž_o yellow_a wax_n rosine_n black_a pitch_n of_o each_o â„¥_o ij_o ss_z sweet_a oil_n lb_v i_o make_v it_o into_o a_o unguent_n according_a to_o art_n basilicum_fw-la majus_fw-la or_o the_o great_a basilicon_fw-la â„ž_o wax_n clarify_v rosine_n heifers-suet_n ship-pitch_n frankincense_n myrrh_n of_o each_o â„¥_o i_o oil_n lb_v i_o make_v it_o into_o a_o unguent_n the_o commentary_n this_o medicament_n be_v from_o its_o prepollent_a faculty_n in_o coct_v and_o suppurate_v humour_n call_v the_o basilical_a or_o regal_a unguent_n which_o when_o it_o consist_v only_o of_o four_o simple_n be_v call_v tetrapharmacum_fw-la or_o lesser_a basilicum_fw-la when_o of_o more_o the_o great_a basilicum_fw-la both_o of_o they_o be_v diapyetical_a or_o suppurative_a but_o the_o simple_a one_o be_v more_o imbecile_v and_o less_o calid_a than_o the_o more_o composititious_a wherefore_o be_v temperate_a it_o be_v more_o idoneous_a for_o coct_v and_o suppurate_v humour_n for_o the_o temperate_a medicament_n be_v true_o pepastical_a and_o maturative_a have_v more_o cognation_n with_o our_o native_a calour_n whence_o galen_n say_v it_o rather_o act_v by_o quantity_n then_o quality_n whereas_o resolvative_n be_v more_o valid_a work_v more_o by_o quality_n then_o by_o quantity_n not_o absume_v superfluous_a humour_n see_v then_o that_o this_o tetrapharmacum_fw-la be_v as_o it_o be_v symmetral_a it_o must_v needs_o be_v the_o best_a suppuratory_n and_o by_o coct_v humour_n right_o convert_v they_o into_o slimy_a matter_n just_a as_o the_o temperate_a palm_n of_o a_o man_n hand_n move_v long_o on_o any_o part_n abound_v with_o brave_a humour_n rosine_n and_o black_a pitch_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v use_v in_o pitch_v ship_n must_v be_v melt_v with_o oil_n and_o when_o cold_a agitate_a with_o a_o pestle_n into_o the_o consistence_n of_o a_o unguent_n the_o tetrapharmacal_a or_o basilical_a unguent_n mitigate_v dolour_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la coct_n noxious_a humour_n impact_v on_o the_o part_n allay_v their_o acrimony_n and_o fill_v ulcer_n with_o flesh_n chap._n 15._o mundificatum_fw-la expertum_fw-la or_o the_o expert_a mundificative_a â„ž_o of_o wormwood_n the_o lesser_a centaury_n egrimony_n speedwell_n clary_n plantain_n of_o each_o m.j._n macerate_v they_o in_o lb_n xij_o of_o water_n and_o boil_v they_o upon_o a_o gentle_a fire_n and_o in_o lb_n ss_z of_o the_o colature_n dissolve_v common_a honey_n lb_v ss_z boil_v they_o again_o till_o the_o water_n be_v almost_o consume_v to_o which_o add_v oil_n of_o rose_n lb_v i_o wax_v melt_v in_o the_o same_o â„¥_o iij._n powder_n of_o burn_a crabsÊ’_n iij._n flower_n of_o lupin_n and_o powder_n of_o gentian_n of_o eachÊ’_n ij_o myrrh_n aloe_n of_o eachÊ’_n i_o ss_z orris_n verdigrease_n of_o each_o â„¥_o i_o make_v these_o into_o a_o unguent_n according_a to_o art_n the_o commentary_n see_v vulgar_a dispensatories_n afford_v no_o eximious_a mundificative_a responsible_a to_o surgeon_n mind_n in_o deterge_a ulcer_n we_o have_v for_o their_o sake_n concinnated_a this_o rhyptical_a or_o extersive_a medicament_n endue_v with_o such_o faculty_n as_o galen_n require_v reason_n call_v for_o and_o use_v approve_v of_o to_o that_o end_n for_o see_v such_o a_o medicament_n shall_v by_o the_o tenuity_n of_o its_o substance_n and_o its_o exsiccative_a faculty_n exterge_n the_o ulcer_n and_o separate_v the_o filth_n from_o the_o part_n whereunto_o it_o be_v adhibit_v one_o that_o be_v emplastical_a and_o viscid_a agge_v and_o cohibit_v the_o excrement_n and_o filth_n within_o the_o ulcer_n be_v much_o distant_a from_o such_o but_o the_o vulgar_a mundificatives_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n make_v of_o sarcocolla_n frankincense_n and_o mastic_n and_o sometime_o of_o rosine_n comfrey_n and_o house-leek_n be_v so_o far_o from_o cleanse_v ulcer_n that_o they_o much_o defile_v they_o let_v then_o this_o our_o rhyptical_a unguent_n which_o will_v effect_v what_o it_o pollicitate_v be_v keep_v in_o shop_n and_o the_o rest_n eject_v it_o receive_v burn_v river-crabfishes_a which_o be_v eximious_a in_o exterge_v and_o exsiccate_v the_o river-crabfishes_a shall_v be_v select_v but_o in_o defect_n thereof_o sea-crab_n may_v be_v assume_v they_o must_v be_v burn_v on_o a_o red-hot_a platter_n till_o they_o may_v be_v easy_o levigate_v their_o powder_n must_v be_v mix_v with_o the_o powder_n of_o the_o other_o simples_n bray_v apart_o then_o must_v all_o be_v incorporate_v agitate_a and_o unite_v into_o a_o unguent_n of_o just_a crassitude_n it_o absume_v the_o watery_a vires_fw-la vires_fw-la separate_v