eyes the leaues 〈…〉 some say likewise that the leaâ—e of this hearbe carried in the shooâ—◠〈◊〉 vnto the bare sole of the feet doth heale the jaundiâ—e being applied vnto th◠〈◊〉 it taketh away the aboundance of Milke stamped together with the root in th◠〈◊〉 of Cammomile and being warmed or fried and applied vnto the nauell or 〈◊〉 it asswageth the frettings of the bellie and paines of the mother the whole 〈◊〉 being dâ—â—ed and made in powder doth heale wounds and vlcers the juice 〈◊〉 dropt into a rotten or hollow tooth mortifieth it and causeth it to fall out 〈…〉 also the 〈◊〉 called Porrum to fall away The small Celandine otherwise called Pilewort or the hearbe for the Kings 〈◊〉 because it healâ—â—h the same doth grow well in warrie moist and shadowie 〈…〉 groweth likewise in drie places but not so well though there it get a more 〈…〉 as wel in his leaues as in his root vertue to heale the Kings 〈…〉 to exulcâ—ration as also other virulent vlcers hemorrhoides cankers hard 〈…〉 whether 〈◊〉 or porracious and other cold tumors by a â—oollifying and 〈…〉 qualiâ—â—e that they haue Asarum bacchar craueth a leane ground and drie and where there is 〈…〉 to be set than sowne The root of Asarum being dried 〈…〉 good to be taken the weight of a French Crowne in white 〈…〉 and by this it câ—reth the quartane and â—ertian ague and this 〈…〉 daies the quantitie of a good goblet full of the decoction of this root made in wine with honey putting thereto some Cinnamon Mace and other such Spices by which they purge verie much as well vpward as downeward Likewise when they feele the fit comming they chafe the backe and soles of the feet with oyle wherein they haue caused to be infused this root in the hot Sunne-shine and after lying downe in bed the shiuerings and shakings of the Ague is taken away and a great sweat procured The decoction of Asarum is good against the Sciatica the infusion thereof in wine doth cure the Dropsie and Iaundise the iuice dropt into the corner of the eyes doth heale the Web in the eye and dazeling of the eyes Manie good women doe apply Asarun vnto the wrists of the hands to driue away the heat of an Ague You must obserue as it were diuers parts in this hearbe For the root is a prouoker of Vomit and the leaues thereof are Aromaticall and agree verie well with the stomacke Valerian groweth verie well in a moist and well manured ground and would be often watered that so it may put forth a tall stalke The good wiues are wont to apply to the wrists in burning Agues the leaues of Valerian but without reason for the Valerian doth rather encrease the Ague by his heat than diminish it It will be better to vse it in the paines of the sides and in the prouoking of vrine and womens termes If you wet lin in the iuice of Valerian and put it into anie wound made either with Arrow or Sword or otherwise and the drosse or grosâ—e part thereof layd vpon it you shall cause the yron to come forth if anie such be stayed behind and so also heale the wound Cats doe delight much to eat this hearbe The decoction is good against Venime and the Plague It is good also against shortnesse of breath if there be mixed therewith Licorice and Damaske Raisins Angelica would be sowne in a well tilled ground oftentimes wed and reasonably watered The root is soueraigne against the Plague and all sorts of Poyson Whosoeuer shall keepe a little piece of it in his mouth or which shall drinke onely in a Winter morning a little draught of Wine and Rosewater wherein it hath beene steept hee â—â—â—not be infected of anie euill ayre of all that day Englishmen vse the lâ—aues and roots of this hearbe in sawce with their meats because it correcteth grosse humours and a stinking breath and surthereth digestion verie much The leaues of Angelica stamped with other leaues of Rue and Honey and applyed in forme of a Caâ—â—plasme doe heale the bitings of mad Dogges and the stinging of Serpents Being layd vpon the head of one that hath an Ague it draweth vnto it all the burning heat of the Ague and it is good against Sorcerie and Inchanâ—ment The distilled water of Angelica it singular good against the fainting of the Heart the biâ—ings of mad Beasts the stingings of venimous creatures especially against the Plauge if with this â—â—stilled water there be drunke halfe a dramme of the root in powder and a drammâ— of Treacle and that afterward the patient giue himselfe to sweating for by this means manie haue beene saued The root put into a hollow tooth assuageth the paine being â—â—â—wed it maketh the breath sweet and conceaâ—eth and small of Garlick or anie other 〈◊〉 meat which causeth an ill breath Blessed thistle would be ordered and dressed with such manner of â—illage as Angelica It is true that it would be sowne in the encrease of the Moone and not abouâ— three fingers depth in the earth It loâ—eth the compaine of Wheat 〈…〉 It will not be prickly it before that you sow it you put the Seed in the roo◠〈…〉 the leaues broken off or it you breake the sharpe pointâ—d end of the Seed against a stone after the manner spoken of before in the Chapter of 〈◊〉 Blessed thistle hath no lesse vertue against the Plague or anie other sort of Poyson â—han hath Angelica whether you vse it inward or outward This vertue is it which driueth away Moules and other kinds of such Cattell being huâ—â—full vnto Gardeâ—â— from the place where it groweth Such 〈…〉 troubled with a Quartanâ— Ague or other Agues which haue their fits comming with a Cold are cured if 〈◊〉 take in the morning three ounces of Blessed thistles water or of the decoction 〈…〉 weight of a French crowne of the seed in powder The same remedie is good 〈◊〉 Pleurisies and for children that haue the Falling sicknesse If it be boyled in 〈◊〉 the decoction is good to assuage the paines of the reines and colicke to kill 〈◊〉 and to prouoke sweat Blessed thistle as well drie as greene taken inwardly 〈…〉 ourwardly doth heale maligne vlcers Physitions likewise commaund it 〈…〉 â—mingled in decoctions and drinkes for the Pocks Mother-wort groweth in vntilled and rough places and standeth not in 〈◊〉 of anie tilling notwithstanding it is singular against the beating and fainting of the heart for which reason it is called of some Cardiaca It prouoketh also Womens termes it taketh away obstructions and prouoketh vrine it raiseth 〈◊〉 deliuering the Lungs thereof by making it easie to be spet foorth It 〈…〉 Wormes dryed and made in powder and the quantitie of a spoonefull 〈◊〉 in Wine doth mightily helpe forward the deliuerie of Women labouring of Child-birth Golden-rod would be sowne in a fat ground which is not open vnto the heâ—â—
Being taken in a Suffumigation or put vp into the secret places it helpeth conception The fume of this seed taken vpon the face doth make it pale and deadly And this doe they verie well know which are giuen ouer to counterfeit holinesse sincere and vpright dealing or the subduing or bringing vnder of the bodie Also the seed thereof bruised and boyled in Oyle is good against anie Impostâ—â—ation and assuageth anie great swelling Fennell findeth not it selfe agrieued with anie ayre or soyle howbeit naturally it is more enclining vnto a hot than vnto a cold ayre and vnto a grauellie ground rather than vnto a better onely it flyeth and refuseth a sandie and altogether barren ground as not thriuing anie whit therein It is sowne in the Spring and 〈◊〉 and it is planted likewise at the same times the stalkes are romoued hauing put forth a 〈◊〉 euerie one from another or else the whole tuft onely notwithstanding the sweet Fennell loueth rather to be sowne than planted and that rather in the Spring than in Autumne for so it groweth more sweet and beareth the greater seed It must be sowne in and remoued vnto a ground open vpon the Sunne and reasonably drie and seldome sowne as not aboue one yeare It must be kept verie cleane so long as it is in growing and vntill it be come vnto his full growth for otherwise bad weeds would choake it To haue verie sweet Fennell put your seed in a Marsellis figge and so sow it or else mix honey with the earth wherein you sow it or else steepe the seed in honey one or two nights before you sow it or else in the water of honey or in milke changing the same and putting new instead in such sort as we haue said in the handling of Melons Fennell as well the leafe as the seed is wholly dedicated to the clearing of the eyes and for this cause some draw the iuice of the leaues and stalkes while they are yet tender and drying it keepe it for the same effect Sometimes the water of Fennell is distilled all alone and by it selfe or else mixt with honey The seed of Fennell is good to restraine wind taken after meat notwithstanding that it is hard of digestion and bringeth but little nourishment vnto the bodie It may be eaten greene after the beginning of August as also the buds and tender stalkes may be preserued and likewise the branches as they beare their seed with salt and vineger in earthen pots to vse at all times and especially whiles there is raigning anie excessiue heat The vse of Fennell also causeth women to haue great store of milke Marierome groweth of seed roots or shoots as Sage doth It desireth shadowed places and that fat well manured and oft watered It will be the fairer if it be remoued in the beginning of Summer The roots must be defended from Rats and Mice for this kind of vermine doth it more iniurie than anie other which you shall find and proue true if it please you but to make triall thereof The iuice pressed out of the leaues and drawne vp into the nosâ—hrils doth purge the head made into a lee it dryeth the rheumes and scoureth away the filthinesse of the head The broth wherein it hath boyled is good against the beginning of Dropsie as also for them that cannot make water well and which are subiect vnto Gripings Mugwort whether it be set or sowne craueth a drie and stonie ground contrarie to another hearbe resembling it and called hearbe S. Iohn and groweth in marshes and it indeed the male Sothernwood Mugwort hath singular force against the bitings of Serpents vsed as well inward as outward as also against the Plague That it is so the Almaines doe sufficiently proue who account not themselues to haue anie more soueraigne remedie against the Plague than Mugwort made into ashes and afterward boyled into a chymicall salt to vse so soone as they perceiue themselues strucken with the Plague with foure or fiue ounces of good Wine or Malmesey and afterward to goe lay themselues downe in bed to cause themselues to sweat two or three houres It hath singular vertues against the diseases of the Matrix for the leaues put into a bagge or made in forme of a Cataplasme and applyed warme from vnder the nauell vnto the flankes doe procure the termes and doe appease in like manner the Matrix relaxed or out of order and place The leaues stamped with oyle of bitter Almonds and applyed vnto the stomacke doe stay the paine thereof There is made a singular Pesâ—arie 〈◊〉 bring downe womens termes with the leaues of Mugwort Myrrhe and Figges all being brayed with oyle of Ireos The root powdred and drunke with white wine doth so purge the Matrix as that it casteth forth the mole and after-birth The iuice is with good successe drunke against Opium the powder of the dried leaues drunke with wine the weight of three drammes is exceedingly good for the Sciatica Some say that the traueller which carrieth Mugwort the whole hearbe tyed vnto his legges or thighes shall not find himselfe wearie at all and that hanged at the entries of houses it with-holdeth all Incantations and Witch-crafts When awoman laboureth of child and cannot auoid her after-birth there is nothing better than to apply vnto her vnder her nauell vpon her thighes and flankes a Cataplasme made of Mogwort leaues boyled with Barly meale but presently after the child or after-birth is come â—orth you must take away this Cataplasme otherwise it would draw downe the Matrix also If you stampe the iuice of Mugwort with the yolkes of egges boyled adding thereto Hogges grease and the seed of Cummin and apply it all in manner of a Cataplasme vpon the Matrix you shall remedie all the paine that ordinarily doth follow after child-birth Tansie as well the great as the small groweth in most places as vpon the brinkes of Riuers and small Brookes and sometimes in drie places as wee â—ee it grow in Wayes and in the edges of high Wayes The seed or flowers drunke with milke or wine doth 〈◊〉 the Wormes and that is the cause why some call it Worme-baâ—e It serueth also to prouoke Vrine and to breake the Stone and Grauell of the reines especially in men as Fetherâ—ew doth the same in women Fetherfew doth require the like ordering and ground that Mugwort doth and they are also as it were of the like vertues both of them appropriate vnto the affects of the Matrix but Fetherâ—ew surpasseth in this that the flowers but principally the leaues stamped and applyed vnto the teeth or eare of the side that aketh it wholly assuageth the paine of the teeth And this is the cause why the Parisiaâ—s doe call it Espargoâ—tte because the leaues thus stamped and applyed doe cause to distill out of the mouth drop after drop the flegmaticke humour which causeth
the said tooth-ach It is good also for them which haue the swimming of the head as also for them which are troubled with Melancholie or with the Stone Caâ—s-mint or Nept is a kind of Calamint whereof wee haue spoken before so called because that Cats doe exceedingly delight in the smell thereof and doe tumble themselues round vpon the leaues and stalkes it groweth without anie great husbanding in marshie and waterish places as may easily be seene and tryed It is reported to haue a singular vertue in helping women to conceiue In like manner Physitians are wont to prescribe Bathes and Fomentations made of this hearbe for women that cannot conceiue and haue children Also it is verie delicately purgatiue and openeth the bodie verie gently without offence or danger aftercoâ—â—iâ—enesse French Lauander being and hearbe of a verie good smell and verie vsuall in Languâ—doâ— and Prouence doth craue to be diligently tilled in a fat ground and lying open to the Sunne The decoction syrrup or distilled water doth comfort the braine and memorie taketh away the obstructions of the Liuer Spleene Lungs and Matrix but such as are cholericke must not vse it because it disquieteth them mightily in causing them to vomit and altering them much by bringing a heat vpon all the bodie The drie stonie and Sunne-shining place is verie fit for Lauander whether male or female Before it flower it must be cut and picked verie carefully It is of a sweet smell and good when it is dryed to put amongst Linnens and Woollen Clothes â—mparting of his sweetnesse vnto them and keeping of them from vermine It is verie excellent to comfort weake and wearied sinewes or otherwise ill affected through some cold cause and by reason hereof Baths and Fomentations made of Lauander for Palsies Conuulsions Apoplexies and other such like affects are verie soueraigne The flowers with Cinnamon Nutmeg and Cloues doe heale the beating of the heart The distilled water of the flowers taken in the quantitie of two spoonefuls restoreth the lost speech and healeth the swownings and disease of the heart The consâ—rue and distilled water thereof doe the like The Oyle thereof dryeth vp Rheumes also and beeing annoynted vpon the nape of the necke it is singular good against conuulsions and benummednesse of sinewes All-good otherwise called in French Orualle because it is as much worth as gold groweth in anie ground without seed and with seed it delighteth notwithstanding to be often watered The leaues stamped and applyed doe draw forth thornes and prickes that are fastened and runne into anie part of the bodie whatsoeuer It doth in like manner bring the child out of the mothers bodie being in trauell The wine wherein it hath been steeped in small quantitie doth make men pleasant and cheerefull and apt to carnall copulation The seed thereof put into the eye and turned manie times round about the eye doth cleanse and cleare it in wiping away the â—â—egmaticke humour wherewith you shall well perceiue the seed to be laden and aâ— it were wrapt in small filmes after that it is taken out of the eyes The flowerâ— and seed put in a vessell full of sweet Wine whiles it yet purgeth giueth it the tast of Malmesey It is true that such Wine will quickly make one drunke and cause the head-ach as we see that Beere doth wherein Brewers boyle Clarie in stead of Hoppes Nigella of the Garden must be sowne in a ground that is fat and well tilled The fume of the seed taken doth stay the rheume drie the braine and causeth the smelling that is lost to come againe boyled with water and vineger and holden in the mouth it assuageth tooth-ach Sweet Balme groweth rather in Woods and Forests than in Gardens notwithstanding he that will haue it in his Garden must sow it in a fat and well battild ground where the heat of the Sunne commeth not verie strongly It serueth to reioyce the heart and deliuereth the spirit from melancholike imaginations and fansies it is good not onely against bitings and stingings of venimonâ— beasts but also against the Plague in whatsoeuer manner it be vsed And further if anie man doubt himselfe to haue eaten anie venimous or poysoned meat as it falleth out often in them which haue eaten Mushromes and such like things then this serueth for a singular remedie against the same Such as esteeme it a fine thing to keepe Bees to the end he may preuent their flying away and forsaking of their Hiues as also to cause them to come againe if they be gone away doe rub the Hiues with the flowers of sweet Balme as on the contrarie to driue them and to cause them to forsake them they rub them with the flowers of Fetherfew Camomile as well the white as the yellow hath no need of great tilling it is sufficient to plant it in a drie leane and stonie ground Camomile is singular good to mollifie resolue raâ—ifie and loosen and in this respect there is no remedie better for laâ—â—itudes or wearisomenesse without iust outward causes than bathes made with the leaues and flowers thereof The leaues of Camomile stamped with white wine make a verie good drinke to cure all sorts of Agues but especially Tertians for which reason the Priests of Egypt did consecrate it vnto the Sunne Also the water of Camomile drunke warme in the beginning of the fit doth throughly heale the Tertian by vomit The leaues of Camomile yet greene being dryed vpon a Tyle or hot Fire-panne doe by and by appease the head-ach Being also fried with sweet Sewet and vnset Leekes in a Frying-paâ—â—e and put hot into a Linnen bagge and so applyed to the nauell it killeth Wormes either in old middle age or young infants and taketh away all manner of paine in the bellie Melilot refuseth no ground be it fat or be it drie and yet it loueth to be watered Melilot doth mollifie resolue and rarifie as doth Camomile and yeeldeth a verie good smell especially when it is new or when it raineth in Summer it also assuageth the ach of anie part or member whatsoeuer it be Also the â—uice thereof mixed with Turpentine Waxe and Oyle ripeneth breaketh and healeth anie Impostume whatsoeuer it taketh away all hard swelling and cleanseth wounds Manie men being verie desirous to adorne and set forth their Garden with all sorts of Plants doe amongst the rest prouide to furnish it with Apples of Loue which the Latines call Mala insana by reason of the beautie of their fruit which which is as thicke as a Cucumber drawing towards a red colour They must be sowne in the Spring in a fat and well battild soyle and where the Sun hath great power because they cannot abide any cold they craue the like ordering and husbandrie that the Cucumber doth Many licorish mouthes let not to be eating of these no more than of mushroomes they take
called quicke and Virgins Brimstone and not artificiall Brimstone vvhen you intend to make your Oyle of Briâ—stone to dâ—still you shall take a sheeâ—e of yron of foure fingers thicknesse and fire red this you shall cast into the small pot vvith Brimstone to make the said Brimstone burne and flame the smoake comming forth of the Godeâ— vvill ascend vp to the vessell hanging aboue vvherein after a short time it vvill be turned into Oyle vvhich Oyle will thence distill into the vesâ—ell below Gather this Oyle and reserue it in a vessell well stopt for to vse for the curing of Gangrenes Fistulaâ—s vâ—cers of the mouth and Ring-wormes if you doe but touch them vvith this Oyle vpon the end of a feather It is singular good against rebellious vlcers comming of the pockes some giue it to drinke with balme water in the morning vnto such as are but scarce cured and recouered of the pockes to the end it may driue out the disâ—ase The oyle of Brimstone may be made otherwise boyle Brimstone in Aqua-vitae vntill there begin an oylie substance to swim aloft gather this liquor with a woollen or linnen cloth or with a little espoone you must sometime renew your Aqua 〈◊〉 vntill you haue gathered oyle ynough if presently after bathing your selfe you annoinâ— with this oyle your bodie infected with Quick-siluerâ— you shall expell and draw forth the said Quick-siluer But concerning all these Oyles see more in our Booke of secret remedies and medicines CHAP. LVII A description of certaine artificiall balmes BVt it is vvell and sufficiently knowne how that now the true and naturall balme is no vvhere to be found and that in place thereof the industrie and skill of man hath inuented Oyles which approach and draw neere in vertues and faculties vnto the true balme now therefore be it in like manner knowne that these Oyles are made either by distillation or impression and that vve will speake onely of some certaine ones which are made by impression ceasing to speake of those which are distilled for them which meddle in drawing out the quintessences of things as you shall further perceiue by our Booke of secret remedies Balme of the maruellous apples Take the maruellous apples either with or without kernells but verie ripe put them in a vessell full of common oyle either old or new or of the oyle of sweet Almonds or Linseed and infuse them a long time in the Sunne or in Maries-bath or in horse-dung that is verie hot or in the earth in a vessell that is well couered ouer with sand and let it remaine there one whole yeare or else two vvhich is the better you may likewise make this oyle of the leaues and little cods without the fruit some with the apples put together with the oile of sweet almonds or linseed oyle doe joyne of liquid varnish one ounce for euerie pound of oyle such an oyle is a singular balme for all wounds inflammations of the breasts and for the appeasing of outward paines and ache for the bursting of young children the vlcers of the matrix and to procure conception if after that the woman is come out of the bath made for the same purpose the annoint her secret parts therewith and drinke of the powder of the leaues with vvhite Wine it is also singular good for the paine of the hemorrhoides being mingled with linseed oyle or the oile of sweet almonds We haue spoken of the maruellous apples in the second Booke where we haue declared how that the hearbe whereupon they grow is called Balsaâ—ina because it hath the vertue of balme The oyles of the flowers of Rosemarie white mullein Paules betonie Nicotian and ground Iuie being thus prepared as we haue spoken of before haue like vertues with balme Another balme Take the fruit of the elme the flowers of Hypericum and the buds of Roses put all together in a glasse bottle with oyle of Oliues stop vp the bottle close and leaue it in the Sunne vntill you see the same all of it in such manner consumed as though it were rotten afterward strayne it and keepe the oyle for your vse Another Take Gumme elemie foure ounces oyle of vvormes oyle of Roses and Hypericon of each two ounces of Venice Turpentine two ounces mix altogether and incorporate them vpon a coale fire afterward keepe it in little bottles Another balme Take the flowers and seeds of Hypericon foure handfulls bruise them throughly and set them in the Sunne the space of ten daies in a glasse bottle with foure pound of old Oyle of Oliues afterward presse them out carefully and put againe as many moe flowers and seeds of Hypericon into the bottle set it in the Sun againe tenne vvhole dayes after presse it out all againe and put thereunto as followeth of oyle of dill and of Venice Turpentine of each a pound and a halfe of Aqua-vitae halfe a pound of Mummia vvood of Aloâ—s masticke myrrhe and Iuieguâ— of each an ounce and a halfe of the rosen of the pine-tree three ounces saffron halfe an ounce cloues nuâ—megs cinnamom of each three drams mix all together and boile them three houres in Maries-bath in a glasse bottle close stopped that nothing may breath out Then set the bottle in the Sunne the space of ten daies reseruing the oyle afterward for pains of the eares wounds fistulaes cankers Noli me tangere c to annoint the backe bone a little before the fit of the ague come vvhich beginneth of cold Another balme take the fruit of the elme vvithin which you shall find a liquor like vnto oyle put it whole into a strong viole which viole you shall stop verie close and burie for the space of fiâ—teene daies in horse dung that is verie hot by reason of his being verâ—e rotten then set it in the Sunne for a certaine time and after gather the cleare part that shall swimme aboue and this vvill be vnto you a singular balme Otherwise gather all the liquor that you find in the fruit of elmes put it in a strong viole adding of the flowers of Hypericon and common oyle stop vp the viole verie close and burie it in horse dung that is well rotted leaue it therein a sufficient time and afterward taking it out you shall haue a singular balme See further in our Booke of secret medicines concerning balmes A briefe discourse of the distilling of Waters CHAP. LVIII Of the profit and commoditie of distillation NOtwithstanding that distillation be the vvorke rather of a Philosopher or Alchymist otherwise called an extracter of quintessences than of a farmer or maister of a Countrie Farme notwithstanding the profit thereof is so great and the vse so laudible and necessarie as that we take not the chiefe Lord of our countrie house to be furnished vvith all such singular commodities as vve desire if he lacke the knowledge and practise of distillation not that I vvould have him to make it
of Rocket gathered with the left hand and bruised in honied water and taken in drinke are soueraigne against the Iaundise and hardnesse of the Spleene Also Rocket being boyled and mixed with Sugar doth take away the Cough in little children Tarragon is made of Linseed prickt in manie places of the head of a red Onion the strongest and sharpest that may be found and put into well manured earth And after it hath shot vp the height of a foot or somewhat more you must take the slippes or branches and set them againe in the same earth and water them often Tarragon hath the same force and vertue that Rocket hath and is not to be eaten alone but with Lettuces and such like hearbes CHAP. XXVIII Of Smallage Cheruile Costmarie and Auens SMallage must be sowne in a well toiled ground and neere some wall for iâ— loueth the shadow and groweth well in all manner of ground And after that it is once sowne if it be not all pulled vp by the roots but that there be but one stalke left from yeare to yeare to seed it will continue for euer and it hath not anie great need of being weeded The good time to sow it is from the end of Februarie vnto the first day of September It hath the like vertue that Parsley hath not to eat but for Physicke It is good also for all blew stroakeâ— and bloud that is setled by reason of anie kind of blow The oyle thereof is likewise good for manie diseases and especially for the rawnesse that commeth in the throat if the place that is sore be oft annointed therewith It is true that Smallage stirreth vp the Falling sicknessee if we may beleeue Plâ—nie although that Galen in the curing of the Falling sickness doe prescribe the roots of Smallage and Parsley I haue tried by experience oftentimes that the leaues of Smallage chewed raw doe prouoke the termes of women Cheruile called in Latine Cerefolium loueth to be sowne in a ground that is well manured and in the time of Februarie March and Aprill and sometimes in August and September for to haue it in Winter and it would be often watered Cheruile doth shirre vp the stomacke and is verie good to prouoke vrine and purge the bloud Costmarie and Auens are verie pleasant hearbes to giue a sauour like Spice in Pottage and Salads They would be sowne in May and Aprill and remoued in Nouember Both of them haue the taste of Pepper and Cloues and therefore cannot but be good to comfort the stomacke Some to prouoke appetite make a greene sawce of Sorrell for to eat with meat Physicions doe greatly esteeme of the decoction of Costmarie against the Swimming disease Astonishments falling Sicknesse obstructions of the Lungs Dropsies and Iaundise as also for the Colicke Stone difficultie to make Water staying of the Termes for quicke deliuerie in Child-birth and to bring downe the after-birth CHAP. XXIX Of Asparagus THe hearbe Asparagus doth grow bigge in a fat and spongie ground that is free from stones well dressed plaine and smooth demanding no helpe of watering except a little in 〈◊〉 Some sow them in the Spring at the new of the Moone but it is better to set the rootes which spread and encrease better and sooner than the seeds whether they be sowne of seedes or set of rootes it must be done in furrowes three ynches deepe and a fathome ouer on euerie side standing one from another a good long foot put into euerie furrow two or three seeds euerie one off from another some nine ynches about fortie daies after the seeds doe gather together and ioyne one with another becomming one after you haue set them thus low you must cast vpon them the third part of the earth that you haue taken out of the furrowes which must be â—ifted before you put it there with an yron Sieue that so the Sunne may pierce the deeper and draw the Asparagus vnto it after this you must weed them oft and helpe them in October with some well rotted manure of Horse Sheepe or Birds or which is better with the filth and ordure of Sinkes and Priuies and the dust which falleth out of Wooll when it is beaten and againe vpon this the â—eeds and drosse of the Vine-presse and Grapes You must renew their ground oftentimes in Februarie and cast new dung vpon it you must doe the like also the second yeare in Februarâ—â— or March and likewise euerie yeare in October It is true that they must be remoued the second or third yeare and neuer to cut them vntill the third yeare and then in the moneth of May. In stead of remouing them it were better to vncouer their roots and to take away those that are supersâ—uons for to set in some other place and then to purge them of withered and rotten or corrupted branches in as much as Asparagus would neuer be remoued out of their place except it be when they grow too thicke together For doing so two or three yeares one after another it will fall out that all the intangled and folded one within another will be taken away and then you may prune and trimme those which you leaue standing which you must couer from foot to foot or from root to root with well seasoned manure being rotted and mixed with as much sifted mould sifting moreouer the same which was aboue before and putting it into his old place from whence it was taken and in such manner as it was found there Howsoeuer it be the yeare after they be planted there may well be taken from them some one of their stalkes and the other let stand to seed The stalke so taken away must be cut away not pluckt away for feare of doing hurt to the root For to haue Asparagus to grow faire and aboundantly you must couer the earth of the trenches with beasts hornes or else sow in the furrowes where you shall set them the powder of the hornes of Weathers or wild Rammes or some others and afterward you shall water them And this is the cause that maketh them grow naturally in the Medowes Others there are which say though it be a wonderfull thing that there must nothing be done to the hornes but onely bored through and to hide them in good ground and that of them will breed and grow Asparagus And to cause Asparagus to sprout and bring foorth often you must rake and weed and digge about them often opening their roots after that you haue gathered the fruit and straw vpon thâ—â— the powder of beasts hornes for the plant being thus handled will beare his 〈◊〉 otherwise Asparagus is a delicate fruit and wholesome for euerie bodie and especially when it is thicke tender sweet and not verie much boyled it giueth a good stomacâ—e vnto the sicke if it be vsed before meat it prouoketh vrine it openeth the obstructions of the reines and the liuer The root thereof applyed to
