Of woꝛmwode,
Oꝛmwode hath aſtringent oꝛ bindinge together, bytter and byting qualitees, hetinge and ſcouringe away, ſtrengthning and dꝛyeng. therfoꝛe it dꝛyueth furth by the ſtoole and the vrine alſo cholerike and galliſhe humoures out of the ſtomack. but it auoideth moſt chefely the gall oꝛ choler, that is in the vꝛines. Thus wꝛiteth Galene: Woꝛmwood maketh one piſſe well. dꝛonken with ſyler mountayne and Frenche ſpycknarde. It is good foꝛ the winde and payne of the ſtomake, ⁊ the belly. It dꝛiueth away lothſummes. The bꝛoth that it is ſoden oꝛ ſteeped in, dꝛonkenne euery date about v. vnces, heleth yͤ Iawndes oꝛ guleſoyht. It pꝛouoketh womēs floures, ether taken in, oꝛ laid to without with hony. it remedyeth the ſtranglynge that cometh of eatyng of todeſtolles, if it be dꝛonken with vinegre. It is good againſt the poyſon of ixia with wyne. Alſo againſt homloke, and the bytinge of a ſhꝛewe, and the ſea dꝛagon. The quyncey maye be heyled with this herbe, if it be anointed with it, and hony and ſalt peter naturall put together. And ſo with water, It heleth the watering ſoꝛes in the coꝛner of the eyes. It is good foꝛ the bꝛuſynges and darcknes of yͤ eyes with hony. And ſo it is foꝛ the eares, if matter runne out of them. The bꝛothe of Wermwood with his vapoꝛ that riſeth vp from it, and ſmoketh vp, helyth the payne of the tethe and the eares. The bꝛoth with Maluaſy is good to anoynte the akynge eyes with all. With the Ciprine ointment it is good foꝛ the long diſeaſe of the ſtomake. with figges, vynegre, and darnelle mele it is good foꝛ the dꝛopſy, and the ſyckenes of milte.
Out of Plini,
oꝛmwood helpeth digeſtion, with rue pepper and ſalt. It taketh awaye rawenes of the ſtomake. old men of old tyme gaue it to purge with a pynte and a halfe of olde ſea water, ſix dꝛammes of ſede. iii. of ſalt with two vnces of hony and. ii. dꝛammes In the Jawndes it is dꝛonkene with rawe persly oꝛ Uenus heyꝛ. It is good foꝛ the Clearnes of the ſyght, it heylyth freſhe woundes beforeꝛe there come anye water in them. It helyth alſo the yche oꝛ yuke. It is not good foꝛ to be taken in an agew. Layd amonge clothes it dꝛyueth the mothes away. The ſmoke of it, dꝛyueth away gnates oꝛ mydges. If the ynke be tēpered with his Iuce it maketh the myſe they wylle not eat the paper, that is wꝛitten with that ynke. The aſhes of it with roſe oyntment maketh blacke heare.
The quantyte out of Meſues,
e maye take of the bꝛothe oꝛ of the ſtepyng of Woꝛmode from v. vnces. to viii. of the Iuce, from thꝛe dꝛammes to. iiii. of the powder from. ii. dꝛammes to iii. and ſo will it make a purgation. But becauſe it woꝛketh but weykly, by it ſelfe ye maye take it with whay, with Raſynes, the ſtones taken out, oꝛ with roſes oꝛ fumitoꝛy. Sea Woꝛmode is not to be vſed foꝛ the ryght Woꝛmwode, foꝛ it is noyſume vnto the ſtomake, as Dioſcoꝛides and Galene do teſtyfye. Nether is the common Woꝛmwode to be taken foꝛ the ryght, if it maye be had.Of