the_o crasser_n and_o exterge_n all_o humour_n from_o the_o ulcer_n yet_o such_o as_o be_v conspurcate_v with_o crasser_n corruption_n and_o cadaverous_a flesh_n require_v a_o more_o valid_a and_o catharetical_a detersive_n however_o this_o by_o a_o peculiar_a and_o eximious_a faculty_n cure_v wound_n inflict_v by_o mad_a dog_n extinguish_v their_o virulency_n by_o a_o specifical_a propriety_n and_o exterge_v siccate_a and_o absume_v their_o infect_a humour_n chap._n 16._o unguentum_fw-la aureum_fw-la or_o the_o golden_a unguent_n d._n mes_fw-fr â„ž_o of_o oil_n lb_v ij_o yellow_a wax_n lb_v ss_z clear_a turpentine_n â„¥_o ij_o rosine_n clarify_v rosine_n of_o each_o â„¥_o i_o ss_z olibanum_n mastic_n of_o each_o â„¥_o i_o saffronÊ’_n i_o make_v it_o into_o a_o unguent_n according_a to_o art_n the_o commentary_n this_o unguent_n be_v call_v aureous_a from_o its_o colour_n and_o regal_a from_o its_o virtue_n for_o it_o be_v flave_n as_o gold_n and_o so_o eximious_a as_o it_o be_v fit_a for_o a_o prince_n it_o be_v scarce_o ever_o exhibit_v without_o success_n and_o yet_o so_o easy_a to_o make_v that_o the_o young_a apprentice_n can_v err_v therein_o they_o act_n perperous_o who_o for_o parsimony_n sake_n abstract_a saffron_n and_o mastic_n from_o it_o for_o so_o they_o rob_v it_o of_o its_o aureous_a colour_n and_o regal_a virtue_n if_o right_o make_v it_o agglutinate_v wound_n with_o sanity_n fill_v hollow_a and_o cleanse_a ulcer_n with_o flesh_n mitigate_v dolour_n if_o there_o be_v any_o and_o quick_o perduce_v they_o to_o scar_n the_o fusk_n unguent_n which_o be_v make_v of_o a_o pound_n and_o a_o half_a of_o oil_n four_o ounce_n of_o new_a wax_n black_a pitch_n and_o sagapene_n of_o each_o two_o ounce_n mastic_n galbanum_fw-la frankincense_n and_o turpentine_n of_o each_o one_o ounce_n be_v endue_v with_o the_o same_o or_o like_a
for_o see_v all_o imbecility_n of_o stomach_n arise_v not_o from_o cold_a cause_n as_o subsersion_n which_o frequent_o happen_v without_o a_o cold_a distemper_n and_o proneness_n to_o vomit_v which_o follow_v upon_o any_o distemper_n without_o vicious_a humour_n it_o be_v not_o equal_a that_o its_o roborative_n medicament_n shall_v be_v always_o hot_a but_o reason_n command_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v vary_v and_o change_v according_a to_o the_o variety_n of_o the_o peccant_a cause_n for_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o find_v out_o a_o medicament_n that_o be_v best_a for_o all_o affection_n but_o it_o will_v more_o efficacious_o help_v one_o and_o another_o more_o imbecile_o and_o it_o often_o fall_v out_o that_o a_o hot_a emplaster_n may_v profit_v the_o stomach_n and_o offend_v the_o hot_a liver_n hence_o the_o proverb_n stomachicum_fw-la juvat_fw-la &_o occidit_fw-la hepaticum_fw-la this_o emplaster_n than_o may_v safe_o be_v adhibit_v to_o the_o hot_a imbecile_v ventricle_n for_o who_o preparation_n all_o must_v be_v pulverate_v and_o bray_v apart_o then_o the_o wax_n must_v be_v melt_v with_o the_o oil_n and_o the_o turpentine_n add_v when_o it_o be_v substract_v from_o the_o fire_n then_o must_v bole_n ivory_n rose_n and_o coral_n after_o just_a levigation_n be_v commix_v therewith_o then_o must_v all_o be_v accurate_o subact_v with_o the_o mastic_n into_o a_o just_a crassitude_n it_o roborate_v the_o whole_a ventricle_n contemperate_v its_o heat_n cohibit_v supinity_n and_o subversion_n stay_v vomit_v and_o remove_v imbecility_n chap._n 16._o emplastrum_fw-la pro_fw-la matrice_n or_o a_o plaster_n for_o the_o fit_v of_o the_o mother_n d._n praep._n ℞_o of_o bistort-root_n lb_v ss_z aloes-wood_n sweet-smelling_a sanders_n nutmeg_n berberry_n rose-seed_n of_o each_o ℥_o ss_z cinnamon_n clove_n squinant_n camomile-flower_n of_o eachʒ_n ij_o frankincense_n mastic_n aliptae_fw-la moschatae_fw-la galliae_fw-la moschatae_fw-la red_a storax_n of_o eachʒ_n ss_z mosch_n gr_n v._o yellow_a waxʒ_n ix_o turpentine_n ℥_o iij._n laudanum_n lb_v ij_o ship-pitch_n lb_n i_o ss_z oil_n of_o the_o musk-wood_n crowfoot_n ℥_o ij_o make_v it_o into_o a_o plaster_n according_a to_o art_n the_o commentary_n the_o matrix_fw-la or_o uterus_fw-la do_v not_o only_o abound_v with_o disease_n but_o be_v the_o very_a spring_n and_o continent_n of_o most_o muliebral_n affection_n for_o when_o that_o suffer_v the_o whole_a body_n be_v ill-affected_a when_o that_o be_v recreated_a the_o whole_a body_n recruit_n and_o hence_o medic_n have_v prescribe_v many_o medicament_n for_o its_o solace_n as_o priapiscota_n fomentation_n little_a bath_n liniment_n unguent_n and_o salve_n wherein_o suaveolent_a and_o aromatical_a ingredient_n