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binder, flaying bleeding both at mouth and nofe, if fome, of the leaves be chewed ; 
the French ufe it to ftay women’s courfes, Diofcorides, Galen, and ZEgineta, com- 
mend it againft the lafk, and fluxes of the belly, to bedrunk in wine, 
St. PETER’s WORT. 
Description. IT rifeth up with fquare upright ftalks for the moft part, fome- 
what greater and higher than St. John’s wort, but brown in the fame manner, having 
two leaves at every joint, fomewhat like, but larger than, St. John’s wort; anda 
little rounder pointed, with few or no holes to be feen therein, and having fome. 
times fome fmaller leaves rifing from the bofom of the greater, and fometimes a little 
hairy alfo.” At the tops of the ftalks ftand many ftar-like Rowers, with yellow 
thteads in the middle, very like thofe of St. John’s wort, infomuch that this is hardly 
difcerned from it, but only by the largenefs and height, the feed being alike in bath, 
The root abideth long, fending forth new fhoots OUEST VOM i a Forces Fo ae 
_ Peace. It groweth in many groves and fmall low woods, in divers places of this 
land, as in Kent, Huntingdonfhire, Cambridgehhire, and Northamptonhhire, as alfo 
near water-courfes in other places. his 
Time. Itfowereth in Juneand July, and the feedis ripe in Augutt. 
- GovernMENT AnD Viagtuzs. It is of the fame property with St. John’s wort, 
but fomewhat weak, and therefore more feldom ufed. Twodrams of the feed taken 
ata time, in‘honeyed water, purge choleric humours, as faith Diofcorides, Pliny, and 
Galen, and thereby helpeth thofe that are troubled with the fciatica. The leaves 
are ufed, as St. John’s wort, to help thofe places of the body that have been burnt 
with fire. | 
PIMPERNEL, 
2 Description. COMMON pimpernel hath many weak fquare ftalks lying 
on theground, befet all along with two {mall and almoft round leaves at every joint 
one againft another, very like chickweed ; but hath no footftalks, for the leaves as 
is were compafs the ftalk; the flowers ftand fingly, confifting of five round {mall 
pointed leaves of a fine pale red colour, with fo many threads in the middle, in 
whofe places fucceed fmooth round heads, wherein is contained fmall feed. The 
root is {mall and fibrous, perifhing every year. ; 
Place. It groweth every where almoft, as well in the meadows and cornefields 
‘as by the way-fides, and in gardens arifing of itfelf. ee 
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