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fuffered to fhed the feed, from thence ic will fow.it felfe without any more adoe. 
The Plecesand Times». .- 
The ficft, though it be fowse by divers for their private ufes in theirGardens 
and Orchards, yet the fameis found wild alfo abroad in many places, e'pecially 
in Glocefterfoire about Tewxbury, where they grind it; and makeit up into ball, 
which are brought to Londoa and other remote places, as being she hethabict the 
world affords; The fecond groweth in Gardens only 5, But chethird isfoiind in 
the borders of fields, and alfo in che low rills and furrowes of them; Thethree 
laft are ftrangers to us, as theirnames do declare. - They all flower in July and 
their feed isripe in Augaft. . tus tessets 1 Habe . 
The Temperature. 
The feed of BZuftard, which we chiefly ufc, doth heat and make thin, and al- 
fo draw forth, being hot and dry in the fourth, as Galen faith ; but the other 
finaller forts are not fo hot.’ Tes | = & ! 
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Ocure coughing, if ic be fir beatenyandthen made ap into little balls with 
honey, and one or two be fwallowed downe fafting every morning, notonely 
helpeth the former diftempers, but cleanferh ‘tech 
thofe that are addi&ted co.finging, take thereof, it will clear their Voices’ very 
much in a fhort time; It ftrengchens ché“hearr, refiftech poyfon, warmethahe 
ifa plaifter, wherein 8 of this feed is mixed,be apply. 
ech gt fo tt helps ch ge 8 ther Aches of the joynessby difcaffing the 
humours which canfe che ‘ed-in like manner to the Sides, Loy 
which it is fo drawn awry,that the liberty of br | 
The diftilicd Water of the Herb, when it isin flower, is much ufed, not only te 
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