be_v admit_v with_o who_o fragrancy_n whether_o interious_o immit_v or_o exterious_o adhibit_v it_o be_v much_o delight_v though_o not_o under_o species_n of_o odour_n as_o we_o have_v note_v in_o our_o institution_n it_o be_v most_o usual_a topical_a medicament_n be_v this_o emplaster_n thence_o denominate_v for_o who_o confection_n you_o must_v take_v wax_n and_o laudanum_n cut_v into_o piece_n and_o melt_v and_o agitate_v they_o with_o oil_n when_o they_o be_v thus_o melt_v remove_v they_o from_o the_o fire_n and_o while_o they_o be_v hot_a put_v turpentine_n and_o storax_n to_o they_o when_o these_o be_v thus_o untie_v and_o refrigerated_a mix_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o powder_n with_o they_o always_o agitate_v and_o subact_v they_o till_o they_o acquire_v due_a spissitude_n praepositus_fw-la add_v neither_o fat_a nor_o oil_n but_o it_o can_v be_v well_o make_v without_o the_o one_o of_o these_o we_o have_v therefore_o adjoin_v moschatelline_a oil_n as_o most_o convenient_a for_o the_o scope_n and_o part_n we_o may_v hence_o gather_v how_o inept_v a_o writer_n praepositus_fw-la be_v who_o speak_v so_o barbarous_o and_o how_o imperite_fw-la a_o pharmacopoean_a who_o know_v not_o the_o legitimate_a composition_n nor_o the_o manner_n of_o due_a preparation_n nor_o the_o idoneous_a consistence_n of_o medicament_n i_o admire_v that_o this_o late_a age_n will_v tolerate_v the_o name_n of_o so_o foolish_a a_o author_n and_o precipitant_o evolve_v his_o leaf_n and_o not_o expunge_v each_o line_n for_o folly_n but_o this_o by_o the_o way_n i_o will_v not_o carp_v at_o the_o dead_a though_o such_o dead_a man_n bite_v those_o that_o receive_v their_o perilous_a medicament_n but_o to_o my_o purpose_n some_o think_v that_o the_o oil_n of_o jet_n or_o some_o such_o foetid_v stuff_n shall_v be_v adject_v hereto_o that_o it_o may_v better_o agree_v to_o the_o strangulation_n of_o the_o uterus_fw-la but_o such_o ratiocination_n smell_v of_o no_o skill_n for_o no_o imposition_n of_o foetid_v medicament_n to_o the_o region_n of_o the_o uterus_fw-la can_v hinder_v its_o suffocation_n but_o such_o must_v be_v adhibit_v to_o the_o nostril_n if_o they_o be_v take_v for_o benefit_n and_o though_o we_o shall_v grant_v that_o some_o graveolent_n may_v profit_v the_o uterus_fw-la yet_o they_o shall_v not_o sure_o be_v mix_v with_o musk_n citrian_a santal_n and_o such_o aromatical_a material_n here_o note_n that_o by_o antera_n we_o understand_v the_o inferior_a part_n of_o rose_n accompany_v with_o capillament_n and_o grain_n not_o anthera_n that_o be_v florid_n which_o be_v a_o ancient_a medicament_n describe_v for_o the_o vice_n of_o the_o mouth_n but_o now_o obsolete_a chap._n 17._o emplastrum_fw-la herniam_fw-la or_o a_o plaster_n against_o rupture_n d._n n._n praep._n ℞_o ship-pitch_n aloe_n of_o each_o ℥_o iij._n lithargie_n white_a wax_n clarify_v rosine_n galbanum_fw-la ammoniacum_n of_o each_o ℥_o ij_o missletoe_n of_o the_o oak_n ℥_o vj._n long_a and_o round_a birthwort_n talkum_n birthwort_n a_o species_n of_o talkum_n gypsum_fw-la of_o each_o ℥_o iiij_o myrrh_n frankincense_n of_o each_o ℥_o vj._n turpentine_n ℥_o ij_o ysculorum_fw-la ⸪_o ysculorum_fw-la earthworm_n gall_n the_o great_a and_o lesser_a comfrey_n bole-armeniack_a of_o each_o ℥_o iiij_o man_n blood_n lb_n i_o oil_n of_o mastic_n and_o quince_n of_o each_o lb_n ss_z of_o the_o broth_n of_o the_o skin_n of_o a_o ram_n as_o much_o as_o will_v suffice_v to_o body_n it_o into_o a_o plaster_n the_o commentary_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o know_v those_o medicament_n which_o praepositus_fw-la transcribe_v from_o those_o he_o describe_v and_o invent_v for_o those_o he_o invent_v be_v either_o defective_a or_o excessive_a or_o peccant_a in_o the_o dosis_n of_o the_o simple_n or_o in_o the_o manner_n of_o their_o preparation_n or_o else_o inept_o describe_v as_o this_o very_a emplaster_n which_o if_o make_v after_o the_o author_n mind_n will_v in_o consistence_n resemble_v a_o hard_a paste_n no_o salve_n for_o it_o will_v be_v present_o dry_a hard_a and_o pulverable_a therefore_o i_o think_v good_a to_o add_v some_o oil_n with_o other_o simple_n accommodate_v to_o the_o scope_n and_o convenient_a for_o the_o colligation_n of_o the_o powder_n that_o you_o may_v due_o confect_v it_o cut_v the_o skin_n of_o a_o young_a ram_n new_o detract_v into_o piece_n and_o coct_v it_o and_o the_o wool_n on_o it_o twelve_o hour_n or_o a_o whole_a day_n if_o need_v be_v that_o it_o may_v dissolve_v then_o express_v the_o decoction_n and_o abject_a the_o wool_n in_o one_o pound_n of_o the_o colature_n