called of the Latines Acanthus groweth in stonie and moist places although it loue to be diligently tended or otherwise not to yeeld anie profit The root and leaues are verie mollifying taken in drinke they prouoke vrine and applyed in forme of a Cataplasme they are good against conâ—ulsions wrenches and contractions of the ligaments They are to good effect vsed in the Clysters of them which haue the Dropsie Diuels-bit so called because it sheweth as though the middle or the heart of the root were gnawed or bitten by some Diuell so soone as it is planted or hath put vp in anie place as though the Diuell did enuie the good which it bringeth vnto men by the incredible vertues that are therein craueth no great husbandrie neither yet anie fat earth or verie moist for as we see it groweth vpon mountaines in bushes and places altogether barren It is true that it groweth also in medowes but yet such as are not verie moist It is found in great aboundance in the medowes of Verriere a borough neere vnto Paris The root and greene leaues being stamped together and applyed vnto Carbuncles and pestilent Buboes doe heale them The Wine wherein they haue boyled is drunke with good successe against the Plague and against the griefes and suffocation of the Mother The powder of the root thereof is verie good against Wormes Cinquefoile so called because of the fiue leaues which it beareth craueth a low waterish and shadowed ground it groweth also in drie and grauellie places The decoction of the root vsed for a Gargle doth assuage the tooth-ach and heale the vlcers of the mouth in a Clyster it slayeth all manner of flux of the bellie as well the bloudie flux as others taken as a drinke it is singular against the Iaundise the stopping of the Liuer and against a pestilent ayre and poyson Tormentill like in stalke vnto Cinquefoile but vnlike in number of leaues 〈◊〉 much as it hath seuen delighteth in the same ground that Cinquefoile doth 〈…〉 not altogether so waterish and called Tormentill because the powder or 〈◊〉 of the root doth appease the rage and torment of the teeth is ouer and aboue 〈◊〉 â—ther remedies most singular against the Plague and against the furie of all 〈◊〉 and Venimes it stayeth likewise all fluxes of bloud whether it be spitting 〈…〉 struous or of the bellie all vomiting and vntimely birth whether it be taken 〈◊〉 by the mouth or applyed outwardly or whether it be taken in substance 〈◊〉 the distilled water onely Perwincle delighteth in a shadowed and moist place we see it grow likewise 〈◊〉 Willow grounds Hedge-rowes and out-sides of Woods The leaues as well in decoction as otherwise doe stay all manner of flux of the bellie or spitting of bloud or otherwise as the monethly termes and whites 〈◊〉 purging hauing gone before and bleeding at the nose if you bruiâ—e the 〈◊〉 and put them in the nose or if you make a collar thereof to put about your 〈…〉 a garland for your head or if you put them vnder and about the tongue After the same manner you shall stay the monethly termes as also preuent vntimely birth 〈◊〉 you apply them vpon the groines Bistort as well the great as the small doth delight in a moist waterish and shâ—dowie place it groweth also in high Mountaines The root thereof doth stay all manner of fluxes as the termes and vnwilling 〈◊〉 away of the vrine if it be drunke with the iuice or distilled water of 〈◊〉 it stayeth the flux of bloud comming of a wound if the powder of it be cast 〈◊〉 the bleeding wound it suppresseth cholericke vomits if is befried with the 〈◊〉 of egges vpon a red hot tyle and be eaten by and by It is singular good as well 〈◊〉 the decoction and substance as in the distilled water against all Venime as also against the Plague against Wormes in little children against the Measels Purpleâ— and small Pocks in young children against the bloudie flux and all manner of falls against the paine and rheumes of the teeth if you put it into the hollow tooth 〈◊〉 little Allome and Pellitorie of Spaine Pionie as well the male as the female craueth to be planted or set in drie ground where the Sunne hath his full force The seed or root gathered in the wane of the Moone and hanged about the neck or applyed vnto the wrists alone or with the Missâ—ltoe of the Oake is a verie singâ—lar preseruatiue against the Falling sicknesse Whereunto notwithstanding I would not haue thee so much to trust as that thou shouldest not looke after some other â—â—medie assure thy selfe rather that it is singular in bitings and stingings that are â—â—nimous as well taken inward as applyed outward Thirtie seeds of Pionie 〈◊〉 and brayed and the verie kernell made into powder and drunke with wine doth fetch againe the speech when it is lost Paules Betonie both male and female would be either sowne or planted in thâ— verie same ground with Pionie This hearbe especially the female is verie much commended for his vertues 〈◊〉 the iuice that is pressed out of his leaues and the water that is distilled thereof 〈◊〉 heale all sorts of wounds as well new as old all sorts of vlcers whether maligne 〈◊〉 cancrous swellings and hot tumors itch and all the diseases of the skin and which is more the often vse as well of the iuice as of the distilled water of Paules 〈◊〉 doth perfectly cure the Leprosie whereof we haue a notable and famous testimoâ—â—â— of a French King who thereby was throughly cured thereof And this is the 〈◊〉 why this hearbe is called the Leapers hearbe Some doe make a balme thereof 〈◊〉 we will further speake in the Chapter of Balmes in the third Booke which is singâ—lar aboue all others for all sorts of wounds and maligne vlcers as also for the Leprosie and that it is so good is proued for that a certaine person well knowne vnto 〈◊〉 hauing a virulent vlcer in manner of a Polypus in his nosthrils of the cure 〈◊〉 manie as well Physitioâ—s as Surgions being excellent men and dwelling in 〈◊〉 Towne did altogether despaire was notwithstanding wonderfully cured by the application of this Balme and often vse of potions made of the decoction of the leaues of the female Paules Betonie This hearbe is singular also in Clysters for bloudie Fluxes and in drinkes for pestilent Feauers vlcers of the Lungs and obstructions of the Liuer and Spleene Gromell is the same which we call in Latine Milium solis and it groweth better being sowne than pianted it delighteth in a drie and vntilled ground being withall stonie and hauing a good ayre The iuice of the leaues and powder of the seed being drunke with Wine hath a singular vertue against the Grauell and Stone and procuring of the Vrine to passe away There is nothing more singular for the burning of the Vrine than to drinke manie mornings
fresh butter of ech alike mixe all and let them worke together in an earthen pot set in the Ouen with this Oyntment rub the akiâ—â—g parts or else infuse the flowers in oyle with mans grease set in the heat of the Sunne Some also make an Oyle of the seedes pressing it 〈◊〉 of them Orpin groweth for the most part in moist and shadowie places The Countrâ—y people doe by their good wills plant it vpon Saint Iohns night in dishes or vpoâ— trenchers of wood in some cleft of a wall the foot being thrust into clay and theâ—â— they set it where it abideth a long time greene growing and flourishing if it be now and then watered The liquor of the decoction of the leaues is a soueraigne remedie to heale wounds and stay fluxes of bloud for inward wounds and vlcers and for burstings and ruptures Goats-beard groweth verie well in a moist ground and shadowed and craueth to be oft watered The Latines call it Vlmaria because the leaues are like to the leaues of Elme The root and leaues made in powder doe cure the flux of the bellie and bleeding The distilled water being drunke is singular good for wounds both inward and outward Ground-Iuie groweth likewise in a moist and shadowed place The decoction of the leaues hath great power to take away the obstructions of the liuer and spleene to prouoke vrine and the termes in women There is made of it an excellent balme for new cuts and wounds also for the Collicke ministred in Clysters or taken in drinke putting the small chopt leaues into a Glasse-violl well stopt with gummie wax and strong parchment and setting the said violl in Horse dung for the space of fortie daies The iuice thereof with the rust of Brasse is a fit medicine for fistulaes and hollow vlcers the decoction thereof with Betonie Pimpernell Mouse-eare Bistort Horse-taile Tormentill red Coleworts and Dittander is singular for wounds in the principall and inward parts if it be oft vsed This ground-Iuie is otherwise called of some Ale-hoofe and it hath a most singular vertue for the curing of all manner of â—ore eyes either in man or beast if you take it and beat it well in a mortar and drop into it three or foure drops either of white Rose-water or the water of Eye-bright and then straine it into a cleane Glasse-bottle and keepe it close then wash the sore eye therewith when occasion is ministred and the oftener in the day that you doe wash the sore eye therein the better it is and the sooner recouered Hounds-tongue groweth easily in peblie and vntilled ground The leaues powned and applyed vnto burnings the wild-fire old vlcers wounds and inflammations aches fluxes and hemorrhoids doe verie much good There is made a singular Oyntment for wounds of the iuice thereof mixed with honey of Roses and Turpentine There are also made thereof pilles to stay vehement and violent rhewmes Adders-tongue doth require aboue all other things a fat place well tilled and moist it groweth also in medowes but it is destroyed by and by and spoyled The leaues stamped and applyed vnto burnings inflammations burstings and principally vnto wounds and maligne vlcers are of a maruellous effect There is a balme made of the leaues thereof for the same effects whereunto some put Turpentine Red wine wherein this whole hearbe hath beene steeped is good to stay rhewmes falling downe vpon the eyes Goose-grasse doth grow in anie kind of ground and hath no need of great tillage Some doe distill the water of it which is singular good against the Pleurifie and other paines of the side being taken in the beginning of the disease as also against the bitings and stingings of venimous beasts and to coole the heat of Cankers Corne-rose craueth a fat ground and well tilled such as are Corne-grounds wherein we may see them grow faire and verie well blowne The flowers of Corne-rose as well the great as the small either in decoctions or the distilled water or in syâ—rups or in powder the weight of halfe a French crowne are singular meanes to prouoke spitting in Pleurisies and to cure the same Bastard Dittanie in like manner requireth a fat ground and well tilled and therewith a diligent care to water it and to keepe it from the coldnesse of the ayre The seed root leaues and flowers as well in powder as in a decoction doe prouoke vrine breake the stone prouoke the monethly termes cast out the dead conception and after-birth being eaten with Rubarbe they kill and cast out the wormes The iuice applyed outwardly doth draw forth thornes and thistles and stumpeâ— of splints Knot-grasse is called in Latine Polygonum it groweth by the edges of Vineyards and fields that are badly tilled especially when it is a moist yeare Amongst the principall vertues thereof the distilled water is soueraigne against the difficultie of vriâ—â— as I haue oft proued by experience Salomons-seale must be set in a drie ground and raised high The root whiles it is new being powned or the iuice of the same wipeth out freckles spots blew markes of blowes falls or other such like thing whether they be in the face or in anie other part of the bodie Some distill the water which as verie good for the paintings of women Great Dragons must be planted in a shadowed place and good earth The small Dragons loue a moist ground and waterish as neere vnto the Fountaine in the Garden Their rootes boyled or rosted and mixt with honey and afterward taken as 〈◊〉 Eclegme doe profit greatly for shortnesse of breath difficult and hard coughs and painefull getting vp of the spittle in such sort as that they cut ripen and wast the grosse humors and slimie Being powdred and mixt with honey they heale maligne and corroding vlcers especially the Polypus Their leaues spread vpon Cheese doe keepe them from spoyling and â—otting If the iuice thereof be mixed with honey and put into the eyes they take away all manner of paâ—â—e and aking thereof Also who so batheth his hands in the iuice thereof may handle anie venime without danger Also it is a great cooler of lust and maruellously abateth all lecherous cogitations As concerning the Nettle it hath no need either of sowing or setting for it commeth vp in Gardens more than one would haue it yet notwithstanding it is not without his great vertues as well the Greeke Nettle as the Hungarian or dead Nettle The leaues and especially the rootes of dead Nettle stamped and put vpon the nosthrils doe stay the bleeding of the nose and their iuice rubbed vpon the brow doth as much The leaues of the stinging Nettle stampt with a little Myrrhe and applyed vnto the nauell in forme of a Cataplasme haue great power to prouoke the termes of women Their iuice drunke a certaine time prouoketh vrine and breaketh the stone A Liniment prepared with the leaues of Nettle Salt and Oyle doth
in it which comforteth and suppleth soares and with this ice if you bath anie old and inueterate vlcer it will take away the itch cleanse it and heale it If with these ashes also you rub your teeth it will make them white smooth and preserue them a long time from rotting See here friendly Reader the Historie of Nicotiana euerie where so much spoken of and esteemed and that according vnto the verie truth so farre as possibly I could find it out following the report and intelligences which I haue receiued of the Portugals Spaniards and our owne Countreymen which haue come hither these last yeares past from out of Florida which is the naturall soyle of the same as also such experiments as haue beene made here in France of the faculties and vertues thereof altogether like vnto those which that Plant which Florida as the naturall Countrey thereof doth bring forth and nourish Which if you haue not alwayes found in euerie point correspondent and answering vnto such effects as we attribute and giue vnto it yet you must not therefore condemne the Plant as though those were but fained and counterfeited properties and vertues which wee haue deliuered and reported of it but rather accuse the small care which is had in the planting of it here amongst vs assuring your selues that if you prouide for it such a soile and other comforts as it hath where it naturally groweth or somewhat neere thereunto for such in all respects cannot possibly be procured here in France by reason of the coldnesse and inequalitie of the aâ—re and that you husband it likewise as carefully as the Indians doe that then you shall perceiue that what I haue here set downe of in is verie faithfull and true CHAP. XLV Of female Petum THe experience which is the Mistresse of Arts and Sciences which hath beene had of the faculties and vertues of this hearbe which are almost like vnto those of male Petum the shape of the root stalke leaues flowers and seed of the same which is but a verie little one and in litâ—â—â—nesse onely differing from the figure and colour of male Petum doe giue vs some light and reason why wee should call this hear be by the name of female Petum and yet the more boldly for that of the seed of the male Petum this female doth oftentime spring and grow For it when the male Petum is in seed it happen to shed the same vpon the ground where it is planted and hath put forth then this ground the yeare following will not faile to bring forth the female Petum And which more 〈◊〉 if you sow the seed of male Petum in a ground that is not hot fat well turned and well manured but rather which is leane and â—andie in stead of bringing forth male Petum it will bring forth the female Petum and that in such aboundance as that you shall hardly rid the ground of it but that it will grow euerie yeare without being either sowne or planted Which must be an argument vnto vs that there is in Petum two sexes a male and a female like as wee are accustomed to doe in manie 〈◊〉 Hearbes and Plants hauing betwixt them some resemblance and affinitie as well 〈◊〉 their vertues as in their figure proportion and colour It is true that the femalâ— Petum hath a lesse slemme and lower the leaues not so great and shorter not so rosinie nor so manie the flowers not so much vpon carnation nor so large spread the seed more red the branches not so long nor so high neither yet so manie as the male Petum putteth forth And to vtter my iudgement and make a particular scripliâ—â— this small female Nicotiana hath his stemme or stalke of two foot height or then â— about cornered slimie and woollie set by distances with long leaues large pointed and sharpe soft vnctuous hoarie not notched and of a browne colour It bringâ—â— forth as it were a nosegay at the top of the stalke and vpon the branches from betwixt the leaues two flowers of a pale yellow which are like vnto the Cowslâ—p flowers and when they be fallen there remaine and stay behind cups and as it weâ—â— greene pots inclosed in small hoarie skinnes open aboue and hauing fiue or 〈◊〉 points but such as pricke not Within the cup is contained a seed which is verie liâ—tle of a browne tawnie colour the root is tender and fibrous Where the seed 〈◊〉 beene once sowne it soweth it selfe againe and encreaseth and multiplieth mightily This sheweth manifestly how greatly they are deceiued which call this hear be Prâ—â—peia as though it were a kind of Satyrion which commeth neere to that which is called male royall Satyrion for this hearbe which we call female Petum doth nothing resemble Satyrion neither in root colour figure disposition nor properties For female Petum hath manie small rootes a â—ointed stalke manie branches man 〈◊〉 long and large leaues being hot and drie as is the male Petum but Satyrion 〈◊〉 fewer rootes but grosler a stalke without anie ioint no branches fewer leaues flowers onely at the top of the stalke without cods and seed hot and moist in the third degree and good for nothing but to stirre vp carnall heat Monsieur Goâ—pill and Dodonaeus haue spoken more wisely saying that it is a kind of Henbane bearing â— yellow flower As concerning the vse and remedies which female Petum affoordeth they are as it were like vnto the vertues of male Petum for it serueth in stead of the othâ—â— when the other cannot be gotten and that in such sort as we haue declared that is to say in his leaues greene or drie powder seed iuice drosse and distilled water in oyntments and balme prepared after the manner that wee haue spoken of But you must obserue that the female Petum hath his particular properties as that the leaues put in a decoction for Clysters are singular for bloudie Fluxes and that the balme made thereof according to the manner aforesaid is a remedie not second 〈◊〉 anie other in the curing of the Cankers of the breasts and other parts and that the iuice thereof applyed is singular against the falling of the haire called Tinea the head being first shauen and that the iuice mingled with mans grease and applyed assuageth the paine and inflammation of the Gout and that taken inwardly it purgeth vehemently and that therefore it is to bee auoided and shunned vntill such time as his correctiue be knowne and the vse thereof in Purgations receiued CHAP. XLVI A briefe discourse of the root Mechoacan WIthin certaine yeares past the Indians Portugals and Spaniards haue sent vs the root of an hearbe which they call Mechoacan which hath vertue to purge the humors in the same sort that our vsuall purging medicines Our Countrey men giuen to admit of and easily receiue new things doe greatly esteeme of it euen vntill this present We will lay downe the historie thereof in briefe and as truly as
of the colour in this case you shall distill your vinegar either in a Limbecke or other ordinarie Still and with the water which commeth from it which will be of a most pure and chrystaline colour and is indeed the spirit and sharpest part of the vinegar you shall preserue your flowers and then without doubt they will not abate any part at all of their owne brightnesse and colour White yellow and red Gillo-flowres do craue the like ordering that the March Violet doth and grow better vpon walls house tops and old ruines of stone than planted or tilled in gardens especially the yellow which come neerer to the resemblance of a shrub than of an hearbe hauing hard and wooddy stalkes and set full of branches commonly called of Apothecaries Keyâ—y The seed of Gillo-flowres stampt and drunke with white wine is soueraigne to prouoke womens termes and to further deliuerance in them that trauell Daisies must not be sowen but planted after the manner of violets this is the least kind of the 〈◊〉 which is likewise found in the fields without being tilled it flourisheth all the yeare long if it be well ordered Daisies stampt with Mugwort resolueth the King-euill A Cataplaâ—me made of Daisies is good for the palsie and all manner distillations For wounds in the brest whereinto tents may be put it is good to dâ—inke by and by a drinke made of stamped Daisies they heale the pastules of the tongue if they be chewed as also of the mouth being braied they asswage the inflammation of the priuie members eaten in sallades or broth of flesh they loosen the bellie Purple Veluet flower called in Latine Aramanthus doth recreate more with his colour than with any smell that it hath for it smelleth nothing at all notwithstanding who so will haue it in their gardens must plant it in a drie and sandie place The flower supt in pottage doth stay the flux of the bellie the termes and white flowers of vvomen the spitting of bloud especially if there be any veine broken or bruised in the lungs of brest The flower hereof infused in vvater or white vvine the space of an houre maketh the colour of the wine red and thus one may helpe himselfe the more easily to beguile any that are sicke of some ague and cannot abstaine from Wine Canterburie-bells as well the simple as the double require a fat ground and well inriched The Latines call it Viola Calathiana Their â—lowers mingled with Wheat flower make a good Cataplasme against scuruinesse and other sorts of scabbes likewise their roots boyled in white Wine to the consumption of the halfe and a linnen cloth dipped therein and applyed to scabbes and scuruinesse doth heale them the roots boyled in Wine and taken in a potion doe heale all the ruptures of the inward parts of the bodies doe cleanse the exulcerated lungs and spitting of bloud brayed and ground in manner of meale and drunke in Wine the weight of a French Crowne with two or three graines of Saffron are singular good against the jaundise if the partie sweat thereupon presently the like vertue is in the distilled water of the flowers the juice drawne out of their root and flowers applyed vnto wounds doth heale them presently a pessarie drencht in this juice prouoketh womens termes and draweth out the child dead in the mothers vvombe being dropt into the eare whereinto there hath some Flea or such other vermine crept it killeth them Gillo-flowres of all sorts are seldome sowne but oftentimes planted of roots or braunches pluckt from the plants the root shall be planted in the beginning of Autumne in a fat mould and so put in pots of earth thâ—t it may be remoued and set vnder some couert in Winter for feare of the frosts Sommer being come before the great plant haue cast forth his sprouts you may breake off so many small branches from about the root as will almost serue to set and plant a whole bed withall and so you may breed new plants of them You may make Gillo-flowers smell like Cloues if you lay bruised Cloues round about their roots In like manner you may make them haue faire flowers large pleasant and sweet smelling if you plucke away their leaues often and take paines to digge and water their earth furthermore such Gillo-flowers are commonly called Gillo-flowers of Prouence of the place where Gillo-flowers so ordered doe grow large tufted and ample those which haue not their flowers so large nor so sweet neither yet are so carefully looked vnto and dressed are properly called Purple Gillo-flowers The flowers of Gillo-flowers of Prouence as also their root are soueraigne against the Plague And for this cause such as are well aduised in the time of the Plague 〈◊〉 make conserues or vinegar of the flowers of Gillo-flowers to keepe themselues 〈◊〉 the euill ayre Indian Gillo-flowers called of the Latines Flos petillius and Ocellus 〈◊〉 although it refuse no ground notwithstanding if you plant it of the whole plant or of the branches thereof or else sow it in a fat and wel manured ground especially in the beginning of Iuly it will grow vnto such a height as that it will seeme to be a thing degenerated into the bignesse of a tree and will put forth of his stalke many boughâ— after the manner of a tree or shrub and by the same meanes there will put 〈◊〉 flowers induring vntill Winter Who will be counted carefull of preseruing his health must not smell vnto the flower of the Gillo-flowers of India for the smell thereof doth procure head-ach and giddinesse and is a meanes to breed the Falling-sicknesse further also which is more dangerous some haue found it by experience that it ingendreth an infectious aire likewise Physitians giue speciall prohibition to smell vnto the Indian Gillo-flower in the Plague time because the flower thereof is venimous and of temperate much like to the Hemlocke which may easily be perceiued by the vnpleasant smell it yeeldeth being both most strong and stinking That it is so namely that 〈◊〉 is venimous I haue giuen thereof sometimes vnto a Cat the flower the Gillo-flowres of India beaten and mixt with cheese to eat and she hath thereupon become verie much swelled and within a short time after dead I saw likewise a little young child who after hauing put these flowers in his mouth his mouth and lips did swell and within a day or two after became verie scabbed Wild Gillo-flowers as well white as red although they grow in the edges of fieldâ— and along the waies may notwithstanding be planted and set in gardens where 〈◊〉 they be oft remoued they will grow to haue a double flowre Their seed flower and whole hearbe is good against the stinging of Scorpions and indeed haue so greâ—â— vertue this way that the hearbe onely cast among Scorpions taketh from them all power to hurt their seed taken
