554. _ Adam in Eden : Or, Bsiises ‘ 
pether , yea, they are fo g/utinative, that they will faften tooetherniesec ce 
Poet that have been cut ifacder, making them i fal one lump Pini ae q 
ina pot therewith, it muft cherefore be of efpeciall good ufe in all manner of Rus. a 
tures , the decodion or Syrup taken inwardly, and the Roots ftamped-and app fn 
ed tothe place in the form of a Plaifter. The faid Plaifter 1s ood te be mi Fo 
- to Womens breasts that grow fore by much flowing into them, as alfo bia ng - 
the over-much bleeding of the Hemorrboides, to cool the Inflammation. and inte: =] 
- eafeto fach pains ashappen thereabouts. Being applyed after the fame fhanner 
upon a piece of Leather (as it may be alfo in the former cafes. toany place thatis 
troubled with the Gowe, it taketh away the pain prefently, and fo it piveth edfeto 
pained joynts, and profiteth very much for running and moift Vices, Gangrenes, 
Mor'ifications, and the like: The powder of the dryed Roots and Cynamondoth 
a the Adatréx of any one when it happeneth to be torn by fore travailin 
Child- birth. cy ee 
Of Wouleatss cess i: come 
| . The Names. : Oia 
Tiscalledin Greek uvscwra, Myofora, from whence thefe Herbsare genetally 
called AZyoforis, but two of them efpecially, the reft being more commonly 
called in Latin Ps/ofel/a, which isa kind of barbarous name put thereonbecaufeof 
its hairynefs: It is alfo called ~4wricwls Adwris, for that refemblance thatthe 
Leaves have with the Eare of a Afou/e, asthe Greek name doth likewife intimates 
Some call the greater fort Grim the Cofier in Englifh, the middle fort Adonfearh 
and the leffer fort 5 corpion- ALon/eare. eS te 
: = The Kindes. shrine ie 
_. Tothiskinde may be referred thefe feven forts. 1, The Common Moufeare: 
2. Great Moufeare: 3.Codded Monfeare: 4. Common upright Moufeare 
5. Another upright Monfeare : 6. Moufeare-Scorpion-grafs ; 7. Water-Scorpion- 
~The Common Moufeare is a low Herb creeping upon the ground by {mall /rings, 
“or wires. fomewhat after the manner that the Strawberry-plant doth, wherebyit — 
jooteth forth and increafeth, each ftring taking root again, after it hath ran but 
a very little way, and fending forth many fmall, and fomewhat fhort Leaves, fetia 
around form together, hollowifh in the middle, where they are broadeft, ofan 
‘hairy colour all over, as well above as below, and very hairy (refembling in many 
“things the Eare ofa Moufe) which being broken do give a white Milk; from 
_ amongtt chefe Leaves fpring ap divers {mall hairy Stalks, about an handfull ong, 
coming forth at the joynts of the Wires, where there grow alfo divers Leaves, bat 
“finaller than the former, one at 4 place,as the Flowers allo do,confifting of many 
pale yellow Leaves, broad at the poynts, anda little denred in, fetin three or fout 
rowes, the greater outermoft, and che fmaller inward, very likea Dandelyn 
mat leffer, being a Jittle reddifh underneath about the edges, efpeciaiy ! 
f 
flower, but 
grow in dry ground,turning at length into a certain Down,which the 
away , with the /eedto boot : The root is {mall and thredy. 
‘The fir? groweth in moftPafture grounds of this Land, efpecially ifthe foyl be bat | 
alittle fandy; the fecond doth fometimes grow in the like places, but more ufaally H 
pon Walls, as upon Queenes Cohedge wallin Oxford; the shird is alfo found ee 
