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fields, and waste grounds in very many 
places of this land, and abundantly in the 
woods, copses, and other places about Chis- 
lehurst and Maidstone in Kent. 
Time.| They spring up in the middle of 
April or May, and are in flower soon after. 
The berries are ripe in the end of May, 
and in some places in June. 
Government and virtues.] Venus owns it; 
the leaves or berries hereof are effectual to 
expel poison of all sorts, especially that of 
the aconites; as also, the plague, and other 
pestilential disorders; Matthiolus saith, 
that some that have lain long in a lingering 
sickness, and others that by witchcraft (as 
it was thought) were become half foolish, 
by taking a dram of the seeds or berries 
hereof in powder every day for 20 days to- 
gether, were restored to their former health. 
The roots in powder taken in wine eases the 
pains of the cholic speedily. The leaves are 
very effectual as well for green wounds, 
as to cleanse and heal up filthy old sores 
and ulcers; and is very powerful to discuss 
all tumours and swellings in the privy 
. Parts, the groin, or in any part of the body, 
and speedily to allay all inflammations. 
The juice of the leaves applied to felons, or 
those nails of the hands or toes that have 
imposthumes or sores gathered together at 
the roots of them, heals them in a short 
Space. The herb is not to be described for 
the premises, but is fit to be nourished in 
every good woman’s garden. 
HYSSOP. 
Hyssop is so well known to be an inhab- 
itant in every garden, that it will save me 
labour in writing a description thereof. The 
Virtues are as follow. 
Government and virtues.] The herb is 
Jupiter’s, and the sign Cancer. It 
strengthens all the parts of the body under 
Cancer and Jupiter; which what they may 
logical judgment of diseases. Dioscorides 
saith, that Hyssop boiled with rue and 
honey, and drank, helps those that are 
troubled with coughs, shortness of breath, 
wheezing and rheumatic distillation upon 
the lungs; taken also with oxymel, it purges 
gross humours by stool; and with honey 
kills worms in the belly; and with fresh and 
new figs bruised, helps to loosen the belly, 
and more forcibly if the root of Flower-de- 
luce and cresses be added thereto. It 
amends and cherishes the native colour of 
the body, spoiled by the yellow jaundice; 
and being taken with figs and nitre, helps 
the dropsy and spleen; being boiled with 
wine, it is good to wash inflammations, and 
takes away the black and blue spots and 
marks that come by strokes, bruises, or falls, 
being applied with warm water. It is an 
excellent medicine for the quinsy, or swell- 
ings in the throat, to wash and gargle 
it, being boiled in figs; it helps the tooth- 
ache, being boiled in vinegar and gargled ~ 
therewith. The hot vapours of the decoction 
taken by a funnel in at the ears, eases the 
inflammations and singing noise of them. 
Being bruised, and salt, honey, and cum- 
min seed put to it, helps those that are stung 
by serpents. The oil thereof (the head be- 
ing anointed) kills lice, and takes away itch- 
ing of the head. It helps those that have the 
falling sickness, which way soever it be 
applied. It helps to expectorate tough 
phlegm, and is effectual in all cold griefs 
or diseases of the chests or lungs, being tak- 
en either in syrup or licking medicine. The 
green herb bruised and a litile sugar put 
thereto, doth quickly heal any cut or green 
wounds, being thereunto applied. : 
HOPS. 
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