582 _ Adam in Eden : Or, 
The Places and Time. | ! 
I finde none of thefe growing naturally in England, but that with the long Poot, 
which is faidto prow beyond Reding, yet divers others of the forts are to be (hud a 
either inth? Phyfick Garden at Oxford, orin Dr, Howes Garden at weitminfter, 
orin Mr. Trade{casts Garden at Lambeth, being brought thither either. mediately oh 
orimmediately from their maturall places; the three firft growing as well in 
France aout Afompelitr, asin Spain and /ealy ; the next threein Spaine, asalfo 
_ in (andy,the feaventh delights in the ftony Olive yards of Provence and Spain;and 
the /a/t in Candy.n the warmer Countreys they flower and feed betimes, as in the 
months of AZay, fune and uly, but with us they flower not untill the middle o 
end of 7w/y, and their fruit doch hardly ripen before the Winter. . | 
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- The Temperatare, Jn be ee 
The Roots of Birth-wort are hot in the fecond degree and dry inthe thirdaccording 
to fome; and bor in the third degree, and dryin the fecond, according to others; 
therewnd hath leff: earchy Subftance, and more texwity of parts, andtbere- 
fore more effeGuall in moft Difeafes. 
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Neamt iE ‘ fie 
NER in om gpa eet 
: The Signature and Vertes. 
: The learned Crolsus, in his book of Signatures, doch take notice of the refim- 3 
blance that is between the root of ronnd Birth-wort and the Womb, and thereforeit — 
is not-altogether ftrange,ifit be excellent for Women that have gone ont their fall _ 
time, efpecial y when they are in Travel, for it cau/feth an eafse and /beedy delivery, 
whether the Chi-d be alive or dead, expelleth the After-bizth, and all other smpa~_ 
rity of the Hom), and provoketh the Cour/es, fo that it muft needs be an accepta> 
ble Herb to fuch Women as underftand the Vertues of it. Icis alfo effeftuall to 
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Choler, and ‘that without any trouble or commotion to 
Du legm,and then tO 
the Body, for ic difcuffeth mindynef/e,which all other parging Medicines do ufoally 
- caufe, and therefore it availeth much in the dsfeafes of the Braine, Nerves, Breaff, io 
| Stomack, Cuts and Splees: \¢ profiteth likewile in the Fading Sickneffe, Cramp, 
| Convulfion, Ruptures, fhortnef[e of Breath, pain of the Side, Hicket, gnawing of the 
Stomack, Choll ch, {welling of che Spleen, and efpecially if they come of Phlegm ot 
pvina. \cisufed with good fucceffe in the Poynt Gout, againft Venome and Poyfon, — 
againtt cold dgucs, and againk Stopping and Rebellions humours, that are the cane 
oflong Agnes. It killeth Wormes, and refitteth purrifaltion, aad is good againkt 
, ufions of the Nervesand Mn(cles, ifit be given with Syrup of Vineget. 
‘Mede or Honyed water. itisufed ‘cl >in old rotten and malignant Ulcers, elpe. 
cially being mixed with the powder of the roots of Flower-de-luce and Honey, fot 
being thas nfed, iccleanfeth and healeth them. ‘Itcures Ulcers of the /eeret parts, 
‘if they be wafhed with the Decottion thereof. The Powder hereof dothcleanfe — 
the Teeth, andmake them white, being rubbed therewith, It eafeth the Gout, be- 
ngled with Honey and Salt, and applyed; Iedraweth out Thornes and 
sof Boner that are broken, being applyed with Turpentine. It helpeth the 
nemous Beafts, being boyled in Wine and laid on, and fo doth the 
eigen the juyce Of Rue, and applyed tothe Wom 
ed with the powder of Aloes, Lime, or Chalk, and Honey, and 
: y adding alittle Wine, it cureth the(ancer and Poly, 
ed therein be put into the Noftrill. The powder 
y, cu ba ice aciumntermenehdstaeal The fat 
quilted Cap. fav th all Flexes Di ‘ , ia 50 
ys ‘5 y exeeleer for wounds in thelseaa, ® 
+ without Birthwort, no Chir 
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