coct_v the_o berry_n of_o the_o missletoe_n of_o the_o oak_n or_o of_o some_o other_o tree_n of_o like_a quantity_n till_o their_o aqueous_a humidity_n be_v absume_v then_o strain_v they_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n wash_v earthworm_n in_o wine_n coct_v they_o till_o they_o be_v dissolve_v and_o then_o strain_v they_o mix_v oil_n with_o the_o colature_n and_o set_v it_o again_o on_o the_o fire_n till_o its_o watery_a humour_n be_v discuss_v then_o mix_v the_o two_o colature_n together_o and_o therein_o melt_v the_o wax_n colophony_n and_o pitch_n exact_o agitate_v they_o that_o they_o burn_v not_o mix_v galbanum_fw-la and_o ammoniack_a which_o must_v first_o be_v dissolve_v strain_a and_o coct_v to_o a_o melleous_a spissitude_n with_o the_o liquor_n almost_o consume_v by_o cocture_n subtract_v all_o from_o the_o fire_n and_o put_v turpentine_n to_o they_o and_o then_o add_v the_o powder_n artificial_o levigate_v and_o all_o these_o due_o prepare_v mix_v unite_a and_o subact_v will_v be_v a_o emplaster_n of_o a_o legitimate_a consistence_n in_o defect_n of_o the_o berry_n of_o the_o missletoe_n of_o the_o oak_n joubertus_n substitute_n a_o succedanium_n add_v many_o more_o astrictive_n that_o the_o salve_n may_v be_v more_o agglutinative_a arnaldus_n foolish_o postulate_v the_o blood_n of_o a_o red_a man_n as_o though_o the_o blood_n of_o another_o sound_n and_o sanguineous_a man_n be_v not_o better_o but_o swine_n blood_n be_v all_o out_o as_o convenient_a praepositus_fw-la require_v red_a wax_n that_o be_v new_a wax_n which_o be_v so_o flave_n that_o it_o seem_v subrubeous_a but_o white_a wax_n be_v more_o accommodate_v he_o will_v also_o have_v the_o marble_n whereon_o the_o mass_n be_v inject_v
flux_n of_o humour_n and_o mitigate_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o ventricle_n and_o bowel_n chap._n 6._o oleum_fw-la rosatum_fw-la simplex_fw-la ac_fw-la vulgar_a or_o simple_a and_o vulgar_a oil_n of_o rose_n â„ž_o of_o common_a oil_n wash_v lb_v ij_o ss_z rose_n cut_v from_o their_o white_n and_o bruise_a lb_n i_o mingle_v they_o infolate_v they_o forty_o day_n then_o boil_v they_o till_o the_o evaporation_n of_o the_o excrementitious_a humidity_n afterward_o make_v a_o strong_a expression_n and_o the_o oil_n express_v keep_v for_o use_v the_o commentary_n this_o description_n of_o oil_n of_o rose_n be_v the_o most_o simple_a and_o easy_a to_o make_v be_v most_o usual_a but_o they_o consult_v their_o own_o ease_n more_o than_o the_o diseased_n sanity_n who_o will_v not_o make_v up_o any_o medicament_n that_o have_v to_o do_v with_o art_n and_o reason_n though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o easy_a and_o thus_o apothecary_n now_o adays_o do_v who_o take_v any_o new_a rose_n though_o but_o red_a and_o not_o exungulate_v and_o macerate_v they_o forthwith_o in_o oil_n expose_v they_o to_o the_o sun_n in_o a_o glass_n or_o figuline_a vessel_n by_o the_o space_n of_o two_o month_n or_o more_o afterward_o when_o use_n call_v for_o they_o they_o coct_v they_o with_o a_o little_a of_o the_o decoction_n or_o succe_fw-la of_o rose_n and_o express_v they_o and_o so_o repose_v the_o expression_n simple_a oil_n of_o rose_n have_v like_o faculty_n with_o omphacium_fw-la vires_fw-la vires_fw-la but_o weak_a yet_o the_o great_a part_n of_o apothecary_n use_v it_o both_o alone_a and_o with_o other_o medicament_n and_o when_o a_o medick_n for_o a_o inflammation_n prescribe_v a_o oxyrrhodinum_n they_o take_v three_o part_n of_o this_o oil_n and_o add_v a_o four_o of_o vinegar_n and_o so_o confect_v their_o oxyrrhodinum_n or_o vinegar_n of_o rose_n chap._n 7._o oleum_fw-la liliorum_fw-la simplex_fw-la or_o simple_a oil_n of_o lily_n d._n mes_fw-fr â„ž_o of_o mature_a oil_n lb_v ij_o of_o the_o flower_n of_o lily_n detract_v from_o their_o yellow_a filament_n lb_v ss_z or_o â„¥_o seven_o ss_z macerate_v and_o insolate_v they_o and_o by_o iterate_v maceration_n and_o insolation_n let_v the_o oil_n be_v make_v as_o before_o describe_v the_o commentary_n mesue_n give_v two_o description_n of_o this_o oil_n the_o one_o whereof_o be_v simple_a which_o we_o here_o exhibit_v as_o better_a and_o more_o useful_a the_o other_o more_o composititious_a which_o we_o omit_v as_o useless_a all_o do_v not_o make_v this_o alike_o for_o some_o content_v themselves_o with_o the_o most_o simple_a preparation_n infuse_v insolate_a and_o express_v the_o flower_n only_o once_o other_o iterate_v all_o these_o thrice_o and_o add_v a_o four_o part_n of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o decoction_n of_o lily_n to_o the_o oil_n which_o by_o