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imp dryed, taken in Comfrey or Plaintain- water, jis of excellent ufe to ftay inward 
bleedings, and being firewed upon any frefh wound that willnot ceafe bleeding, 
it ftoppeth it immediately, and fo it doth the bleeding at the Nofe,being put there- 
into: The 7wyce thereof put into the Eyes, taketh away the b/ood and redneffe 
therein, and the root or green leaves chewed.in the mouth,eafe the pains of the teeth. 
An ounce of powder of the dryed Herb and Flowers, with a dram of fine Bolearmo- 
niack put to it, taken three dayes together faiting, in adraught of AZi/k , is won- 
derfally commended by AZarthiolus againft piffing of blood. Ifthe Juyce or the 
Deco@ion be injected with a Syringe, it cureth the inward excoriations of the 
Yard, coming by reafon of Pollutions, or.extreme flowing of the Seed, although any 
Inflammation or Swelling fhould be caufed thereby, .as hath een peared by fome 
fingle or unmarried perfons, who have been very much oppreffed upon this ac-. 
count. 
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CHAP. CCXCV. 
Of Medefweet. 
: The Names — ; 
T; is called in Latin, (for it hath no Greek name that I can meet with) U/maria, 
A A folivram Ulmi fimilitudine, fromthe fimilitude that is between the Leaves 
of this Plant, and thofe of E/me, but itis better known to moft by the yim ad 
“Regina Prati, which Appellation hath been given unte it,becanfe in what : 
foever it gcowes, it is move perfpicuous than any of the reft, as alfo for the divers 
good qualities that are therein, and therefore we call it Queen of the AfeadoWes, 
as well as Medes were « Some have called it Barba ond Bar lola Tara. and Barba 
Gaprina, but not properly, thefe names belonging rather to Tragopogen, or Goats- 
2p. yp ST bets Mesias 
& There are but two forts hereof as yet made known, that Tread of :' 1. The com- 
mon Mede or Medowfweet. 2.The greater Medefweet,which is fo far from being 
common, that it isa great rarity,or at leaft efteemed fo to be by thofe are curious. 
: The Form. ic OM as 
— The common Medefweet groweth up with divers winged /eaves, being made of 
feverall others which are broad, fet on each fide of a middle Rib, being fomewhat 
ough, hard, and crumpled, not much unlike to Elme Leaves, fomewhat deeply 
Jented about the edges, having alfu fome leffer Leaves as Agrimony hath, ofa fad 
colour on the upper fide, and greyifh underneath, of a pretty picafant fcentant 
tafte, fomewhar ike unto Burnet: At the tops of the Stalks and Branches, whi 
yw to be two or three foot high; having on them divers fach Leaves as thofe bes 
, bur fomewhat leffer, ftand many tufts of fmall white Flowers, thruft thick to- 
gether, which fmell much fweeter than the Leaves, and in their places being fallen — 
cometh crooked and cornered Seed. The Roor alfo is well fcented, though fome- 
what wooddy, biackith on the out-fide, but reddifh within, patting forth divers 
fibres, which draw unto it fuch nourifhment,as maketh it to continue many years. 
The Places and Times ? 
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