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. The Paradileof Plants. $85 
a . T he Forme. 
The manured or Garden Madder fhooteth forth many Stalks, which land up- 
right at their Srft coming ap, and fo likewife if they be kep: cut, bur if they be 
permitted co grow, they become long weak, and trailing upon the ground a great 
way, unleffe they grow by fome hedge, and thew they will climb theteon, cing 
four-{quare, very rough and full of Joynts,ac every of which come forth divers 
long, and fomewhat natrow Leaves, ftanding about the Scalks fomewhat like the 
vowel of aSpur, being very rough alfo, neer unto the tops whereofdo come 
forth many {mail pale yellow Flowers, after which come {mall round heads, green. 
at the fir, and reddith afterward, but black when they are ripe, wherein are con- 
tained the Seed, The Root is not fo great as long, creeping very far, as well down- 
wards as about the furface of the Earth, fat, full of fubitance, and of ared and ve- 
ry clear colour, whilft it is frefh. : 
mae. SS The Places andTime. - 
Thé fir#,though it be commonly manured for the great profit that is made there- 
of, yet it growerh wild, not onely upon S. Vincents Rock neer Briffol, and in the 
Hedges about Rathlandin Wales ; the feeond is natural alfo to fome parts of this 
Land, and fos che ebird, which proweth in divers places of Darfet-/bire; the fourth 
roweth likewile in our.o ry,& fo do the two laf: They flower in Pune and 
iefly, and the Seed ofall of them is tipein Amgajt, or thereabout,except the 
3cael which feldom perfe&eth it Seedwithu. me y. SF 
‘ i era Tet ake is ob ak oe iad t oe ‘ vf L tae gayle: 
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 Madder roots are hot in the fecond degree, and dry ia the therd, and havean ope- 
ning quality, aud alfo an afiringent property. : an 
sand Signatares. * 
Wine and drunk, doth oot onely brin 
aundife,opensth che froppings of the Spleen andGal, 
Th: fame taken as aforefaid, or 
= helpeth the /weling, and bardneffe of the Spleen. 
Tis t fo co. amend or help th the Face, and it helpeth U/cers of 
the Afonth, if to the Decodtion there be added a little Alome and Hony of Rofes. 
The Juyee-of the Reot, or Decogtion thereof, is given to fuch as are hart with ve- 
nemous Beafts, and preferveth the Body from putrefadtion, and is very good for 
‘ghofe that have the Itch or Scab: The Roots bruifed, efpecially whift they are frefh, 
and : lyed to any part that is difcoloured with Frec bles, Méerphew, the W hite 
foto fach like deformsitses of the Skin, cleanfeth them thoughly, and takerh 
them away, efpecially if Vinegar be mixed therewith ; or the Powder of the Root 
mixed with a little Jayce of Garlick, Oy!, anda little Hony, eureth any Itch, Scab, 
or foulneffe of the Skin, being anoynted therewith. -The Juyce ofthe Root drop- 
pedinto the Eaves, mitigates the pain of them. The Roots applyed as a Pefl 
the powder of the Root made up with Oyl of Savin, and applyed, brings ax 
for fuch as have the Dropjie, 
Birth, and After-birth. By the reafon that the Leaves and Roots do ¢ a red co- 
tour, {ome have miftaken the effects thereof, fappofing that it provokes Urine fo 
mach, that itcaufeth blood tocome forth, when as the red coloar of re Urine 
proceeds from no other caufe, burthecolour of the Root, as Rebarbe wi 
it to looke yellow. The Drco@ion of Madder , given with that great 
compofition called Triphera, is ses eet iy to ftay the Reds in Women, Pe 
3 eee aS ee eéee 2 pion! Be ee 
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