AND COMPLETE HERBAL, |! Bt 
I confefs I do not much fancy diftilled waters, I mean fuch waters as are diftilled 
cold ; fome virtue of the herb they may happen to have, it were a ftrange thing elfe, 
but this | am confident of, that being diftilled in a. pewter {till, as the vulgar fafhion 
is, both chemical oil and falt is left behind, unlefs you burn them, and then all is 
{poiled, even the water, which was good for as little as can be by fuch a diftillation. © 
BY «00» B.E Tt 0- ny, 
Se ses seeicn, THE common or wood betony hath many leaves rifing from the 
root, which are fomewhat broad and round at the ends, roundly dented about the 
edges, ftanding upon long footftalks, from among which: rife up fmall, fquare, flen- 
der, but yet upright hairy, ftalks, with fome leaves thereon, two ‘apiece at the 
joints, fmaller than the lower, whereon-are fet feveral fpiked -heads of flowers like la- 
vender, but thicker and fhorter for the moft part, and’ of a reddifh or purple colour, 
{potted with white fpots both in. the upper .and. lower part.: the: feeds being con- 
tained within the hufks that hold the flowers, are blackifh, « /fomewhat. ‘long 
and uneven. The roots are,many.white, thready ftrings ; the ftalk. perifheth, but 
the root with. fome leaves PSHE, abides all the winter. ne whole plant is 
fomewhat fmall. | 
Piace. It groweth frequently. in woods, and delighteth ir in, Hie places. 
Time. And. it flowereth in July, after which the feed is quickly ripe, yet is in 
its prime in May. 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtues. _ This herb is appropriated to, the planet Jupi- 
ter, and under.the fign Aries. Antonius Mufa, phyfician to the emperor Auguftus 
Czfar, wrote.a peculiar book onthe virtues of this herb ;,and amongt ozher.vire 
- tues, faith of it, that it, preferveth. the lives and bodies of men from the, danger of 
_ -epidemical difeafes, and from .witchcrafts alfo. It) isfound by-daily experience to 
be.good for, many difeafes ;. it helpeth thofe that loath, -or-cannot digeft. their meat, 
thofe that have weak ftomachs, or four: belchings, -or-a continual rifing in their 
_ftomach, ufing it, familiarly either, green or dry ;,either.the herb or root, or the - 
‘flowers. drank in: broth, or meat,, or made, into conferve, fyrup, water, electuaty, 
oor, powder, .as every one may. beft. frame themfelves ,wnto,.or,as the time or feafon 
requireth: taken any of the aforefaid ways, it helpeth the jaundice, falling fick- 
nefs, the palfy, convulfions, or fhrinking of the finews ; the gout, and thofe that 
are inclined to dropfiess and thofethat have continual pains in their head, although. 
it turns to phrenfy, The : powder, mixed, with, pure honey, is no lefs available for alk 
= forts. of coughs | or colds, wheeli 1g, or fhortnefs of. breath, diftillations of thin SS. 
es _ Fheum upon. ‘the Jungs, which. caufeth confumptions: The Seenttion aan pe 
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