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AND COMPLETE HERBAL; 6s 
Pracz. They grow almoft every where, unle(s it be in the middle of the ftreet! 
the yellow moft ufually in the wet grounds of woods, and fometimes in the dryer, in 
divers counties of this nation. 
Time. They flower from the beginning of the {pring all the fummer long. 
Virtues anD Use. The archangels are fomewhat hot and dryer chan the fting- 
ing nettles, and ufed with better fuccefs for the topping and hardnefs of the fpleen, 
than they, by ufing the decoétion of the herb in wine, and afterwards applying the 
herb hot unto the region of the fpleen as a plaifter, or the decoftion with {punges. 
The flowers of the white archangel are preferved, or conferved, to be ufed to ftay 
the whites, and the flowers of the red, to ftay the reds in women, 
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THE hot arfefmart is called alfo water pepper, and culrage; the mild arfe- 
fmart is called dead arfefmart, porcicaria, or peachwort, becaufe the leaves are fo 
like the leaves of a peach tree ; it is alfo called plumbago. 
Descriprion or tHe Mizp. This hath broad leaves fet at the great red joints 
of the ftalks, with femicircular blackith marks on them ufualiy, yet fometimes 
without. The flowers grow in long {pikes ufuaily, either bluifh or whitifh with fuch’ 
like feed following. The root is long with many ftrings thereat, perifhing yearly : : 
this hath no fharp tafte, as another fort hath, which is quick and biting, but-rather * 
four like forrel, or elfe a little drying or without tafte. 
Prace. It grows in watery plafhes, ditches, and the like; which for the moft 
part are dry in fummer. 
Time. It fowereth in June, and the feed is ripe in Auguft. x 
GoverNMENT AnD Virtues. As the virtue of both thefe is various, fo 2 are alfo 
their government; for that which is hot and biting is under the dominion of Mars, 
but Saturn challengeth the other, as appears by the lead coloured fpot he hath 
placed upon the leaf *. It is of a cooling and drying quality, and very effectual 
- for putrified ulcers in man or beaft, to kill worms, and cleanfe the putrified places. 
Le juice thereof dropped in, or otherwife ane S confureth all cold el 
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_* The water sctaiiiof rea ee ha of the kidnies or bladder, a drauighes te 
| being taken every morning for two or three months together. A country gentleman ufed a 
bosib Oe eel 4 petra. weit ae ae wherewith he cured many of the ftone. The root 
or feed put into an aching h tooth, takes off the pain. There is farce any thing more ef 
feEtual to drive away: 
jes, for whatever wounds or ulcers cattle have, if they are anointed wi 
the juice of arfefmart, the flies will mot come near, though ihe hme hpepens: 
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