Parr.z.Se&.4. Purging Simples. Memb.2.Subf.x . to beraken. And yetforall this,ifit be well prepared, it may be' fecurely 37.3 given at firlt r M•thiolu. braggs, that he hath often to the good of many,,~ made ufe ofit,and Heurni"' ,' th4t he bath h4ppily ufodit ,prepartd 4/t&r hit multorum. own prefcript,and with good fuccdfe. ChriffophmM a Veg•lib.3 .&•f·41 .is ~c::~u.Je ofrhef.1me opinion,thar it may be lawfully given,and our country Gentle-, No; /.';;iliwomen finde it by th.eir common practice,thatthe'e is no fuch great danger j;' utimur noin it. D. Turner fpeaking of this plant ,in his Herball, te!leth us,that in his a:~f::,·;~~ time it was an ordinary receipt among good wiues, to give Hellebor in uinlib.s.Z>ipowderto ijd weight,and he is not muchaga·inft ir. ~ut _they do~ commo- ':[:;;;b~n;,_ ly exceed, for who fo bold as bltndc Baydrd,& prdcnbe lt by penyworths, rnla~mnor· a lid fi1ch irrationall waies,as I baue heard my felfe market folks aske for it bi'•l•"•"•· in an Apothecarics fuop: but with what fucceffe God knowes, they fmart ~:; ,~':;1,~i;. often for their r_a{b boldneffc and folly, break a vcine, make their eyes rea. bus _iifipredy to ftartout oftheir heads, or kill themfdves. So thatthe fault is not in firte~qui Hithe Phylick,but in the rude & undifcreet handling ofit. He that will know ~:f:,;;~:ffith~refore, when to ufe,how to prepare it aright,and inwhat dofe , let him'""· read Hmrnim lih .z.prax. rmd. BrafivPlade Catdrt. Goaefridm Stegiru the~~1"''~"'·. Emperour Rodo!pbtu Phylician c. 16. Mathi8ltu in Dio[cor. and chat exceL ,,:,/::.:,~:,1• lent Commentary of Baptijla CodronchiiS, which isinflar omnirun de HcUe6, hur{alutem alb.where he lhallllnde great divcrlity ofexamples and Receipts. ~;~~.;~·~~: Antimony or Stibirw,which our Cl:)ymtfts fo muchmagnifie , is either unzdther. taken in fubftance or infulion,&c. and freq~ently prefcribed in thisdifeafe. r_Jntegr~ ~"' Jt helps allinfirmities, faith u Mathiolm, whi&h proceedfrom black ch1!er, :;;;:;~{~~~~ foHing ftcknefJe,dJIJd Hypocondriaca/1pafiPns, and for farther proofof his a f. ~·o.datiiracfcrtion,he gives feverall in_llan~es.,offuchashaue been freed with it: x One ;~ff,(':;,~ •. of Andrew GaUm,aPhyliuanofTrent ,that after many othcreff:1yes, im- bi/i medicaputts the recovery_ofhis be•lth,next after qod, to this rem_edy alont. Anorl1er ~';;;~~;;,~;: of George Handfhuu,tbat m hke fort, w~en other mediCtnCS fa1led, Y w.u by chol<eurfathrs reflored to hzs former health,andwhzch ofhts know!edge,others hauelike. aurplani Je- ••ifc tried,andby the help ofthis admirable medicine,been recowred. A third fP!·~~·r~t ot a pari!h Prieft,at PrAge in Bohemia, • that WiU fO far gone with melaMhJJiy, q:~bar:r:but; that he doted, aua IJ.ake ha knew not what, but after !.e had taken rz graines of'xfub.twmu. Stibium,( 44 I my (dfe faw ,andcan witn~ffe,for I w,u caUed tofu this miractf- f,f.';~.~; lotM acctdmt)he WIU pr~rged ofad.a! ofblack choler, ltke !tt!e gobbm ofjlefh poft atram and all his rxcremcnts were 41 black blood( a medicine fitter for a Horfe the~ hj•m_ex atv• a Man)yt it didhim fo mtschgood, tha: the next day_ he"'""perfell!y {tt- ~i~7:~.~;;~o red, Tlm very ftory of the Bohemzan Pnell:, Sckenkssn relates verbatim c.tultanfuam Exoter.experimcnt,ad rar,morb.cent.6.o6ferv. 6, with great approbatio~ :~;J'";1"-"' of it, Htrwlrs de Saxonia calls ita profitable medicine, ifit bee takeR after p•ffiz~:);; meat to 6 or 8 graines,of fuch as are apt to vomit. Roderic"' 4 F mfeca the ramentatanSpaniard and late profeffor of Padua m Italy , extols it to this difeafe,Tom. ~'!;:a':;';:" >.confu/.85• [odothLod.t.Mercatm deinter.111orb.""·li6.,.cap. 17. withf""""~'m many others.la(obu. Gervinu. a French Phylitianonthc other ftdc lib.z, ~xcremeotum tlevemnM mfr•t.cxplodes all this,and faith ~e toakrh_ree graines o~ly up-l:~~=~~~;: on Mathtol"' andfome others commendation, but 1t almollkilled hiur ""'"'" repr•.. whereupon he concludes,• AntimoNy is rather/coyfan then a medicine.Th:J";"J:/~'· . . . . . . ttmomum Erafl•u concurrcs With h1m m his opmwn,and o doth eAUi4n cMmtaltm veoe•um,non ea! . J o,de ,..e/an.But what doe I talke ~ 'tis rhe fubjeCl: of.whole bookes , I .;;:/'""'!"~ B bb ~ - · migh~ ·
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