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taken; at what time; and by what persons.

A red roote like madder.

Chile.

Foetorem emendat oris Cariophilia foedum; Constringunt ventrem, primaque membra juvant.

And because they are binding they must not be used, though they help the chiefe parts of Concoction, which are the Stomacke and the Liver, as appeares by the Verses before recited.

Morbosus renes, vesicam, guttura, vulnam, Intestina, jecur, cumque lyene caput Confortat, variisque Anisum subdita morbis Membra: istud tantum vim leve semen habet.

Annis.

Ta-asco.

A graine like Millet.

Dat modice calidum dulcisque Amigdala succum, Et tenuem; inducunt plurima damna nova.

And the small Nuts are not ill for our purpose; for they have almost the temper, which the Almons have; onely because they are dryer, they come nearer the temper of Choler; and doe therefore strengthen the Belly, and the Stomacke, being dryed: for so they must be used for the Confection; and they preserve the head from those vapours, which rise from the Belly: as it appeares by the said Author in these Verses.

Bilis Avellanam sequitur; sed roborat alvum Ventris, & a fumis liberat assa caput.

Crassa melancholicum praestant tibi Panica succum Siccant, si penas membra, gelantque foris.

Maiz, or Indian Wheat

Chiles

And it will be no small matter, to have pleased all, with this Discourse.

Transcriber's Note:

In general, spelling and punctuation are as found. Changes have been made as follows:

Sidenotes/footnotes: Sidenotes converted to footnotes. Markers , , , and were placed where it seemed most appropriate. Other markers were left where they occurred in the text. Footnote "Ta-asco." is unclear in the scan and was left as found.

Title Page: The date 1652 is from the catalogue entry. The last digit is obscured in the original. Colminero changed to Colmenero .

First Point: re-received changed to received in "according to the common received opinion," an-answered changed to answered in "two things to be answered:" primaq; expanded to primaque in "primaque membra juvant" Removed duplicated word "it" in "though it excuse not" cumq; expanded to cumque in "cumque lyene caput" dulcisq; expanded to dulcisque in "dulcisque Amigdala succum" comm expanded to common in "appeareth by the common practice"

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