euill aire It is vvith good successe vsed in the decoctions prescribed against the pockes take seuen Iuniper-berries and as many Bay-beâ—ries halfe a dram of Zylocassia and a dram of Cinamome put all this whole in the bellie of a Turtle-doâ—e roast the said Turtle thus stuffed and baâ—t her with Capons grease giue euerie second day one of these at supper to a woman that is readie to be deliuered and she shall haue an easie deliuerie boyle twelue pound of Iuniper wood cut small or raspt in a great cauldron and in a sufficient quantitie of water to the consumption of the third part of the water put this wood and water inâ—â— a bathing tub and let the partie troubled with the gout â—it in this water vp vnto the middle he shall feele incredible reliefe hereby Elder tree is fitter to plant in the garden hedge than to make at bouâ—s in 〈◊〉 notwithstanding where other sorts of small trees are wanting there may vse be made of the Elder-tree It would be set in the moneth of Nouember vpon sciences and shoots in a moist and shadowed place neere to some little riuer or brooke To cause it to grow well you must take this diligent course to cast the earth as it vvere into furrows of a good halfe foot broad and a whole foot deepe with a spade and not with a pickaxe for there must no earth be taken away then presently after the 〈◊〉 of Saint Martin in Winter plant your Elder-trees the great end thereof which shaâ— be put into the earth shall be cut bias like the foot of a Hind and thrust downe 〈◊〉 the ground thus prepared a foot or nine inches deepe and let it stand vp aboue the ground at the least a foot and a halfe or two foot so as that in all your plant mâ—st be two good foot and a halfe or three foot long before you put them into the groâ—nd open it vvith a dibble either of yron or vvood so that the rind of the plant may 〈◊〉 be torne in putting of it into the earth If you plant it in the furrows there must be at the least three foot betwixt euerie furrow and a foot betwixt euerie plant Hauing once thus planted them you shall neuer need to take any further paines 〈◊〉 them if you vvill not your selfe but to cut it two joynts at the least euerie yeare 〈◊〉 the space of the two or three first yeares to the end the root may grow the 〈◊〉 and the first two or three yeares being past you may cut it from two yeares 〈…〉 yeares to make props for vines in any case you must â—op it euerie yere and cut away all the euill sciences and shoots vvhich it ill fauouredly putteth forth Some distill the vvater of the flowers as singular to appease the head-ach comming of heat if the brows or hinder part of the head be rubbed therewith Some likewise doe make verie good vinegar vvith the â—lowers and juice of the beâ—â—ies The juice pressed from the rind of the root moueth vomit and draweth forth the 〈◊〉 that is in thoâ—e that haue the dropsie the juice pressed from the leaues and takeâ— vvith some pottage doth loosen the bellie the dried seed is good against the dropsie and for â—at folke to make them leane taking of it the quantitie of a dram in 〈◊〉 vvine and continuing it a certaine time and mixing therewith a little 〈◊〉 because it is a procurer of vomit and a disquieter of the stomach Rose-marie and Iesamin are likewise fit for the adorning of arbours in 〈◊〉 of the ordering vvhereof vve vvill say nothing in this place because vve haue before spoken thereof verie largely Iuie as vvell the great as the small doth delight to be planted in moist and vvaterie places from the moneth of Nouember vntill March and it flowreth not but in Autumne neither doth the berâ—ie thereof become ripe but in Winter it groweâ—â— not high if it be not neere vnto some tree or old ruine vnto both vvhich in the end 〈◊〉 vvorketh ruine and ouerthrow It vvill bring forth a goodly fruit if you 〈…〉 vvith powdred Allome or ashes made of burnt Oyster-shells Blacke Iuie vvill become vvhite if you vvater the root thereof vvith vvhite earth tempered vvith vvâ—ter eight daies together continually If you take three Iuie berries and tying them vp in a cleane linnen cloth 〈…〉 thread giue them to some one that is troubled vvith paine and stifnesse of his 〈◊〉 to vveare about his necke the said partie so vvearing them three daies together 〈◊〉 be vvhole and cured of his disease The leaues brayed and applyed doe heale â—â—nings and â—â—â—ldings made vvith hot vvater boyled in vinegar and applied 〈◊〉 cure the hardnesse of the spleene the gum thereof killeth lice and niâ—s and 〈◊〉 annointed in any hairie place causeth the haire to fall away The vessells 〈◊〉 the wood of Iuie are singular to know if there be any vvater in the vvine for the 〈◊〉 vvill abide in the vessell and the vvine vvill run out Seuen Iuie berâ—ies 〈…〉 many peach kernels the skinâ— taken off boyled in oyle and afterward stamp◠〈◊〉 applied vnto the temples and brows doe assuage the head-ach comming from the braine the juice of the leaues of Iuie drunke with red vvine doth heale the swelling of the spleene a cap made in forme of a head-piece or skull of the leaues of Iuie sowed together and applied vnto the head of a little child which hath the falling of the haire called Tinea doth heale it throughly the water or gum which droppeth out of the stocke of an Iuie tree the rind being cut killeth nits and lice Priuet groweth more than a man would wish amongst brambles and bushes from which places it may be transplanted into the garden for the benefit of arbours The water of the flowers thereof may be distilled and it is most singular against all manner of â—luxes vvhether of the bellie matrix spitting of bloud and of the eyes as also for all sorts of cankers the same vertue hath the juice pressed out of the leaues especially for the canker growing in the mouth There is an oyle made of the flowers thereof infused in oyle in the Sun which is singular good for the head-ach comming of a hot cause and also for inflammations CHAP. LIII Of Hearbes for the Arbours of the Garden FOr want of trees of low growth such as haue beene spoken of here before you may helpe your selfe in the making of your Arbours for your Garden of Pleasure with certaine hearbes which are plyant and with their leaues apt to make shadow still prouided that they be borne vp by poles of Willow or Iuniper dressed and ordered in forme and after the manner of Arbours They are such as follow the wild Vine Hoppes Gourds Cucumbers the maruellous Pease Winter Cherries the maruellous Apples and other such like And as concerning the wild Vine it groweth more plentifully than a man would
they shall be beset and compassed To take birds with your hand you must scatter in some plaine and smooth piece of ground Corne or Millet steept in the lees of good vvine and the iuice of Hemlock and afterward drie them whereof when the birds shall haue eaten they will not be able to flie afterward so that one may take them with his hand To kill birds with the Long-bow or Stone-bow vpon houses trees or butts it is requisite that he that shooteth should haue double shafts forked before vvhen hee vvould kill Geese or other great birds and those verie sharpe euerie vvhere to the end they may cut off the vving or the necke vvhere they shall touch them for to strike them vvith the common shaft vvould not so hurt the bird as that she might be constrained to abide in the place for shee vvould flie away notwithstanding that she vvere hurt or shot through although shee vvould die thereof in another place The end of the seuenth and last Booke of the Countrey House FINIS A TABLE OF THE MATTERS contained in the seuen Bookes of the Countrey House A ABel borne the fourth of the Moone a good day 32 Abrecock-tree and Abrecocks how planted 378. being grafted are verie tender in the time of frost 372 Acornes to grow Oakes vpon how they must be sowne and husbanded 655 An Acre of ground how much it containeth 518 Adam created the first day of the Moone 32 Agrâ—monie 25. their vertues ibid. A good Aire is a necessarie thing to a Farme 4 Alberges or small Peaches 372 Alembecks of glasse how they must be ordered 446 Alembecks of the Venetians 445. how to choose them of glasse 446 Alembecks for distillations 447 Alkermus and the confection thereof 487 Alkakengi and the vertues and statutes thereof 288 Alleys 235 Aller trees and Aller plots 504. how planted 660 Almond trees where and when to be planted 307 Bitter Almonds made sweet 371 Almonds without shell and naturally written vpon ibid. Amel corne 551 Angelâ—ea and his vertues 199. the compound water thereof ibid. The Angeuins louers of their profit 23 Aniou a good soile 12 Annise 249 Ants spoyling Trees and Vines 405 406. to driue away Ants. 314 Apple-trees in what ground they grow best and how grafted 360. most precious and most in request of all other trees 379 How to keepe Apples 408. golden Apples 253. how to haue red Apples 365. Apples with short starts 380. Apples of loue 252. maruellous Apples 287. brought by Monsieur du Bellay B. of Mans 288. Apples of yellow colour 364. Apples of two tastes ibid. wilde Apples distilled 454 Aqua vitae often distilled 455. and whereof it must bee made ibid. it hath infinite vertues 456 Aquitaine a countrey fruitfull in all manner of good things 12 Arach the hearbe and the obseruations thereof 174 Arhâ—rs for Gardens and woods fit tor them 282 Arbâ—rs of the Kitchin Garden 156 The Arders of Arable ground 531 An Arpent of ground how much it containeth 518 Arsâ—â—art why so called and the properties thereof 197 Artichokes 170. their vertues and maner of dressing and the Moules and Mice are enemies vnto them ibid. Asarum Bacchar and the vertues thereof 198. good for a quartane Ague 40 Ashes make a leane ground 6 Ashes cluttering together like balls a signe of raine 25 Ash-tree distilled and the oyle thereof 482 Aâ—peragus may be growne of sheepes hornes 183 Asses to plow withall 539. Asses fore-shewing raine 25. 147 148. the nature burthen and goodnesse of an Asse ibid. Astrologie inuented by Shepheards 110 Auens 182 Autumne and the constitution thereof 34 126 366 380 Auuergne the people thereof are industrious and painefull but coueting other mens gaine 23 B BAdgers or Brocks are of two sorts their earths 699 Bay-tree where it must be sowne 337. in what soile and place it delighteth 396. the faculties thereof 397. Bay-tree keepeth the house from lightning ibid. Bakehouse belonging to the â—arme 570 That a Bailife of Husbandrie cannot carrie such an affection and vigilant eye as the Faâ—mor 15 Balme 252. it increaseth milke in Kyne 496. Balme distilled 453 Balmes artificially made and the description thereof and their kinds 437. Balmes of S. lohns wort 205. excellent Balmes of the hearbe Nicotiana 223 Barbell the fish 507 Barbes in Calues 63 Barley when and in what grounds it must be sowne 554. to prepare mundified Barley 555. Barley must bee sowne in dust 542 Barnes where and how they must be made and seated 18 Basill sowne putteth forth at the end of three â—aies 161. Basill and Amber are at perpetuall hatred 242. Basill causeth ache and scorpions in the head 243. Basill distilled 454 Basseâ—s or earth-dogges and how they must be ordered and saued 702. Bassets of two sorts ibid. and how to traine them vp and nurture them 700 Bastard Dittanie otherwise Fraxinella breaketh the stone 207 Marus Bath 442. the patterne thereof 443. Maries Bath multiplied 442 443 To Batâ—le ground and with what manner of dung 537 Against Baâ—s 315 Beanes what soile they craue 561. and why there are manie fooles whiles they are in flower 562. Beanes amend the ground where they are sowne 11. to cause Beanes to be quickly sodden 569. flowers of Beanes distilled for to keepe 465 â—ards of Goats 238 â—ares-breech 203 〈◊〉 when to be bought and killed 30 of a double kind of life 506. Beasts or their parts distilled 470. to tame wild Beasts 670. signes foretelling death of Beasts 29 〈◊〉 scarce of water 6. it beareth Riâ— contrarie to his nature 10. the people of Beauce are laborious 23 〈◊〉 of diuers sorts according to the diuersities of Countries and the manner of making of them and then temperature 587 590. it fatteth Hennes and Câ—pons 591 〈◊〉 the profit of them and how they must be ordered 316 317. what manner of ones they must be 318. how they must be handled 319. their conditions 321. their chastâ—tie sobrietie neatnesse 322. their kings and waâ—res among themselues 323 324. their kings must be killed which are the cause of their contention and what be their marks ibâ—a Bees that are cruell 326. swarmes of Bees and their fights ibid. what diseases Bees are subiect vnto and their remedies 326. they are engendred of a putrified carcasse 320. their â—ot going farre from their hiues a signe of raine 25 〈◊〉 ringing clearer and louder than ordinarie a â—igne of aine 25 â—â—aiamine borne the 23. dâ—y of the Moone 34 〈◊〉 173. and the speciall obseruations about the same ibid. 〈◊〉 tree 665 666 â—â—esonie â—02 Betonie distilled 453. watâ—r Betonie 211. Paules Betonie 204. called the Leapers hearbe and why ibid. 〈◊〉 or Oxen for the plough 539. fierce and cruell Beeues how tamed 92. of their diseases 9â— 94. three Beeues will not plough so much ground as one horse 91. great Beeues of Languedoâ— or Prouence 103. to cauâ—e Beeues to haue a good stomacke 436. to fat Beeues to sell 104. how they sore-shew raine 25. to
Maisters of families their office and dutie ibid. Masticke tâ—ee 306 Stinking Mathweed 53â— Mead and Methâ—glin what manner of drinke they be amongst the Polanders and Englishmen 332 Medowes and Medow-plots and how many sorts of Medowes and the manner of making them c. 49â— 492 What manner of hearbes must bee sowne in Medowes 495 To harrow water and cut downe Medowes 498. to gather in the hay 499 In what quarter of the Moone Medowes must bee cut downe 32 Medow-sweet 59 Meale of all sorts 573 〈◊〉 Hogges â—07 all Hogges better burnt than scalded ibid. Meâ—hoacan with a discourse of his maruellous root 225 the reason of the name and his vertues ibid. the markes of it ibid. the picture of it â—â—6 Meddicke fodder 494 â—64 and the husbanding of it ibid. Medlars how they may be kept a long time 408 Medlars without stones 36â— Sweet Mâ—lars 365 Spiced Medlarâ— 361 Where Medlars grow best what their facultieâ— be 382 Melilot 252 Melons 192. their gathering and goodnes ibidem Certaine obseruations about Meâ—â—as â—93 Mercurie 20â— Mesâ—ing or Masâ—ing 549-550 Meâ—â—salem borne the 8. day of the Moone a good day and happie day 33 Mâ—â—â—oile 206 The manner of ordering of Milke and well dressing of it 64 Milke of Nurses doth encrease by vsing the fomentation of the decoction of Cabages 166 To encrease Milke of Kine 500 Milke of Asâ—es for such as are in a consumption 147. and to make the bodie white an example ibidem Milke of Goats is leane and for what diseases it is good 119. Their Milke is more wholesome than Sheepes Milke 118. Milke distilled and the vertues thereof 469 Milleâ— how it muâ—â— be sowne and dressed 559 Milleâ— groweth weâ—l in a sandie ground 11 Mints why of old time for bidden to Captaines in warre 244 Myrrhe distilled 545 Oyle of Myrrhe 563 Mâ—tle-tree and his nature 289 Miâ—kâ—ns their 〈◊〉 and nature 725 The Moneths of the yeare and their disposition foreshewed 28 The Moone how it increaseth and decreaseth 30 of the Influencâ—â—â— thereof ibid. what power euery quarter of the yeare hath ouer beasts plants and fruits 32 foreshewing snow in the Winter 25 of the Criticall daies thereof 31 Mortar of wisdome 447 Motherwort groweth in ill-tilled and rough grounds 200 To Mowe 49. To hunt Mowles and to kill them 315 Moysâ— parted the sea the 26. day of the Moone 34 Mugwort 250 Mulberies early and late 362. how kept a long time 409. white ones that neuer grow red or black 363 Mulberietrees their seed where it must be sowne 339 of two sorts and what earth they loue their properties 383 how to graft them ibidem and how they are planted 341 Mulcheepers Mulets Mules their nature food and diseases 251 Mules Muletâ— the diuersities of their generations ibidem rubbing their â—ares more than ordinarie a signe of raine 25 of Auuergne good for the plough 89 they exceed all other beasts 540 a good Mulet is an euill beast ibidem White Mullen 205 Muskadell 364 Musicke inuented by Sheepheâ—rds 110 Mushrums eaten the remedie against their mischiâ—uousnesse 61 Mustard and how it must be made 281 Mustard of diuers countries ibidem N 〈◊〉 born in the ninth day of the Moone an indifferent day 33 Narcissus and why so called 239 Nature is neuer idle 531 Nauewes and Nauâ—â—s and their vertues 158 568 186. being lowne they put forth by the end of three daies 161 The Neat-heard his charge and conditions 90 Necessâ—â—â— begeâ—â—eth skill and awakeneth care 5 A good Neighbour requisite 5 〈◊〉 stinging and dead 209. they make flesh to bee soone 〈◊〉 ibid. New Wine not verâ—e wholesome 617. what it is 622 Necoâ—iana wâ—th hâ—s maruellous vertues 215. an heat be of diâ—ination 2â—â— the Quintessence thereof and two excellent ornaments made of the same 222 223. distilled 453 Nigella 252 Nightingales male and female to know one from the other 719. to cure them being melancholicke 718. how they must be handled and â—ed 717 Mad Nightshade â—â—2 Noâ— the first inuentor of making and drinking of wines 410. borne the tenth of the Moone a prosperous day 33 Normans would be intreated peaceably 23 The North hurtfull to the Farme-house 5 The Nurserie 18 The Orchards Nurserie 334 339 O OAkes and their kinds 556. males and females ibid. Oakes are the most noble and deaâ—est of all other trees 649 At what time Oakes would be planted 652 How to sowe Acoâ—nes for the growing of Oakes 655 656 To haue Oakes greene at all times 363 Oakes grow a hundred yeares stand at one stay a hundred yeares and are decaying a hundred yeares 6â—6 Oake of lerusalem 246 Oate-meale made of Oates and the making thereof 558 575 Oates and their manner of husbandrie 558. distilled ibid. Oile Oliue of three sorts 427. how it must be made prepared and kept 426 428. the vertues thereof ibid. Oile an enemie to plants 429 prepared three waies 424 of many sorts and their vertues 431 hot and cold 432 distilled their faculties and lasting 479 of diuers hearbes and their qualities 433 the manner of pressing them out of fruits 429 three things must be considered in them ibid. made by impression 431 the time fittest to distill them 474 the order to be kept therein 474 475 478 distilled and a discourse thereupon 469 of Roles of two sorts 433. ibid. and a new way to make the same ibid. of Linseed 368 of â—â—uing things or their parts 458 of Gâ—aâ—acum 48â— of Nauets â—86 of Virgins 427 of Foxes how made 434 of Serpents ibid. of Eggeâ— 4â—5 of Wheat ibid. of Hay ibid. of Brimstone 436 â—â— Oile Omphacine 427 〈◊〉 To thaw Oâ—â—â— when it is frozen 428 〈◊〉 Where to keepe and lay vp Oiles 17 〈◊〉 Oliues and Oliue-trees 295 〈◊〉 Oliues how kept long 409 the gathering and profit of them 296 preserued 4â—â— in what ground they delight most 388 their nature ibid. to plant and graft them 388 to geld them ibid. â—â—saruellous things of the Oliue-tree 296 〈◊〉 liueâ—rees grafted vpon the Vine 388 planted in what season 37 grafted ibid. being barren how to make them to become fruitfull 389 must be kept from Turtle-doues and Stares 390 they hinder not Vines 597 full of mosse 339 〈◊〉 â—range-trees what ground they craue 376 how to plant sowe and graâ—t them 302 〈◊〉 â—ranges preserued 421. distilled 464. and how kept 409 〈◊〉 â—â—ganie or bastard Maricrome 245 â—â—rpin 206 â—â—esser Orpin ibid. 〈◊〉 â—he Farnâ—ers 〈◊〉 16 〈◊〉 â—xen more profitable for the Plough than Bulls 90. and how they must be gelded 91 〈◊〉 â—he Ozâ—â—r plot 11 P PAlma-Chrisâ—â— 211 Palmer-wormes and how to kill them 314 Pantrie 579 〈◊〉 â—aper endureth euerie thing â—9 〈…〉 â—88 〈◊〉 â—ild â—arsneps 495 〈◊〉 â—rtridges 84 〈◊〉 â—assion what manner of Wine it is 622 〈…〉 to make bread and how to handle and dresse it 577 〈◊〉 â—asture ground 18 〈◊〉 â—aunsies and their veâ—â—ues 240 〈◊〉 â—tacâ—-plumtree 372 〈◊〉 â—each-trees how planted and where 338 how grafted 362 eately 384 〈◊〉
â—eaches to keepe long 409 red 363 spiced ones 362 without stones 364 written 363. distilled 465 〈◊〉 â—o haue fruits halfe Peaches and halfe nuts 360 〈◊〉 â—each-apples â—66 and Spanish Peaches 372 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—ckes are proud lecherous and iealous how they must be fed 81 their roust 17 their flesh better than the Turkies 83 〈…〉 a fish and how to take them 516 〈◊〉 â—are plums how planted 338 〈◊〉 â—â—res how to keepe long 527 earely and late ones 365 how to haue them without stones ibidem of Augusta 362 〈◊〉 â—tre-trees are the most pretious of all others except apple-trees 380 and what earth they loue 381 soften Pearlet 288 Maruellous Peason â—88 Peason â—at the leane ground 563 to cause to be such as will be soone boiled â—94 Pellitorie of the wâ—ll â—09 Water Pepper 169 Penniroyall 248 A Penthouse for plough geare â—18 Percipier â—92 Perrie and how it is made 417 Persâ—ley and his vertues â—81 and why so called ibidem Peruincle 204 Presages of Pestilence 667 Petaâ—ites or Lâ—gwotâ— 20â— Female Petum groweth of the seed of the male 334 and his vertues ibidem The sume of Petum appeaseth hunger and thirst 221 Pharao borne the nineteenth of the Moone a daungerous day 32 Naturall Phisicke must be well knowne to the datie-woman 39 To seperate the Phlegme in artificiall distillation 451 The people of Picardie would be handled very 〈◊〉 23 Pigeons of the doue-house and how they must be fed 86 which be the beast 87. and that they haue young ones thrice a yere 88 comming home late to their cote and â—â—sage of raine 25 Pikes taken in fresh water 507 Pimpernell 212 Pine-trees and Pine-apples and their properties 292 Pine-trees how planted ibidem they craue a sandie and light ground 392 Pionie 204 Pipes for the conueying of water from springs 8 Pistaces brought by Monsieur du Ballay B. of mans 297 298. what carth they craue 339 The Pits called Aronques in Prouence and Langâ—â—docke 6 The Plane-tree 306 Plantane of three sorts and their their temperatures 208 495. a signe that water will bee found there vnder ground 7 To Plant trees to haue exquisite fruits 360. trees and in what season 367. a tree without roots 400. and remoue hearbes 165. and to 〈◊〉 them ibidem Plants and how they must be husbanded whether they be of timber-wood or other 657. of sciences and shoots 341. of stones 338. of vines when and where to be planted 598 599 Tokens foreshewing Plentie 28 29 Ploughs Charrets and Carts 18 Ploughs of diuers sorts according to the countrie and soile 540 The arders of Ploughing before it be sowne 537 Ploughing an art that an householder cannot want 4 Ploughing with oxen is not but of necessitie 90. but it is beâ—â— ibidem To Plough for the second arder and third and so to sow 54â— Laxatiue and sleeping Plums 393 To haue Plums readie at all times 362 Plums of Brignoles 39â— Plum-trees how planted 3â—7 in what places they delight 392 what distance must bee giuen in setting them betweene the one and the other 39â— when they grow vndisposed languishing 393 The people of Poictoâ— giuen to be wilie and watie 49 A Pole of measure 518 Polenta what and how made of old 575 Polygonum 159 Pome-Adams 377 Pomiâ—â—ones what kind of Hawkes 211 Pomegranates how to keepe 408 their nature 304. reâ— ones 365. without kernels 305 Pomegranate trees and their plants 341. where to bee planted and their nature 394. how they must be husbanded and grafted 304. to keepe them that they lose not their flowers 305 Poplar trees in what season planted â—6â— being grafted vpon Mulberrie â—rees they bring forth white Mulberries 363 Popâ—ins 256 Poppies and the properties thereof 189. the kindes thereof ibid. Wild Poppie of two sorts and their vertues 170 Pooles how they must be dressed and kept 508 and the wild sowle haunting the same 506 that are famous ibid. neere to the Farme-house 21 necessarie in drie and scorched places 6 Fish Pooles 514 The Portall on the back-side of the house 18 Preâ—â—â—â— of raine must be knowne to the Farmor 24 Presages of all things that the householder must haue â—ore-knowledge of 26 Preseruing what it is and what the word doth signifie 279 Preseruing of fruit 421 Preserues of diuers sorts 420 of fruits how they must be made 423 and conserue of Gentian 279 To Preserue hearbes of all sorts 279 Princes their pleasure in Summer in wattie places 6 Priuies stinking more than ordinarie a signe of raine 25 Priuet 240 To Propagate foure manner of waies and the time most fit to propagate 343 Prouence how fruitfull 12. the inhabitants of Prouence haughtie and cannot abide to be reproued 23 Pumpâ—â—â—â— 192. their goodnesse and gathering 193. obseruations concerning them 194 Laxatiue Pumpions ibid. Sweet smelling Pumpions 195 Pulse when how and where they must be sowne 570. they must be reaped in the wanâ— of the Moone 31. aduertisements concerning them 569 Purselaâ—e and the vertues thereof 223 Pyes male and female doe sit their egges 86 Pyes distilled 457 The Pyrene mountaines abound with marble 5 Purchase by statute the surest of all others 3 Q QVailes are birds rather of the earth than of the aire they make no nests 85. their feeding ibid. their flesh causeth giddinesse and headach 85. their flesh causeth also falling sicknesse ibidem Quarellous persons not fit to be made farmors 22 Quilles gathered of dead geese not so good as those which are gathered from the liue ones 77 Quinâ—es of diuers sorts 375 made into gellie 420 spoile other fruits growing neere them 408 Quince trees how planted 34â— 376 Quintesâ—nces how they may be extracted 450. 669 R RAdishes contrarie to wine and their other vertues 187 Raine foreshewed by asses 25 Signes of Raine ibidem To Râ—ke lands that are to be sowne 544 Raâ—â— and the marks of a good Ramme 110 Small Rampâ—ons 495 Rauens croking and beating their wings a signe of raine 25 Against field Kaâ—s 508 To hunt water Kats ibidem To cause Rats and Mice to die sodenly 315 Reason must be preferred in all things 15 Rest maketh a man slothfull 150 Rest harrow an enemie to the husbandman 210 Restoratiâ—es of diuers sorts 460 Distilled Restoâ—atiâ—es 459 A diuine Restoratiue 430 Rice in what place it groweth â—1 Riuers bad neighbouâ—â— to dwelling houses 6 Riuers vsing to ouerflow are very hurtfull 5 The Robinet or Robin red brest and the â—â—orie of him 729 Rocket and the vertues thereof 182 Roames to tread and presse grapes in 17 Roats of potherbes 164 Rosemarie 247 Rosemaâ—ie fit to build garden arbours 2â—6 Rosemarie in conserue 280. and distilled 454. 461 Roses of diuers sorts and their temperature 283 in conserue 280 are distilled three waies 454 distilled per descensum 467 water compounded 310. 461 Prouence Roses 283 Rose at bours 282 Rubâ—rbe distilled 462 Rue and its maruellous vertues 243 Lambs Ruâ—net good against all manner of venome 116 Rie and husbanding thereof 548 S
