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GovERNMENT AND Virtugs, The plant is under the dominion of Mars, and. 
isnot without its obnoxious qualities. To ufe herbs: of this defcription, the fafeft 
way is to prefs. out the juice, and diftil it in a glafs-ftil in fand . it fcoureth and 
cleanfeth the internal as well as external parts of the body exceedingly, it cleanfetl 
the fkin. from. freckles, morphew,. and funburning ; the beft way to ufe it externally, 
ig to mix it with vinegar, an ointment of it is very good to heal wounds and ulcers; 
it confumes. cankers, and that. fie growing’ in the noftrils, called polipus. The 
diftilled water being, dropped into.the eyes, takes away {pots and blemifhes, as alfo. 
pin and web, and cures the dimnefs of fight; it is excellent good againft the pefti- 
lence and poifon. Pliny and Diofcorides affirm, that no ferpent will approach any 
perfon carrying this herb about them. 
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JLA DB CRD OWN 
| Wairis. IT is called duncl down, becaufe if the down thereof happens to get into 
theears, itcaufeth deafnefs. It is called in Latin, pha paluftris, in Eaglith, reed- 
‘Mace, and water-torch ;, the leaves of it are called matweed, becaufe mats are 
made therewith. 2 5. } : 
Description. This herb hath long, rough, thick, and-almoft © three-fquare 
leaves, filled within with a foft pith or marrow ; among the leaves fometimes grow- 
eth up along, fmooth, naked ftalk, without knots. or joints, not hollow within, 
having at the top a grey or ruffet long knap or ear, which is round, foft, thick, and 
_ fmooth, and feemeth to be nothing elfe but a throm of ruffet woolor flocks, fet thick 
and thronged together ;. which, as-it ripeneth is turned into-down, and carried away 
with the wind. This down or cotton is fo fine, that in fome countries they fill 
cufhions and beds with i it. The roots are hard, thick, and white, ‘with many threads ace 
hanging athwart each other; and. when. thefe roots are drys _ ferve for little elfe: 
than ig 
(O20 wae PLANET RES 
IN Latin this tree is called platanus orientalis vera. 
_ Government anp Virtuzs. The tender leaves boiled. in wine, and ufed in the 
manner of an ointment, {tops fluxions-of the eyes ;. the bark boiled in vinegar, is uled | 
for pains of the teeth 5 but its ufe in phyfic is now become obfolete. 
eis 6 ae TONGUE. 
Kinp and Names. THERE is found two kinds a it is called « do ab = Z 
| — horfe-tongue, and daurus of Alexandria, — ig 
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