De Coriandro.

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   Rigida vis herbe Coriandri dicitur eſſe

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   Auſtereqꝫ ſimul quiddam virtutis habere

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   Hanc Galienus ait: per quam depellere ventris

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   Lumbricos:tineaſqꝫ ſolet ſi trita bibatur

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   Cum vino:vel ſi miſto iungatur aceto

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   Vuaqꝫ cum paſſa coriandrum melle iugatum

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   Sedabunt varios ſuperaddita trita tumores

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   Precipue teſtes tumidos iuuat hoc medicamen

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   Illius ſemen ventrem ſtipare ſolutum

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    Fertur:& inunctum fuerit ſi ſepius hauſtum

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    Argenti ſpumam ceruſe contere miſtam

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    His tritis ſucum coriandri iunges acetum

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   If only bean flour is joined to this juice,

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   And placed over scrofula: it will heal them,

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   And a burning pustule is soothed by such a plaster.

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   It is read, written by many, that before the trembling of a fever,

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   If a sick person swallows three grains of coriander seed,

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   He will escape the fever: to which the third day gives its name.

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   Coriander gathered in the morning before the sun rises

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   Provides the same, if it is placed under the sick person's pillow.

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   Xenocrates said that the menses cease for as many days

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    As the number of coriander grains a woman swallows.

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    Some condemn the constant use of it,

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    For they think it brings about death or any pain whatsoever.

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   Quatuor his roſeum miſcendo iugabis oliuum

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   Iſta terendo ſimul precioſum conficit vnguen

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   Quo ſacros ignes pellas calidoſqꝫ tumores

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   Si tibi difficilis confectio tarda videtur

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   Sucus cum ſolo prodeſt commiſtus aceto

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   Aut ſi frumenti panis mundiſſima mica

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   Iungitur huic ſuco:ſedat quemcumqꝫ dolorem

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   Huic ſuco ſi iuncta fabe ſit ſola farina

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   Et ſuper addatur ſcrofis: medicabitur illis

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    Et ſedat feruens emplaſtro puſtula tali

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    A multis legitur ſcriptum febris ante tremorem

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    Si tria grana voret coriandri ſeminis eger

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    Euadet febrem: cui lux dat tertia nomen

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    Preſtat idem lectum coriandrum mane priuſqͣ

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    Sol ſurgat: ceruicali ſi ſubditur egri

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    Xenocraten dixit totidem ceſſare diebus

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    Meſtrua quot mulier coriandri grana vorabit

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    Aſſiduum quidam condemnant illius vſum

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    Namqꝫ putat mortem quamuis parare dolorem

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   The power of the herb Coriander is said to be rigid,

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   and at the same time to have a certain austere virtue.

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   Galen states this: by which it is accustomed to drive out

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   worms and tapeworms of the belly if it is drunk ground

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   with wine, or if it is joined with mixed vinegar.

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   And Coriander joined with raisin and honey,

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   ground and applied on top, will soothe various tumors.

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   This medicine especially helps swollen testicles.

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   Its seed is reported to bind a loose belly:

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    and it will have been applied as an ointment, if it is drunk more often.

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    Grind foam of silver mixed with white lead,

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    to these ground things you will join juice of coriander [and] vinegar.

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    By mixing, you will join rose oil to these four;

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    grinding these together makes a precious ointment,

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    with which you may drive away holy fires and hot swellings.

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    If the preparation seems difficult and slow to you,

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    the juice mixed with vinegar alone is beneficial;

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    or if the cleanest crumb of wheat bread

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    is joined to this juice: it soothes any pain.