AND COMPLETE HERBAL: rae 
flender firings like ftawberries, which take root again and fhooteth forth many 
leaves made of five parts, and fometimes of feven, dented about the edges and fome- 
what hard, The*ftalks are flender, leaning downwards, and bear many finall yellow 
flowers thereon, with fome yellow threads in the middle, ftanding about a fmooth 
green head ; which when it is ripe is a little rough, and’ containeth {mall brownifh 
feed. The root is of ablackii brown colour, feldom fo big as one’s little finger,, 
but growing long with fome threads'thereat ; and’ by the’ fmall ftrings it quickly 
fpreadeth over the ground. 
Prac. Tt groweth by wood fides, hedgefides, the pathways in fields, and in the 
borders and corners of them almoft in every part of this kingdom. 
Time. It flowereth in fummer,. fome fooner,. fome later: 
'GoveRNMENT AND Virtues. Thisis an herb of Jupiter, andtherefore {trengthens 
the parts of the body that he'rules;. ler Jupiter be angular and ftrong when itis ga- 
thered, and: if you give but a fcruple, which-is but: twenty grains, of it at a-time,. 
either in white: wine, or white wine vinegar, you:fhall very feldom mifs:the cure of 
an ague, be it what ague foever, in three fits, as b have often: proved: to the admira- 
tion both of myfelf and others. It is am efpecial herb ufed in: all inflammations and: 
fevers, whether infectious or peftilential ; or among other herbsito:cool and temper Sa 
the bloed and humours in the body : as-alfo for all lotions, gargels, injections, and 
the like, for fore mouths,. ulcers, cankers,. fifttulas,. and other corrupt, foul, or run+ 
ning fores. The juice hereof drank about four ounces at atime, for certain days.to- 
gether, cureth the quinfey, and the yellow jaundice, and taken for thirty days toge- 
ther, cureth the falling ficknefs,..The roots boiled in milk, and drank, is a moft 
effectual remedy for all fluxes in man or woman, whether the whites or reds, as alfo 
the bloody flux. The roots boiled in vinegar, and the decoétion thereof held in the 
mouth, eafeth the pains of the tooth-ach. The juice or decoétion taken with a little 
honey, helpeth the hoarfenefS of the throat, and is very good for the cough of the: 
lungs. The diftilled water both of the root and leaves is alfo effeétual to all’ the 
purpofes aforefaid ; and if the hands are often wafhed therein, and fuffered:at every 
time to dry in of itfelf without wiping, it will'in a fhort time help the palfy, or fhak- 
ingin them, The root boiled in vinegar, helpeth: all knots, kernels, hard fwellings, 
and lumps growing in any part of the fleth, beingthereto applied; as alfo all‘ inflam- 
mations, St. Anthony’s fire, alfo all impofthumes and painful fores, with heat and 
putrefaction, the fhingles, and all other forts of running and foul fcabs, fores, and 
the itch, “The fame alfo boiled in wine, and’ applied to any painful or aching joints, 
or the gout in the hands or feet, or the hip-gout, called the {ciatica, and the decos- 
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