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aquince hath taken away all the ftrength of the poifon of white hellebore. If there 
be need. of any outward binding and cooling of any hot fluxes, the oil of quinces, or 
other medicines that may be made thereof, are very available to anoint the belly or 
other parts. It likewife ftrengtheneth the ftomach and belly, and the finews that 
areloofened by fharp humours falling on them, and reftraineth immoderate fweating. 
The mucilage, taken from the feeds of quinces, and boiled in a little water, is very 
good to cool the heat, and heal the fore breafts of women, The fame with a little 
fugar is good to lenify the harfhnefs and forenefs of the throat, and roughnefs of the 
tongue. The cotton or down of: quinces, boiled, and applied to plague-fores, 
healeth them up; and, laid.as a plafter, made up with wax, it bringeth hair to them 
that are bald, and keepeth it from falling off. 
QUICK-GRASS. sonia: fm 
Kinps anp Names. There are feveral forts of thefe graffes, fome growing in the 
_ fields and other places of the upland grounds, and others near the fea; it is alfo cal- 
"led dogs-grafs, and gramen caninum , the other feveral names fhall follow in the 
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Description. 1. Common quick-grafs, gramen caninum vulgare. This _grafs 
creepeth far about under ground, with long white jointed roots, and {mall fibres 
almoft at every joint, very fweet in tafte, as the reft of the herb is, and interlacing, 
_ one‘another ; from whence fhoot forth many fair and long grafs leaves, fmall at the 
ends, and cutting or fharp at the edges ; the ftalks are jointed like corn, with the like 
leaves on them, and a long fpiked head, with long husks onthem, and hard rough 
feed in them. nr araee =| b nei opine 
2. Quick-grafs with a more fpreading panicle, gramen caninum longius, radicatum, 
and paniculatum. This differeth very little from the former, but in the tuft, or pani- 
ele, which is more fpread into branches, with fhorter and broader husks; and in 
the root, which is fuller, greater, and further {pread. : 
3. The leffer quick-grafs with afparfed tuft, gramen caninum, latiore panicula minus. 
This {mall quick-grafs hath flender ftalks, about half a foot high, with many very 
narrow leaves, both below and on the ftalks 5 the tuft, or panicle, at the top, is {mall 
according to the plant, and fpreadeth into fundry parts, oF branches : the root is 
fmall and jointed, but creepeth not fomuch, and has many more fibres than the others 
have, and is a little browner, but more fweet. 5 tee 
4. Low bending quick-grafs, gramen caninum, arvenfe, This creepeth much under 
ground, but in a different manner, the ftalk taking root in divers places, eile : 
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