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fomewhat black, butghittering ; the rcot is fhore and fall of ftrurigs, periflung eve- 
ry Winter. ; 
: The Places and Time. sft Piloeslys eee 
All the forts of Amaranthus are ttrangers by Extraction, fome coming from. 
the Ea/tern Countreys, as Perfia, Sjria, Arabia, &c. others from the Weftern, as 
New England. and the weft Indies, yet fome of themare pretty well-nataralia 
being common in cur Gardens, and the reftare to be feen in the Gardens of the 
curious, asin that of fhm Tradefcant at Lambeth, &c. The forts of Blires are 
 fonnd wild in divers places ofour own Lands The Amarasthus beareth its oa 
tufts or {p:kesin Auguft for the moft part, yet fome.perfeG them not untill Se 
tember, Une Bite flourfheth all the Sammer tong, feeds about Amguft or Septem» 
- ber, and continues greenall che Winter, in which it differeth from the former, ~ 
tZecken : T he Temperature. ag Ldvisinn 2 
Flower gentle is held to be of a bincég faculty, and confequently to be cold and 
dry, but Bite is coldand mosft in the fecond degree. — q 
cs The Sigvature and Vertues. “ig 
'_ The Flowers of A#saranthes dryed and beaten into power, ftopsthe Termes in 
Women and that by Signature, if it be put into Wine and Honey boyled together 
and drunk, and fo it is eff: Qual for the perillous Flux of b/ed,&& continual pain of 
the Bedy, wth often fcouringand fpictin: of blood, bleeding at the Nofe, and 
alfo for the wAitesin Women. The faid Flower boyled in Wine, and the Decoai- 
_ ondrunk, is available againft all vencmoms bitings, the Sciatica, déftiling ofthe 
Urine and Ruptures: The Herb boyledin Wine, and the Fundament fomented 
therewith, teketh away the painfull Piles; and reftraineth their bleeding, mee 
eth the often going tothe Stoole, the Herb” being alfo applyed. The Rooth 
in the Mouth ceafeth the pains of the Teeth, and being ftamped and made intoan 
Oyntmen: with May-butter, it affwageth all Inflammations. The Herb being boys 
Icd and app'yed, isa fpeedy Remedy for any Brwife. The dryed Herb keepeth 
Garments irom the Wormes and AMoaths, if it be laid amongft them, Blites are 
ufed amongft the poorer fort-of people in France for food, but they yeildtotheboe 
dy {mali nourfhment, as Gaé:n faith, and by often eating b:come obnosions, by 
caufing Vimiting and Flxes of the Belly, wich exceeding gripings: The Phyfiall 
afe of them is to reftrain the Fluxes of blood either in Man or Woman, efpecially — 
the Red, which it doth by Signature, as the white fort doth the Whites in Women. 
The white Bleet with wuch feed, which is therefore cailed Ail-feed of fome, isa 
ble bait unto Fives, ashath been proved by experien e: SomeOld 
Wives will not faffer any Biises to be put into their Pottage, for fear of harting 
eon 
o-utbe GHAR, CCCI. aan 
Of the D: azon-T ree. | 7 a 
din Latin Drace Arbor, from its ftrange manner of growing, asTcom- 
for being altogether unknown to Din{corsdes, and the reft of che ancient 
Greek aod LatineAuthors, there isnoGreek name for it, but onely. for theGom 
- orRofia, which they call xiveégces, without exprefling whether. it came from 
- Herb or Tree, or was mineral of the Earth, and itis probsbie ic was b 
cnew not: The’ faid Gum is fometimes called innabaris alfoin Latin bat moft com> 
“Monly Sangwis Draconis, and thereupon Pliny, Silinns, and alfo Aonardas hee 
it down for a truth, that it was the blood of a Dragon or Serpent ; 
