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be_v hold_v to_o be_v very_o good_a and_o make_v a_o cataplasm_n and_o a_o fomentation_n with_o milk_n saffron_n water_n lily_n mallow_n marshmallow_n coriander_n dill_n and_o fleabane_n seed_n arsenic_n and_o antimony_n may_v be_v good_a in_o some_o remote_a part_n but_o be_v dangerous_a here_o there_o be_v a_o noble_a woman_n who_o have_v a_o cancer_n ulcerate_v upon_o her_o face_n and_o seek_v for_o help_v from_o all_o country_n at_o last_o a_o barber_n cut_v a_o chicken_n in_o the_o midst_n and_o often_o apply_v that_o and_o it_o draw_v forth_o the_o ulciome_n and_o the_o lady_n be_v cure_v the_o womb_n be_v very_o soon_o corrupt_v by_o the_o many_o ill_a humour_n that_o flow_v thither_o and_o it_o will_v quick_o gangreen_n and_o the_o part_n mortify_v the_o natural_a heat_n be_v extinguish_v by_o reason_n of_o some_o precede_a ulcer_n the_o neck_n of_o the_o womb_n will_v feel_v a_o unusual_a heat_n and_o a_o fever_n run_v through_o the_o body_n the_o part_n be_v discolour_v and_o 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to_o ulcer_n yet_o sometime_o the_o substance_n of_o the_o womb_n have_v be_v ulcerate_v and_o rot_v away_o a_o dead_a child_n in_o the_o womb_n may_v cause_v a_o ulcer_n but_o all_o these_o ulcer_n and_o rottenness_n be_v to_o be_v deal_v withal_o as_o i_o have_v show_v before_o sometime_o there_o may_v be_v a_o rupture_n of_o the_o womb_n i_o never_o see_v but_o one_o and_o that_o be_v exceed_v rare_a it_o happen_v so_o seldom_o the_o womb_n be_v so_o fence_v by_o the_o adjacent_a part_n that_o it_o be_v seldom_o wound_v unless_o the_o chirurgeon_n chance_v to_o do_v it_o in_o cut_v the_o child_n forth_o of_o the_o womb_n there_o be_v more_o pain_n in_o the_o neck_n of_o the_o womb_n than_o in_o the_o bottom_n of_o it_o but_o this_o cut_n may_v be_v cure_v by_o injection_n and_o glister_v for_o the_o womb_n make_v with_o decoction_n of_o round_a birthwort_n cypress_n nut_n boil_v in_o steel_n water_n and_o astringent_a wine_n and_o a_o little_a honey_a water_n and_o agrimony_n mugwort_n plantain_n rose_n camel_n hay_o horehound_n if_o the_o pain_n be_v great_a use_n anodynes_n or_o pessaries_n make_v with_o a_o wax_n candle_n dip_v in_o vulnerary_a ointment_n as_o take_v turpentine_n goose_n grease_n wax_n and_o butter_n of_o each_o a_o dram_n bull_n grease_n dere_v marrow_n honey_n oil_n of_o rose_n of_o each_o two_o dram_n i_o have_v refer_v all_o the_o foresay_a disease_n to_o a_o natural_a or_o accidental_a straitness_n of_o the_o mouth_n or_o neck_n or_o middle_a of_o the_o womb_n all_o of_o they_o be_v a_o hindrance_n to_o copulation_n and_o make_v compression_n upon_o the_o part_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o largeness_n of_o the_o womb_n the_o opposite_a to_o straitness_n of_o the_o womb_n be_v the_o largeness_n of_o the_o orifice_n and_o sometime_o more_o cut_n than_o nature_n make_v which_o may_v proceed_v from_o copulation_n or_o bear_v of_o child_n by_o the_o largeness_n of_o the_o orifice_n woman_n be_v often_o barren_a and_o sometime_o the_o 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