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  1. Reviewed source page(H)AEMAGOGUM ANTIDOTUM.Latin · 19th century · English available

    *Haemagogum* has drawn its proper name from blood, Because it pertains especially to women's conditions: 735 And what a long injury to the womb has denied, When the veins are cl...

    Aegidii Corboliensis carmina medica
  2. Reviewed source pageA E R.Latin · 17th century · English available

    Bodies now hasten into motions: the purest Air is sought: let no foul odor of the wind wander here. Bright toward the risen sun it is most pleasing: let stagnant pools be absent...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  3. Reviewed source pageA B R O T O N U M .Latin · 17th century · English available

    Southernwood sent to me recently from Sicilian shores, Whose bitterness is hot and of dry dew, Is an antidote for the stomach, and noble for bruised nerves: Now I am well: let h...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  4. Reviewed source pageA B S I N T H I U M.Latin · 17th century · English available

    Let dried absinthium lose its terrible juices, Taught by these to rage against my stomach and head. Unless, however, they do harm from this, they are pleasing to me with a sweet...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  5. Reviewed source pageA D E U N D E M.Latin · 17th century · English available

    If by chance Rome should demand your brother back, little Book, To whom varied things and continuous novelty are pleasing: Say: he comes, he digs up herbs and subterranean thing...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  6. Reviewed source pageA D L I B R U M.Latin · 17th century · English available

    Because you worship Venus and your Genius, and frequent the rites of Ceres, do you perhaps think you can live on, Book? You are deceived: and your vain logic will fail you: Venu...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  7. Reviewed source pageA D L I B R U M.Latin · 17th century · English available

    Often, Book, the guest will wonder that I address you: Say; it was permitted, so that this my Banquet might not be deaf.

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  8. Reviewed source pageA D L I B R V M.Latin · 17th century · English available

    You will go forth, foolish Book: learn to endure the sneers and empty annoyances of the mob: the fault is yours, not mine. Both Physicians and Poets within their pulpits will re...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  9. Reviewed source pageA G N U S. V E R V E X.Latin · 17th century · English available

    I love this one if it pants through the pastures of a rugged mountain: I shall prefer it if it is rich with a Fleece of Gold.

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  10. Reviewed source pageA L L I A.Latin · 17th century · English available

    If you have any taste, the Banquet is least of all unsavory; why do you desire Rough Garlic with scorched heads? These smell heavy: and they are not suitable for the head or the...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  11. Reviewed source pageA M A R A C U S.Latin · 17th century · English available

    Hot amaracus, if for the nerves, is also suited to the brain, The thirsty dropsy-sufferer always desires it no less. It unblocks the vents for urine and for swollen winds. Let t...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus
  12. Reviewed source pageA M Y G D A L A.Latin · 17th century · English available

    It heats and softens if the Almond is Sweet: the Bitter is Harsher: let that one not know your tables. The sweet deletes the iliac passion and the wasting from the chest. How we...

    Coena, sive De cibariorum virtutibus