AND COMPLETE HERBAL; 177 
GovERNMENT and Virtues. It is under the dominion of Venus. It is very 
effectual to open the urinary paflages, and to help the ftranguary, and all other pains 
of the bladder and reins, and to expel the ftone and gravel, by taking the root ii, 
powder, or a decoction of them in white wine, {weetened with fugar ; the fame alfo 
helpeth to expel the afterbirth, The roots made into powder, and mixed with honey, 
after the manner of an electuary, is good to be taken by thofe whofe ftomachs are 
_ fwollen, breaking and expelling the wind which was the caufe thereof, as alfo for all 
difeafes of the lungs, as fhortnefs of breath, wheezings, hoarfnefs of the throat, and 
the cough, and to expectorate cold phlegm. It is called drop-wort becaufe it giveth . 
eafe to thofe who evacuate their water by drops, 
pube * oo ee ee rE. 
- FOR to give a defcription of a tree fo well known to almoft every body who 
lives in this kingdom, were needlefs ; fhall therefore oy ohiey ss its it is much 
fitter for medicinal purpofes than any other. 
Government and Virtuss, ‘The tree is under the dominion of Jupiter. The 
milk that iffueth from the leaves or branches when they are broken, being dropped 
upon warts, taketh them away; the decoction of the leaves is exceeding good to 
wath fore heads with, nor is there fearcely a better remedy for the leprofy than this ; 
it alfo clears the face of the morphew, and the body of white fcurf, moift fcabs, and 
running fores; if it be dropped into old fretting ulcers, it cleanfeth out the moifture 
and clofeth up the flefh. - For the fake of convenience, an ointment may be made of 
the leaves whilft they are green, which will keep all the winter... A decoction of 
the leaves taken inwardly, or rather the fyrup of them, diffolves congealed blood 
caufed by falls or bruifes, and is good for the bloody flux; the afhes of the wood 
made i into an ointment with hog’s lard, cureth kibes and chilblains ; the juice being 
put into a hollow tooth, eafeth the tooth-ach, and dropped into the ears, cureth the 
deafnefs and pains thereof, An ointment of the juice and hog’s creafe, is an excel- 
lent remedy for the biting of a mad dog, or other venomous beafts. A fyrup of the 
Sreen fruit, is very good for coughs, hoarfenefs, fhortnefs of breath, and all difeafes 
of the breaft and lungs; it is equally efficacious for the dropfy and falling ficknefs. 
ei 1s Feported, but I cannot vouch for its veracity, that a bull, be he never fo mad, 
by being tied to this tree; will quickly become tame and gentle. : 
; i> fh Weep ef -Lk OUCC E, 
_ IT alfo beareth the name of yellow-water-flag. ae 
Description, There are other flower-de- luces, from which this herb 
scene in the leaves ; thofe of this plant are much longer and narrower, and of a wa 
, ereen 