slow_a coction_n they_o exhale_v and_o the_o oil_n thus_o make_v be_v most_o efficacious_a and_o fit_a to_o be_v repose_v for_o use_v for_o by_o its_o ternal_a maceration_n insolation_n and_o expression_n it_o acquire_v more_o virtue_n it_o calefy_v moderate_o vires_fw-la vires_fw-la resolve_n alley_n dolour_n from_o what_o cause_n soever_o mitigate_v all_o acrimony_n and_o temper_n all_o the_o ardour_n and_o dolour_n of_o the_o breast_n ventricle_n reins_o uterus_fw-la and_o bladder_n chap._n 8._o oleum_fw-la nenupharinum_n or_o oil_n of_o water-lily_n â„ž_o wash_v oil_n lb_v v._o the_o flower_n of_o water-lily_n purge_v from_o their_o herbaceous_a part_n without_o their_o filament_n within_o lb_n ij_o of_o the_o decoction_n of_o the_o same_o flower_n lb_v i_o and_o â„¥_o iiij_o let_v these_o be_v repose_v in_o a_o fit_a vessel_n insolate_v and_o express_v and_o this_o reiterated_a three_o time_n as_o before_o describe_v the_o commentary_n this_o oil_n be_v make_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n with_o that_o of_o violet_n the_o oil_n whether_o mature_a or_o immature_n must_v be_v first_o wash_v for_o mesue_n give_v neither_o definitive_o however_o the_o immature_n be_v more_o convenient_a and_o accommodate_v then_o the_o other_o in_o which_o the_o flower_n of_o the_o white_a not_o luteous_a water-lil_o must_v be_v macerate_v and_o infuse_v for_o a_o senate_n then_o must_v the_o whole_a be_v a_o little_a fervefy_v and_o express_v have_v before_o receive_v one_o pound_n and_o three_o ounce_n of_o the_o water_n of_o the_o decoction_n of_o white_a water-lilly-flower_n when_o all_o this_o be_v again_o iterate_v and_o the_o aqueous_a humidity_n exhale_v by_o a_o slow_a fire_n the_o oil_n express_v be_v due_o make_v and_o may_v be_v repose_v for_o use_v but_o that_o the_o decoction_n which_o shall_v be_v mix_v therewith_o may_v be_v right_o take_v four_o ounce_n of_o the_o flower_n of_o white_a water-lily_n must_v be_v coct_v in_o a_o pound_n and_o a_o half_a of_o fountain-water_n till_o three_o or_o four_o ounce_n thereof_o be_v dissipate_v and_o the_o colature_n hereof_o must_v be_v mix_v to_o the_o maceration_n it_o refrigerate_v more_o than_o oil_n of_o violet_n it_o conciliate_v sleep_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la allay_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o liver_n reins_n and_o bowel_n obtunds_o venery_n hinder_v stiffness_n of_o the_o yard_n and_o cure_v headache_n from_o a_o hot_a cause_n chap._n 9_o oleum_fw-la de_fw-la mentha_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o mint_n â„ž_o of_o oil_n lb_v ij_o ss_z garden-mint_n lb_n i_o of_o the_o juice_n of_o the_o same_o â„¥_o seven_o ss_z mingle_v they_o exhibit_v they_o to_o the_o sun_n seven_o day_n afterward_o press_v out_o and_o three_o time_n fresh_a mint_n put_v in_o and_o the_o oil_n express_v preserve_v the_o commentary_n some_o assume_v omphacium_fw-la to_o the_o confection_n of_o this_o oil_n that_o it_o may_v by_o its_o stypticity_n roborate_v the_o ventricle_n other_o take_v mature_a and_o complete_a oil_n that_o it_o may_v califie_v more_o and_o help_v concoction_n whence_o some_o call_v it_o eustomachical_a oil_n sative_a mint_n shall_v be_v select_v crisp_a and_o green_a who_o leaf_n shall_v be_v tund_v and_o macerate_v in_o oil_n and_o thrice_o change_v according_a to_o the_o prescript_n oil_n of_o mint_n calefy_v the_o cold_a vires_fw-la vires_fw-la and_o roborate_v the_o imbecile_v ventricle_n it_o help_v concoction_n stay_v vomit_v revoke_v appetite_n help_v the_o nauseative_a stomach_n and_o discuss_n flatulency_n chap._n 10._o oleum_fw-la de_fw-la absynthio_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o wormwood_n â„ž_o of_o common_a oil_n lb_v v._o top_n of_o wormwood_n lb_v ij_o juice_n of_o the_o same_o lb_n i_o and_o â„¥_o iiij_o mingle_v they_o and_o macerate_v they_o as_o before_z prescribe_v the_o commentary_n this_o oil_n be_v of_o a_o uncertain_a author_n and_o though_o it_o be_v describe_v by_o many_o yet_o the_o proportion_n of_o the_o wormwood_n to_o the_o oil_n be_v always_o diverse_a some_o add_v a_o very_a small_a quantity_n thereof_o other_o a_o very_a great_a one_o we_o follow_v the_o excellent_a method_n of_o the_o parisian_a pharmacopoean_n add_v five_o part_n of_o oil_n to_o two_o of_o wormwood_n and_o a_o four_o part_n of_o its_o succe_fw-la in_o proportion_n to_o the_o oil_n some_o to_o make_v it_o more_o roborative_n will_v have_v rose_n add_v to_o its_o confection_n but_o we_o think_v it_o better_a as_o describe_v for_o wormwood_n participate_v of_o stypticity_n especial_o the_o pontian_n and_o vulgar_a if_o