AND COMPLETE HERBAL, 391 
Or GATHERING, DRYING, anp PRESERVING, PLANTS, 
HERBS, anp FLOWERS. 
THE LEAVES OF HERBS OR TREES, 
FU SE only fuch as are green and full of juice, pick them sper —- ‘ 
away fuch as are detlining, for they will putrify the reft.” 2s 
Note in what place they moft delight to grow, and gather them there; Sua! eng 
: that grows in the fhadow is far better than that which grows in the fun, becaufe it de- 
lights in the fhadow : fo alfo fuch herbs as delight to grow near the water fhould be 
gathered near the water, though you may find fome of them upon dry ground. 
The leaves of fuch herbs as run upto feed are not fo good when they are in flower 
as before, (fome few excepted, the leaves of which are feldom or never ufed :) in fuch 
cafes, if through ignorance they were not Known, or through eer forgotten, 
you had better take the top and the Aower than the leaf. 
Dry them well in the fun, ‘and not in the fhadow, for, if the fun aie away the 
virtues of ‘herbs, it muft needs do the like by hay; which the eriphennt: = re 
sae as farmer willexplode as a vulgar error. 
“Let the planet that governs the herb be angular, and the ftronger the reeves th 
herbs of Saturn, let Saturn bein the afcendant; in herbs of Mars, let Mars be in the 
mid-heaven, for in thofe houfes they delight: let the Moon apply to them by good 
afpeét, and let her not be in the houfes of their enemies; if you cannot — beds aed 
the apply to them, let her’ be with a fixed ftar of theirnature*, 
Having well dried them, put them up in brown-paper bags, and pee them not 
too hard together, and keep them ina dry place near the fire. As forthe duration of 
dried herbs, a juft time cannot be given, for,. firft, fuch as grow upon dry grounds 
will keep better than fuch as grow on moift ; fecondly, fuch herbs as are full of juice’ 
will not keep fo long as fuch as are drier, thirdly, fuch herbs as are well dried 
will keep longer than fuch as are ill dried. Yet by this you may know when they 
are corrupted, viz. by their lofs of colour, or fmell, or both; and, if they be corrupt. ~ 
ed, reafon will tell you that they muft needs corrupt the bodies of thofe people that 
‘take them. - pmo ota all the leaves i in the hour * that planet —_ | 
pas! area” Lad ete Bee... ; é 
¢ Forsthis mot sesndeafal operation cere sernihcte, fc, sided open 
fublunary, fee. toy TWhafbration of the Ovcult Sciences, or, Doéirine of the Stars, | nie 
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