a aoe a 
222 Adam in Eden, Or, a 
oat Lees > the Tampere 7 
_ Stitch-wort is fuppoled to be hot and dry in the firft orfecond degree, 
7 : The Vertues, e 
This Herb is faid to be of wonderful efficacy, to help ftitches in the fides, if the 
powder thereof be drunk in White-wine, efpecially if{ome of the Powder of 4. 
corns be added thereunto, Being boyled in Wine, it breaketh the Stone ) and is 
good ..gainit the hardnefs of the Spleen, and Obfirudtions of the Liver ang Gall, - 
It Sercebs the hoe Seen and ek he eee Seed doth vehement. 
ly purge by Urine, and floppeth vomiting. It is much commended of {ome to 
p ae the Eyes of dimnefs, or Films, that begin to grow over the fight, to a 
fome ofthe juyce intothem, Diofcorides faith of his Holoftewm, which many 
fuppofe, as I faid,to be our Stitch-wort, that if a Woman drink the Seed of ir 
three dayes fafting, after that fhe hath had her naturall Courfes,and rhat the hap- 
pen to conceive within forty dayes after, it fhall be a Man-Child:The truth here- 
of I dare not be fo bold as to affirm, If it be of force to cure ftitches, as the name 
gt on pi names Sy write ereer have my purpofe, It is faidal- 
0, thar it woon at itis ufed with other famples conducine to. 
like effect for the Drop fe, ) bette a a 
— 
“Uf T is calledin Greek alvev, in Larine Lian, both which fignifie aswell the — 
“@@ Herb as it groweth, as the fame prepared tobe fpun, and when ir is made 
-@ incoClothalfo, And its Linnen isio called #41 ext, becanfe the fineft 
= fubjtantiall Cloth is made thereof, It was formerly uled to make Sailes for 
S (out now + Na ane deed referving 3 for better ufes) ~ 
lupins and 
blew ilwes. 6: 
wild Flax, with yel 
Flax of Candy. 10.Chamalin 
