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dispatch_v according_a to_o his_o praemonition_n the_o man_n notwithstanding_o the_o strength_n of_o the_o poison_n be_v preserve_v safe_a &_o sound_a by_o this_o alexipharmaticall_a medicine_n of_o zopyrus_n matthiolus_n in_o his_o praeface_n upon_o the_o six_o book_n of_o dioscorides_n entreat_v of_o antidote_n and_o preseruative_n from_o poison_n say_v that_o at_o length_n after_o long_a study_n and_o travail_n he_o have_v find_v out_o a_o antidote_n who_o virtue_n be_v wonderful_a and_o worthy_a admiration_n and_o it_o be_v a_o certain_a quintessence_n extract_v from_o many_o simple_n which_o he_o set_v down_o in_o the_o same_o place_n he_o say_v it_o be_v of_o such_o force_n and_o efficacy_n that_o the_o quantity_n of_o four_o dam_n be_v take_v either_o by_o itself_o or_o with_o the_o like_a quantity_n of_o some_o sweet-senting_a wine_n or_o else_o with_o some_o distil_a water_n which_o have_v some_o natural_a property_n to_o strengthen_v the_o hart_n if_o that_o any_o person_n 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et_fw-la nondum_fw-la doctis_fw-la fullonibus_fw-la aptus_fw-la ex_fw-la illo_fw-la radix_fw-la tepido_fw-la potatur_fw-la in_o amni_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o root_n of_o teasill_n young_a for_o fuller_n yet_o unfit_a drink_v in_o warme-water_n venom_n out_o do_v spit_v that_o thistle_n which_o qu._n serenus_n here_o understand_v be_v proper_o that_o plant_n which_o of_o the_o greek_n be_v call_v scolymos_n yet_o it_o be_v take_v sometime_o for_o other_o prickly_a plant_n of_o the_o same_o kind_n as_o for_o both_o the_o chamaeleon_n dipsaco_n or_o labram_n veneris_fw-la spina_n alba_fw-la eryngium_n and_o some_o other_o but_o dioscorides_n attribute_v the_o chief_a virtue_n against_o poison_n to_o the_o thistle_n call_v chamaeleon_n albus_fw-la and_o to_o the_o sea-thistle_n call_v eryngium_n marinum_fw-la which_o some_o call_v sea-hull_a or_o huluer_n for_o in_o his_o three_o book_n and_o nine_o chapter_n entreat_v of_o chamaeleon_n albus_fw-la he_o say_v thus_o the_o root_n 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