Patience or Monkes 〈◊〉 Scabiâ—â—◠〈…〉 〈…〉 〈◊〉 The properties of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or Bugle Lyons-paw Great Comfrey Gout Rupturâ— Self-heale Water Germander The vertues of Germander Fole-foot Carline thistle Hundred headed thistle Eringium Sea-Holly Beares-breech Diuels bit Cinquefoile Tormentill Perwincle Bistort Pionie Paules Betonie Gromell Saint Iohns wort The Balme Ground-pine Agriâ—â—â—ie White 〈◊〉 Mercurie The vertues of Mercurie Milfoile Danewort Orpin Goats-beard Ground-Iuie Hounds-tongue Adders-tongue Goose-grasse Of Corne-rose or wild Poppie Bastard Dittanie Knot-grasse Salomons-seale Great and small Dragons Stinging and dead Nettle Dead Nettle 〈◊〉 in boyling of flesh Stauesacre Plantaine Horse-taile Pellitorie of the wall Shepheards powch Sow-bread The vertues Crowfoot Pettie-whin Dittanie Germander Ruptureâ—wort Mouse-â—are Dogs-grasse Water betonie Palma christi Fernâ— The vertues Hearbe Two-pence Fleawort or Fleaâ—ane Iâ—â—itorie Ground-swell Aristâ—lâ—chie or birth-wort Centaurie Woodbind or â—â—nie-suckles Pimpernell Backwheat or binacorne The vertues of Buckwheat The compounding of the water of Burckwheat An ointment of Bucke-wheat Nicotiana the chiefâ— of Physicke hearbes Why it was called Nicotiana The hearbe of Queene-mother The hearbe of the Great Priour Tabacco The Holie hearbe Mansâ—eur Nicot Embassador for the King in Portugall A matter of experience in the 〈◊〉 of a Noli me tangere Prooâ—e of it in wounds The Embassadors hearbe Proofe for Ring wormes Proofe for the Kings euill Madame of Montigny dead of a Noli me tangere in her breasts How Nicotiana was 〈◊〉 brought into France The distilled wateâ— o◠〈◊〉 â— good for a short breath The figure of Nicotiana The stalke Leaues Branches Flower Seed Roots Smell 〈◊〉 or tâ—st Temperatiue How to refresh and cheerâ— vp Nicotiana To waâ—er Nicotiana How to handle Nicâ—tiana in Winter To sâ—w Nicotiana The way to remoue Nicotiana At what time Nicotiâ—ana must 〈◊〉 The lâ—aues of Nicotiana are the best part of the same Ache of the head armes and lâ—ggâ—â— A weake stomach not able to digest Difficultie of breathing An old cough and causeth to spit out grosse and slimie humours The spleene â—â—opt and hard Paine of the stomach Colicke Paime of the matrix 〈◊〉 To kill the 〈◊〉 Swellings Rheumes Cold impoâ—â—umes Vâ—ers of the nose Greene wounds Wherefore the dried 〈…〉 Nicotiana are good To drie Nicotiana The droâ—sie The suffocation of the mother Head-ach Swâ—uning The fume of Nicotiana asswageth hunger and thirst That Nicotiana doth not make drunke Diuination by Nicotiana Mad night-shade Anise-seed Turneps What is meant by Maries-bath The second oyntment An excellent Balme made of Nicotiana Female Petum growth of the seed of the male Female Petum as not Priapeia The vertues of female Petum The leaues of female Petum for the bloudie flux The reason why it is so called Rhamindicke The markes of Mechoacan To chuse the best Mechoacan The vertues of Mâ—choacan Mechoacan is not fit for cholericke diseases The preparing of Mechoacan for to vse The infusion of Mechoacan Marchpanes of Mechoacan Pilles of Mechoacan The commodities of the vse of Mechoacan That the bodie and humours must be prepared before the taking of Mechoacan The day of the taking of it The day after the taking of it Costiuenesse Symptomes happening vpon the vse of Mechoacan Hearbes of the East Hearbes of the West Hearbes of the North. Hearbes of the South The Flower Garden The alleys of the Garden March Violets The vertues of Violets A blow on the head White yellow and red Gillo-flowres Daisies Kings-â—uill Palsey â—owt Purple Veluet flower The white flowers of women Canterburiâ—-bells The vertues Prouence purple and Indian Gillo-flowers To make Gillo-flowers to smell like Cloues Gillo-flowers of Prouence Purple Gillo-flowres Indian Gillo-flowres The Indian gillo-flower doth cause the headeth and an ill vnwholesome ayre Wild Gillâ—-flowers Dame Violets Goats-beard Marians Violets Lillie 〈◊〉 Water lillie Hyacynth Narâ—yssus carneflag or 〈◊〉 The vertues of Corneflag Sciâ—tica Vlcers Dropsie Lillies Lillies of 〈◊〉 colours Purple coloured Lillies Lillies in flower at divers and sâ—uerall times The vertues of Lillies 〈◊〉 Water of Lillie Burning of sâ—aldings Asmooth and glistering â—ew Small Paunces Flower of the night Tulipan The Mortagon of Constantinople 〈…〉 Crowne Emperiall Basill Basill neuer 〈◊〉 better tâ—hen it is cursed Hatâ—ed betwixt Amber and Basill The smelling of basill doth cause great paine and Scorpions in the head M. I. Houâ—ier To be deliuered of child-birth without paine Rue The bewraier of women Rue thriuing best when it iâ— most cursâ—d Rue and Hemlocke are enemies Mithridates 〈◊〉 opiate for the Plague Râ—e â—n enemie to vâ—nimes and poysons Rne â—n enemie to cats and fulmers That rue should not come neerâ— to the nose For a 〈◊〉 or Plague 〈◊〉 Mints The vertues of Miâ—ts Wormes The curding of Milke To keepe cheesâ— Calamint Thyâ—â— Goodly Thyme The vertues of Thyme Winter Sauâ—rie Organie The vertues of Organie Hyssope The vertues of Hyssope 〈…〉 The vertues of Sâ—â—â—rie The drowâ—â—â— disease Coriander The vertues of Câ—riander Digestion Windinesse To keepe flesh It prouoketh the termes Wormes Wild fire Sage The vertues of Sage Weakenesse of the sinewes The trembling of the parts To cleanse the stomacke Oake of Ierusaleâ— The 〈◊〉 Horehound 〈◊〉 The vertues of Wormewood A weake stomacke Iaundise Dropsie Wormes To make the haire blacke 〈◊〉 and his vertuâ—â— The Plague Poyson Shiuerings of Agues Wormes Rosemarie The vertâ—es of Rosemâ—riâ— An euill ayre Heâ—daâ—h Iaundise Weake sinewes Iesamine 〈…〉 Mountaine Thyme Headach To kill Serpents 〈…〉 Dâ—fficultie or painfull making of water Penyryall To prouoke womens termes To kill 〈◊〉 The Sciatica Dill. Belchings Gripes Difficultie of making water Annise A stinking breath A faire face Bishops-weed Caraway Cummin Windinesse Gripes Difficultie in making water Drie blowes Fennell Sweet Fâ—â—nell Cleare sight wâ—â—dinesse Abâ—undance of milke Marierome To pâ—rge the braâ—e Dropsie Mugwort The vertues The Matrix out of order and 〈◊〉 After-birth Paines of the Matrix Tansie Wormes Stone Grauell Fetherfew Nept or Cats-mint Conception French Lauander Lauander Weake sinewes Palsies Conuulsions Apoplexies All-good otherwise Claâ—y Cheerefulnesse To cleare the sight Nigella Balme Cheerefulnesse To keepe beâ—s from flying from their hiues To dâ—iue them from them Camomile To mollifie 〈◊〉 resolue â—erifie Meâ—â—â—ot Apples of loâ—e Mandrakes The vertues Golden-apples The preseruing of the root of Elecampane Conserue of Elecampane roots Preserâ—â—s and conserues of Gentian Pioniâ— Corne-flag wild Vine Parsâ—â—ps Turneps 〈◊〉 The difference betwixt 〈◊〉 and conseruing The preseruing of Purslaine The preserue of Asparagus Harts-horne Trick-madame c. The preâ—â—â—uing of Lettuces What is meant by the word preserue The preseruing of hearbes and flowers 〈…〉 Conserue of Roseâ— Conserue of drie Roses Conserue of Violets Conserue of drie 〈◊〉 The making of Mustard Mustard of Anion Mustard of Dijon Preseruing of Cucumbers The preseruing of Gourds How to keepe Onions The Cypresse tree The vertues The Rose-tree planted and remoued The Rose-tree sowne Seeds of Roses Vâ—rie sweet smelling Roses Early hastie and timely Roses Fresh Roses To make carnation Roses white Box-tree Bees-bane
boyled in honied water and putting thereto the Muscilage of Fleawort seed and the oyle of Lillies A Cataplasme made of the dung of Goats fresh Butter and the residence of the oyle of Nuts doth digest the swellings vnder the eare Against the stinking of the Nosthrils it is good to snuffe vp into the nosthrils of the decoction of Marierome Calameth Cloues Ginger and Nutmegs made inwhite Wine or else of the vineger of Squils To stay bleeding at the Nose you must by and by lay your thumbe vpon that side of the nose that bleedeth and you must put about your necke a neck-lace of Iaspar stone you must tie the vttermost parts of the bodie so strait as you can and put in the nose a tent of dead Nettles and hold in your hands the leaues and rootes of Agrimonie or else hold in your mouth verie cold Cesterne water and change it oftentimes Some doe much approue the vse of Camphire the flowers of Willow the mosse of Quinces and other hoarâ—e fruits put into the nose and to apply vnto the Browes Camphâ—re with the seed of Nettles or with the iuice of Plantain or of Nightshade or else to apply vnto the Temples and about the necke especially oueragainst the iugular veines hearbes of a cooling facultie as Nightshade Plantaâ—ne Lettuce dead Nettles or pricking Nettles pouned with salt and vineger Peruincle others Peruincle also put vnder the Tongue hath the same vertue Some doe make in like manner Neck-laces and Bracelets of the hearbe S. Innocent Some hold in the hand that is on that side that the nose doth bleed of a branch of Holihocke Diuers Countrie folkes to stay any kind of bleeding in any part doe wrap of Hogs dung in Cotton and apply it to the place from whence the bloud commeth Others snuffe vp into the nose the powder of a three-cornered stone found in the head of a Carpe dried and made into powder Against the ach of the Teeth you must boyle in Vineger and Rosewater the root of Henbane or of the Mulberrie tree and to hold this decoction in the mouth otherwise take a Cloue of Garlicke and rost it a little vnder hot embers afterward bray it and lay it vpon the pained tooth as hot as you can in like manner put one in the eare of the same side that the paine is Some doe bray a Cloue of Garlicke with Salt and lay it to the pulse of that arme that is vpon the aking side Otherwise take two drammes of the rootes of Pellitorie bruised of the leaues of Sage Rosemarie of euerie one halfe a handfull Three fat Figges and you shall boyle them all in tenne ounces of Wine vnto the consumption of all the Wine afterward you shall take a quantitie of the said Figges and apply it to the aking tooth as hot as possible may be or else wash and gargle your teeth with the decoction of ground Yuâ—e made in Wine and to the consumption of the third part of the said Wine After the same manner you must apply vpon the pulses of the Temples a playster made of Pitch the powder of Allome and a Gall verie hot It is good also for the ach of the teeth to put thereupon the iuice of Garlicke Motherwort Rue or some hot oyle as that of Sage which is singular in this behalfe Some hold it for a secret to weare about the necke the tooth of a man knit within a piece of Taffata or a Beane found in which there is inclosed a Lowse taketh away the most strong paine of the teeth that may be endured It is good to foment the loose teeth with the decoction of Rosewater and Allome or else of the rootes of Cinquefoile and Allome and in case you would cause them to fall out put in their hole or hollow place of the ashes of Earth-wormes or of the dung of Mice or of the tooth of a Hart for such ashes will cause them to fall out by and by without any Iron or Instrument Or else apply thereunto the stone of a Mulberrie or else steepe the root of Mulberrie tree stampt and bruised the space of fiue daies in good strong vineger in the Sunne and there let it drie so as that you may make it into powder and then apply the same powder Vnto your tooth or else you shall apply thereto the braines of a Partridge or the iuice of water-Cresses in the place or else put into the hollow of the tooth the iuice of great Celandine To keepe the Teeth cleane and bright and to preserue them from the falling downe of all manner of Rheumes take a pint of Fountaine water a third part of Rosewater put therein two drammes of Allome as much of Cinnamon boyle them softly together in a Viall or earthen Pot well Leaded vnto the consumption of the third or fourth part wash your mouth and teeth therewith euening and morning or else wash your mouth and teeth in the warme decoction of small Sage Rosemarie and great Marierome boyled in white Wine to the consumption of the third part To stay the Canker of the Teeth hold in the morning a great graine of Salt vnder your tongue vntill it be there melted then rub your teeth therewith To take away the stinking of the Mouth it is good to wash the mouth with Wine wherein hath boyled Anniseed and Cloues or to chaw the root of Acornes or else to chew Masticke long ynough For the stinking of the Teeth it is good to rub them with the leaues of Sage and the rinde of a Ciâ—â—on or with the powder of Cloues and Nutmegs in the meane time there must be auoided the vse of Milke-meats raw Fruits sharpe things and such as are hard to chew all victuals of ill digestion and all vomiting To white and take the wrinkles out of the Hands take the drosse of oyle of Linseed steepe it in raine water and wash your hands therewith or else wash your hands with the iuice of Citrons alone or some graines of Salt mixed therewithall For the Cough take Hysope and Folefoot of each one handfull Figges of Marcellis damaske Raisins and Licorice of each an ounce boyle them all in water vntill the third part be consumed vse this decoction twice a day two houres before dinner in the morning and at euening one houre before supper It is good likewise to take red Coleworts and to make them boyle two or three boyles with an handfull of Folefoot and a slip or two of Hysope and to vse this broth twice a day For the Squinancie or sorenesse of the Throat you must take a whole Swallowes Neast boyled with white Wine and with the oyle of Camomill and sweet Almonds therewith to make a Cataplasme and to apply it vnto the throat or to drinke by and by the weight of a French crowne of the tooth of a wild Boare powdred with the water of Carduus Benedictus or to touch the diseased
he shall make them drinke pottage made of a pint of Wine stamped Garlicke and tenne whites of egges or else the iuice of red Coleworts mixed with white Wine In the meane time hee must take away from them their Oates and Barly altogether and to feed them with nothing but their owne and accustomed Fodder and Grasse meat to see and if they will recouer through the time of the yeare It will be good also to put within the sheath of their yard a Collirie of Honey boyled with Salt or else a Gnat or line Flie or quicke Fleas or a prettie little piece of Frankincense as also to lay vnto the Reines and Flankes Oyle mixed with Wine or else to annoynt his yard with Wormewood stamped and boyled with Vineger and moreouer to squirt a Syring full of coole water against his cods These Medicines are good when the Vrine hath scalded the priuie parts or when they haue great heat in their Vrine The cruell paine of the Head and rage of the Horse is cured by the often vse of Smallage and much Branne in which you shall haue chopped the leaues of Lettuce and Barly straw newly gathered let him bloud vpon the place where the braine lyeth or vpon the temples or vpon both places and let him stand in a verie darke Stablâ— and such a one as standeth low You shall know if hee haue paine in his head by the distilling and dropping downe of water from it in that his eares-will be withered and hanging his necke and head heauie and hanging downe The ouer-cooled Horse is cured by giuing him to drinke Swines bloud all hot with Wine or Masticke and Rue boyled with Honey or a little common Oyle with Pepper This disease commeth vnto him when as sweating and being hot he is set in a cold place and thereupon it draweth vp his sinewes and hardeneth his hide you must set him in a verie hot place couering him verie warme with couerings downe to the ground and putting vnder his bellie seuen or eight great thicke stones red hot you shall quench them there by casting warme water vpon them by a little and little and oft that so by this meanes the heat may make him sweat The naile in the eye shall be lifted vp with a little small needle of Iuorie and then cut quite away with Scâ—â—ars or else make a powder of a greene Lizard and Arsenicke put it into the eye for to fret away the naile Against the suffusion there is a singular remedie an Eye-salue made of the iuice of ground Iuie stampt in a Woodden Mortar or else the iuice of the berries of Iuâ—e running along vpon the ground or the leaues of great Clarie beaten and stamped in a Mortar in Wine after that you haue let the Horse bloud vpon the veine of the eye that hath the suffusion and to continue this remedie manie daies euening and morning Or else blow into the eye through some Pipe or Quill the bone of Cuttle powned small or the seed of Rocket whole or else the seed of the hearbe called Tota bona and there let it alone till by his vertue it haue cleansed and taken away the spots or the powder of the yolke of an egge and salt burnt together and put into the eye or the powder of Sal-Armoniake Myrrhe Saffron and the shauings of the Cuttle bone The strucken eye is cured by applying vnto it a cataplasme made of bread 〈◊〉 steept in coole water or bread tosted and steept in white wine if this doe no good you must open the head veine The bleared eye is cured by an eye-salue made with frankineense myrrhe starch and fine honie as also by a frontlet made of frankincense mastick finely powdred â—â—nd brayed vvith the vvhites of egges applied to the brows and suffered there to lye â—ntill the eyes cease to shed teares and after to raise the frontale vvith annointing the â—â—dges thereof vvith Oyle and warme water beaten together The scarres of the eyes are healed with rubbing them vvith your owne fasting â—pittle and Salt or vvith the powder of the Cuttle-bone mingled vvith burnt Salt or the seed of vvild Parsnep pouned and pressed out of a linnen cloth vpon your eye scarres All paines of the eyes are cured by annointing them vvith the juice of Plantaine vvith Honie The Enceur doth bring present death vnto horses vvherefore you must so soone as euer you see the brest kernell to be swolne plucke it away immediatly without 〈◊〉 staying and if in thus pulling of it away any veine should burst you must tie it 〈◊〉 both ends with a silke threed looke how much the kernell shall grow greater so much greater an impostumation it would make and not so onely but therewithall â—â—â—ause death The horse hauing drunke much or watered verie quickly after his heat and trauaile and vpon it growing cold and not being vvalked doth beget the Auiues which doe but little differ from the disease called the Kings-euill because as well in beasts as in man the Kings-euill commeth of too much cooling of water the throat hauing beene heated vvhereupon the horse looseth his appetite to eat and his rest likewise and his eares become cold you must presently prouide to helpe him in taking away the Auiues after this manner Bend downe the eare betwixt his necke and his chyne make incision with a knife for the purpose along vpon the hard fleshinesse which one would say to be nothing but a verie whitesinew plucke away the white carnositie or fleshie substance lay to the place as well within as without a linnen cloth dipt in the white of an egge couer the horse by and by vvith a good couering and vvalke him so long as vntill that his eares become warme giuing him a drinke made with water salt and meale but first causing him to eat a little good Hay let him rest three daies in the stable and eat and drinke there or else make him hot fomentations and those of such things as are proper in that case to be applied vnto the part for to remoue the humour afterward applie a cataplasme made of Barley meale and three ounces of Rosin all boyled in due sort in good strong red wine and when the matter shall be gathered and readie for suppuration giue it a gash with a knife to let the suppurated and ripe matter out afterward put in the hollow place tents wet in water oyle and salt with bolsters layd vpon them and dipt in the same This disease craueth a speedie remedie for and if you stay till the Auiues be gotten vp higher it is past hope of curing The Squinanciâ— otherwise called the disease of the throat and swelling of the tongue requireth first of all that the horse should be let bloud vpon the veine vnder the tongue or of the palate of the mouth after that a fomentation for the whole mouth and for the tongue with warme water then after that
notwithstanding the flowers of Roses and Capers must be gathered to be kept while they be 〈◊〉 likewise the leaues and whole hearbes are gathered when they are growne to the full fruits as Melons Cucumbers Citruls and Gourds when they turne yellow and are growne to their perfection If they be purposed to be made serue for seed then they must be let alone longer and afterward kept in conuenient place 〈◊〉 be time to sow them and they must be gathered in a bright weather and in the â—â—crease of the Moone Seeds are gathered when the hearbe is all layd and drie 〈◊〉 it must generally be obserued in all manner of gathering as well of hearbes 〈◊〉 roots as of fruits and seeds that it be done in a faire and cleare weather and in the â—â—crase of the Moone Such hearbes as are to be kept must first be made verie cleane and dried 〈◊〉 shadow which is the best meanes to keepe them the strongest in their vertues 〈◊〉 qualities or else in the Sunne and after to put them vp in bagges of Leather vvollen stuffe nor in vvoodden boxes that so they may not loose their 〈…〉 see it put in practise by sine hearbes which are kept to be vsed in Winter 〈◊〉 me thinkes that the Apothecaries faile much in their doings which hang their phâ—sicke hearbes in the roofe of their house for by this meanes they doe not onely 〈◊〉 their force but become laden with dust cobwebs the dung of flies and a thousand â—â—ther filthie things Flowers must not be dried in the Sunne not in the shadow that is made by 〈◊〉 South-Sunne nor yet in any high roome because of their tendernesse and 〈◊〉 which would cause their force to vanish away either in the burning heat of 〈◊〉 Sunne or in the more moderne heat of the verie ayre If it be not the Prouenâ—e 〈◊〉 which that it may be kept long requireth to be dried in an high place open to 〈◊〉 South-Sunne where the beames of the Sunne doe enter but touch not the 〈◊〉 The best way to drie flowers will be in a temperate place and to turne them 〈…〉 the end that they may not corrupt hauing also this continuall care that they 〈◊〉 neither loose their colour nor their smell And when they are dried they must 〈◊〉 put into an earthen vessell Seeds must be kept in bagges or vessells of earth which haue narrow moutheâ— or in boxes or else in bottles of the rindes of gouâ—ds well stopt and set in 〈◊〉 drie places and where there is no water shed for seeds doe mightily spoyle 〈◊〉 moisture The seeds of Chibols Onions and Leekes as also of Poppie are kept 〈◊〉 their rindes or heads For to keepe Roots you must obserue two waies for either they are to be 〈◊〉 new and as they are yet greene as Nauets Turneps Carets and such like or 〈◊〉 they are to be kept drie For to keepe them new you must lay them vpon sand 〈◊〉 grauell verie thin in some place vnder the earth and a little couered or else to 〈◊〉 them vnder the earth in the garden as we see it done in Turneps and Nauets to 〈◊〉 them the greatest part of Winter To keepe roots drie after they be gathered 〈◊〉 must wash them diligently with cleare water and after take from them all the 〈◊〉 â—ibres or hairie threeds that hang about them and then to drie them either in 〈◊〉 shadow of the Sunne-rising if they be but small and thin as are the roots of 〈◊〉 Succorie Parsley Sperage and such like or in the South-Sunne if they be 〈◊〉 and thicke at those of Daffodils Gentian Sowbread Water-lilly Brionie and such like After that they are dried and thus prepared you must hang them in some 〈◊〉 and vpper roome open vpon the Sun when it is in the South or else vpon the 〈◊〉 quarter and in which notwithstanding neither the smoake nor dust nor 〈◊〉 beames may any thing hurt them notwithstanding that the counsell of 〈◊〉 the prince of Physitians is that hearbes flowers and roots as well greene as 〈◊〉 should not be put to keepe in any place where the wind should come but rather 〈◊〉 vp in vessells or some other such like meanes of keeping of them to the end that they should not loose their force which indeed they might most easily loose being 〈◊〉 open and subiect to the wind CHAP. XI Pâ—t-hearbes and particularly of Coleworts FIrst of all we are to speake of Coleworts both because they are most common and also most aboundant of all other sorts of hearbs all kinds of Coleworts doe loue a cleane ground fat and well tilled not consisting of clay or sand And although they grow indifferently in any ayre but â—pecially in a temperate yet they become greater and more massie sound and safe 〈◊〉 vermine in cold places as are those in Germanie than in hot places and for 〈◊〉 cause they delight a great deale more in the tops of hills than in plaine grounds 〈◊〉 yet in those plaine grounds more in the raised parts of borders than in the flat 〈◊〉 middle parts thereof and they be more pleasant more wholesome for the 〈◊〉 and better in Autumne Spring-time and during great frosts than they be in â—ommer They craue much dung and that especially which is of Asses as being the 〈◊〉 of all for other men and to be raked in couered ouer with good earth not to 〈◊〉 watered in any case notwithstanding that water doth make them looke faire and â—â—ourishing but then not so sweet to the tast nor so wholesome for the stomach When they haue got sixe leaues vpon their stalkes you must remoue them but let it 〈◊〉 in a mild and calme time whether Winter or Sommer And to speake particuâ—arly the common Coleworts called long or greene Coleworts must be sowen in 〈◊〉 August or September if you desire to haue the leaues in Lent and in Winter Some plant them in October and remoue them in December to haue the leaues in Winter and the seed in Iune and Iulie and that to make them the more tuffed â—hough there may be as much accomplished that way at other times of the yeare â—ut not so commodiously And looke well to it that your seed be not too old for if it be three yeares old it will bring forth Radishes And that is the cause why some say Sow Coleworts and â—here will grow vp Radishes or Nauets notwithstanding it continueth sixe yeares 〈◊〉 his nature if it be well kept Cabage-colewort which are called white or apple Coleworts are sowen vpon 〈◊〉 and remoued to stand a foot one from another well couered at the root with a 〈◊〉 and enriched earth when they begin to rise vp into a great stemme and loue â—â—e cold ayre for in a hot aire they cannot liue and you must couer them with straw 〈◊〉 make them cabage the better and become the whiter The curled and Romane Coleworts being more tender
flowers of Marigolds drunke fasting haue great force to 〈◊〉 the termes of vvomen the fume or smoake of them taken through a 〈◊〉 into the secret parts doth the like and causeth the after-birth to come forth and 〈◊〉 young maides out of the Greene-sicknesse The conserue of the same 〈◊〉 haue the same vertue The women of Italie as well to prouoke the 〈◊〉 as to 〈◊〉 them doe frie the juice and tender crops of this hearbe with the yolkes of 〈◊〉 and doe eat them The verie same juice mingled with a little Wine or warme 〈◊〉 is a soueraigne remedie to asswage the extreame paines of the head and teeth 〈◊〉 one vse â—t in manner of a lotion This juice drunke to the quantitie of an ounce 〈◊〉 the weight of a French-crowne of the powder of Earth-wormes rightly prepared 〈◊〉 helpe greatly against the jaundise Some say that to eat oft of Marigold leaues 〈◊〉 make a good countenance the distilled vvater of Marigold leaues being dropt 〈◊〉 his eyes or linnen clothes wet therein and applied vnto them doth heale the 〈◊〉 of the eyes The powder of the leaues thereof dried and put in the hollow 〈◊〉 the tooth doth cure the aking of the same The juice of the flowers of Marigolds 〈◊〉 to the quantitie of two ounces in the beginning of a pestilentiall ague doth 〈◊〉 the plague so that the sicke after he hath drunke this juice doe presently lye 〈◊〉 and be made sweat being throughly couered in his bed it doth cure also the â—ndise and beating of the heart The conserue of the flowers of Marigolds doth 〈◊〉 like To drinke halfe an houre before the comming of the fit of a quartaine aguâ—â—â—out three ounces of vvhite vvine vvherein haue beene sleept seuen seeds of Mariâ—â—ds and to go ouer this drinke for diuers mornings together is a soueraigne mediâ—â—â— against a quartaine ague CHAP. XVIII Of Beets and Blites white and red BEets as well the vvhite as the blacke and red vvhich is called Bâ—tte and lotte of the inhabitants of Tourraine or Romane of the Picardes are 〈◊〉 not onely in Leâ—t but at all times especially after December vntill March and in August to the end that there may alwaies be in a reaâ—nesse both old and young and for to gather feed which may endure good thrâ—â—â—â—ares And for this cause you must take them vp and plant them againe when they 〈◊〉 put forth fiue leaues and put vnto the roots a little new dung and afterward 〈◊〉 and raise their earth and free them quite from vveeds they are apt and easie â—â—ough to grow and though they be cut yet they will spring againe if they be planâ—â—d in a fat and well manured ground They haue this speciall and as it were admiâ—â—ble qualitie in them namely that they neuer come to their full perfection vntil the 〈◊〉 yeare after they be sowen in respect whereof I could aduise the gardiner not 〈◊〉 gather any seeds of the beets to sow but such as the beet shall bring forth the third 〈◊〉 for of such seed there grow verie faire and goodly beets If you would make choyce of faire beets chuse rather the white than either the â—lacke or red as being the fairest and tenderest but to haue such as shall be verie â—reat and vvhite you must couer the root with the new dung of Oxen and cleaue in â—nder their sprout as is done with Leekes and to lay vpon them a large and broad â—one or a bricke If you would haue your beets red water them with the Lees of 〈◊〉 Wine or else plant them in such a place as wherein they may haue great heat 〈◊〉 the Sunne Beets â—aten in pottage doe loose the bellie the juice of beets drawne vp into the â—â—ose doth purge the braine the same juice â—ubbed vpon the head causeth Lice and 〈◊〉 to die The roots of beets roasted in the ashes and eaten do take away the ill 〈◊〉 that commeth of eating Garleeke The root of beets stamped and cast in wine â—oth turne the same within three houres after into vinegar Blites are sowne in March and are not long in comming out of the earth If they 〈◊〉 sowen in a well tilled ground they will also grow the next yeare following withâ—ut any new sowing in such manner as that the ground will hardly be rid of them 〈…〉 craue no weeding or sweeping Blites doe loose the bellie their decoction wherein hath boyled the roots and â—â—aues killeth licâ— and nits their leaues roasted amongst ashes or boyled doe healâ—â—â—rnings the first boyling of Blites with the gall of an Oxe and the Oyle of 〈◊〉 â—oth take away all spots out of garments without doing any harme 〈◊〉 presently 〈◊〉 you must wash the place with warme water CHAP. XIX Of Arrach and Spinage THe hearbe Arrach in Latine called Atriplex aswell the white and 〈◊〉 as the greene doe naturally grow in grounds manured with 〈◊〉 and in such place as where there hath beets growne at other time 〈◊〉 become red in the same sort that beets doe in a fat and well 〈◊〉 ground But they are sowne in Februarie March and Aprill and they would 〈◊〉 sowne thin and not thicke and oftentimes watered Some sow them in 〈◊〉 to gather them in Winter They will not be remoued but rather wed 〈◊〉 dunged with good dung often cut and pruned and that with an yron toole 〈◊〉 they may not spend themselues in turning all their substance into leaues But 〈◊〉 after the time that the seed is scattered vpon the earth it must presently be 〈◊〉 with earth and they must be sowne as cleare as may be that so they may 〈◊〉 and come faire and goodly ones In lesse than fiâ—teene daies they be readie to 〈◊〉 The Italians vse to make a kind of Tart of Arraches They chop small the 〈◊〉 and stampe them with cheese fresh butter and the yolkes of Egges afterward 〈◊〉 put them in paste and bake them in the ouen Spinage so called because his seed is prickly is of two sorts the male and 〈…〉 the female beareth no seed Both of them are â—owen in August Septemâ—â— and October for to be vsed in Lent time and in December Ianuarie and 〈◊〉 for Sommer they beare out the roughnesse of all seasons verie well and 〈◊〉 whether it be frost cold or snow they grow also in any ground so that 〈…〉 well dressed and somewhat moist they require to the end they may prosper 〈◊〉 and spring quickly to be watered euery euening and to be couered either 〈…〉 or stubble they stand not in need to be wed but if they be cut oft they grow the 〈◊〉 And he that would haue them to continue long and flourish must at 〈…〉 cut off the one halfe of the stalke and at another time the other halfe Likewise 〈◊〉 that would haue them to continue sometime without being sowne euerie year 〈◊〉 at the first when he soweth them see that the seed be a good full and
