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Echij. Of Viper's Bugloss, or wild Bugloss. This root is cold and dry, good for suchas are bitten by venemous beasts, either being boiled in wine and drank, or bruisedand applied to the place: being boiled in wine and drank, it encreaseth milk in nurses.Ellebori, Veratri, albi nigri. Of Hellebore white and black. The root of whiteHellebore, or sneezewort, being grated and snuffed up the nose, causeth sneezing;kills rats and mice being mixed with their meat.Black Hellebore, Bears-foot or Christmas flower: both this and the former are hotand dry in the third degree. This is neither so violent nor dangerous as the former.وEnul وCampan Helenij. Of Elecampane. It is hot and dry in the third degree,wholesome for the stomach, resists poison, helps old coughs, and shortness of breath,helps ruptures, and provokes lust; in ointments, it is good against scabs and itch.‏,وEndiv &c. Of Endive, Garden Endive, which is the root here specified, is held tobe somewhat colder, though not so dry and cleansing as that which is wild; it coolshot stomachs, hot livers, amends the blood corrupted by heat, and therefore is good infevers, it cools the reins, and therefore prevents the stone, it opens obstructions, andprovokes urine: you may bruise the root, and boil it in white wine, 'tis very harmless.Eringij. Of Eringo or Sea-holly: the roots are moderately hot, something dryingand cleansing, bruised and applied to the place; they help the Scrophula, or diseasein the throat called the King's Evil, they break the stone, encrease seed, stir up lust,provoke the terms, &c.‏,وEsul majoris, minoris. Of Spurge the greater and lesser, they are both (takeninwardly) too violent for common use; outwardly in ointments they cleanse the skin,take away sunburning.Filicis, &c. Fearn, of which are two grand distinctions, viz. male and female. Bothare hot and dry, and good for the rickets in children, and diseases of the spleen, butdangerous for pregnant women.‏.وFilipendul Of Dropwort. The roots are hot and dry in the third degree, opening,cleansing, yet somewhat binding; they provoke urine, ease pains in the bladder, andare a good preservative against the falling-sickness.Fœniculi. Of Fennel. The root is hot and dry, some say in the third degree, opening;it provokes urine, and menses, strengthens the liver, and is good against the dropsy.Fraxini. Of Ash-tree. I know no great virtues in physic of the roots.‏,وGalang majoris, minoris. Galanga, commonly called Galingal, the greater andlesser. They are hot and dry in the third degree, and the lesser are accounted thehotter, it strengthens the stomach exceedingly, and takes away the pains thereofcoming of cold or wind; the smell of itstrengthens the brain, it relieves faint hearts, takes away windiness of the womb,heats the reins, and provokes amorous diseases. You may take half a dram at a time.Matthiolus.Gentiana. Of Gentian; some call it Felwort, and Baldmoney. It is hot, cleansing,and scouring, a notable counterpoison, it opens obstructions, helps the biting ofvenemous beasts, and mad dogs, helps digestion, and cleanseth the body of rawhumours; the root is profitable for ruptures, or such as are bursten.‏.وGlycyrrhiz Of Liquorice; the best that is grows in England: it is hot and moist intemperature, helps the roughness of the windpipe, hoarsness, diseases in the kidneysand bladder, and ulcers in the bladder, it concocts raw humours in the stomach, helpsdifficulty of breathing, is profitable for all salt humours, the root dried and beateninto powder, and the powder put into the eye, is a special remedy for a pin and web.Gramminis. Of Grass, such as in London they call couch grass, and Squitch-grass;in Sussex Dog-grass. It gallantly provokes urine, and easeth the kidneys oppressed