any_o will_v have_v it_o more_o astrictive_a he_o may_v when_o use_n call_v for_o it_o mix_v a_o little_a oil_n of_o myrtle_n or_o rose_n with_o it_o it_o calefy_v and_o roborate_v vires_fw-la vires_fw-la especial_o the_o ventricle_n it_o move_v appetite_n coct_v crude_a humour_n dissipate_v flatulency_n kill_v worm_n and_o take_v away_o obstruction_n from_o a_o cold_a cause_n chap._n 11._o oleum_fw-la anethinum_fw-la &_o chamaemelinum_n or_o oil_n of_o dill_n and_o chamomile_n â„ž_o of_o common_a oil_n lb_v ij_o flower_n of_o chamomile_n or_o top_n of_o dill_n lb_n i_o of_o the_o decoction_n of_o the_o same_o lb_fw-mi ss_z mingle_v they_o and_o insolate_v they_o for_o seven_o day_n and_o boil_v they_o till_o the_o watery_a part_n be_v evaporate_v let_v this_o be_v repeat_v three_o or_o four_o time_n and_o afterward_o keep_v for_o use_v the_o commentary_n as_o these_o two_o oil_n have_v the_o same_o faculty_n so_o the_o same_o manner_n of_o confection_n some_o dry_a the_o flower_n of_o chamomile_n a_o whole_a day_n in_o a_o place_n not_o expose_v to_o the_o sun_n neither_o define_v the_o dosis_n of_o they_o nor_o of_o the_o oil_n many_o take_v a_o equal_a weight_n of_o flower_n and_o of_o their_o decoction_n and_o as_o much_o oil_n as_o will_v serve_v for_o their_o due_a maceration_n some_o immerge_n only_o one_o pound_n of_o flower_n in_o five_o pound_n of_o oil_n and_o insolate_v they_o about_o half_a a_o month_n in_o the_o dog-day_n then_o express_v they_o and_o repose_v the_o expression_n but_o if_o the_o judication_n of_o the_o good_a or_o ill_a mixtion_n and_o preparation_n be_v despume_v from_o the_o
put_v in_o a_o small_a cucurbite_n coarctate_v with_o a_o capitel_a and_o so_o its_o aqueous_a liquor_n still_v in_o s._n mary_n bath_n and_o its_o pure_a oil_n remain_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o vessel_n which_o be_v again_o put_v into_o another_o cucurbite_n circumcinge_v with_o accend_v fire_n that_o it_o may_v be_v better_a and_o more_o thorough_o purge_v it_o be_v colour_n be_v more_o or_o less_o red_a or_o white_a as_o its_o efficacy_n and_o calour_n be_v more_o or_o less_o moderate_a â„¥_o iij._n of_o oil_n may_v be_v elicit_v out_o of_o lb_n i_o of_o rubefy_v vitriol_n all_o the_o quality_n of_o the_o oil_n of_o vitriol_n be_v so_o intense_a vires_fw-la vires_fw-la that_o it_o can_v be_v assume_v alone_o but_o mix_v with_o some_o water_n decoction_n or_o fit_a conserve_n and_o though_o it_o be_v exceed_o hot_a yet_o a_o few_o drop_n thereof_o mix_v with_o much_o water_n become_v acid_a and_o both_o grateful_a and_o useful_a to_o the_o feverish_a it_o penetrate_v by_o its_o tenuity_n carry_v the_o water_n to_o remote_a part_n removes_z obstruction_n arceate_n putretude_n recreate_v the_o bowel_n and_o conduce_v much_o to_o the_o pestilence_n epilepsy_n palsy_n and_o strangury_n it_o do_v not_o infect_v the_o simple_a decoction_n of_o rose_n but_o the_o syrup_n of_o violet_n with_o a_o purpureous_a and_o elegant_a acid_n sapour_fw-la for_o a_o few_o drop_n thereof_o cast_v into_o a_o ounce_n of_o the_o say_a syrup_n will_v make_v it_o from_o violaceous_a purpureous_a chap._n 9_o oleum_fw-la sulphuris_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o sulphur_n let_v a_o broad_a dish_n be_v so_o supposit_v to_o a_o suspend_v campana_n that_o their_o brim_n may_v be_v distant_a about_o three_o finger_n and_o let_v a_o vessel_n contain_v sulphur_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o suffer_v fire_n be_v put_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o dish_n and_o accend_v and_o agitate_a with_o a_o red-hot_a iron_n when_o that_o be_v absume_v let_v more_o be_v set_v on_o and_o ignited_a as_o before_o that_o out_o of_o its_o copious_a vapour_n erect_v into_o the_o campana_n a_o concrete_a oleous_a liquor_n may_v delabe_n into_o the_o dish_n some_o take_v a_o equal_a quantity_n of_o sulphur_n and_o pumice_n or_o flintstone_n bray_v and_o put_v the_o mixture_n into_o a_o crooked_a cucurbite_n adhibit_v it_o to_o a_o moderate_a fire_n and_o educe_v most_o excellent_a oil_n thence_o oil_n of_o sulphur_n be_v educe_v many_o more_o way_n for_o some_o add_v spirit_n of_o wine_n to_o pulverated_a sulphur_n and_o accend_v they_o when_o the_o water_n be_v absume_v they_o bray_v the_o sulphur_n and_o mix_v sand_n with_o it_o including_z they_o in_o a_o vial_n and_o elicit_v oil_n by_o a_o slow_a fire_n some_o add_v calx_fw-la other_o tartar_n and_o other_o salt_n but_o that_o be_v best_a which_o be_v educe_v out_o of_o sulphur_n sole_o and_o that_o next_o which_o be_v educe_v without_o these_o thing_n the_o oil_n of_o sulphur_n