204 CULPEPER’s ENGLISH PH ¥S:LCTAN, 
very much like this, except that the leaves are {mailer and narrower, and perifheth 
in the winter. 
Piace. The firft is cultivated in gardens ; the fecond is commonly found in the 
woods in Northamptonfhire. 
Timez. The former bloffoms in December and January, and the latter in Feb- 
ruary and.March. 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtues, It is an herb of Saturn, confequently would be 
taken with greater fafety after being purified, than when raw. The roots are very. 
effectual againft all melancholic difeafes,. efpecially fuch as are of Jong ftanding, as 
quartan agues and madnefs ; it helpeth the falling ficknefs, the leprofy, the yellow | 
and black jaundice, the gout, fciatica, and convulfions , or ufed as a peffary, pro- 
voketh the terms exceedingly. The fame being beaten to a powder and ftrewed 
upon foul ulcers, confumes the dead flefh and inftantly heals them ; it will alfo help 
gangrenes by taking inwardly twenty grains thereof corrected with half as much cin- 
-namon. Country people ufe it for the cure of fuch beafts as are troubled with 
the cough, or have taken any poifon, by boring a hole through the ear and putting 
a piece of the root therein ; this, they fay, will give relief in twenty-four hours time. 
It is an excellent ingredient, and ufed by Farriers for mahy purpofes. 
HERB ROBERT. 
Description. IT grows up with a reddifh ftalk about two feet high, bearing 
on long and reddith footftalks many leaves, thefe are divided at the ends into three 
or five divifions, fome cut deeper than others, and alfo dented’ on: the edges, which 
oftentimes turn of a reddifh colour. At the top of the ftalk grow 1 feyeral flowers, 
each confifting of five leaves, much larger than thofe of dove’s-fodt, and of a deeper 
red colour, after which come beak heads as in others, The root is fmall and thready, 
- and of an unpleafant fmell. 5 
_ Pracg. Itmay be found almoft any where near the wayfides, ditch banks, and 
_-wafte grounds. ; eee = 
Time. It flowers in June and July, and the feed is ripe foon after. 
Government and Virturs, This herb is under the dominion of Venus. It ss 
efteemed an excellent remedy for the ftone, and will ftay blood, from whatever 
-caufe it might happen to flow ; it {peedily healeth all green wounds, and is effectual 
_ -in-curing old ulcers in the privities and other parts. J 
Oe ERS. TRUE LOVE. 
--- Descrirtion. ORDINARY -herb-truclove hath a fmall creeping root running, 
under the upper cruft of the ground, fomewhat like a couch-grafs root, but not fo 
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