in white wine is verie good for such 〈◊〉 haue a hard Spleene and are subiect to a quartane Ague Bâ—â—onie delighteth to be sowne in a moist and cold ground and neere vnto some wall by which it may be shadowed for it is not 〈◊〉 in loue with the Sun-beames The root hath contrarie properties to the leaues and flowers for the root 〈◊〉 the stomacke and is verie vnsauourie vnto the mouth his leaues and flowers and of 〈◊〉 verâ—e good smell and a tast correspondent and answerable The decoction of Betonie made in white wine assuageth the paines of the 〈◊〉 breaketh the stone and healeth the Iaundise The leaues stamped and applyed 〈◊〉 forme of a Cataplasme doe quickly ioyne together the wounds of the head A Cataplasme made of the leaues with Porkes grease doth ripen the tumors called Câ—â—haires and all other sorts of Impostumes The leaues stamped with a little salt doe heale hollow and cancrous vlcâ—rs To be briefe this hearb hath so manie and so greâ—â— vertues as that the Italian when he would highly commend a man for his giâ—â— will say that he hath moe vertues than Betonie Bugle would be planted in a stonie drie and hillie ground in respect whereof the Latines call it Casolida petrosa It craueth no great paines to be taken with 〈◊〉 The leaues thereof are good to conglutinate and soulder together both outward and inward wounds it is likewise put in drinkes for wounds and that is the cause why some doe commonly say That he that hath Bugle and Sanicle will scarce vouchsâ—â—â— the Chirurgion a Bugle Lions-paw groweth in a clayish ground being withall fat red and somewhat moist commonly in medowes situated in some high place It hath like properties with Bugle and Sanicle but moreouer it taketh away all the paine and heat of inflammations and vlcers The same hearb stamped and applyed vnto the teats of women and young maids maketh them hard and firme Great Comfrey groweth in moist places and hath the same propertie that Bugle hath that is to say to soulder wounds and this is â—o great in both of them as 〈◊〉 that you put Bugle or Comfrey into a pot wherein flesh is boyling the pieces of flesh will become no more manie but one The root of great Comfrey whiles it is yet greene and newly pluckt out of the earth being spread vpon Leather or vpon Linnen and applyed in forme of a Cataplasme vpon goutie or rheumatike places doth presently appease the paine of the gout being a thing often proued and tried The same root dried and made into powder is good to put in childrenâ— pappe which haue their rimme broken as also to stay the flux of the bellie A Cataplasme made of the root of great Comfrey with Beane flower and applyed vnto the place where the childs guts fall downe is a soueraigne remedie to cuâ—â— the same Self-heale craueth a fat ground and where the Sunne beateth not much it groweth of seâ—des and not of rootes and hath like properties that Bugle and Coâ—frey haue especially to stay the spitting of bloud the bloudie flux and to conglutinate wounds within the bodie where no man can come to apply tent or oyntment if there be made a drinke of the iuice of the rootes and leaues thereof which being chafed in your fingers or put vnder your tongue doth smell and tast like Myrrhe Water Germander called of the Latines Scordium groweth verie easily and without great paine or toile so that it be planted by little slippes taken from the old stalke and set in a moist ground for it specially requireth to grow well to be plâ—â—ted in a moist ground and to be often watered It hath the like qualities that Angelica hath against Poyson and the Plague and furthermore the decoction thereof taken as a drinke for certaine daies doth heale the tertian Agues and putteth away 〈◊〉 obstructions of the Spleene and prouoketh vrine Fole-foot must be planted in a verie moist place and craueth to be often watered for so it appeareth when as it is seene to flourish and like best in marish grounds and about currents of waters There groweth a whirish mossâ— about the root of it which if you gather and picke verie cleane and afterward wrap it in a Linnen Cloth with a little Sal nitrum and so boyle it a little in Lee and afterward lay it to drie in the Sunne you shall haue an excellent match to take fire at a flint and fire-steele for it taketh fire so easily that it will light at the first stroke of the 〈◊〉 Amongst other vertues it is singular good to comfort the lungs and parts aboue the breast whether you take it in a decoction or in a syrrup or in manner of a fume at the mouth or otherwise especially if you mingle some slippes of Hysope and some figges or syrrup with the said decoction The great Colts-foot especially the root thereof dried powdred and taken in the weight of two drammes with wine is singular against the Plague if so the partie sweat presently after It is good also to giue vnto Horses which haue the bots or are short-winded The great and small Carline so called as though it were Caroline because this Thistle was in a diuine manner made knowne vnto Charlemaigne by an Angell for the deliuering of his hoast from the Plague which did miserably annoy them doth require to be sowne and planted in a drie ground and stonie and where the Moone and Sunne doth shine pleasantly The root of the great Carline made into powder and taken the weight of a French crowne is singular good against the Plague the feeblenesse and faintnesse of the Heart for the keeping of the Vrine the breaking of the Stone the paines of the Sides and Conuulsions applyed outwardly after it hath beene steept in vineger it helpeth the Sciatica Eringium groweth in an vntilled rough and drie ground The wine wherein the rootes of Eringium haue been boyled prouoketh the Termes and restrained Vrine breaketh the Stone and casteth out it and Grauell It is good for such as haue the falling Sicknesse Dropsie or Iaundise The decoction of the root is singular good to resist Drunkennesse The distilled water of the young buds of the leaues being drunke euerie day and that so oft as one can is maruellous good for them which haue their bodies troubled with vlcers caused of the French Pocks in as much as it comforteth the Liuer The same water is verie profitable for the quartane and quotidian Agues The root thereof taken either in powder or in a decoction with the broth of those Frogges which are vsed to be eaten or for lacke of Frogges in the decoction of a Goslin or green Goose is a preseruatiue against the poyson of the Toad Hedgefrogge and other venimous hearbes It doth good also in the diseases of the heart being drunke with the decoction of Buglosse or Balme Beares-breech
Roses it likewise taketh away the paines of the goâ—â—â—â—â—mundifieth and draweth out mightily the gunshot out of the bodie and healeth 〈◊〉 wounds vp without any other thing applied it taketh away the blewnesse of 〈◊〉 blows To be briefe it is a mâ—st â—ure and infallible remedie by reason of his â—â—â—â—â—rature in all impostumes either hot or cold and resolueth and discusseth all 〈◊〉 that need not to be suppurated and ripened But this must be obserued that before you apply it you must discerne of the offending humor to the end that you may vse some either generall or particular euacuation according to good order and that by the aduice of some Physitian CHAP. XLIIII A discourse of Nicotian or the male Petum NIcotiana though it haue beene but a while knowne in France yet it holdeth the first and principall place amongst Physicke hearbes by reason of his singular and almost diuine vertues such as you shall heare of hereafter whereof because none either of the old or new Writers that haue written of the nature of Plants haue said anie thing I am willing to lay open the whole Historie as I haue come by it through a deere friend of mine the first Author Inuentor and Bringer of 〈◊〉 hearbe into France as also of manie both Spaniards Portugals and others whâ—â—h haue trauelled into Florida a Countrey of the Indians from whence this hearbe came to put the same in writing to quite such of griefe and trauell as haue heard of this hearbe but neither know it nor the properties thereof This hearbe is called Nicotiana of the name of an Embassadour which brought the first knowledge of it into this Realme in like manner as manie Plants doe as yet retaine the names of certaine Greekes and Romans who being strangers in diuers Countreyes for their Common-wealths seruice haue from thence indowed their owne Countrey with manie sorts of Plants whereof there was no knowledge before Some call it the hearbe of Queene-mother because the said Embassadour Lord Nicot did first send the same vnto the Queene Mother as you shall vnderstand by and by and for being afterward by her giuen to diuers others to plant and make to grow in this Countrey Others call it by the name of the hearbe of the great Prior because the said Lord a while after sayling into these Westerne Seas and happening to lodge neere vnto the said Lord Embassadour of Lisbone gathered diuers Plants thereof out of his Garden and set them to encrease here in France and that in greater quantitie and with more care than anie other besides him hee did so highly esteeme thereof for the exceeding good qualities sake The Spaniards call it Tabacco Some call it the Holy hearbe because as I thinke of his holy and maruellous effects Verie manie haue giuen it the name of Male Petum to know it from the Female Petum which is in truth the proper name of the hearbe vsed by them of the Countrey from whence it was brought Notwithstanding it were better to call it Nicotiana after the name of the Lord which first sent the same into France to the end that wee may giue him the honour which hee hath deserued of vs for hauing furnished our Land with so rare and singular an hearbe And thus much for the name Now listen vnto the whole Historie Master Iohn Nicot one of the Kings Councell being Embassadour for his Maiestie in the Realme of Portugall in the yeares of our Lord God 1559 1560 and 1561 went on a day to see the Monuments and worthie Places of the said King of Portugall at which time a Gentleman keeper of the said Monuments presented him with this hearbe as a strange Plant brought from Florida The Noble man Sir Nicot hauing procured it to grow in his Garden where it had put forth and maltiplied verie greatly was aduertised on a day by one of his Pages that a young boy kinsman of the said Page had layd for tryall sake the said hearbe stampt the substance and juice and altogether vpon an vlcer which he had vpon his cheeke neere vnto his nose next neighbour to a Noli me tangere as hauing alreadie seised vpon the cartilages and that by the vse thereof it was become maruâ—â—â—lous well vpon this occasion the noble man Nicot called the boy to him and making him to continue the applying of this hearbe for eight or tenne daies the Noli me tangere became throughly killed Now they had sent oftentimes vnto one of the Kings most famous Physitions the said boy during the time of this worke and operation to marke and see the proceeding and working of the said Nicotiana and hauing in charge to continue the same vntill the end of tenne dayes the sayd Physitian then beholding him assured him certainely that the Noli me tangere was dead as indeed the boy neuer felt anie thing of it at anie time afterward Some certaine time after one of the Cookes of the said Embassadour hauing almost all his thombe cut off from his hand with a great Kitchin knife the Stewaâ—â— running vnto the said Nicotiana made him to vse of it fiue or six drâ—ssings by the end of which the wound was healed From that time forward this hearbe began 〈◊〉 become famous in Lisbone where the King of Portugals Court was at that time and the vertues thereof much spoken of and the common people began to call it the Embassadours hearbe Now vpon this occasion there came certaine daies after a Gentleman out of the fields being father vnto one of the Pages of the said Lord Embassadour who 〈◊〉 troubled with an vlcer in his legge of two yeares continuance and craued of the said Lord Embassadour some of his hearbe and vsing it in manner afore mentioned he was healed by the end of tenne or twelue daies After this yet the hearbe grew still in greater reputation insomuch as that maniâ— hasted out of all corners to get some of this hearbe And amongst the rest there was one woman which had a great Ringworme couering all her face like a maske and hauing taken deepe root vnto whome the said Lord Embassadour caused this Pâ—tum to be giuen and withall the manner of vsing of it to be told her and at the end of eight or tenne daies this woman being throughly cured thereby came to shew her selfe vnto the said Lord Embassadour and how that sheâ— was cured There came likewise a Captaine bringing with him his sonne diseased with the Kings â—uill vnto the said Lord Embassadour for to send him into France vâ—â—â— whome there was some triall made of the said hearbe whereupon within few daies he began to shew great signes and tokens of healing and in the end was throughly cured of his Kings euill The said Lord Embassador seeing so great proofe and traill of the said hearbe and hauing heard saâ— that the late deceased Madame of Montigny died at S. 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aboâ—â—dantly The best season either to sow or plant it is in the Spring time and it endureâ—h manie yeares without aid or replanting all parts of it is verie medicinall both the root stalke leaues and flowers The water distilled of this hearbe is good againâ—â— all Venimes or Poyson taken into the stomacke and also against all inward infection Itch Byles or Vlcers Then is Agrimonie of which we haue spoken 〈◊〉 Then Serpentar which is so called through the likelyhood it beareth of a 〈◊〉 and of it there are two kinds one great the other small It desireth a verie good earth and somewhat moist and may be sowne or planted in the Spring time The roots of this hearbe is excellent for all malignant Vlcers a decoction of the 〈◊〉 thereof is good for Womens termes and the leaues thereof keepeth Cheese long from rotting Then Onos which will grow in anie earth and rather in a barren 〈◊〉 a fertile and is best to be set of the root either in the Spring time or in 〈◊〉 It is soueraigne against the Stone and prouoketh Vrine speedily and a decoctioâ— of the roots thereof taketh away the paine in the teeth Then Cinquefoile which groweth almost in euerie place and may be planted in anie season the decoction 〈◊〉 it being gargled or held long in the mouth taketh away the paine of the teeth and heales anie Vlcer in the mouth it is also good against anie Infection or pestilâ—â— Ayre Then Sellodnie of which wee haue spoken before Then Staphiâ—â—â—â— which desireth a good ground yet euer to be planted in the shadow and that prâ—â—cipally about the Spring time It is good against paine in the Teeth 〈◊〉 and other Obstructions which grow from cold causes Then Goats leafe which will grow euerie where if it be not annoyed with wind and may be sowne or planted either in the Spring or in Autumne and is exceeding good for the stone Then ground Iuie of which we haue spoken before Then Tussilago or Colts foot which groweth best in watrie of moist places and would euer be planted in the Spring time or 〈◊〉 Autumne it is verie good against infection and against all straitnesse of breath 〈◊〉 the smoake or fume thereof being taken through a small tunnell in at the mouth 〈◊〉 cureth all infirmities of the lungs Then Salicaria or Lifimachus which receiued the name from the King Lisimachus who first made vse of that hearbe it loueth to be planted neere vnto Riuers either in the Spring time or in Winter it is good against the Dissenteria or to staunch bloud either being vsed in the leafe or in powder Lastly Vlmaria which loueth to be planted in low and shadowie valleyes a great 〈◊〉 more moist than drie and would be planted chiefely in Autumne The decoction 〈◊〉 it purgeth and cleanseth the bodie of all flegme whether it be sharpe or grosse it helpeth the Falling sicknesse the powder either of the roots or the leaues stayeth 〈◊〉 flux of the bellie or the issue of bloud and the distilled water easeth all paines both inward and outward Those hearbes which affect the North and delight to endure the blasts and â—â—â—pings of those colder ayres are first Gentiana of which we haue spoken before Thâ—â— Cabaret or Asarum which neuer groweth so well from the seed as from the plant 〈◊〉 asketh little cost in tillage and beareth flowers twice a yeare that is to say both 〈◊〉 the Spring and in Autumne it cureth the paine in the head and assuâ—geth the inflammation and anguish of sore eies it is good against Fistulaes the Gout and Sciâ—â—ticaes The powder of the root prouoketh Vrine and stayeth the menstruall Flux 〈◊〉 helpeth the Dropsie and putteth away both the Feauer tertian and quartane Then the Golden rod which onely groweth from the seed and would be planted in a good soyle in the Spring time it is good against the Stone or Strangurie it bindeth vp Vlcers and healeth Fistulaes Then the hearbe which is called Deuils-bit it desireth but an indifferent earth rather moist than drie and where the Seed often sayâ—eth there the Plant neuer doth if it be set in the Spring time It is good against bitâ—er griefes as those which proceed from choler and against pestilent tumors against â—ice in childrens heads and such like Then Betonie of which we haue spoken beâ—ore Then Harts-tongue which onely groweth best from the root it is to be planâ—ed in the moneths of March and Aprill in a fat earth yet the moister the better it helpeth all oppilations and cureth those which are troubled with a quartane Feauer Then the hearbe Dogges-tongue which desireth a light blacke mould yet but reaâ—onably tilled it may be sowne or planted in the Spring time it is good to cure the Hemorrhoids and easeth all Ach in the limbes Then Serpents-tongue which must â—uer be placed in a rich earth coole and moist for it can by no means endure the heat of the Summer it is best to be planted from the root in the first beginning of the Spring there is in it much vertue for the resoluing of Tumors and helping of Scalâ—ings or Burnings or other malignant Vlcers or anie inflammations in the Eyes Then water Germander which delighteth most in cold grounds enclining more to â—oisture than drinesse and rather fat than leane it flourisheth most in the moneths of Iune and Iuly yet in such sort that the flowers continue not aboue a day at most â—or as one falls away another rises it is best to be planted from the root or slippe 〈◊〉 the moneths of Februarie or March it is soueraigne against all manner of Poyâ—ons as Pestilence or the Dissenteria it prouoketh Vrine and the termes of Women it cleanseth Vlcers and reuiueth all benummed members Then Tormenâ—ill or Septifolium which loueth a darke waterish and shadowed earth yet that which is verie fat and â—ertile it is alwaies to be sowne from the seed either in the Spring time or in Autumne it is soueraigne against the Stone but chiefely it cuâ—eth Fistulaes and old Vlcers it withstandeth Poyson and easeth the paine of the Teeth Then Enula Campane of which we haue spoken before Then Persicaria which is oftest planted from the root in the Spring time in grounds which are rather moist than drie The decoction of this hearbe cureth all manner of bruises in Beasts where the bone is not broken onely by bathing them therein Also the flesh of Mutâ—ons Beeues Veales and such like is kept fresh manie daies by the vertue of this herbe â—nely being wrapped about the same Then Lyons foot which will not liue but in 〈◊〉 good earth fat and fertile yet somewhat moist and is best to be sowne in the â—oneths of March or Aprill it hath an excellent vertue for the healing of ruptures 〈◊〉 young children Then Eringo which craueth a good and well tilled ground and â—ay be sowne or planted either in the Spring or in Autumne it is good against the Collicke against Grauell or the
difficultie of Vrine it strengtheneth the Reines â—nd healeth the bitings of venimous beasts The distilled water thereof is good aâ—ainst both quotidian and quartane Feauers it helpeth the French disease and stopâ—eth salt humors Then lastly Feniculus Porcinus which delighteth a great deale â—ore in the shade than in the Sunne-shine it would be sowne or planted either in 〈◊〉 Spring time or in Autumne it comforteth much the sinewes and strengtheneth â—eake backes To conclude those hearbes which affect the South is first the blessed Thistle of â—hich we haue spoke before Then Veruaine of which there be two sorts the male â—nd the female both desire to be planted from the roots in good ground either in the â—pring or in Autumne This hearbe is of great reputation especially amongst the â—omanes who vse if continually amongst their Inchantments it taketh away the â—aine of the Teeth and it healeth anie old Vlcer it is good against anie Feaâ—er easeth the paine of the Collicke and expelleth Grauell Then Saxifrage which is of two sorts the great and the lesse they may be sowne or planted in anie good ground which is fat and light in the moneth of March The chiefest 〈◊〉 of this hearbe is to breake the Stone prouoke Vrine helpe womens Termes and 〈◊〉 driue away all euill humours out of the Stomacke Then Pionie of which wee 〈◊〉 spoken before Then Hermole or the Turkes hearbe which loueth a fat blacke and drie mould it may be either planted or sowne The vertue of this hearbe 〈◊〉 to make one to hold his Vrine the powder of it being taken either in Broth or 〈◊〉 white Wine Then Acanthus or Brankvrsine is an hearbe which the auncient Aâ—chitects were wont to carue infolding and imbracing their Columnes or Pyllastâ—â— of the Corinthian fashion Whence it came that the Romanes of auncient 〈◊〉 did call it Marmoralia because such Pillars commonly were of Marble It is 〈◊〉 be sowne in the moneths of March or Aprill in a well tilled Garden his 〈◊〉 are good against the Stone and stay the flux of the bellie Then Aristolochia 〈◊〉 both kinds of which wee haue spoken before Then Perforatio which is so called from the affection that it beareth to the Sunne it may be sowne in the Spring 〈◊〉 in anie light earth The seed of this hearbe beaten to powder and drunke in 〈◊〉 Wine cureth a tertian Feauer and easeth those which are troubled with the 〈◊〉 or Sciatica if the powder of it be cast vpon Vlcers it also healeth them and the decoction of the leaues thereof prouoketh Vrine exceedingly Then Arum 〈◊〉 also delighteth in a good Soyle rather moist than drie it flourisheth most in Iune and the leaues thereof are like the leaues of Millet and when it is in the prime 〈◊〉 hath a yellow colour like vnto Saffron it is to be sowne onely in the moneth of March This hearbe is verie soueraigne against the Gout and driueth away 〈◊〉 flegmaticke humours if it be bruised it cureth old Vlcers and all wounds or â—â—tings giuen by the Wolfe the leaues boyled in Wine helpeth bruises and displaced members or bones out of ioint it helpeth the Hemorrhoids also Then 〈◊〉 of which we haue spoke before Then Carline which tooke the name from Charlâ—â— the great King of France who by the vse of it onely cured himselfe of the Plaguâ— it loueth a drie stonie ground and where it may haue the strength of the Sunnâ— beames it must be sowne in the Spring time or else planted from the root 〈◊〉 powder of this hearbe being drunke chaseth away all infection and prouokâ—â— Vrine it is good against all Conuulsions and being made into a Cataplasme â—â—â—tifieth and strengtheneth the heart if it be steeped or mixed well with vineger 〈◊〉 easeth either the Gout or the Sciatica being applyed vnto the place grieued Thâ— little Germander which differeth not much from water Germander onely it â—â—ueth a drie and stonie earth and rather a hot than a cold it loueth the 〈◊〉 beames and is rather to be planted from the root than sowne from the seed 〈◊〉 in the Spring time or in Autumne it is good against infection and helpeth 〈◊〉 Feauers it helpeth the Epilepsis paine in the head and anie other griefes of 〈◊〉 braine it cureth Conuulsions the Gout and warmeth the entrailes Then Nicâ—â—â—ana or Tabacco of which wee haue spoken before Then Peper which must 〈◊〉 planted immediately after Winter in a well tilled earth and endureth long in Gâ—â—dens without anie helpe of transplanting Then Camomill which is of three 〈◊〉 differing onely in the colours of their flowers for the one is white the other yellâ—â— and the third purple It loueth an earth cold and drie it is best planted from 〈◊〉 root or slippe either in Autumne or the Spring time it loueth to be oft troden 〈◊〉 or pressed downe and therefore is most placed in Alleyes Bankes or Seats in 〈◊〉 Garden It is good against a tertian Feauer and the bath which is made 〈◊〉 strengtheneth much weake members and comforteth the sinewes both of the 〈◊〉 and legges it comforteth also the reines The water thereof also distilled is 〈◊〉 good for the same purposes and the iuice thereof mixed with womans 〈◊〉 Rosewater and the iuice of Housleeke warmed and a Rose-cake steeped 〈◊〉 with a Nutmeg grated on it and so applyed vnto the temples of the head â—keth away all paine therein how violent soeuer it be Diuers other hearbes 〈◊〉 be which are of like natures to these alreadie rehearsed but from the experience 〈◊〉 these a reasonable iudgement may find how to plant nourish and vse anie whatsoeuer There be also diuers purgatiue Simples as Rhubarbe Agaricke and such like which for as much as our Soyles will not endure or beare them I will here omit to speake of them onely a word or two of the hearbe Sene which is somewhat more frequent with vs and is of that delicate holesome and harmelesse nature in his working and operation that it may be tearmed the Prince or Head of Simples Then touching Sene you shall vnderstand that it beareth little small thicke leaues vpon a high large stalke it hath flowers of the colour of gold with diuers purple veines running vpon them Some take the Hearbe which Theophrastus writeth of called Colutea to be Sene but they are deceiued therein for the one is a Tree and no Hearbe and the other is an Hearbe and no Tree besides diuers other differences needlesse here to repeat all which are at large see downe by Anthonie Mirauld Doctor of Physicke and a Bourbonois in his booke intituled Maison Champestre It may be planted either from the stalke or root like Rosemarie in anie good fertile and drie soyle where it may haue the full reflection of the Sunne and the season best and fittest for the same plantation is at the later end of Autumne As touching the choice of the best Sene that hath euer the best reputation which is brought from Alexandria in Syria as
