AND eye LE HERBAL. 367 
sn = TAM ARISE: TREE. 
iTS is fo well known in the place where it grows, that it nactléth no deferiprion: 
Time. It flowereth about the end of 'May,- of in Jute, ag the ety is Bilis and 
blown away in the beginning of September.. . 43 
- GoveRNMENT AnD Virtues. Ivis under the dominion of Saturn. If the root, 
leaves, or young branches, be :boiled in wine-or vinegar, and drunk, and. applied 
outwardly, it is very powerful’againft the hardnefs of the: {pleen. © The leaves, boil- 
_ ed in'wine and drunk, are/good to ftay the bleeding of the hemorrhoidal veing: fpit_ 
ting. of blood, and helpeth the jaundice, the cholic,and the bitings of all venomous 
ferpents except the afp. The bark is as effectual, ‘if not more, to all the purpofes 
aforefaid ; and both it and the “leaves boiled in wine, and the mouth and'thé teeth 
wafhed therewith, help the tooth-ach, the ear-ach, and the rednefs-and: watering of 
the eyes.» The faid decoétion, with fore honey put thereto, is good'to ftay gangrenes 
and fretting ulcers, and to wath thofe that are fubject to nits and lice.. The wood 
is very effectual to confume the {pleen, and therefore to drink out of cups and cans 
made thereof is good for fplenetic perfons. The afhes of the wood are ufed for all 
the purpofes'aforefaid’; and, befides, do quickly hélp the blifters raifed’by b ir : i, os 
or fealdings by fire or water. Alpinus and Veflingius affirm, that the Egyptians 
do with as good fuccefs ufe the wood hereof to cure the French difeafeas others do 
lignum vita or guaiacum ; and give it alfo to fuch as are poffeffed with the leprofy, 
cabs, pufhes, ticers, or the like; and it is available atfo to help the dropfy arifing 
from the hardnefs and obftruction of the fpleen, as alfo for mnclanchaly: and the ek 
jaundice, that arifeth thereof. : aes 
jf GARDEN TANSEY. 
: , GARDEN TANSEY is fo well eae that it needeth no Malate, 
fate It flowereth in June and. July.., = : 
eyes 
. * It is an agreeable bitter; a carminative, anda deftroyer ‘of worms : and it is in this Tat capacity peer it 
is principally tobe regarded. 
No complaint is fo frequent, and few. ae on fo ith mifchief befides the more commonand obvious 
difanine which they occafion, a watting, even to death, and putrid fevers, fometimes accompany, and sagiae oe fs 
arife from, them; and, oftener than is thought, they are the caufe of epilettic fits. The ae = & 
againft them are for the moft part ineffeStual, and many of them mifehievous. Hellebore hasbrought oncon- ne 
vulfions ; and every one knows the danger of mercurials. 
: : GoveRNMENT 
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