the Paradife of Plants. $58 
this Land, growing in the borders of fore Fields ; ete upon the banks of 
Ditchesjand in them alfo,if they be dry; the fifth apon dry barren Heaths, efpeci- 
allyupon Hamftead Heath, where it is very plentifall ; the. fxeh is common upon 
the dry banks of ditches, and che /«# wil! grow in ditches amongft the mud, though 
there be fome water in them; asin the ditch between the two Waters next the 
Holly-bujfh at Oxford, by the Cawfway that leads to Borly, They abide green all 
the printer,and flower in une and }4/y. a 
— Monfeare is bot and dry, and ofa clenfing, binding, and confolidating quality. 
b es Tere. oe a 
The jayce of Afoufearein Wine, orthe deco@ion thereof drank, is of very 
great force to ftay the abundance of #mens Courfe:, as alfo the Whites, and all 
other Fluxes of blood, whether atthe Mouth or Nofe, or by Stoole, and all in- 
ward bleedings alfo, the fame is very availeable to help the Paundife, although of 
long cwntinuance, to drink thereof morning and evening, but then other drink 
mutt be abftained from, two or three hours after , and fo it is often ufed asa {pe- 
ciall remedy againft the Stone, and other paines of the Bowels : Being taken in like 
manoer, before the Fit of a _Quartane'e4gue, itis faid tokeep back and leffen the 
fit very much, and-by ufe of it co take it quite away. The Deco@ion thereof, with 
Succory and Centory, is held very effeCtuall to help the Dropfe, and them that are. 
inclining thereto, as alfo the difeafes of the Spleen. A Sytupe made of the juyce 
of « Aleu(eare and Sugar, is very ufefall for fach are as troubled with the Cough or 
Ftifick,, an@helpeth exceedingly all Rertwres or Burftings, if afpoonfullor two 
thereof betaken atatime. The green Herb bruifed, and prefently bound to any 
frefh Cut or Wound, doth quicnty tring eagether the! ips thereol, for it is a fingu- 
- 
lar good Wound herb, as well for outward asinwatd Wounds: ‘he Juyceor Dee _ 
codtion of the green, or the powder of the-dryed herb, is moft fingular ¢. ftay the 
’ malignity of fpreading or fretting Cancers or Uleers whereloever as well thofe ia 
aH ita. Sunechiearetsues kagome, The diffilled pater is Vikewife ve~ 
ry availeable in ali the Difeafes aforefaid, asaifo to wath wounds, and outward — 
Sores. & to-dip the Tents 8 wet Cloarhe: therein, that are to be appiyed thereunto, 
If Sheep be {uffered to feed long in any fuch piace or patture, where AZomfeare 
growech in any plenty, it maketh them to become very coftive, or fopped, as the 
Sheepherds call it, and therefore they are, or fhould be, carefull to keep chem 
away from fach places >left-they prow fick, and /ean,and die quickly, atby the care- 
~ Aefneffe or ignorance of fome young Shepherds, they fometimes do : If hor /rom OF 
Steele, or any Inftrament made thereof, be quenched in the juyce ot thisHerb, ie 
hardenerh it fo much, that nothing can go beyond it: And it isfaid, thatif it be 
given to any Horfethat isto be fooord,the Smith cannot burthim. 
Shewareeeenyer” mee 
fg Of- Yarrow: 
T° is called in Greek seslidens 3 ysrsépuanG-, Stratiotes Chiliophylos . Serattabes 
-becaufe 5 ouddiers heretofore made great ufe thereof to heale their promnds, | 