is another note of admiration in this flower which is that it changeth it colour euerie yeare of it owne nature for the which no Gardiner is able to giue anie account Also there be some Tulipans which will not â—â—ourish aboue foure or fiue daies in the yeare and then after it carrieth no flower 〈◊〉 all The Martagon is a plant which putteth forth verie rare and excellent flowers â—uch what is shape like the Flower-de-luce and are infinitely desired for their exâ—ellencies it is most commonly either of an Orange or red colour and may be eiâ—her sowne or planted in a good ground in the Spring time when the Moone encreaseth It groweth in height seldome aboue three foot neither hath it anie branâ—hes it garnisheth the earth with manie greene leaues both long and sharpe â—ending their points downeward At the toppe of the stemme the flowers put â—orth vpon seuen or eight round buttons or cuppes which after a few daies doe open and out of euerie button springs forth a flower which will continue 〈◊〉 upon at least three or foure daies and then they will fall away and the bowle is perceiued in which the seed is retained which is not verie great but of a little and 〈◊〉 compasse Pâ—onie are flowers of diuers kinds some being single and some double and are 〈◊〉 esteemed for the beautie of their flowers they may be sowne or planted on any 〈◊〉 earth immediatly after Winter the stalke of it is greene and being risâ—n 〈◊〉 foot from the earth it putteth forth diuers large branches vpon the tops whereof 〈◊〉 many great buttons out of which breaketh forth the flowers being round 〈◊〉 and large so that some haue beene measured from the circumference to be the 〈◊〉 part of a foot in the diameter these flowers are euer of one colour as being all 〈◊〉 all white or all purple and not mixt or stripped as other flowers are Amongst all the flowers which beauitfie gardens none may compare with this other for odour glorie or generall delicacie whence it commeth that it is 〈◊〉 the Crowne Emperiall it may be sowne from the seed in any well drest 〈…〉 the Spring of the yeare and the new of the Moone yet it is much better if it be 〈◊〉 from the root which root is bigge and round like vnto a great S. 〈◊〉 Onion about which in the planting you shall â—ould a little fine mould 〈◊〉 with cows dung and then set it a good depth into the earth the stemme of this 〈◊〉 will spring out of the ground three or foure foot garnished all along with fine 〈◊〉 yet without any braunches at the top of all it putteth forth eight or nine 〈◊〉 borne vpon seuerall little branches distinguished from the stalke euerie one of 〈◊〉 being of equall height and length the flowers thereof for the most part shew 〈◊〉 because like the Helitropian they continually follow the Sunne and 〈◊〉 stand streight vpright but at hie noone onely the colour of them most 〈◊〉 is a pale red and they haue within the inward part of them a round liquid 〈◊〉 like vnto an Orient pearle which whilest the flower is in strength being for the 〈◊〉 part fifteene or twentie dayes you can by no meanes shake off nor will it be 〈◊〉 way with showers or tempests but if with your hand you wipe it away a new 〈◊〉 will arise againe presently in the same place this pearle if you tast vpon your 〈◊〉 is sweet and pleasant as Honie or Sugar This flower must be carefully 〈◊〉 from the frost and the slips of it would be seldome or neâ—er set because they are 〈◊〉 they bring forth flowers as three or foure yeares at the soonest CHAP. XLIX Of sweet smelling Hearbes BAsill as well the great as the small is sowne in Aprill and May in a 〈◊〉 ground and commeth vp quickly if so be that by and by after it is 〈◊〉 it be watered with water somewhat heated It may be sowne 〈◊〉 in Autumne and the seed would be watered with vinegar for so 〈◊〉 it but a verie little it will grow forth into branches If you sow it in a drie ground 〈◊〉 open vpon the Sun it will by and by turne and become either mountaine 〈◊〉 or cresses When you haue sowne it you must draw vpon the ground some 〈◊〉 fasten and set it close together for if it should lye light and hollow the seed would 〈◊〉 corrupt It must be watered at noone-tide cleane contrarie to other hearbs 〈◊〉 would be watered at morning or euening To cause it to grow great it is 〈◊〉 crop it oft with your fingers and not with any yron thing Some report a 〈◊〉 strange thing of Basill as namely that it groweth fairer and higher if it 〈◊〉 sowne with curses and injuries offered vnto it and further that there is a deadly 〈◊〉 betwixt ambeâ— basill for whereas amber or blacke jet it giuen to draw 〈◊〉 â—nto it vpon the touching of them it driueth and putteth farre from it the leaues and 〈◊〉 of Basill Such as are subject vnto head-ach or feare to be troubled therewith must shun the 〈◊〉 of Basill altogether for the smell thereof begetteth paine and heauinesse of the 〈◊〉 yeâ— sometimes it ingendreth in the head little small wormes like vnto Scorpiâ—â—s as we read to haue happened to a certaine Italian in our time as Monsieur â—â—oulier D. in physicke doth testifie in the beginning of his Practica in whose â—â—aine the oft smelling of Basill did beget a scorpion which caused him to endure â—â—treame paine and brought him to his death in the end The greatest vertue that 〈◊〉 hearbe can haue is that if a woman doe hold the roots of Basill in her hand toâ—ether with a Swallows feather when she is in trauell she shall be deliuered by and 〈◊〉 without any paine Rue as well that of the garden as the other which is wild doth not loue eyther a â—oist or cold ground neither yet a ground made verie fat with dung but rather a 〈◊〉 and drie ground free from vvind and where the Sunne shineth much in respect â—hereof it must be couered with ashes during the Winter time for the naturall heat 〈◊〉 the ashes doth cause it to resist the cold It may be sowne in March August and â—â—ptember although in deed it grow better set of roots or braunches than sowne â—hen it groweth old it degenerateth into a wooddie substance and therefore you â—ust cut the stalkes twice euerie yeare euen to the root to recouer his youth againe 〈◊〉 must not be suffered if possibly it may be let to flowre for if it be suffered to put 〈◊〉 any flowres it groweth so much the more drie Some report that this hearbe 〈◊〉 a maruailous propertie as that if it be toucht or come neere vnto be it neuer so 〈◊〉 by a woman that hath abused her bodie or that hath her termes that it dyeth 〈◊〉 and by To cause that it
wish amongst the Brambles and Bushes and therefore from hence it may be transplanted and remoued into your Garden for the benefit of your Arbours The root especially the iuice doth mightily loosen the bellie prouoke vrine purge the braine open the spleene and take away the hardnesse thereof applyed in forme of a Pessarie it bringeth downe the termes the after-birth and dead child stamped with salt and applyed it healeth vlcers it cleanseth the skinne and taketh away the red pimples of the face for which purpose also serueth the water thereof which you may gather in the moneth of May out of a pit which you shall make in the head of the root as it standeth in the ground according as we haue alreadie said in the Chapter of Violets going before In a Cataplasme it is singular against the Sciatica as also to take away the haire from some place being mixed and stamped with Bulls bloud it is of maruellous effects in hard and schirrous swellings and cankerouâ— tumours We haue spoken heretofore of cucumbers and gourds and therefore it is not needfull to make any new repetition The ordering of hops is like vnto that of the wild vine for one and the same ground and dressing vvill serue both The flowers crops and juice pressed out doe take away the obstructions of the liuer and spleene and the vse thereof is verie conâ—enient for such as haue the dropsie therewith beere is made as we shall further declare hereafter Maruailous apples are verie fit to ouerspread arbours as well in respect of their beautie as for that they are pliant and winding easily about the poles They would be sowne in the Spring time in a fat and well battilled ground they cannot endure the cold so soone as their fruit is ripe which is in Autumne they drie away by and by wherefore you must sow them where the Sunne hath full power vpon them and water them oft in the time of great heat gathering their fruit in September These apples resemble little lymons as being sharpe pointed at the end 〈◊〉 bellied in the middest rough as wild Cucumbers greene at the beginning but aâ—terward turning red the first that euer brought them into France was Reâ—e du Bellay Bishop of Mans. They haue also beene found in the gardens of the religious of S. Geâ—manes in the fields and in the Temple garden at Paris They are called of the Greekes Gratious apples because of their well pleasing beautie and of the Latines Viticella Momordica and Balsamita this last name was giuen to them by reason of the vertues of Balme which they haue and in French Maruailous apples because of the maruailous vertue that they haue to heale wounds Some take all the seeds 〈◊〉 of the apples putting the said apples into a viole of vnripe oyle oliue or insteed of oyle made of vnripe oliues which is not alwaies readie to be had at Paris some 〈◊〉 common oyle verie well in Rose-water or Common water or plantaine or Mulberie water and doe afterward set the said viole a long time in the Sunne when it 〈…〉 his heat or else they put it in a vessell of hot boyling vvater or else burie it in the earth or in horse dung and this oyle is singular good to assuage inflammations of wounds and of the breasts and hath no lesse vertue than Balme to consolidate 〈◊〉 heale wounds either new or old being a thing tried of many The fruit soaked 〈◊〉 oyle of sweet Almonds or Linseed adding thereto an ounce of liquid vernish 〈◊〉 euerie pound of oyle maketh the oyle verie soueraigne for the paines of the Hâ—â—â—â—rhoides Burnings prickings of the sinews and to take away the skarres of â—oundâ— The leaues dried and made into powder and drunke the quantitie of a spoonefull with the decoction of plantaine doe heale the gripes in the guts the paine of the colicke and the wounds of the guts The oyle wherein this fruit hath beene soaked doth keepe in his place the fundament wont to fall downe in little children if it be often rubbed therewith it maketh barren women fruitfull if after they haue bathed in a bath for the purpose and drunke of the powder of the leaues of this hearbe they annoint their secret parts with this oyle dwelling afterwards with their husbands The maruailous pease are verie rare in this countrie resembling somewhat Winter cherries as hauing their seed inclosed in a little filme or skinne like vnto a â—ich pease in the middest whereof there is the shape as it were of a heart They delight in a very fat moist and well sunned soyle and cannot abide to endure the cold Winter cherries which the Latines call Halicacaâ—um and the Arabians Aâ—â—kengi are delighted in vines wherefore they which would haue it planted in their garden must picke out for it such a soyle as would fit the vine The little 〈◊〉 which is inclosed in the bladder is singular good to prouoke the decayed vrine and to take away the sharpnesâ—e and scalding thereof for the juice thereof mixt with 〈◊〉 creame or milke of white poppie seed or with the decoction of the seed of meloâ—â— or gourds mallows or barly ptisane and drunke doth maruailously mitigate the scalding of the vrine if the root come neere vnto the aspe or lizard it casteth them into a dead sleepe and killeth them the vse of the cherrie is soueraigne against the stone and grauell Likewise for this disease some make a Wine which is called Winter-cherrie wine which is made with the new pressed liquor of good white wine when in hath beene infused a certaine quantitie of these cherries or with a certaine quaâ—titie of these cherries cast with an equall quantitie of white wine grapes all whole into a new vesâ—ell the same vesâ—ell afterward being filled vp with white wine new froâ— the presse being afterward scummed and vsed after the manner of other wines or else this wine may be thus made these cherries are troden amongst ripe grapes and being suffered to worke together certaine daies they are afterward â—unned vp 〈◊〉 vessells and ordered as other wines this wine taken the quantitie of foure 〈…〉 the morning three or foure daies together in the decrease of the Moone cleanseth the reines and purgeth out great quantitie of grauell CHAP. LIIII Of Trees both great and small as well outlandish as of the same Countrie being planted or sowne either vpon beds or in vessells in the Garden THe Bay-tree will grow in all places but it is not as easily preserued and kept in euerie place for it delighteth especially and naturally in a hot or temperate countrie for in a cold it groweth not but by constraine but and if you be disposed to haue it to grow in this cold countrie you 〈◊〉 plant it so vpon the Sunne as that it may thereby shâ—ke off and better passe 〈◊〉 the extremitie of the cold and on the contrarie in a hot countrie you must plant 〈◊〉 so as
colour pleasant smell pure neat and shining in euerie part sweet and verie pleasant to the tast and yet notwithstanding this hauing a certaine kind of acrimonie or sharpenesâ—e of an indifferent consistence betwixt thicke and thinne hanging together in it selfe in such sort as that being lifted vp with the fingers end it keepeth together in â—aner of a direct line without any breaking asunder for it should argue it selfe to be either too thick or too thinne if it should not hang together but breake or else to haue some other vnequall mixture It must not be long in boyling and yeelding but small store of scum when it doth boyle aboue all it may not exceedingly smell of Thyme though some as I my selfe doe know doe greatly esteeme of such And that which is gathered in the Spring or Summer is much better than that which is gathered in Winter White Honey is not of lesse goodnesse than that which is of a golden yellow so that there accompanie it the other marks of goodnes such as that is which the Spaniards and men about Narbona doâ— send vnto vs being verie white and 〈◊〉 firme and hard and therefore better without all comparison than anie other 〈◊〉 of Honey Honey the newer it is the better it is cleane contrarie to Wine which is more commended when it is old than when it is new This also is to be marked in Honey 〈◊〉 as Wine is best at the mid-Caske and Oyle in the â—op so Honey is best towards the bottome for by how much Honey is more firme and heauie so much it is the 〈◊〉 as being the sweeter The vse of Honey serueth for manie things it prolongeth life in old folkâ—s and in them which are of cold complexion that it is so we see that the Bee which is 〈◊〉 little creature â—eeble and weake liueth nine or tenne yeares by herâ—eeding vpon Honey The nature of Honey is to resist corruption and puâ—â—ifaction and this is the cause why Gargarismes to cleanse and mundifie the vlcers of the mouth are 〈◊〉 therewith Some make a distilled water of Honey which causeth the 〈◊〉 is fallen away to grow againe in what part of the bodie soeuer it be CHAP. LXX The manner of preparing diuers sorts and diuers compositions of Honey THere is such excellent vertue in Honey as that is preserueth and defendeth things from puâ—â—ifaction and corruption which is the cause that when anie are disposed to keepe Rootes Fruits Hearbes and especially Iuices it is ordinarily accustomed to conserue them is Honey whereupon it commeth that wee vse these names Honey of 〈◊〉 Roses Rosemarie-slowers Damaske-Raiâ—â—â—â— Myrtles Anacardâ—â— Buglosse and such like which are made with iuice and Honey of which onely we will 〈◊〉 in this place The Honey of Violets Roses Buglosse Mercurie and Rosemariâ—â—flowers 〈◊〉 all prepared after one sort Take of the iuice of new Roses a pound of pure 〈◊〉 Honey first boyled and 〈◊〉 tenne pounds boyle them all together in a Caldron vpon a cleere fire when these boyle adde vnto them of new Roses yet 〈◊〉 cut in sunder with Scizars of Sheares foure pound boyle them all vntill the iuice be wasted stirring them often with a sticke this being done straine them and put 〈◊〉 in an earthen vessell for to be kept for it is better and better after some time Otherwise and better and ofter vsed Stampe in a Mortar new Roses adde like 〈◊〉 of Honey and set them in the Sunne the space of three moneths afterward straine them and boyle the liquor strained out to the thicknesse of Honey Otherwise 〈◊〉 equall parts of Honey and of the manifold infusion of new Roses boyle them all 〈◊〉 the consistence of a Syrrup looke how manie times the more double the inâ—usion of the Roses is by so much the Honey of Roses will be the better and this same is 〈◊〉 most fit to be taken at the mouth as the first and second are for Clysters Or 〈◊〉 take new raw Honey before it euer boyle or hauing but lightly boyled and 〈◊〉 thereto some quantitiâ— of sweet water red Roses that are new and newly 〈◊〉 in the shadow their white taken away and a third part of Honey put them all together in a glasse-vessell or earthen one well glassed which being close stopped shall be set in the Sunne and stirred euerie third day and thus you may fitly prepare Honey of Roses and Rosemarie-flowers a great deale better than after anie of the 〈◊〉 waies Honey of Myrtles is made with a pound of the iuice of Myrtle-tree and 〈◊〉 pound of Honey all boyled together vpon a small fire The honie of damaskes raisons is thus made Take damaske raisons cleansed from their stones steepe them foure and twentie houres in warme water and after boyle them to perfection when they haue thus boyled straine them through a strainer verie strongly and after that boyle them againe to the thicknesse of 〈◊〉 Mel Anacardinum is thus made Stampe a certaine number of the fruit Anacardia and after let them lye to steepe for the space of seuen daies in vinegar but on the eight boile them to the consumption of the one halfe afterward straine them through a linnen cloth the juice that is strained out must be boyled with like quantitie of honie The manner of making honied water Take one part of honie and sixe parts of raine water put all together in a little barrell well pitcht and sâ—opt aboue that 〈◊〉 no 〈◊〉 at all may enter in at it afterward set it out in the hottest weather that is as in Iulie but out of all raine and leaue it so about 〈◊〉 daies but with such prouâ—â—o as that you turne the barrell euerie eight daies to the end that the Sunne may worke on all sides of it To make it more effectuall and of greater vertue it will be good in quincetime to mixe therewith the juice of quinces in such quantitie as that there may be for eâ—erie pound of honie a quarter of a pound of juice of quinces Some before they put the honie and water together into the barrell boyle them together vpon a cleare fire or vpon coales without smoake they scum the honâ—e and boyle it to perfection which they gather by casting an egge into it which if it swim aboue then the honie is sufficiently boyled but and if it sinke then it is not boyled ynough The Polonians Muscoâ—â—es and Englishmen doe make a drinke hauing the 〈◊〉 of a honied water which is farre more pleasant and more wholesome than many mightie wines and it is called Mede They take one part of honie and six parts of raine riuer or fountaine water they boyle them together and in boyling them take off the seum very diligently and continue the boyling till the halfe of the whole be consumed being cooled they put it vp in a wine vessell and after adde vnto it â—ix ounces of the barme of ale or beere to
small branches for in these they greatly reioyce and profit mightily â—â—uing them in stead of dung You may either digge the kernell into the ground and burie it or else plant of the siences neere the tops of hills and mountaines whether 〈◊〉 be in a high or low place in October Nouember December and Ianuarie You may graft them in Nouember or according to Palladius from the twelfth day of December vnto the first of Februarie The best is to graft them in Februarie and in March albeit that it be the best cutting of all trees that yeeld gumme when the gumme is not yet rising or after it is quite gone downe and returned from whence it rise Lastly Cherrie-trees neuer thriue so well being nothing done vnto but planted as when they are graâ—â—ed they delight to haue their dried branches often weeded out from themselues and the siences growing at their foot they delight also to be set in holeâ— and pits that are digged and cast and to be often digged about And if you would hasteâ— and cause them to bring forth their fruit sooner you must lay Quicke lime to the foot of them or else water their roots often with warme water but then such fruit is 〈◊〉 altered and made worse retaining but little of his naturally goodnesse euen as 〈◊〉 will proue and find by the hastie Cherries which the inhabitants of Poictiou send 〈◊〉 vpon horsebacke They may be grafted vpon the Plum-tree and Corneile-tree but best vpon one of their owne kind in such sort as that sweet Cherrie-trees being grafted vpon 〈◊〉 Cherrie-trees doe beare a more soft Cherrie than those are which grow vpon sweet Cherrie-trees grafted into sweet Cherrie-trees Cherries grow fairest vpon small Cherrie-trees and more plentifully also than they doe vpon high and tall ones Wherefore who so shall graft the small Cherrie-tree vpon the great shall procure greater store of fruit and more thicke ones such as are the wild Cherries and also 〈◊〉 haue more store of great boughs than those trees haue which doe but as it were 〈◊〉 on the earth In like manner if when you graft them you set the bud and the 〈◊〉 of the graft below the boughes that grow forth thereupon will fall out after 〈◊〉 like manner The Coeurs and Agriots may be grafted vpon the common sweet Cherrie-tree but better vpon wild ones than vpon garden ones We must therefore acknowledge eight sorts of Cherries growing vpon Cherrie-trees that is to say those which are properly Cherries hauing a verie short stalke round apple being also red fleshiâ—â— full of iuice sharpe and hauing a sweet kernell wild Cherries which haue but a liâ—tle flesh on them but are red also on that side toward the Sunne and white on the other side the stone cleaâ—ing to the flesh blacke Cherries whose iuice is so blacke as that it coloureth the hands and lippes bitter Cherries which are somewhat of a bitter tast whereof they haue their name Guyens Cherries so called because their first originall was in Guyenne they are long ones and manie hanging together at one stalke they are also verie sweet Piugarres and these are grosse thicke ones white hauing a hard flesh but sweet and cleauing vnto the kernell Coeurs which are like vnto a mans heart as well without as within their kernall some doe call these Cherries Heaumes and the Cherry-tree Heaumier especially in the Countrey of Aniou Agriâ—ts which are ripe last of all are sharpe relished and endure carriage farre off and they are also the same which are wont to be preserued Of the speciall properties and vertues of the Cherry and Cherry-tree see the nineâ—â—enth chapter of this Booke wherein is declared how the Cherry may be made to grow without anie stone If the Cherry-tree be hurt of Pisâ—â—ires you must rubbe his stocke with the iuice of Purcelane if it be too full of sappe you must make a hole in the principall root Cherries how faire soeuer they be yet they are of small nourishment beget â—uill humours in the stomack and wormes in the bodie and such are those especially which â—re called Coeurs The sharpe sweet Cherries are verie delicate fit to preserue with Sugar as well for such as are found as for them which are sicke The bitter Cherries â—re good raw but better drie and in sawces pastes and tart stuffe The sweet Cherâ—ies are chiefely commended in that they make the bodie soluble as the sharpe or â—ager ones doe bind it coole it and temper the heat of choler The gumme of Cherry-tree drunke with white wine doth breake the stone as well of the reines as of the â—ladder The water of Cherries newly gathered being distilled with a gentle fire and taken at the mouth in the quantitie of halfe an ounce doth put off the fit of the â—alling sicknesse a thing verie happily and with good successe tryed in manie as Manardus assureth vs. CHAP. XXV Of the Quince-tree ALl Quince-trees as well that of the Garden as the wild one and of the Garden ones as well the male as the female desireth a cold ground and especially that which is moist withall notwithstanding that we haue seene them as well to grow in the places lying open to the Sunne as at Conâ—lans a place belonging to Monsieur de Ville-roy neere vnto Paris but yet indeed not farre off from a Riuer and this kind of tree doth so much craue to haue the companie of moisture as that if the time fall out drie the necessitie thereof must be â—upplyed by watering of it and if for want of moist and waterish ground it be set 〈◊〉 a drie ground or in a stonie or clayie ground it must then also be often refreshed with water and must also be vnder-digged and laboured about the foot that so the â—â—â—et of the night may pierce and sinke downe vnto the roots that so it may bring â—orth good fruit and good store thereof When it is planted of rootes it growâ—â—th so well as that the second yeare it beareth fruit but it beareth not so soone when it is planted of branches It would be planted during the encrease of the Moone in the moneths of Februarie or Nouember This tree is verie commonly vsed to graft other trees vpon because they being grafted thereupon doe continue and endure longer and beare a more delicate fruit than if they were grafted vpon trees of their owne kind The best time for the gathering of this fruit is in the moneth of October when that blasting comes and it groweth to be of a golden colour for this is a signe that it is ripe and this must bee in cleare and faire weather and in the decrease of the Moone and then you must cleanse it from the mossie hoarinesse that is vpon it and lay them out orderly in the Sunne vpon hurdles If the Quince-tree make anie shew of being sicke you must water it with the â—â—â—lings of oyle mingled with equall quantitie of water or else with Quicke lime
be fallen at the least three or foure times vpon them because it strengtheneth them greatly to their better enduring and lasting and encreaseth their goodnesse But in anie case they may not be gathered in raine but rather in drie weather being themselues well dried by the Sunne and that in gathering they be not hurt by anie manner of meanes whatsoeuer but to chuse them one after another by cutting them downe with a good knife made fast to the end of a pole or else to make them fall into a cloth spread vnderneath for the receiuing of them and in it separating the rotten spoyled or hurt from amongst the faire sound whole and vnhurt ones that so they may be layed vp to keepe in such sort as wee will declare hereafter in his place Although generally and without saying anie thing of anie particular by way of comparison the Apple be farre fuller of iuice and for the most part more sound than the Peare notwithstanding if one should stand vpon the tast the Peare is commonly more pleasant and better relished and more contenting and agreeing with ones tast eaten in his season raw rosted or preserued than the Apple wherefore I am ashamed that men giue not themselues to plant moe Peare-trees than Apple-trees seeing that besides the reasons alledged the Peare-tree of all other fruit-trees is the fairest streightest and couering no whit so much ground with his shadow as the Apple-tree doth bearing also his fruit almost euerie yeare where the Apple-tree is but a iourney-man bearing one yeare and not another There is a drinke made of Peares called Perrie whereof we will speake as also vineger of wild Peares as hath alreadie beene said of Apples The Peare hath this speciall vertue aboue the rest that the often vse of the kernels should be maruellous profitable vnto such as are troubled with the inflammation of the lungs as also for them that haue eaten manie Mushromes that they may rid their stomacke of so great a load there is nothing better than to eat Peares for the Peare by his weightinesse and astringent iuice maketh the Mushromes eaten and lying in the bottome of his stomacke to descend and fall downe from thence CHAP. XXX Of the Medlar-tree CErtaine it is that the Medlar-tree groweth into a thicke stock it endureth the cold ayre easily and yet delighteth best in a hot or temperate ayre and in a sandie and fat ground It is planted either of roots or of branches and that in Nouember and some sow it of stones in a ground mixt with dung it will beare fruit in great quantitie if there be layed to the foot of it earth mixt with ashes It may be grafted vpon it selfe or vpon the Peare-tree Apple-tree or Quince-tree and that it may be well grafted and with good grafts you must prouide your selfe of those which grow out of the middest of the Medlar-tree and not of the top and it must be grafted in the cleft or highestâ— part of the stocke not in the barke because the leanenesse of the barke would not be able sufficiently to nourish it If you graft it vpon a Quince-tree the fruit will be verie faire and the reason is verie manifest because the stocke which receiueth the graft and nourisheth it is giuen naturally to bring forth a thicke grosâ—e fruit and yet it will yeeld a fairer without all comparison if you graft it vpon the hawthorne vvith which it is joyned in exceeding familiar and friendly league also the fruit that commeth thereof is more beautifull and plentifull it may also be verie fitly grafted vpon any other thorne it selfe being pricklie if you graft the Medlar-tree vpon any other Tree that is not of his owne kind the Medlar will haue either no stones or verie few or else verie little ones If the vvormes assaile the Medlar-tree you must water the stocke with vinegar or throw ashes vpon it Some hold it for certaine that the flesh and especially the small stones of the medlar dried either seuerally and alone or else together made into powder and drunke with white wine wherein hath beene boyled the roots of Parsly doe breake and consume the stone as well of the reines as of the bladder Looke into the second booke in the Chapter of Turneps as concerning this remedie You may make a cataplasme of drie medlars cloues white and red corall and nutmeg all incorporated with the juice of Roses to lay vpon the bellie in the great fluxes of the same and vpon the breast for the spitting of bloud CHAP. XXXI Of the Mulberrie-tree MVlberries grow vpon a certaine kind of Tree which hath a firme wood but a brittle fruit and leaues it buddeth the last of all other Trees after that the cold is ouerpassed vvhereupon it is called by the name of sage or wise wittie and prouident it putteth not forth his leaues till all other Trees be laden with leaues if at the least you hasten not forward his budding by giuing vnto it fresh and new dung in the new of the Moone of Februarie This Tree is of two sorts the one vvhite because of the white Mulberries the other blacke because of the blacke or red Mulberries which it beareth and bringeth forth which though they resemble one another in this that both of them doe put forth their leaues later than any other Tree yet notwithstanding they are vnlike in flowers leaues and other considerations For the blacke doth not onely bring forth a farre fairer and better relished fruit and that of greater aboundance of liquor than the white but it hath besides a thicker stocke and a greater and harder leafe it groweth verie hardly and with much adoe being planted and it is a great while in growing before it become great and therefore is no shame that there are so fâ—w it being so vnapt of it selfe to grow being planted of plants and siences as also propagated and multiplied vnder the earth with the stocke that bare it euen as is vsed to be done with the white ones which yet doe grow infinitely euerie where as well planted of shootes and propagated as sowne both the one and the other doe loue a hot ayre or at the least a temperate a ground that is fat and well battled with dung and labour at the foot and to be kept cleane from mosâ—e and caterpillers and without any dead wood They are planted especially the white either of shoots or of roots or buds and that in October and Nouember even in like manner as the figge-tree In planting of them you must make them deepe and large pits and couer them with earth mixt with ashes they may be grafted vpon the chesnut-tree apple-tree wild peare-tree cornaile-tree elme or white popler and then they will beare white mulberries and this must be in the cleft and vpon the figge-tree in the scutcheon-like graft they may also be grafted vpon themselues and the one vpon the other as the vvhite Mulberrie-tree vpon the white and the blacke
