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_ Peace. It is fowed in fields for the apne of i ts Wate thofe that fow i it cut it “ 
ee times ayear. © » é | 
Time. It flowereth in June, iees it is long uit before the feed is ripe. , 
Government ann Virturs. ftisa cold and dry plant of Saturn. © ‘Sch pe. $ 
ie affirm the plant to be deftructive to bees. They. fay it poffefféth bees with the 
flux ; but that I can hardly believe, unlefs bees be! contrary to all other creatures 5 
‘Tfhould rather think i it poffeffeth pete with the oqprery difeate, the “| her! 
cure is to Sak urine a them, but en it in fuch ave eff el row vn : 
felves, which may be remedied, if you put pieces és ; ‘cork in’ it. told y you ‘the 
herb is fo drying and binding, that ic is not fit tobe given inwardly. An‘ ointment 
made thereof ftauncheth bleeding. A platter made thereof, and applied to the re- - 
gion of the fpleen, takes away the hardnefs and pains. thereof. The ointment is ex- 
~~ cellent good in fuch ulcers as abound with moifture, and takes away corroding and 
Ra _ fretting humours. It eee. encheth St. rapes: 5 ao and he 
Biivas west AND J Vanes, It is et he rb of paket and ge a to 
a. a tags the celeftial Crab claims dominion over ‘it ~ neither i is it a foe to. the | 
. Lion. Icis fitting a conferve, made of ver: of it, were kept in every houfe 5 ) 
I know no better cure for an afthma ; befides, it takes ‘away the evil of the fpleen, 
provokes urine, procures fpeedy delivery to women ; helps cramps, convulfions, 
a s, and whatfoever griefs come = cold. or r topping. Made into an oint- 
“and a ares or epnesctet 
or 
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OUST, ‘ment, it will c clear the fikin of parent?) 
