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then thofe that were planted in February will, flower about the middle or end of E 
(May, and fo the reft accordingly after that manner, you may have the pleafuare 
of thefe Plants all the Summer long, provided that you keep the Roots neither tee 
dry nor too moift , and that they be planted where they may be fomewhat fred 
The Temperature. 
Both thefe forts, as well Pud/atsdaes as Anemonies, are fharp, biting the tongue, 
and of a binding quality, but the’ Pud/arillaes exceed the other, in thar they exul- 
cerate and cat into the skin, in cafe they be ftamped and applyed to any part of 
the body, whereupon they have been raken by fome to be of the kinde of Crowfoot, 
which many vagabond Villains apply to their Arms and Legs, and pretend that 
they are buent, or fome other misfortune hath happened to them. en 
‘ a The Vertues. : 
These is fome other ufe for Anemonies, befides the fetting forth of a garden; 
for the Leaves being boyled in White: wine, and the Decodion drank, provoke the 
Termes mightily. The Leaves and Stalks boyled with clean husked Barly, caufeth — 
abundance of A4i/k, if Nurfes eat thereof. The body being bathed with the de-. 
coction of them, cures the Leprofie.. The Leaves bein ftamped, and. the Juyce 
fouffed up the nofe purgeth the head mightily, and fo doth the Root, being chewed. 
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in the month, for it procureth much spitriag, and bringeth away many watrpand — 
phlegmatick humours (yea more than any Pills that are cryed up for that purpofe) 
and is therefore excellent for the Lethargy. Being made into an Oyntment, and 
the Eye-/ids anoynted with it, it helps the s#flamymations of the Eyes, whereby it 
is apparent that the heat of the one draweth out the heat of the other, as fire will, 
fetch out the fire, when any one happens to be burnt, if|they burn the fame place 
Second time; and befides, it cleareth the fight by removing any Web, or other 
‘Spotstherein. The fame Oyntmentis excellent good to cleanfe malignant and 
corroding Ulcers.Both Anemonies and Pulfatillaes are gathered to put into Flower-, 
pots, and to drefle Garlands, and to frrew windowes withall. epee 
I might have treated of divers other Plants under this Head, but becaufe there be 
fem of them but are good for the Mother and other infirmities of the Womb, I foal fay 
wo more of them here, but referve them ti I come to Speak thereof. which will be as [oon 
a Ihave fet down gn Te jopersasie pas ee veer oaed #7 tbe | : 
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mentioned feverally, for the mere methods 
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The Names. 
Fl iscalled in Greck ei agurey, and cvapizer ubye, Spmphytum, and Smita a 
_ magnum, from the wonderfull faculty that it hath in 
gether, infomuch chat the Latins are not content with the word Symphyewms,which 
_ they fometi een eee pres —— es 
te wor. ifying to fodder, or glev together. j It is fo called anxl0s, 0 Bae 
= : faite, iewe called Alus or Alum: ithath 
arnil3/, Pebbos ot Pelton, but P Wed > it 
other natnes, as Solidago, Inula raftica, OPeocokon, but the moft ufuall is Sy abs 
tum or Confolida major, vibich isin Englifh the greater Confoxnd, commonly 6a, 
‘The Kindes, Sag vith 
= Sieie refer 4 forts to this kind.1,Common great Comfreyi2.Great Comfry 
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pape Flowers 3 Comey mith obied Kooa., Nasrom Comey OF 