is more apt to sowre if that there be not some sowre ones mingled amongst them because that such sweet Apples haue but a weake heat and easily ouercome and wasted But such sweet Apples as haue a fast flesh and thick iuice stand not in need of hauing any sowre Apples mixt with them to the helping of them to make good Cider It is true that sweet Apples yeeld lesse Cider than sowre ones but yet in as much as the sweet haue the lesse iuice and the thicker therefore their Cider is the better lasteth longer nourisheth the body more and is a longer time in fining But on the contrarie those sweet Apples which haue much iuice doe make much Cider but this Cider is not so good nor making so good nourishment notwithstanding it be sooner fined and readie for drinking Sowrish Apples doe yeeld much iuice that is waterie thinne and soone fined but nourishing verie little The Cider that is all neat and of it selfe without any mixture of water doth fine and become cleare more slowly than that which is made with water In like sort it retaineth his smell and tast a longer time and all other the vertues and qualities of the Apples whereof it was made for water added but in small quantitie after sixe moneths once past or if somewhat longer yet after one yeare it causeth the Cider to sowre and then so much the sooner as there shall be the greater quantitie in the mixture as in the houshold or ordinarie drinke Wherefore such Ciders as you would haue to last long must be made without water and vse rather to mixe your vvater vvith them vvhen they are drawne out of the vessell to drinke if then you find them too strong for you and this also is the same course taken with Wine especially when such a sicknesse hath seised vpon the partie as craueth a thin weake and vvaterish drinke Ciders differ one from another especially in colour and â—auour or relish for as for their colour some represent the scarlet as it were like vnto Claret-wine and such is that vvhich is made of Apples that are red vvithin and without such also will last long and fine not vnder the colour of high Clarets and haue a taste resembling the same somewhat a farre off but afterward comming neere to the resembling of Hyppocras Others are of the colour of Muscadells and resembling the same also in relish The greatest part of the rest draw neere to a yellow colour and some of them cleare as the rocke vvater As concerning their relish and tast all Ciders if they be good should be sweet or a little bitter or sowre whether they be new or old and it is as true that some of them haue no more relish than vvater Some are of an euill taste and that either of themselues or of the ground or of the vessell or of the straw or of some other such strange cause The sweet as well the new as the old and fined are the best of all and nourish most But it is true withall that the new doe swell vp a man and cause obstructions The fined Ciders are good for such as haue weake lungs or those which are subject to the stone or haue vlcers in the reines or bladder Such as are bitter and hold out bitter are naught But such bitter Cider as after becommeth sweet is the best of all and lasteth long Such as are greenish if they continue the same colour alwaies are not of any value but if in time they change this greenenesse into a maner of sweetnesse then they proue good and last long You may also make Cider of vvild Apples but such Cider although that it last longer than that vvhich is made of tame and garden apples yet it is not so pleasant nor profitable for the stomacke Good housholders doe not loose the drosse of their pressings but as we haue said cast them into vessells and vvith a sufficient quantitie of fountaine vvater make Cider for the houshold many make no account of it but cast it out to the dunghill assuring themselues that it drieth and maketh barren the place where it commeth In suâ—h places as vvhere they haue not the benefit of mill-stones pressers other implements for to make Cider they stampe apples but not of all sorts but onely wild ones with a stamper and afterward put them thus stamped into vessells with a sufficient quantitie of water and this is called Cider-pinet As concerning the faculties and vertues of Cider they must be measured and judged according to their taste age continuance and abilitie to last and the manner of making of them The taste is not to be tried onely by the sauour and relish of the apples vvhereof they vvere made vvhich vvere either sweet or sowre or harsh or of moe tastes than one or vvithout any taste at all but likewise of the age thereof in as much as Cider if it be kept changeth his taste together vvith the time and getteth another relish after that is fined diuers from that vvhich it had vvhiles it was in fining or that it had vvhen it began to fine after the manner of new vvine which when it commeth to be old purchaseth and getteth diuers qualities together with the time Such Cider therefore as is sweet because of the sweetnesse which commeth of temperate heat heateth in a meane and indifferent manner but cooleth least of all and againe it is the most nourishing of all Ciders and the most profitable to be vsed especially of such as haue cold and drie stomackes and on the contrarie but sâ—â—ally profiting them which haue a hot stomacke whether it be more or lesse or stomackes that are full of humiditie verie tender and queasie and subject vnto cholericke vomits so that in such complexions as are hot and cholericke it is needfull as with Wine so vvith Cider to mixe water in a sufficient quantitie vvith sweet Cider vvhen they take it to drinke especially when such persons haue any ague vvithall or and if it be the hot time of Summer foreseene that he that shall then drinke it thus be not subiect to the paines of the bellie or collicke because that sweet Cider pressed new from sweet Apples is windie by nature as are also the sweet Apples themselues This is the cause why Physitians counsell and aduise that sweet Apples should be rosted in the ashes for them which shall eat them that so their great moistnesse and waterishnesse which are the original fountaine of their windinesse may be concocted by the meanes of the heat of the fire Vpon the same occasion it falleth out that neither sweet Apples nor sweet Cider can be good for them that are subiect to distillations and rhewmes because of their windinesse and for that likewise that as the Arabian Physitians doe iudge they breed great store of windinesse in the muscles and sinewes which cannot be discussed but with great paine and continuance of time Amongst the sweet
a matter to trouble himselfe much withall and to be at much cost and charges therewith as many not well aduised men be now adaies but onely that he would take his time thereto at his best leasure and without any great expence or else to leaue the same to his wife or his farmers wife for indeed such occupation is farre better beseeming either of them than him for as much as the maistresâ—e or dairie-woman hath the pettie affaires and businesses belonging to this our countrie Farme and lying vvithin the doores resigned and put ouer to 〈◊〉 Therefore let it not seeme strange in this point if after our briefe intreatie of Oyles vve discourse somewhat briefely and according as a countrie thing requireth of the manner of distilling of vvaters and extracting of oylie quintessences out of such matter as our Countrie Farme shall affoord vvhich we would should serue for the vse of the Farmers vvife as well to relieue her folke withall as to succour her needie neighbours in the time of sicknesse as we see it to be the ordinarie custome of great Ladies Gentlewomen and Farmers vviues well and charitably disposed who distill waters and prepare oyntments and such other remedies to succour and relieâ—â— the poore CHAP. LIX What Distillation is and how manie sorts there be of Distillation I Will not trouble my selfe here with setting downe the partie which was the first inuentor of Distillation as namely whether it were some Physitian of late time who hauing a desire to eat stewed Peares set them a stewing betwixt two dishes vpon the fire and hauing afterward taken off the vpper dish and finding the bottome thereof all set with pearâ—â—e sweat retaining the smell and fauour of the stewed Peare it selfe inuented thereupon certaine instruments to draw out from all sorts of hearbes cleere and bright airie waters it is better that we see our selues to worke about the declaring of what Distillation is aâ—d what things they be which may be distilled Distillation or the manner of distilling is an art and meanes whereby is extracted the liquor or moisture of certaine things by the vertue and force of fire or such like heat as the things themselues doe require no otherwise than as we see here below that by the force and power of the Sunne manie vapours are lifted into the middle region of the ayre and there being turned into water fall downe in raine True it is that the word Distill sometimes reacheth further and is taken not onely for things that are distilled by the meanes of heat but without heat also as wee see it done in such things as are distilled after a strayning manner that is to say when the purer and thinner part of certaine waters or liquid iuices is separated and extracted from the more muddie and earthie part by the meanes of a Felt or by the meanes of a piece of Cloth fashioned like a little tongue or border or out of Sand and small Grauell or out of earthen Pots not yet baked or out of Vessels made of the wood of Iuie or out of Glasse made of Fearne Sometimes likewise things are not only distilled without heat but with cold as nemely when the things which you would haue distilled are set in cold and moist places as Oyle of Tarâ—ar is wont to be made as also Oyle of Myrrhe Dragons bloud Otters and other things But howsoeuer yet I would not haue the Mistresse of our Countrey House to busie her braine with all the sorts of Distillation but that she should content her selfe onely with that which is performed by heat True it is that it is meet and requisite that shee should know the diuersities of heat to the end she may procure such a heat as will best fit such matter and thing as shee is in hand withall or to goe about for some things craue the heat of a cleere fire or of coale or of the Sunne or of hot â—â—â—bers or of small sand or of the filings of yron or of the drosâ—e of Oliues others craue the heat of Horse dung or boiling water or the vapour of boiling water or of Wine boiling in the fat or of vnquencht Lime or of some Barke or other putrified thing And for this cause she shall marke and obserue foure degrees of heat the first whereof shall be called warme like water when it is halfe hot or the vapour of boiling water and in this there is no feare of anie hurt it can doe the second is a little hoter but yet so as that it may be well endured without anie annoyance or hurt such as the heat of ashes or embers the third is yet hoter than the second and so as that it may annoy and hurt one grieuously if hee should hold anie part or member therein anie long time such is the heat of small sand The fourth is so vehement as that it cannot without great paine very hardly be endured and such is the heat of the scales of filings of yron The first degree is fit to distill fine subtle and moist things as flowers and cold simples as Endiue Lettuce and such other The second for distilling of fine subtle and drie things of that sort are all fragrant or smelling things as Pepper Cinnamome Ginger Cloues and manie simples as Wormewood Sage c. The third for to distill matter that is of thicke substance and full of iuice of which sort are manie roots The fourth is proper for the distilling of mettals and minerall things as Allome Arsenicke c. By this meanes it will come to passe that the Mistresse of our Countrey House shall not haue anie thing brought vnto her out of which shee will not be able to draw the waterie humour and to distill cleere and bright waters CHAP. LX. Of the fit and conuenient time to distill in and of the faculties vertues and durablenesse of distilled waters EVerie thing is to be distilled in the time wherein it is best disposed and best fit that is to say rootes hearbes flowers and seedes when they are ripe but liuing things and the parts of them when they are of middle age as wee shall haue occasion to declare in his place Now as concerning the ripenesse of rootes hearbes flowers seedes and fruits we referre you to our second Booke where wee haue sufficiently at large laid open at what time euerie one of these things is to be gathered But it is to be noted that necessitie sometimes compelleth vs to distill drie plants and then it will be good to macerate and sâ—eepe them in some conuenient liquor or decoction answerable vnto the vertue of the thingâ— by that means in part to renew and bring againe their youthfulnesse and to endow them with such moisture as they brought with them when they were first gathered from off the earth as we will further declare by and by As concerning the vertues of distilled Waters it is most certaine that such as
it selfe with the water and bestoweth vpon them an vnâ—auourie sweetnesâ—e which is easie to be gathered and knowne by the white residence that setleth in such waters especially if the Limbecke wherein they are distilled be new for the vessell which hath serued a long time hauing gotten by long space and being much distilled in as it were a plasterie crust or hardnesse ouer all the parts of it is not so easily altered by the vapours nor turned into Ceruse And indeed it is no maruell if the vpper face of the Lead be changed into Ceruse by the sharpe vapour of the plants seeing that Ceruse it selfe as Dioscorides testifieth is made of plates of Lead hanged ouer the vapours of vineger and spread vpon hurdles made of reedes but there befalleth no such accident to waters distilled in Maries bath for the bitternesse of their â—ast is manifestly perceiued as also their sharpenesse sowrenesse tartnesse harshnesse eagernesse sweetnesse and tastlesnesse if they be distilled of bitter or biting plants or yet of anie other tasts and qualities and this falleth out so because the head of the Maries bath is of Glasse which cannot infect them with any strange or vnnaturall qualitie Moreouer the waters that are distilled in the vessell called a Bladder which is made as wee haue said of Brasse as well the head as the bodie but yet ouer-laid within with Tinne are much better and of greater vertue than those which are distilled in a Limbecke of Lead because the fire of the furnace cannot burne nor infect with anie smoake the matter that is within seeing they are couered ouer and boile in water but notwithstanding they doe not throughly retaine the vertues thereof because of the mixture of the water which smothereth and dulleth their force and vertues Wherefore wee must needes commend as best the waters which are distilled in the double vessell or ouer the vapour of boyling water especially when as therewithall they are of a hot facultie It is true that amongst them that sort is better which is distilled ouer the vapour of boyling water than that which is distilled by putting the bodie containing the matter into the boyling water because it extracteth and draweth out the subtle parts therein a great deale better albeit that both the sorts thereof are excellent good neyther is there anie hurt at all in them saue onely that they are not of so long lasting and continuance as others but to helpe this in such things as need shall require it will be good to distill one and the same thing often that so you may alwaies haue them good But to come to our third kind of Instrument which wee haue called the double vessell or Maries bath it consisteth of two parts the one is a great vessell of Brasse made in manner of a Beefe-pot verie great and raysed high furnished with a couering and it is set in a furnace and containeth in it boyling water The other is the Limbecke whose bodie is likewise of Brasse so set within the couer of the Cauldron as that the one resteth vpon the other and that the one cannot be put in or taken away without the other The head thereof is of Glasse or Tinne or of baked earth in the couering of which there must be a hole made in that sort as that it may be alwaies close it would be at one of the corners thereof and the vse of it is to powre boyling water into the Cauldron when the water within the same is diminished after long time of boyling The fashion of it is as you may see here ouer the leafe There is another sort of double vessell which containeth foure Limbeckes whose bodies set within the bath may be either of glasse or tinne and their heads of glasâ—e besides these foure there is another standing higher than the rest and is heated onely of the vapour of boyling water which â—iseth vp on high vnto it through a pipe and this Limbeck maketh a better water than the other foure All these vesselâ— being well coupled and incorporated together doe rest vpon the Caldron or great Brasâ—e pot being sufficient large and wide and tinned ouer within and so closely set one with another as that there may not anie vapour breath out in like manner all these instrumentâ— and vessels be so well ordered and contriued as that they may seeme to be but one bodie saue onely that the heads of euerie one must be so as that it may be separated from the bodie and put to againe when you haue anie need to distill water the fashion of it is such as is here to be seâ—ne There are some that haue yet seene another sort of double vessell and that a verie excellent one whose bodie is Tinne like vnto a great Vrinall of the length of three good â—eet verie wide and large below and somewhat narrower aboue The bottome or bellie thereof is set two good foot in boiling water and the top standeth out of the water a foot good and that in a round hole made in the middest of the couer of the Cauldron Vpon the top of this bodie is placed a head of Tinne couered and compassed also with another vessell of Tinne likewise and much more large this is to containe cold water running into it through a Brasse pipe or cocke it is to stand vpon the top of a shanke and that for to coole the Limbeck continually that so â—he vapours rising vp thither may thicken the better and be the sooner turned into water And because it is not possible but that the water which is contained in the vessell that compasseth the Limbecke should become hot in succession of time through the heat of the Limbecke this vessell hath a small pipe or spout at which the water so heated is vsed to be lee runne out turning the little pinne of the cocke and it is filled againe presently with cold water which is made to runne down into it from a vessel on high But to the end the labour of emptying it so oft of his hot water and putting in againâ— of cold may be remedied things may be so carried as that from the vessell which standeth vpon the top of the pillar there may be cold water continually running into the vessell compassing the Limbecke and then it being once become hot may be let out as is said before And to the end that the cauldron which containeth the bath may alwaies keepe full at one measure and quantitie of water which otherwise is sure to diminish by the continuall and vehement heat of the fire of the furnace there is at the â—oot of the pillar another vessell full of verie hot water which is to be conueyed into â—he bath by a cock or pipe and this water is heated in his vessell by the same fire that the bath is heated in as much as the wall of the pillar is hollow and emptie euen as low as the bottome of this vessell This
the same colour as likewise wild Wound-wort which Dioscorides calleth Hercules his wound-wort is very good foreseene that it grow not too great Germander likewise is good being called of the Grecians small Oake by reason of the figure of the lease Little Rampions likewise is very good because of the root which helpeth forth Lent sallads as wel as the Cresses wild Saffron is not good because of his flower seeing both the root and it doe kill beasts euen as Hemlock doth which is called Birds-bane neither yet water Pepper as being venimous through his heat and vsing to grow only in standing stinking waters as laughing Smallage doth called Herba Sardonica because it maketh men and beasts to seeme to laugh when it killeth them in like maner wild Woad Bucks-beard Hartstong wild low growing All-good both sorts of Violets the lesse Centaurie all the three sorts of Daisies and especially those which are called Gold-cups or little Crow-foot and the three-leaued grasse of the Medowes are all of them singular good hearbes for the fruitfulnesse of the Medow ground The Garlicke which is called Serpentina and which a man would iudge to be a little small rush of a reasonable length doth not amisse no more than the true and small water Germander which is often found in the Medowes of Cheles and elsewhere but great store of it maketh the hay to smell ill as on the contrarie Penyryall maketh it smell sweet and so likewise Organiâ— of both sorts the three sorts of Balme and Costmarie but Mints and that Hore-hound which is wild Camomile are nothing worth Great quantitie and store of wild Fetch causeth the hay to be verie full of nourishment for cattell the lesse Plantaine Siluer-grasse of both sorts Peachwort so called because it carrieth a flower like a Peach-tree and Burnet the three sorts of Shepheards needles called of the ancient Writers Storks-bills by reason of the fashion of the peake that followeth in place after the Hower whereof hearbe Robert is one doe verie well for cattell and cure them of the grauell causing them to make their 〈◊〉 in aboundance Millefoile and Prunell called the Carpenters hearbe because it is good for cuts are also good and verie sweet of smell but Quitch-grasse called Dogs-grasse doth destroy the Medow as much as Balme doth mend it and encreaseth milke in Kine as great Hares-foot doth in Goats and in like manner as Veruaine and Groundswell are good hearbes for Conies Looke well that Thistles set not their foot within your Medow except it be the blessed Thistle with the yellow flower or else the little Thistle and that but about the borders or edges of the Medow and that it haue the leaues of Sow-thistle though it be smaller and spotted as it were with drops of milke and therefore it is called Maries Thistle The red and blew Pimpernell because of their flowers as also the white are as good there as either the male or female Mercurie though these hearbes delight rather to grow in the wayes and amongst Vines as doe also the Bindweed and Nightshade Flax-weed which differeth from Esula in as much as it hath no milke and groweth high as Line doth saue that it hath a yellow flower is good but Esula or Spurge is naught as is also Hypericum for these two are both of them verie hot and shrewd fellowes Melilot the small and the great Myrrhis which hath leaues like Fennell and diuers diuided white flowers is of great vertue and sweet after the smell of Myrrhe To be short the Carret and Cheruile doe serue greatly for the nourishing and goodnesse of the hay But aboue all there is no hearbe nor seed more excellent to be nourished or sowne in the Medowes than Saxifrage is for amongst all huswiues it is held an infallible rule That where Saxifrage growes there you shall neuer haue ill Cheese or Butter especially Cheese Whence it commeth that the Netherlands abound much in that commoditie and only as is supposed through the plentie of that hearb only And for the better affirmation or proofe thereof you shall vnderstand that all good huswiues which will carrie any reputation for good Cheese-making doe euer dresse their cheslep-bags and earning with Saxifrage as the only hearbe that giueth a most perfit season to the same Now albeit I haue here deliuered you a particular collection of the seeds of all those hearbs which are most necessarie to be sowne in Medows yet I would not aduise you to be so curious as to bestow your labour in culling these seeds from the rest or to sow them in your Medows with that care and respect that you sow seeds in your Garden for lesse paines will serue only I would with you when you intend to sow your Medowes which would be either in the Spring or in Autumne to goe if you be vnprouided to such a neighbor or Farmer neere vnto you as is owner of some fine and delicate piece of Medow void of grosse filthie weeds stump-grasse knot-grasse peny-grasse speare-grasse or Burnet and from him you shal buy the sweepings or scâ—â—trings of his Hay-barne floore as also those sweepings which shall be vnder those windows or holes in at which the husbandman putteth hay when he vnloads it and these sweepings you shal sow vpon your Medows as thick as you can strew them for the thicker is euer the better and you must foresee that when you thus sow your Medowes you cause your ground to be as bare eaten before as is possible especially with Sheepe because as they bite the neerest of all cattell to the ground so they bestow vpon it their manure or dung which is the fattest and most fruitfullest of all other and maketh the seeds instantly to sprout after the first shower You shall also obserue when you sow your Medowes whether it be at the Spring or at the fall to see and if the dung of the cattell which last grazed vpon the same lye upon it still in heapes as when it fell from their bodies and this dung you shall raise from the ground and with beetles made for the purpose beat them into verie small pieces and so spread them generally ouer the whole Medow and then sow your seeds amongst them for by this meanes your seeds will quickly take root There is also another way of enriching of Medowes especially such as lye high and out of the dangers of flouds which for the most part are euer the barrennest and that is by the foddering or feeding of cattell vpon the same in the Winter season as thus The husbandman shall in the barrennest part of his Medow ground which is safest from waters or flouds make vp his hay in a large and handsome Stacke or Reeke either round or square according to his pleasure or the quantitie of the hay and this Stacke thus made he shall fence about with thorne or other hedge-ware to keepe
126 127. Hoggeâ— 107. all of them 〈…〉 Maisters of the onâ—ly Gâ—â—aings of the 〈…〉 127 〈…〉 oâ— Qâ—inces 420 〈…〉 of all sorts 2â—7 〈…〉 a Hâ—â—ke 712 〈…〉 210 211 〈◊〉 â—hat things a Geometrician or measurer of grounds is to be â—urnished withall 519. and how the woâ—ke of measuring is to be performed 522 〈◊〉 a 〈◊〉 may reduce euery parcell of ground into a Quadrangle â—24 with a bâ—â—efe summe of the 〈◊〉 art of â—â—â—'uring 525. Instruments and people necessarie in the perfoâ—mance of the â—ame 519 â— Geometricall staffe to measure grounds withall 521 〈…〉 must be kept short 38 Henne◠〈◊〉 74 〈…〉 and to â—ill them 314 〈…〉 Kiddes and their nature 117. their coat 〈◊〉 they are nâ—uer without an ague 119 and the other 〈◊〉 that â—hey are subâ—ect vnto â—bâ—d their flesh causeth the 〈◊〉 sicknesse ibid. â—â—le Gâ—ats and their nature 118 〈◊〉 oatâ— wheat what manner of wheat 553 〈…〉 â—od 200 〈…〉 342 〈…〉 preserued 422 〈◊〉 â—â—se-grasâ—e 207 〈…〉 Goose-house 17 〈…〉 75 〈…〉 76 〈…〉 are hard of digestion 77 〈…〉 and their kindâ— 191. and vertues ibid. speciall things to be obserued about them 194. and to keepe them 281 〈◊〉 â—o Graâ—â— all sorts of trees 35 〈…〉 â—iue manner of waâ—es 344 〈◊〉 â—he 〈◊〉 sit for Grasâ—â—ng 3â—6 〈◊〉 â—o Graâ—â—e in the Canon vpon the Willow in the Crowne with a Sâ—ence and with a Motsell 358. in the ends of Bâ—anches 353. in the Barke Scutcheon and Cleft 347. in the Flute 355. in the Budde ibiâ— in the Canon 356. after the manner of a Goats foot 352. Vine vpon Vine 359 604. vpon the Vine a singular and profitable thing â—53 Orange trees 302. Oliue trees vpon the Vine 388. Plumme trees 341. Pomegranate trees â—05 Walnut trees 384 461. vpon a Cabbage stalke 345. Apple trees 360 〈◊〉 â—peciall obseruations in Graâ—ting to haue exquisit fruit 360 〈…〉 tooles 347 350 〈◊〉 â—he sappes of the Graâ—t and grafted tree must iumpe together 351 〈…〉 must thâ—iue the first yeare 348 Trees Grafted in what season they are to be transplanted 366 Gâ—aâ—ts hauing put forth how they are to be handled 403 Vpon what trees Gâ—afts hold best 345 Grafâ—s broken or burnt away must be grafted again 403 Grafts to graâ—t 345 To chuse gather and cut Grafts 31 349. and how they must be kept 348 Grafts that haue put forth how they must be hadled 403 Fruit Garners 16 Grapes how to know if they be ripe 608. how to remedie them drying away vpon the Vine ibid. as also their rotting vpon the Vine ibidem to keepe them a long time 606. and to haue them in the Spring â—â—id without kernâ—ls ibid. Grashopâ—ers hurting hearbes and how to kill them 314 At what time Grâ—â—se would be gathered 3â— Grease of Heanes 74 of the Goose good for the paine of the 〈◊〉 77 of Hogges good to dâ—aw all manner of Aposteâ—es to a head 108 The Orchards Greene-ploâ— the differences thereof 333 〈…〉 Corne. 57â— Groâ—ell 295 Clay Ground of no value 11 To know the Ground well is the principal point to thriâ—t 11. and how we must learne to know it 12 13 Aâ—â—able Grounds of their mâ—â—â—ting and of what 〈◊〉 they must be 518. the people and instrumeâ—ts requisite to measure them 519 Aâ—rable Grounds of what largenesse they must be how many ardors they craue 528 529 Arrable Grounds of Fraunce what manner of ones they be 527 What manner of things strong Grounds bring forth 11 Strong Grounds must not be often marâ—ed or dunged 5. signes of a fruitfull ground 12 Wheat Grounds how they must be tilled 534 535 〈◊〉 grow leane by being long sowne 157 much trampled are halfe eaten 14 vnâ—it to he plowed how they may be freed and made 〈◊〉 1â— stonie how to be made cleane ibid. lying farre ofâ— from the Lord doe breed nothing but bottles and staggons 14 chaâ—kie and sâ—atie are leane and how to make them better 13 To cleanse Grounds of weeds before you sow it 538 〈…〉 207 Groundswell â—1◠〈◊〉 distilled 463. oyle of Gâ—aiacum 48â— How to â—ish for 〈◊〉 526 〈◊〉 distilled 〈◊〉 to draw oyles out of 〈◊〉 483. 484 The 〈◊〉 of Gâ—yennâ— and the fruitfulnesse thereof 12 H HAy how it must be made and ordered 491 Hauâ— and the signes â—ore-tokening it 25 How the 〈◊〉 may be coloured 457 Of the signes of a good Hare and of her foâ—â—e 694 Hares marks of the male and female ibid. the hunting of them is better sport than any other 69◠〈◊〉 to traine vp dogâ— for the same ibid. their 〈◊〉 696. the best season of taking them ibid. their flesh is melancholike and euill for the stomack 697. wherefore their flesh is good 698. their maruellous fruitfulnesse 697. the more they are hunted in any countrey the more they are 〈◊〉 they liue seuen yeares ibid. Plough-Harâ—â—â— 18 To â—rrow plowed ground 544 Harts are not subiect vnto any ague 689 The hunting of the Hart is the game of great Lords and how the whole action is to be ordered 684 689 To know the place of the 〈…〉 68â— The Harâ— his induring of the Abbay 6â—9 A Beere for the Harâ— and a Baâ—â—er for the Bore a prouerbe admonishing Hunters 689 The dogges theâ— sees due from the Hart. ibid Singular medicines that may be made of euery part of the Hart. ibid. Siâ—nes of the Hart his age 〈◊〉 when they cast their hornes ibid. then wyles deceits and other 〈◊〉 of nature 645 687 Hart Cherrie-trees 374 Hart Cherries must be grafted 341 Harts-horâ—â— and his vertues 171 Harts 〈◊〉 202 Garden Hasel-tree 340 Haunters of Townes will neuer make good Faâ—mors 22 The Hawke called a Merlin 71â— To Hawke with the Faulcon or other Hawke and what season is best 709 31 Headacâ— 722 Hearbes of all sorts and in what season they must bee sowne 160 Pot Hearbes when and how they must be watered weeded and cut 162. the time to set and remoue them 163 Fine Hearbes to sowe in Gardens 159 Hearbes shew what manner of ground it is where they grow 530. for â—â—lowers or 〈…〉 of good smell 242. for Physicke and how they must be ordered 1â—8 for the 〈◊〉 462 The remedies against such accidents as do happen 〈◊〉 Hearbes 312 313 Heat is consisting of 〈◊〉 degrees 413 Heat when it is excessiue in Summer and what it prognosticateth 26 Hemlocke is Hogges poâ—son 203 Hempe what 〈◊〉 it requiteth and how it must be husbanded and dressed 566 Henbanâ— death to buds 77. to greene â—eeâ—e ibid. it is also poyson to Swine and therefore called Hogs-bane 10â— Henne-house must be kept cleane 66. where it must be placed 17 Hennes how to order and feed them 67. the markes of them which bee good 68. good to set them whiles the Moone is new 32. to take 〈◊〉 them their desire to fit 68. to make them fruitful 566. to fat them incontinently 5â—â— Rheumeâ— and â—â—uxes of Hennes 69 the Henne-pip ibid. Old Hennes and their diseases 68. their cures ibid A Henne
