The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1860-06-12

Fron 10000 Wonderful Things
4 yeritable History of how Tobacco First
Came TO be Used.

/ Il tPTitubIc IEtStGiy al now FIfst
Came TO bc Used.
"Mai4ter John Nico, Counsellor Of the
. kyng, decyng Enbassadour for the KyDg Of
Portugal, in the year OF our Lerde, $50, co,
Gt wente one daye to see the Prysons Of the
kyng, OF Portutgall, and gentlemen bceyng
the keeper of the saide Prysons presented hym
this hearbe. as "A strange Plant brought from
Florida; the same Master Nicot, hanyng
caused the saide hearbe To be Get in his gar.
den, where it gerw and multiplied marvellous
! ly, was vpon n tymo advertised, 10y one Of
his Pages, that young man, n kinne of that
Page, made "a say" of that heaibe bruised.
both the hearbe and the joioe together, vpon
an ulcer whiche he had vpon his chceko, mere
vn his nose, coming of Noli me tangere
whichc bega to take rootc already at the girls
ties Of the Nose, whcrewilh hc found h,m
self marvillousy caSca. Therefore the ssidc
Master Ncot caused the scke vounrc man 10
be brought before hym, causing the saide
hearbe to be continued 10 the sore eight or
tenne daics, this saile .Yoi me taa0ere, was
Ut"rly cytingrshed and healed: and he Ind
sent it, while this waf n working to n certaine
/ lhsition Of tho kyug Of PoruSall Of the moste
fame, for to see the further worrying and ef-
feet of the sa,le Nr0G0aes and sending for
the same Young man Il, the orl Of lenne daies
the sadie Phistion seevno the usage Of the
sade sickle young man certified, that the sai'e
N0H me taagere was vtterly exiIuguishod, as
iniccda he never fct it since. Within while
after, one of the Cookies Of tho saido Embas-
sadour hauyug almCstc cut oil his Vhombc,
with great choppyug knf', the steward Of
the house Of the saidn gentleman rannc to the
saide Nicotidne, and dressed hym there FIVE
or sixe tvnes, and 50 in the cnde thereof he
was healed; from that TYNE forwarlo that
hcaroc bega to be famous throughout all Lis
borHe, whore the court Of the Kynr Of Poru.
Ga was at that preacntr. and the virtue Of
this sadie hearhe was preached, and the peo
pie baoa to call it the Ambassadors hearbe
Wherefore ,hc:" came ccrtaine laies after,
gentleman Of the country, Father to one Of
the Pages Of the Anbassadour who WAS
troubled with an vccr in his Lagge, hauyng
had the samr two yeros, and demanded Of
the saide hmlassadorr for this hcarbe, vsyng
the same in suche order as before written, at
the cndc OF tenne or twelve daies, he was
healed. From that TYNE fourth the fame Of
that hearbc increased in suche sortc, ths. ma
ny canc from all places TO have that hearbe.
EiISng all others there was woman that
had hor face covered with Ringworme root
ed, as though she had Nisour on her face.
to whom the saidc J.: Ambassadors caused
the hcarbe to be given her, and told how she
should vse it, and at the ende Of eight or tcnne
daies, this woman was thoroughleve healed,
she came and slowed herself to the Am bassa.
dour, showing him Of her hcalvng. After
I,g, .,.,,,,
Sycko Of the Hinges euill. to the saidc l.;
Ambassadors, fur to ccnde him into France
yuto whome there was saye made of the saile
hearbe which in fewc daics did beeinne to
shew create signs Of healyng, anI finally al
together healed Of the Hinges euill. The l.;
Ambassadors. sceyng 50 create eifecetcs pro-
ceeding Of this hcarbc, and hauyng hearde
save that the Lady Moutigny that was, dyed
at st. Germans, of an vlcer bredde in hor
breast, that did turn to IA .Noli me tangere, for
whchc there could never be remeley bee
lounde, and likewise that the Countess of
Rutte had sought for all the famous Phsitions
Of that Reamc for to hcala her face. vnto
whom they could give no remedov, h tho't
1t good TO communicate the same into France
and did send it to kvng Fraunces the seconde,
and to the Queen IOther, aud to many other
Lordes of the Courto with the manner of gov
ernyn the same, AMI hou to apple it vn.o
the said disease, even as be had found it by
experience: and chiefly to the lorde of Jarnac,
governor of Rogcll. with whom the sadc
Lordc, Ambas,adour had create amite for
the service Of the kyns. The whichc Lordo
Of Jarnac, told one daye at the QurcneS Table
that he had caused the sadie NiconaHe to be
distilled, and caused the water to be dronke,
mingled with water Euphrasie, otherwise
called eyebright, to one that WAS shOrte breath
ell and was wlcrcwth healed" Joyful
Newes oyt Of the ncye founde worl lc &c,
l57T.- Black Letter.