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vinegar twenty-four hours, and then dry i it, or rather toaft it in a hot fire-fhovel, or 
in an oven ;) and it is a remedy for the pains or griefs of the cheft or ftomach, of the 
fpleen, belly, or fides; -of the liver, by Obftructions ; of the reins and bladder, by 
the ftopping of urine, « a 
UG FE ROP T URES WIO'R T. 
ee eterrox T HAS fpreadeth very many finall branches round about upon 
the ground, about a {pan long, divided into many parts, full of {mall j joints fet very 
thick together, whereat come forth two very finall leaves of a yellowith green colour, 
branches and all, where groweth forth alfo a number of exceeding fmall yellowifh 
flowers, fcarce to be difcerned from the ftalks and leaves, which turn into feeds as 
{mall as the very duft. The root is very long and fmall, threfting down deep into 
the. ground. This hath no fmell nor tafte at firft, but afterward bain a ae Avie. 
gent tafte, without any manifeft heat, yet a little bitter and. es 1 
,Prace. . It groweth in dry, fandy, rocky, places. » ih ent fOiRAs 3 
_ Time. It is freth and green all the fummer. 
Government anp Virtues. This herbis under the Jedltaipn of Slee, tae 
ture-wort hath not its name in vain, for it is found by experience to cure the’ rup-- 
ture, not only in children, but alfo in grown perfons, if the difeafe be not too invete- 
rate, by taking a drachm of the powder of the dried herb every day in wine, or‘the 
deco¢tion made in wine and drunk, or the juice or diftilled water of the-green herb 
taken-in the fame manner ; and helpeth all other fluxes either in men or: women ; 
vomitings alfo, and the gonorrhea, or running of the reins, being-taken any of the. 
ways aforefaid. It doth alfo moft affuredly help thofe that have the ftranguary, or 
are troubled with the {tone or gravel. The fame alfo much helpeth all fticches in 
the fide, all griping pains in the ftomach or belly, the obftructions of the liver, and . 
cureth the yellow jaundice likewife. It killeth alfo the worms in children; being. 
_ outwardly applied, it heals wounds, and helps defluxions, of rheum from the head | 
tothe eyes, nofe, and teeth, being bruifed green-and bound thereto.- It alfo drieth , 
| upthe moiftur of ftulous ulcers ot any other that are foul aid fpreading. 
rf spas RUSHES 
sal ALTHO UGH: ame, are many kinds of rathes;-9 yet I fhall confine ayes to 
thofe which are beft known, -and moft medicinal, as the bull-rufhes, and other of the | 
esa fmooth kinds ; which grow: {o commonly in almoft every place in'Great Bri- 
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