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dried before they be mellow, and kept all the year, they may be ufed in decoction for , 
the faid purpofe, either to drink, or to bathe the parts requiring it ; and are profita- 
bly ufed in that manner to ftay the bleeding of wounds. ‘The fervice-tree is under 
the dominion of Saturn, and of a cold nature. 
WI SHEPHERDS PURSE. 
Namzs. IT isalfo called fhepherds {crip, fhepherds pouch, toy-wort, pick-purfe, 
and cafe-weed. : | 
Description. The root is fmall, white, and perifheth every year. “The leaves 
are {mall and long, of a pale green colour, and deeply cut on both fides: amongft 
which {pringeth up a ftalk, which is {mall and round, containing {mall leaves upon 
it even tothe top. The flowers are white, and very fmall; after which come the 
little cafes which hold the feed, which are flat, almoft in the form of a heart. 
Pace. They are frequent in Great Britain, commonly by the paths fide. 
Time. They flower all the fummer long; nay, fome of them are fo fruitful, that 
they flower twice a’year. = 
GoveRNMENT AND Virtves, Itis under thedominion of Saturn, and of a cold, 
dry, and binding, nature. Itftops all fluxes of blood, either caufed by inward or out- 
ward wounds; as alfo fux of the belly, bloody flux, and {pitting of blood ; being 
bound to the wrifts and the foles of the feet, it helps the yellow jaundice. The herb, 
being made into.a poultice, helps inflammations and St. Anthony’s fire; the juice, 
being dropped into the ears, helps pains and noifes therein. .A good ointment may 
be made of it for all wounds, efpecially wounds inthe head. 
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: THI S alfo is very well known, and therefore I fhall not trouble the reader with 
icription thereof. sore : 
_ Pace. It groweth naturally in wet and marfhy grounds; but, if it be fown in 
Gardens, it there profpereth very well. < 
Time. It abideth green all the winter, and feedeth in Auguft. 
Government 4nD Virtues. Itis an herb of Mercury. Smallage is hotter, 
drier, and much more medicinable, than parfley, for it much more openeth obftruc- 
tions of the liver and fpleen, rarefieth thick phlegm, and cleanfeth it andthe blood 
withal.. It provoketh'urine, and is good.againit the yellow jaundice. _ It is effectual 
againft tertian andquartan agues, if the juice thereof be taken’; but efpecially made 
into a fyrup., The juice alfo, put to honey of rofes, and barley-water, is very good 
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