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and procure an appetite in fainting or decayed ftomachs ; for it refifteth’ the putres 
faction of the blood, killeth worms, and is a cordial to the heart, for which the 
feed is more effectual, being more drying and binding, and thereby ftayeth the hot 
humours inthe bloody flux, orflux of the ftomach. The roots alfo, ina decoétion, 
or in powder, are effectual for all the faid purpofes. Both roots and feed; ‘as well as __ 
the herb, are held powerful to refift the poifon of the {corpion. The decoétion of - 
the roots is taken to help the jaundice, and to expel the gravel and ftone. The decoc- 
tion of the flowers made with wine, and drunk, helpeth the black jaundice, as alfo 
the inward ulcers of the body or bowels. A fyrup made with the juice of forreland 
fumitory is a fovereign help to kill thofe fharp humours that caufe the itch. The 
juice thereof with a little vinegar may be ufed outwardly for the fame caufe, and-is 
alfo profitable for tetters, ringworms, &c. It helpeth alfo to difcufs the kernels in 
the throat; and thejuice, gargled in the mouth, helpeth the fores therein. The 
leaves wrapped up ina colewort leaf, and roafted under'the embers, and applied to 
a hard impofthume, botch, bile, or plague-fore, both ripen and break it. The diftile 
led water of the herb is of much good ufe for all the purpofes aforefaid 5 and the ~ 
Keaves eatenin a fallad are excellent for the gt 
EO WOOD-SORREL, ds a ene 
sf spacings THIS groweth low upon the. Reni g having a number of 
leaves coming from the root, made of three leaves like trefoil, but broad at the ends, 
and cut in the middle, of a faint yellowifh green. colour, every. one ftanding on a 
~ long. foorftalk, which at their firtt coming up are clofe folded together to.the ftalk 5 
‘but, opening afterwards, are of a fine four relifh, and yield.a juice which will turn 
= “tl itis clarified, and maketh a moft dainty clear fyrup.. Among thefe leaves. 
i bing, of five fmall pointed leaves, PES of a white colour i in-moft p aces ; 
“a om : ‘dathed over with a fmall thew of a bluifh on the back fide only. After 
ep an patt, follow finall round heads, with {mall yellowifh feed in them. 
ots are nothi igi fmall sings faftened to the end of g finall long piece, al 
pity 
| Tims. It PE in ees and May. die ceed seeas ij 
GoveRNMENT AND. 28. Venus owns it. ‘Wood- forrel ein ‘the | 
purpofes that the other fears sid is more  effeétual i in hindering the putrefaction 
of blood, and ulcers in the mouth | and body, and in cooling and tempering ee, 
an 