be_v not_o only_o profitable_a for_o external_a application_n as_o to_o deablate_a the_o tooth_n deleate_a cutaneous_a foedity_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la and_o cure_v venereous_a ulcer_n but_o be_v also_o introsume_v for_o the_o expulsion_n of_o such_o disease_n as_o arise_v from_o flatulency_n or_o frigid_a crass_a and_o putrid_a matter_n it_o also_o much_o conduce_v in_o the_o pestilence_n epilepsy_n difficulty_n of_o breathe_v and_o many_o other_o affection_n of_o the_o lung_n if_o it_o be_v take_v in_o water_n or_o some_o fit_a decoction_n it_o cure_v the_o toothache_n if_o the_o dolorous_a tooth_n be_v but_o touch_v therewith_o it_o infect_v the_o infusion_n of_o rose_n with_o its_o praetubrous_a colour_n if_o a_o few_o drop_n of_o it_o be_v inject_v thereinto_o chap._n 10._o oleum_fw-la mellis_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o honey_n let_v a_o fit_a quantity_n of_o good_a honey_n be_v inject_v into_o a_o boccia_n with_o a_o three_o or_o four_o part_n of_o sand_n then_o let_v a_o rostrated_a capitel_a be_v fit_v on_o it_o and_o fire_n accend_v below_o it_o or_o else_o hot_a ash_n or_o sand_n set_v about_o it_o that_o oil_n may_v be_v elicit_v sand_n or_o bray_v flint-stone_n be_v mix_v with_o the_o honey_n in_o the_o eduction_n of_o its_o oil_n because_o else_o the_o whole_a honey_n will_v ascend_v by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o fire_n which_o shall_v be_v luculent_a therefore_o the_o cucurbite_n and_o recipient_a vessel_n shall_v be_v incrustate_v with_o clay_n and_o the_o rostrated_a capitel_a ever_o and_o anon_o cover_v with_o cold_a wet_a clothes_n the_o liquor_n that_o flow_v first_o be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o that_o that_o flow_v next_o for_o the_o first_o be_v as_o it_o be_v white_a water_n the_o second_o somewhat_o red_a and_o oleous_a they_o be_v sometime_o keep_v a_o part_n for_o several_a use_n but_o if_o they_o be_v mix_v together_o the_o bath_n will_v segregate_v they_o by_o extil_v the_o more_o aqueous_a and_o retain_v the_o more_o oleous_a part_n it_o cure_v the_o podagry_n and_o wound_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la it_o cause_v hair_n to_o grow_v well_o and_o thick_a and_o infect_v it_o with_o a_o red_a colour_n chap._n 11._o oleum_fw-la cerae_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o wax_n let_v some_o quantity_n of_o odorate_a virgin-wax_n be_v melt_v and_o mix_v with_o a_o three_o part_n of_o bray_v flint-stone_n or_o sand_n purge_v from_o filth_n when_o the_o mixture_n be_v cold_a let_v it_o be_v put_v into_o a_o straight_a ampulla_fw-la cover_v with_o a_o rostrated_a capitel_a let_v its_o fire_n be_v at_o first_o slow_a afterward_o more_o luculent_a that_o the_o oil_n may_v be_v educe_v we_o have_v select_v this_o as_o the_o short_a and_o easy_a of_o all_o those_o way_n by_o which_o this_o efficacious_a oil_n be_v educe_v yet_o if_o any_o will_v make_v it_o otherwise_o let_v he_o project_v the_o odorate_a liquefied_a wax_n into_o water_n eight_o or_o ten_o time_n always_o agitate_v it_o with_o his_o hand_n and_o then_o put_v it_o in_o the_o retort_n and_o educe_v its_o oil_n by_o fire_n or_o hot_a ash_n now_o if_o you_o will_v not_o have_v it_o so_o spisse_fw-la for_o it_o be_v of_o the_o spissitude_n of_o butter_n iterate_v its_o distillation_n twice_o or_o thrice_o and_o it_o will_v be_v liquid_a and_o fluxile_n a_o oil_n may_v be_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n educe_v out_o of_o the_o gum_n elemni_n must_v accommodate_v for_o the_o cure_n of_o wound_n yea_o oil_n may_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n be_v educe_v out_o of_o fat_n be_v by_o the_o addition_n of_o bray_v flint_n sand_n or_o break_a brick_n chap._n 12._o oleum_fw-la terebinthinae_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o turpentine_n the_o oil_n of_o turpentine_n may_v be_v draw_v either_o in_o a_o straight_a or_o crooked_a cucurbite_n with_o sand_n purge_v from_o dust_n and_o a_o fire_n accend_v under_o it_o at_o first_o slow_a afterward_o more_o valid_a the_o oil_n that_o come_v first_o out_o be_v clear_a and_o tenuious_a the_o second_o more_o crass_a and_o aureous_a each_o shall_v be_v repose_v by_o itself_o some_o add_v to_o three_o pound_n of_o turpentine_n one_o handful_n of_o salt_n and_o a_o little_a aquavitae_n these_o confuse_o mix_v and_o include_v in_o a_o boccia_n emit_v oil_n by_o the_o help_n of_o fire_n the_o oil_n of_o turpentine_n be_v introsume_v to_o cure_v asthma_n vires_fw-la vires_fw-la empyema_n difficulty_n of_o breathe_v the_o stone_n cholical_a dolour_n and_o