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rience in Germany, that the distilled water 
thereof is profitable for gnawings or excori- 
ations in the stomach or bowels, or for ul- 
cers in the lungs, liver, or other inward 
parts, as also in the matrix, and helps all 
those diseases, being drank for certain days 
together. It stays the sharpness of humours 
in the bloody-flux, and other fluxes in the 
body or in wounds. The root thereof 
also performs the like effect. It is used 
outwardly to cool any heat or inflammation 
upon any hurt or wound, and eases the 
pains of them; as, also, to heal scaldings 
or burnings, the juice thereof being beaten 
with some green sallad oil, and anointed. 
The leaf bruised, and laid to any green 
wound in the hand or legs, doth heal them 
quickly; and being bound to the throat, 
much helps the quinsy; it helps also rup- 
tures and burstenness. If you please to 
make the juice thereof into a syrup with 
honey or sugar, you may safely take a 
Spoonful or two at a time, (let my author 
Say what he will) for a quinsy, and you 
shall find the medicine pleasant, and the 
cure speedy. 
PARSLEY. 
Tuts is so well known, that it needs no 
description. 
Government and virtues.] It is under the 
dominion of Mercury; is very comfortable 
to the stomach; helps to provoke urine and 
women’s courses, to break wind both in 
the stomach and bowels, and doth a little 
open the body, but the root much more. It 
opens obstructions both of liver and spleen, 
and is therefore accounted one of the five 
Opening roots. Galen commended it 
against the falling sickness, and to provoke 
urine mightily, especially if the roots be 
boiled, and eaten like parsnips. The seed 
is effectual to provoke urine and women’s 
courses, to expel wind, to break the stone, | 
and ease the pains and torments thereof ; it 
ig wlao. effe ctnal gain 
as a man’s nail, very deeply 
the venom of « any edges, somewhat like 
poisonous creature, and the danger that 
comes to them that have the lethargy, and 
is as good against the cough. The distilled 
water of Parsley is a familiar medicine with 
nurses to give their children when they are 
troubled with wind in the stomach or belly, 
which they call the frets; and is also much 
available to them that are of great years. 
The leaves of Parsley laid to the eyes that 
are inflamed with heat, or swollen, doth 
much help them, if it be used with bread or 
meal; and being fried with butter, and ap- 
plied to women’s breasts that are hard 
through the curdling of their milk, it abates 
the hardness quickly; and also takes away 
black and blue marks coming of bruises or 
falls. The juice thereof dropped into the 
ears with a little wine, eases the pains. 
Tragus sets down an excellent medicine to 
help the jaundice and falling sickness, the 
dropsy, and stone in the kidneys, in this 
manner: Take of the seed of Parsley, Fen- 
nel, Annise and Carraways, of each an 
ounce; of the roots of Parsley, Burnet, 
Saxifrage, and Carraways, of each an ounce 
and an half; let the seeds be bruised, and 
the roots washed and cut small; let them 
lie all night to steep in a bottle of white 
wine, and in the morning be boiled in a 
close earthen vessel until a third part or © 
more be wasted; which being strained and _ 
cleared, take four ounces thereof morning 
and evening, first and last, abstaining from _ 
drink after it for three hours. This opens _ 
obstructions of the liver and spleen, and — 
expels the dropsy and jaundice by urine. __ 
PARSLEY PIERT, OR PARSLEY BREAK- 
STONE. sel 
Descript.] Tue root, although it be very 
small and thready, yet it continues many 
years, from which arise many Jpaves Lb i 
a long small foot-stalk, the leav: : 