thereof louers of their profit 10 Trees and shrubs with a â—â—â—scourse thereupon 282 Trees are of two sort ingenerall 659 in what soile they would be planted 6 of the place and châ—â—â—hing of them in general 368 to set the female ones againe 367 grafted in what seaâ—on they must be transplanted 366 transplanted are the better 344 growing of stones 337 planted without roots 400 giuen to be ouer fruitfull how to moderate 404 to cause them to bring forth earely fruit 406 how to husband them when they begin to grow 403 how to plant â—ow and graft them to come by such fruit as is exquisite 360. to dig and picke them 402. to prune make cleane and bare them at the foot 31. 35. 401. 402 that are bruised with cattel 399. 400 full of mosse become leane 402 how to cure them 404 yellownesse and the laundise and the euill in them 405 and wormes troubling the same 406 to 〈◊〉 them that looâ—â— their flowers 405 A dead dogge or other caâ—â—ion applyed to the root of a Tâ—ee that is sicke doth set it in â—â—ength againe 402 Of fruit Trees in particular 370 The best season of planting and replanting of great Trees 368 To kill wormes in Trees that hurt their roots 400 To make those 〈◊〉 which me barren to beare fruit 405 Trees bringing forth grapes 366 Trees delighting to grow in the water 660 Trees of Soloigne are small and staruelings 654 Precepts of planting fruit â—rees 360 400 Water â—rees and their kinds and nature 334 To make wild Trees to grow of seed 656 What soile is best for while Trees their natures properties and differences 659 The best season to plant Trees for timber 651 To haue greene 〈◊〉 of all sorts at all times 363 Treâ—â—ile shutâ—ing in it sâ—lfe is a signe of raine 25 Triâ—kmâ—dame 172 Troughâ— at the Well side to water cattell at 15 Watering Troughâ— â— Trouts the fish how to take them 516 The Turkies rowst 17 Turneps the foâ—d of the inhabitants of Limosin and Sauoy 1â—6 how they must be husbanded and what their properties be 187 〈…〉 to goe vp to the Garners 17 〈…〉 tree 306 Oile of Turpentine 486 Tuâ—â—doneâ— their feeding and diseases 84. their bloud good for the wounds and vlcers of the eyes 〈◊〉 as also is their dung ibid. Hearbe Two-pence 212 V VAlentia the vale of Swannes 78 Valâ—â—ian and the veâ—tues thereof 199 Varietie of Countries causeth a diuers manner of labouring the earth 1 〈◊〉 the manner of making of it 620 Veriâ—â—ce of Apples 3â—0 〈◊〉 male and female â—97 their nature and vertues ibid. good for the sight ibid. Verâ—aine a signe that there will be good water found if there be a Well digged 7 Wild Vines of the hearbes called 〈◊〉 287 How Vinâ—â— newly planted would be husbanded 〈◊〉 Vines of diuers sorts according to their colours and other qualities 600 in what grounds they must be planted 192 two things to be considered in the planting of them ibid. they must be planted vpon the South 6 at what time to be remoued 39 how to choose their plants 595 596 plants where when and how they must bee planted 599 must not be planted of diuers plants 598 to make them newly planted to take root ibid. the manner of planting them is diuerse according to the 〈◊〉 of countries grounds 597 to cause them to hud quickly 606 how to handle them that haue too many branches 607 when they must be cut 35 growing vpon trees and after the fashion of aâ—â—ours 395 â—â—es well husbanded are of great encrease and profit 591 â—â—make barren Vines fruitfull 607 â—â—rtaine obseruations concerning Vines how to graft â—â—them and the manner of proceeding therein 605 606 â—â—nes being grafted yeeld great reuenâ—e 259 â—â—hat manâ—re is good and euill for Vines 599 â—â—manure Vines is a precious thing 595 â—â—make that Oxen and Kine doe not touth Vines 607. for those caâ—tell are very noisome to them ibid. othing must be sowne amongst Vines 598 â—â—ow to keepe Vines from the frost 606. their diseases and remedies thereof 607 â—â—he blacke Vine plant 600. foure kinds of it ibid. â—â—he white Vine plant and the kinds thereof 601 â—â—he husbandrie of the Vine both young and old and their sundrie earings 602 â—â—he inhabitants of Paris doe husband their Vines negligently 592 â— manure the new Vine 602. to prune and weed it and the rest of the earings belonging to it 599 â—â—he Vine hateth the Colewort aboue all things 598 â—he laxatiue Vine 606 â—â—reacle Vine ibid. â—â—ates of the Vine 461 â—he Vine Nurcerie 594 â—â—uill Vine-dressers described by their effects 599 â—â—Vineyard in a strong ground 11 〈◊〉 delight in stonie places standing towards the South 5â—6 â—â—ineger what it is 456 the manner of making of it 618 of Squilles 619 of Apples 380 distilled 456 and the vertues thereof ibid. quickly distilled 451 certaine obseruations concerning it 618 made without wine 61â— to cause it to become wine againe 618 Sweet Vineger 619 Dame Violets 238 Marian Violets ibid. March Violets 236 A Viper hauing stung a Horse 147 Vitis signifying a Vine whence so called 623 W WAsers 584 585 Walnut-trees and their Nuts how profitable 386 Walnut-trees when they are to be planted and remoued 3â—5 and how they must be alone and why ibid. Walnut-trees grafted 385. they naturally hate Oakes ibid. the more beaten the more fruitfull 386. without fruit and leaues till Midsummer 364. they foreshew plentie 385 Walnuts without shells 362 to cause them to haue a verie tender shel 364 386 how planted 385 how to keepe them greene 408 doe cause Capons to rost quickly 387 preserued 422 of hard digestion causeth headach and shortnesse of breath 387 distilled 452 How to haue grosse Walnuts 362 Presages of Warre 667 The Warren scituation thereof and profit 3. 644 and of the storing of it 645 To Water herbs 159. 399 Water the common drinke of all liuing creatures 6â—2 of diuers sores distilled with a discourse thereupon 438 and who was the inuentor ibidem of all sorts distilled of many herbs in particuler 452â— 453 compound distilled three manner of waies 460 distilled in Maries bath 442 distilled in the bladder 443 of licours 455 distilled of flesh 458 distilled for fukes 465 distilled of liuing creatures 458 of egges 458. of the vine 461 of crums of bread 466 of lard 467 of Rubarb distilled 462 of cowes milke 466 of a capons broth ibidem of oats making drunke like wine 558 of calues feet 462 of ligâ—â—â— vitâ— 465 To take away the heate of distilled Waters 45â— 452 〈◊〉 aine Water meet to be gathered into cesternâ— 6 The best Waters 9 Fresh Waterâ— spring out of cold places 5 Sweet Waters in particular 463 Salt or sea Water how it may be made fresh 456 Allome Water 462 Purgatiue Waters ibidem The vertues of distilled Waters 452 453. and their durablenesse ibidem Rose Waters distilled per descensuâ— 468 Compound Rose Water 462 Muske Rose Water 463 Sweet Water ibidem Counterfeit
Water of Nasse 464 Water imperiall 462 Treacle Water 461 A whiting Water 466 〈◊〉 of all sorts and the notes of that which is good 331 oile thereof 485. and his vertues 〈◊〉 476 Weathers hornes bring forth Asperagus 183 To Weed gardens 161 Well much in request and how to judge where to find water 7 of what maner they be that haue good water 8 in Gardens 18 going with wheeles 6 that are neuer drie 7 Wesels and how to kill them 314 Whay 65 Wheat must bee sowne in myre and in the increase of the Moone 542 it loueth a strong ground 11 how to chuse it and other coâ—ne for bread 571 Wheat starch of what manner of flower and how to hee made 574 Whirle-winds and their nature 26 Wigs 585 Willow when where and how they must be planted c. 661 Willowes distilled 465 Willow plots 503 The North Wind good to keepe 〈…〉 dangerous for the farme house 17. 5 The North Wind enemie to trees 297 Signes foreshewing Wind. 25 Duckes signifying Wind to ensue 78 Southern Winas very incommodious for Languedoc Gascoigne and Prouence 12 A small Wine to drinke in the house 39 In what place such small Wine must be kept 2â— The boiled Wine called deâ—rutum 622 Wine defined with a discourse and reason of the definition 621 622. Wine the looking glasse of the mind 625 goeth barefoot ibidem by what men it was first inuented 410 622 and why it was called 〈◊〉 in Greeke and 〈◊〉 in Latine 622 with a discourse vpon the inuention nature faculties differences necessities thereof 620 of the consistence of euery of them 635 their differences according to the propertie of the countrie 637 of all sorts and their qualities and vertues 528. 529 to cause it being turned to haue his tast againe 616 troubled and mustie 617 what profit it bringeth to mans bodie 625. and alâ—o what discommodities ibidem how much water must be put amongst it 267 hurtfull for children and for what age it is fit 628 hurtfull to hot and drie bodies but good for moist ones ibidem 632 the vices and accidents happening to 〈◊〉 how to order it in the vault 603 at what time it is woont principally to turne ibidem to trie if it haue no water 380 without smell 637 to keepe them from spending their strength 429 against poison of venonious beasts falling into it 617 prouoking sleepe 606 of anise 〈◊〉 pepper bay-tree asarum and sage 615 Good Wines grow in hot places 5 Wine applieth it selfe to the nature of the drinkers 626 Differences of Wines according to their colours and properties 629 Mungrell Wines 635 New Wines not wholesome 623 624. New Wines hotter than old in this countrie ibidem Old Wine hotter than new ibidem Boiled Wine seruing in steed of honie or sugar 422 Meere Wine hurteth the sound bodie 624 â—ine called Oligophâ—rum when and what seuers it is profitable foâ— 632 Weake Wines 636 A Wine against the biting of serpents 361 Signes of plentie of Wine 605 Winter chertie Wine 288 Pomegranate Wine 616 Winter cherries 288 Winter with prognostications of the constitutions therof 27 Wâ—ad 308. the manner of making of it 309. and when it must be lowne 36 Woodcocks 78 Women impatient 71 Women hauing their tearmes cause Pompions to die 195 Young Wood husbanded thriueth much better than that which is neglected 553 What is to be considered before the planting of Wood 449. what manneâ— of soile it craueth 559 Woods how they must be planted 7 to transplant lop and make them cleane 654 â—n the backside of the house towards the North 6. or towards the South if it be a hot countrie ibid. of timber trees their sâ—â—â—ation and disposition 650 in what season they must be planted 651 timber to build withall when best to be cut 35 The pleasure profit that commeth by wild Wood planted 657 Wood for the fire sâ—well 10 Wood that turneth into stone 9 To distill Wood and the manner of proceedings therein 480. 481 Wolues will doe nothing to sheepe if the foremost haue Garlicke hanging about his nâ—â—ke 116 Wolues howling neere to houses a signe of raine 25 Wolues enraged 678 The biting of a Wolfe how dangerous and infectious 116 Wormes creeping out of the earth a signe of raine 25 How dangerous it is to eat the Worme that is betwixt the clawes of a sheepes foot 116 Wormewood 247 Oyle of Wormewood 434 To Write and read is not necessarie for a Farmor 22 Y OF the Yeere and also a prognostication of the constitution thereof by the twelue daâ—es 26 23 FINIS ⧠A Table of the principall things newly added to this Volume A AGrimonie the vertues 205 Angling and the whole art of the dying of fishing Lynes 510. of the Corkes Floats and Hookes 511. to faften Hookes to plumbe the Lyne three fashions of Plummets that the Angler must haue a Musket-bullet to sound the depth of the water what apparrell the Angler must haue and the best seasons to angle in 512. of Winter and Summer angling the best maner of angling and the haunts of Fâ—â—â—es 513. of Baâ—ts and sit times for euery bayt 513. how to preserue bayts to angle with in what bayts euery fish delighteth and how to vse them 514 〈◊〉 â—Apples how to keepe 408 〈◊〉 â—Ash-trees hurtfull to corne 330. his vse profit and goodnesse 662 〈◊〉 Of the Ash â—eyes 664 〈◊〉 Arraâ—â—â— grounds generally are of two sorts particularly of diâ—e â— and the seuerall natures of the soyles 528 529. largenesse of arrable grounds and the benefits 5â—9 arrable landâ— must bee cast according to the soyle 530. that stones in arrable ground are of great vse 532 〈◊〉 the choice 170 B BAâ—ley how to sowe and order after the English fashion 555. Barley growing on the Inames the worthinesse of Barley 556. to make Barley bread of the English fashion 557. Barley to boyle and the vse 557 Beeâ—â—s and the English ordering 562 Bees how bred 320. how to buy 320. and how to kill 328 Bâ—â—ch tree and the vse 667 Borage to sowe 175 Bottomes of Hay-mowes good meanure for Medowes 494 Bread the kinds and best corne to make it of 572 574 575 the diuers kinds of bread in England 577. bread for horses made in England ibid. 〈◊〉 to sowe 175 C CAlamint and the kinds 244 Cattell how to feede 62 Cattell how to feede after the English manner 93 〈◊〉 sticks 424 Clodding of grounds 541 Colts when to handle and how 129 Conie-Clappers how to cast and fashion 645. ground fit for Conies 645. Conies must feede at libertie 646. â—ame Conies not sweete 647. trappes in Conie Warrens how to place and make 648 Of Conserues 422 how to conserue fiuits 424. conserue of flowers 425 Cords 147 Corne better kept in the eare than in the Garner 546 Corne in the sweat all to thresh 546 Countrey house is a Farme Meese or Field inheritance 2 Crowne imperiall the vse and ordering â—4â— D DAtes how to make
leache of 425 Dâ—inke of all sorts made after the English manner 588 589 Dung for Gardens 156 E ELme and the goodnesse 650 English practise added to the French 2 F FIgge-treeâ— growing in cold soyles to beare fruitfully 194 Fish in ponds how to feede with the best foode 509 Fish-ponds how to make 505 506 Flaxe â—54 Flower of the night 241 Flowers for Bees 316 Foxes by what meanes they get their eâ—â—ths 70â— G GRound Iuie the vertues 207 Goose grasse the vertues 207 Garden of pleasure how to proportion 234. alleies how trim 235. quarters to adorne 235. inward and outward beautie 277. hedges for borders 278 Grounds wet how to draine 335 Geese enemies to grasse 493 Grasse when best to cut how to make into hay the windrowes the hay cockes 499 Grasse sower and harâ—h choice and vse of hay of moist hay of drie hay 500 curiositie in hay making the grazing is good for hay ground 501 Garners how to make and their vse 547 548 Greyhound 673 diuersitie of Greyhounds choice of Greyhounds the breeding of Greyhounds 674. Greyhounds how to place for Teasers Goshâ—wkes more worth than Sparrowâ— hawkes 707. The differences betweene the Ramage or Brauncherhawkes and the Iâ—as hawkes 708. how to enter your Sparrow hawke all the diseases of the Sparrow hawk 709. phisicke for hawkes the seuerall impediments of hawkes 710 Gerâ—aulcons and their kinds 712. how to keepe the Gerâ—aulcon of Gerâ—aulcons the white is the best 713 H HOrsemans instruments 123 Horses food 124 Horse nose-slit naught 126 Horse to gueld 126 Horse keepers office 126 Horse exercise after water 128 Horse to make trot 132 Horse to make amble 133 Helpeâ— for stumbling 133 Horse to make racke 134 Horse to make gallop 134 Horse with best maâ—kes or signes 135 136 Horses age 136 Hempe 154 Hearbs that will hardly grow and how to preserue to make grow soone â—59 to remoue 163 Hearbs of the East 229 Hearbs of the West 230 Hearbs of the North. 230 231 Hearbs of the South 231 232 233. Heâ—â—â—opian 241 Hiues dead how to order 316 Hâ—ues made of straw 318. where to place them 318 Horses and oxen of France 539 Hempe what ground is best and the ordering 566 Of Hounds 673. Hounds being young how they are to be taught and trained 682 Hunting of Deere at force with Hounds only 686 Hores what places are best to find them in 695 Hobby a Hawke and the vse 712 Hawkes which bee called Longâ— winged Hawkes which short 715 Husbandrie the maner entreated of 1 I INamâ— how to prepare to sow corne vpon 556 L LIllies and their vertues 239 Line or Flax how to order after the English manner 567 568. to make white thred to make oyle of Line seede 568 M MAâ—â—iues and their collars 121 Marâ—â—gon of Constantinople 241 Muâ—â—ard how to make 281 Marmalade how to make of Oranges Lymons Cytrons 420 Meadowâ—s and their differences in England 491 Marshes salt and their profit 492 Maâ—â—in how to crop and gather 550 Malt and how to make it after the English manner 556 557 Maple and the vse 663 Meâ—â—ins and their seuerall kinds 712 N NFâ—s of diuers sorts to take fish with 507 508 Nut trees or Haâ—ell trees 373 O ORchards how to inclose 135 Oyle of Oats 425 Oats a great breeder of grasse 493 Of the Oxe harrow 544 Oats and the profit 558. Oatmeale how to make 558 Oake the goodnesse necessâ—â—ie and vse 619 P PEstilence 147 Pursâ—an to preserue 177 Pyoaâ—â— 242 Pipâ—ins how to sow 336 337 To Preserue Barbeâ—ies 422 To Preserue Filbeâ—â—â—or small nuts 423 Pasts how to make and the diuersities of colours 424 Ploughâ— of diuers fashions 532 Plowing with English Oxen. 340 Pasterie in the right kind and the vse thereof 585 586 Parkâ— what ground they should consist of 668 669. the water for Parks the proâ—it and a strange example therof 669 Q QViâ—keâ—â—â— how to plant 153 Quince cakes how to make 423 R THe best Runnet 65 Rams that are best 110 Rot how to cure 114 â—hewme in the eye 147 â—ye how to sowe and order after the English manner 549 S 〈◊〉 Stâ—â—â—e how to â—eed soone 103 Sheepe and the diuersities 216 Staggers 147 〈◊〉 â—traines 148 〈◊〉 â—pautâ— 148 〈◊〉 â—ignes of outward diseases 148 〈◊〉 â—ignes of inward diseases 148 〈…〉 breakes imposâ—umations 171 〈◊〉 â—pinage sallad 174 〈…〉 pouch vertues 209 〈◊〉 â—â—uces how to make to dâ—ayne medowes 494 〈◊〉 â—â—â—â—â—age a great friend to meadowes 496 〈◊〉 â—â—edes to be sowne in meadowes as sweepings of hay-barne floures 496. fodderings of cattell and sheepe and the speciall commoditie thereof 497 498 〈◊〉 â—awne of 〈◊〉 how to preserue 506 〈◊〉 oyle or mudde of ditches good dungâ— 537 〈◊〉 â—eed wheat of diuers sorts 543 〈…〉 how to make them hunt well 681 〈◊〉 Of Spanyâ—â— and their vse and ordering 679 〈◊〉 Setting dogges and their vse 680 〈◊〉 Sythes and Syckles 545 T TAbacco vertues 219 220 Translator to the English Reader 2 Tâ—â—pan 241 V VArietie of Countries causeth a dâ—uers manner of labouring of the earth 1 Violets to preserue 236 W WAlking horses nor good 131 Warts 148 Water-Spanyels their vse and ordering 682 Weeding why not to vse â—59 Weeds how to destroy 334 Winnowing of corne 548 Woad-ground 309. the making of Woad 309. the vertues 320 Y Yâ—llowes 14â— FINIS ⧠A Table of the Diseases and Remedies described in the seuen Bookes of the Farme-House A AFter-birth of women newly brought in bed 54 183 206 207 210 214 247 249 251 287 360 How the Age of a man may be a great while prolonged 428 An euill Aire and 〈◊〉 meanes to driue it away 199 449 Anthrax or Carbuncle 58 Apostemes 120 214. of all sorts and the healing of them 56 57 122. to ripen them 155. cold Apostemes 120. Apostemes of the breast 109 Apostemes in Oxen. 102 Apoplexie 42 239 251 456 To keepe Apparrell 247 Appetite lost 182. how to recouer it againe 291 〈…〉 in horses 139 B BAcke and ache of the backe 434 Barbes a horses disease â—40 Barrennesse in women the remedies 52 82 245 246 249 251 288 To bring women to Bed without paine 243. to bee brought in bed before ones time 54. difficultie to bee brought in bed 54 To keepe Bees from flying away and to driue them 252 Belcking 249. at the mouth 48 Beâ—â—ie and the fluxe thereof 69. the coâ—â—iuenesse of the bellie 71. ache in the bellie 434. coâ—â—iuenesâ—e 206 â— 209 428. to loosen it mightily 287 Bellie-ache fluxe of the bellie and the bellie bound in Oxen 96. paines of the bellie in horses 129 Vntimely Birth 204 Bitings of Dogges that are mad 61 189 199 244 387 391 395 678 of venimous Beasts 205 of the Viper 75 of Serpents 61 102 250 362 677 690 of the Wolfe 7â— of Shrowes 102 147 171 of Scorpions 102 of Flies vpon horses 143 Bitings or wounds made by the wild Bore are dangerous 690 The Bladder 457 Bâ—â—sters 213 Blâ—â—d cluttered 201. fluxe of
vnto wine Of the boyling ouer of the new wine while it is in working How new Wine is pâ—rged To haue new Wine all the yeare long To know if there be any Water in the Wine The way to correctiâ—e ouermuch waâ—rishhesse of Wine To recouer the new Wine which beginneth to sowre To cause new winâ— to sâ—ttle quickly To separate water from wine To make an odâ—riferous Wine To make white wine red and red wine white To make claret wine Wine beâ—ring great store of water Wine that flowreth not Boiled wine To continuâ— wine sweet all the yere long Greekish wine Good houshold wine To cause troubled wine to settle The taking away of the strength of the wine To drinke much wine and yet not to be drunke To hate wine To make them which are drunke sober To cause wine that it shall not become strong To make old wine of nâ—w Wine that will keepe long The keeping of wine To make medicinable wines Rose-wine Wormewood-wine Wine of Horehound Wine of Annise Dill Peares Bayes Asarum bacchar and Sage Wine of Thyme Betonie wine Hysope wine Wine of pomegranats quintes mulberries and seruices How Wines must be ordered in cellers or roomes vnder ground Against the eagernesse or sowrenesse of Wines At what time Wine is most apt to turne and corrupt To helpe the â—ine that is turned For troubled Wine To helpe Wine the beginneth to wax away and diâ— To take away the fustie smel of Wine To helpe the sowrenesse of Wine To keepe the Wine from sowring Oyle oliue a preuenter of the the sowrenesse of Wine For wattrish Wine Against venime or venimous beasts falling into Wine Vineger is a â—ault of wine Radâ—sh and beete roots maâ—e vineger The roots of cale-words make Vineger to â—uâ—ne againe into wine Strong Vineger To make Vineger oâ— marrâ—d wine Driâ— Vineger Rose Vineger To make vineger without wine Sweet vineger Mightie strong vineger Pepper vineger Water in vineger Vineger of sea onions The necessitie of drinke Sapa Defrutum Passum Noe. Why wine is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greeke Icarus Why it is called Vinum Why Temetum The definition of wine Olde wines are hotes than the new New wine 〈…〉 in France The iuice of the grapes not 〈…〉 wrought New wines or the iuice of grapes which haue â—ately wrought vp The benefit of wine The hurts and inconueniencies that wine worketh Drunkennesse Wine goeth bare-foot 〈◊〉 filleth the dâ—spositions of the dâ—â—nkers That drunkards their seed and nature is not apt for generation That vndelaied wine is not wholesome for such as be in health What quâ—ntitie of water is to be put to â—â—ine For what ages wine is mâ—st fit That wine is hurtfull vnto hat and drie natures and good vnto moist ones The differences of Wine Red Wine or darke coloured Sweet wines Sweet white wine Galens iudgement of white wine Rough and harsh wines Greene wines The cause of sowrenesse in wines That there is great difference betwixt sowrenesse and greennesse in wines What wines are to be called bastards The consistence of wine The 〈◊〉 or smell of wine The vertues of wine Wâ—ake wines Wines of Coussy Wines of Prepaton Wines of Dijâ—n The diuersities of the wines of Orleance Wines of Sainctay S. Hillaries Chappel S. Mesmain and S. de Bouc Wines of Messay of Orleance Orleance wines of the grounds of the Abbey of Neighbours White wines of Orleance Wines of high Normandie Wines of Compeigne Wines of Nerac The profit of the Warren A good conie dieth alwaies in her earth The vertues and speciall properties of conies The aller The oake The chesnut tree The elme Eâ—meâ— are barren anâ— bâ—are no fruit Chesnut trees Locusts euery three yeares Alleyes Fruit-trees The time to plant trees That dressing of the earth is necessarâ—â— for yong plants Such dressing of the earth in dâ—y weather in not good To pull vp weedes by the roote The third dressing of trees The growth of plants commeth by heate and moisture The experience of dressing trees and of letting of them go vndresse Wood of Solonge Whereof wild trees 〈◊〉 grow Nine things requâ—site for the maâ—ing of a beautifull place Woods haue in tâ—â—m three commodities The pleasures and pastâ—mes that the wild woods aâ—â—ord The profit of woods The profit of ground imploied about the bearing of wood Trees louing to liue neere the water White wood Trees must be well and surely planted at the first The time to plant Willowes Allers c. Ash 〈◊〉 Elmes of three sorts Male and female Elmes Columella Theophrâ—stus The Ash. The vertues of the Elme Shooting â—owes The different names of the okes are Robur Quercus Ilex The male and female of oakes Theophrastus The barren is called the male and the fruitfull the female That the life of an Oake containeth 100 yeares of growth 100. yeares of standing in a sâ—ay and 100. to perâ—sh and die in The horse at his full growth at fiue and a man aâ— fiue and twentie Horne-beame Beech The linden tree The corke-tree The yew-tree Tâ—e stone The whites oâ— womâ—n presages Falling sicknes Chaps of the lips The stone The grauell The profit of the parke The situation of the parke Prouision of â—ood â—or wild beastes What place is fittest â—o a Hâ—ronrie Two things giuing occasion to make choise of some certaine place for a heronrie 〈…〉 What place is best to 〈◊〉 at the 〈…〉 The properties oâ— the heronshew To prâ—câ—re rest and sleepe The profit of 〈◊〉 â—oure footed beasts Grey-hounds and Hounds Two sorts of Grey-hounds 〈…〉 To breed a good wâ—â—lpe The bayâ—â—â—alâ—ow 〈◊〉 dogs The gray dogs Blacke dogs The marâ—eâ— of a good hunting dog The reason of these markes of a good hunting dog The kennell for hunting dogs The feeding and keeping of hunting dogs Flesh-meate Pâ—â—â—age The diseases of hunting dogs For 〈◊〉 and vermâ—â—e Wormes The â—iâ—ing 〈◊〉 Serpents 〈…〉 Signes of madnesse 〈…〉 Wormes Hurts giuen by wild bores Wounds 〈◊〉 of cold 〈…〉 Knocks of thrushes Against the 〈◊〉 of making water The disease of the eares How to teach a Spaniell to 〈◊〉 well Hunting is for great states The marks of distinction betwixt Hart and Hart as also of their ago The Hinde The cariages or largenesse of his tines The time when Harts cast their 〈◊〉 To iudge of the age of the Hart by his hornes The hornes of an old Hart. The gate or going of the Hart. The beatings and 〈◊〉 of the Hart. The rubbing of the Hart. The knowledge of the Hart his priuie haunt and place of retraâ—â—â— The Hart hath a seueral haunt euerie moneth The rut of the Hart. The meanes of finding out the particular place and lodging of the Hart. The report of the hunts-man vnto the king Three sorts of dogs as bloud-hounds coursers and for easements The mâ—â—e dog is 〈◊〉 which openeth not but followeth the trace of the Hart. How to place the greyhounds for Teâ—sers Reset Bacâ—â—â—t Directions how to hunt the Deere with hounds onely Dogges