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Flamma sine Fumo

or, poems without fictions. Hereunto are annexed the Causes, Symptoms, or Signes of several Diseases with their Cures, and also the diversity of Urines, with their Causes in Poetical measure. By R. W. [i.e. Rowland Watkyns]

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The Worms in the Belly.

Corrupted fleam doth in the bowels seat;
Pains vex the belly, and desire to eat.
Boyle Garlick in your milk, which you must drink
Or else some Brimstone: both will cure, I think.
But Aloes Cicatrina, is the best
To kill the Worms, and give the Patient rest.