28 Adam inEden, Or, 
me eet ios) <The Vertues and Signature. 
The mok profound Crofins inhis Book of Signatures, hath obferyed that 
Pilewort hath the perfect Signature of che Hemorrboides or Pilesy or fuch like ex- 
crefcences that appear in or about the Fundament, and therefore he faith, thac 
‘not only the decoction being drank is a profitable remedy for the faid evil] acci- 
dents, but being hung about the neck, fo that it may lye againft the Mouth of 
the Stomack, it performeth the fame, and fo it doth being made up into an oyl 
Oyntment or Salve,asalfo helpeth the kernels about the cares and throat, called 
the Kings Evill, or any other hard Wens or Tumors, as Mr. Culpeper faith,he pro~ 
wed upon his owne Daughter which had the Kings Evil,and delivereth it for an. 
extraordinary fecret. The juyce taken from the Roots and put into the Nofe, 
purgeth the head, and the deco¢tion thereof with a littleHoncy putintoit,and _ 
gargled inthe Mouth, doth the tame effeGually, and doth purge and cleanfethe 
breaft of phlegme, or any other tough humours that do offend 3 Icaifo helpeth 
a running Itch, and thofe Nailes of the Fingersand Toes, thatgrow deformed __ 
and rs d. The Piles themfelves being bathed with the juyce mixed withthe 
Patients Urine, or with Wine, draweth them togetherand dryeth them up, and 
takech the pain quite away. The diftilled water of the Leaves and Flowers,thar 
have the {pots and marks upon them, isan admirable remedy co cleanfethe Pa 
ces of thofe are canned, freckled, or otherwife accidentally fpotted, and this ic 
doth by Signature, asthe aforefaid Crovixs hath alforecorded. == 
ea 
piteniag 
= C HAP. CCLXVI. 
4 
The Names. 
, T iscalled in Latine ( for the Greek name is no where expreffed ) Heil | 
Aquatica, and Aquatilis moft commonly, yet there be that call it Ocmaftram 
ing thein- 
of are quickly reckoned up, forthey are buttwo: x Thegreate 
2 The leffer Water-Betony. oo oe 
= ~The Forme. - : 
a eing re open at the brims, yet divided i 
. — forhe uppermoftis like a hood, : copie anging 
__ darke red colour, which pafling away, there fuccced round heads,which is fmal 
- agd ofa brownifh colour. The Rootconfifteth of a great number of pat: or 
os IDZess 
