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rope, They are likewile growing in our Eng:ifh Gardens, as in the Phyfick Gar- 
den at Oxford, and that at VVeftmnfter, They flowre in June and July, and the 
Seed is ripe in the beginning, or end of e4aguft. | 7 
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The Temperature, 
eAmmoniacum is hot in the fecond Degree, aad dry in the beginning of the 
fame : Or, as {ome fay, hot in the third Degree, and dry in the fecond, When it is 
applyed outwardly, it is of a cifiolving nature, 
The Vertues, 
‘Ie being generally firppofed,that Ammmoniacums proceedeth from theRoot sfchis 
Fennel Gyant ; and becaufe ir is held good to diffoive the tumonrs with which 
fometimes Womens Breails are affected, or brings them wo maturity, and ripens, 
being app!yed thereunto, and to decreafethe Milk, and keep it from curdling be- 
ing mixed with Vinegar, and applyed likewife, and therefore I have thus difpofed 
of it, Being taken inwardly, it purgeth thick flegme from the Head, Nerves,Sto- 
mach, Metentery, and alfo from the Joynts, It much preyailsin A/thmaes, 
is,in the fhortnetfe of rhe breath, and in Difeafes comming of legme. It isg 
in old pains of the Head, and againft floppings of the Liver: it p 
in Werke vine std ae iny kind of Gout,whether Sciatica,or Joynt 
Gout: as alfo in the Falling-Sickneffe. It killeth Worms, called Afcarides; and 
4s excellent againit the hardneffe of the Liver or Spleen. It bringeth away the dead 
Child. Being outwardly applyed, ic coniumes {pongious or proud flefh, it foft- 
neth Corns, andthe hard {wellings of the Joynts, which come by reafon of the 
Gout, and draweth forth Corns, Splintets, and the’ like, if it be diffolved wich 
Vinegar ; but itis more effectuall, ific be mixed with Honey,Birthwort,and Saf- 
fron. It confames Strumaes, or Swellings, called the Kings Evill,and ripenech all 
i  Impofiumes, being applyed on Wooll that is not greafie, Being mixed 
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with Honey, and applyed ro rhe Throat, it helpeth the Quinfie, and Swellingin — si 
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