frigid_a and_o flatulent_a affection_n it_o be_v external_o adhibit_v to_o cure_v nerve_n that_o be_v sautiate_v or_o labour_n under_o any_o distemper_n and_o to_o fill_v wound_n with_o flesh_n agglutinate_v they_o and_o draw_v they_o to_o scar_n it_o extinguish_v quicksilver_n which_o be_v then_o good_a for_o the_o french_a disease_n chap._n 13._o oleum_fw-la caryophyllorum_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o cloves_n let_v a_o fit_a quantity_n of_o clove_n be_v macerate_v twelve_o hour_n or_o a_o whole_a day_n in_o rain-water_n in_o a_o straight_a or_o retort_v boccia_n well_o occurate_v that_o nothing_o may_v expire_v then_o let_v the_o capitel_a be_v set_v on_o it_o and_o it_o move_v with_o hot_a ash_n to_o extil_o oil_n which_o may_v afterward_o be_v sejoyn_v from_o the_o water_n this_o oil_n may_v also_o be_v easy_o educe_v by_o a_o alembick_a of_o copper_n artificial_o struct_v as_o also_o by_o descent_n like_o the_o oil_n of_o guaiacum_n some_o add_v a_o part_n of_o stillatitious_a wine_n to_o the_o clove_n it_o be_v excellent_a faculty_n make_v it_o a_o good_a substitute_n for_o opobalsamum_n for_o be_v introsume_v it_o recreate_v the_o principal_a part_n and_o spirit_n arceate_n putretude_n dissipate_v flatulency_n open_v the_o passage_n digest_v cold_a humour_n and_o dissipate_v melancholical_a succe_fw-la extrinsecal_o adhibit_v it_o cure_v new_a wound_n and_o old_a ulcer_n it_o emend_v the_o corruption_n of_o bone_n and_o allay_v toothache_n arise_v from_o a_o cold_a cause_n oil_n of_o mace_n may_v be_v extil_v after_o the_o same_o
manner_n it_o calefy_v and_o digest_v frigid_a humour_n roborate_v the_o ventricle_n help_v concoction_n move_v appetite_n and_o much_o more_o benefit_n the_o user_n the_o oil_n of_o cinamome_n be_v educe_v with_o more_o labour_n and_o cost_v for_o one_o pound_n thereof_o extil_v not_o above_o Ê’_n i_o of_o oil_n but_o its_o excellency_n equalize_v it_o with_o natural_a opobalsamum_n almost_o the_o oil_n of_o nutmeg_n be_v extil_v as_o that_o of_o mace_n and_o exhibit_v to_o and_o for_o the_o same_o use_n as_o also_o the_o oil_n of_o nutmeg_n by_o expression_n chap._n 14._o oleum_fw-la anisi_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o anise-seed_n let_v a_o pound_n or_o more_o or_o less_o of_o anise-seed_n be_v contund_v and_o macerate_v some_o hour_n in_o eight_o or_o ten_o time_n as_o much_o water_n then_o let_v it_o be_v put_v in_o a_o copper_n alembick_a with_o a_o vicine_fw-la refrigeratory_n then_o let_v it_o be_v distil_v first_o with_o a_o moderate_a afterward_o a_o more_o valid_a fire_n then_o segregate_v the_o oil_n from_o the_o water_n when_o the_o water_n and_o oil_n thus_o ascend_v and_o descend_v together_o into_o the_o receptacle_n they_o must_v be_v sejoyn_v which_o may_v be_v do_v by_o a_o certain_a instrument_n like_o a_o tunnel_n whereinto_o the_o whole_a liquor_n must_v be_v inject_v which_o must_v be_v so_o collocate_v that_o the_o acuminate_v and_o angu_v part_n thereof_o which_o shall_v be_v obturate_v with_o wax_n may_v hang_v downward_o and_o so_o the_o water_n will_v occupy_v the_o low_a and_o the_o oil_n the_o high_a place_n the_o wax_n then_o be_v rub_v off_o and_o the_o hole_n open_v the_o water_n will_v run_v out_o and_o the_o oil_n stay_v it_o cure_v the_o cholical_a dolour_n arise_v from_o flatulency_n and_o cold_a vires_fw-la vires_fw-la it_o conduce_v also_o to_o the_o tympany_n inflation_n of_o the_o belly_n crudity_n acid_a belch_a and_o rumble_v of_o the_o gut_n oil_n may_v by_o this_o art_n be_v educe_v out_o of_o the_o seed_n of_o petroseline_n fennel_n dauce_n and_o cumin_n which_o come_v from_o affine_n plant_n have_v affine_n quality_n chap._n 15._o oleum_fw-la de_fw-la spica_fw-la or_o oil_n of_o spike_n let_v the_o great_a spike_n or_o latifolious_a lavender_n be_v macerate_v in_o white_a odorate_a wine_n distil_v through_o a_o alembick_a and_o then_o its_o oleous_a liquor_n segregated_a from_o its_o watery_a and_o keep_v this_o oil_n be_v seldom_o use_v alone_o but_o often_o mix_v with_o other_o especial_o topical_a medicament_n as_o the_o vigonian_a salve_n and_o be_v adhibit_v to_o many_o more_o use_n beside_o medicinal_a one_o the_o oil_n of_o thyme_n be_v educe_v by_o the_o same_o artifice_n whether_o it_o be_v intrinsical_o or_o extrinsecal_o adhibit_v it_o conduce_v to_o cold_a effect_n there_o may_v be_v a_o certain_a liquor_n extract_v from_o pearl_n bray_v macerate_v in_o lemmon-juyce_n or_o distil_a vinegar_n solve_v pulverate_v madefy_v with_o rain-water_n and_o artificial_o distil_v but_o the_o work_n and_o 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