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to it belongeth, as alfo the climate; creeping and {preading on whatever it happeng 
to faiten. Thefe ftrings have no leaves at all upon them, but wind and entwine 
themfelves fo thick that it not only taketh away all comfort of the fun, but is ready 
to choak or ftrangle whatever plant it chancethto.cleave to. After thefe ftrings are 5 
rifen to that height that they may draw nourifhment from the plant, they feem to be 
. broken off from the ground, either by the ftrength of their rifing, or withered by the 
heat of the fun; upon thefe ftrings are found clufters of fmall heads or hufks, out of 
which cometh whitith flowers, which afterwards give {mall pale-coloured feed, fome- 
what flat, and twice.as big as poppy feed. It generally participates of the nature of 
the plant which it climbeth upon ; but the dodder of thyme is accounted the beft, 
and is the only trueepithimum., ‘ 
GovernMENT and Virtuzs, All dodders are under Saturn. The dodder which 
grows upon thyme is generally much hotter than that which grows upon colder 
herbs, for it draws nourifhment from what it grows upon, as well as from the earth 
where its root is. This is accounted the moft effetual for melancholic difeafes, and 
_ to purge black or burnt choler, which is the caufe of many difeafes of the head and 
brain, as alfo for the trembling of the heart, faintings, and fwoonings, and is hel pful 
in all difeafes and griefs of the {pleen ; and that of melancholy, arifing from the 
windinefs of the hypochondria. It purgeth alfo the reins or kidnies: by urine; it 
-openeth the obftructions of the gall, whereby it profiteth thofe who have the jaun- 
_ dice, as alfo the liver and fpleen; it purgeth the veins of cholerick and phlegmatic - 
peers and helpeth children’s agues, a little wormfeed being put thereto. : 
_ Theother dodders, (as I obferved before) participate of the nature of thofe plants 
— they grow, as that which hath been found growing upon nettles in the 
© = Veft-country, hath by experience been found very effectual to procure rats of 
urine, when it hath been topped or hindered ; and fo of the reft. 
Lb DOG’s GR AS & 
, alfo by the name of quich-grafs or couch-grafs. 
tis well known that this grafs creepeth far about under ground, 
( vinted roots, having fmall fibres at each joint, very fweet in rafte, 
Tabs eS ts | 6 ied interlacing one another ; from whence fhoot forth 
The alksare joined A ves, fmall at the ends, and cutting or fharp on the edges. 
witdes loosen ‘corn, with the like leaves on them, and a long fpiked head 
con, dae ontaining, bard rough feed. If you know it not by this deferip- 
atcha dog when he i is fick, Sas he evil quickly lead you to it. 
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