596 Adam in Eden : Or, z 
to bathe the Fore-head and Temples, or the Nape of the Neck behind, It alfo dry. ner? 
eth up the moifture of Fiftslows Ulcers, or any others that are foule and fpr 
The defer Ruptwre-wort hath all the faculties of the other, though not tres, 
DAonardus writeth, that the Indian Ruptureswort is mervailoufly good for these 
that are burften, whether they be Children or Menthat are fo grieved, the: Steen 
Herb “ite bruifed and applyed to the place, whereunto a Trufs mut, afteirarth 
be boun 
CHAP. CCCXXII. 
Of Thorough-wax. | 
The Names. ae ae 
din Picie Perfoliata (for it hath no certain Greek sai that cael s 
meet with) quod caulis‘ejus fingula folia diffecat, atque penetrat, becaufethe 
Sralk oerker cts the Leaves , and ioecetore we callitin “— —— 
wax, of “horoug bi dhe of ioe Sante 
: © Phe Kindes Be a phias : ee 
To this Kinde may bé‘referred thefe nine forts es 1. Common Tho: — 
rough-wax: 2. Double-flowred Thorough-wax: 3. Broad-leafed. Moutin* 
Thoroug-wax: 4. The leffer broad-leafed Mountain Thorough-wax:» 5; The 
preater narrow-leafed Mountsin Thorough-wax: 6. The leffer narrow-leafed — ss 
Mountain Thorough-wax: 7. The leaft narrow-leafed Mountain Thoroughewax: 
8. Common costes = aemenss: 9. Condes aepaietiei with pages 
| ne Fa Te Forgas | 
: ‘id Ciuaneee pry rowel up with one : fraight round Stalk, aud 
fometimes more, tiil it be half a yard high, or higher, whofe lower Leaves 
of a blewith green colour, are fmaller and narrower than thofe that grow higher 
ftanding clofe thereto, but not que compafiing it is as they grow higher, they 
do more and more encompafie the Stalk, untill they fi o wholly clofe together, that 
it paffeth almoft through the middle of them ,branching towards the top into ma; 
fy parts, where the Leaves grow fmaller again, every on tig fingly, and ne — 
ver twoat ajoynt ; the Flowers are very f{malland yellow, ftanding in cufat i 
heads ofthe Branches, where afterwards grow Gonads whichis 
y of chem being thick throft to her the Root is (mah, 
ag after it hath perfedted its i, which being pernin 
Rien 5 oe i Alsen ead Tee. : 
.e fort groweth in many Bloat = and Pafture-prounds of this awe. in ts is 
nefields about Beechen-tree,in the way between Oxford and Deddington, very 
tifully, and is taken into Gardens by thofe that know the ufe of it,where by the: 
1on of the foile, it fometimes bears a double omer, andi reckoned as 4% 
the ogh it be but a kinde of the allt are ftrangers, ee 
2¢, hich is found in our own Land. They doall Borer shone Pee 
i is oa and drts as may be ecceieed by, the 
_allsingeney that isin saith ee ce 
“ ‘he ogi Sienatare and Yonsetes re athe necell 
commendations of Thorongh-wax are many ; 
fo,anfwerabl shea, BEARD te Sigwere mn coer bah tat | 
