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it gine feede, and then dyeth, Rueor Herbe graceis a ftrong herbe,vet vfedinwardly — 
againft the plague as an Antidote with Figs and Wall-nuts, and helpeth much againit 
windy bodies : outwardly it is vfedro bee layde tothe wreftcs of the hands, to drive 
away agues : itismore v{ually planted of flips then raifed from feede, and abideth 
long if tharpefroftes kill it not. Dragons being diftilled are held to be good to ex pell 
any cuill thing from the heart: they are altogether planted of the rootes. Sctwall: Va- 
lerian, or Capons tayle, the herbe often, but the roote much better, is vfedto prouoke 
{weating, thereby to expell euill vapours that might annoy the heart : itis only plan- — 
ted of the rootes when they aretakenvp, andthe young replanted. Afarabacca, the 
leauesare often vfed to procure vomiting being ftamped,and the ftrained iuice to a lir- 
tlequantitie, put into a draught of ale anddrunke, thereby tocafe the ftomacke of 
many euill and groffe humours that there lyeand offend it ; divers alforakethe leaucs. 
and rootesa little boyled in wine, witha little {pice added thereunto, toexpell both 
tertian and quartan agues: the rootes of our Englifh growing is more auaileable for 
thefe purpotesthen any outlandifh : itis planted by theroote ; for I could neuer fee 
it {pring of feede, Mafterwort commeth{omewhat neerein prapertie vnto Angelica, 
and befides dee effeCtuall to difperfe windeinthebodie, whether of the collicke or 
otherwife ; as alfo very profitable to comfort in all cold caufes: it yeeldeth feede,but 
yet is more vfually planted from the rootes being parted. Balmeisacordiall herbe 
both in fmell andtafte, and is wholly vfed for thofe purpofes, that is,to comfort, 
_ the heart being diftilled into water either fimple or compound,or the herbe dryed and. 
vfed : itis fet of the rootes being parted, becaufe it giueth no feedethat euer J could. 
obferue. Camomill is a common herbe well knowne, and is planted of the rootesin 
alleyes, in walkes,and on bankestofit on, forthatthe more itistrodenon, andpref= 
fed downe in dry weather, the clofer it groweth, and the better it will thrive : the vfe 
thereof isvery much, bothtowarme and comfort, and to cafepainesbeing applyed 
outwardly after many fafhions: thedecoction alfo of the flowers prouoketh {wear, 
and they are much vied againftagues. Featherfew isan herbe of greater vfe for wo. 
men then for men, to diffolue Aatulent or windy humours, which canfeth the paines of 
thetmother: fome vie to takethe inicethereof in drinke foragues : it is as well fowen. 
_of the feede as planted of the rootes. Coftmary is vfed among thofe herbes thatare. 
put inoale to caufeit haue a good rellifh, and to be fomewhat phyficall inthe moneth 
of May,and doth helpe to provoke vrine : itis fet ofthe rootes being parted. Maudlin. 
‘is held to bea principall gaod herbeto openand cleanfethe liuer,and for thar purpofe 
is vied many wayes, asin ale, in tanfies,and in broths &c.the feed alfo is vfed,and fo is 
the herbealfo fometimes, to kill the wormes in children: it is fowen ofthe feede,and 
planted alfo of the {eparated rootes. Caffidonie is a {mall kinde ef Lauender, but dif. 
fering both in forme andqualitie : itis much vfed forthe head to eafe paines thereof, 
asal{o put among other things to purge melancholicke difeafes : itis fowen of feede, 
and abideth nota winter valeffeit bee well defended, and yct hardly giucth ripe feede 
againe with ys. Smallageis a great opening herbe, and much morethen eyther Parfley, 
or Fenell, and che rootes of them all are.often vfed together in medicines : it isfowen 
of feede, and will not bee wanting in a Garden if ence you fuffer ito fow it felfe., 
Cardus Beneditus, or the Bleffed T biftle, is much vied inthe time of any infection or 
lague, astlfo to expell any euill fymptome from the heart arallorher times.Itis vied 
livewife to be boyled in poffet drink,& giaentothemthat hauean ague,to help tocure 
it by fweating or otherwife, leis vfaally fowen of feed, and dyeth when it hath given 
feed. WinterCherricsare likewife nurfed vpin diners gardens, for that thir propertie 
isto gine helpetothem that are troubled eyther with the ftopping ot heate of their v- 
rine:the herbe and berries are often diftilled,but the berries alone are more often v{ed: 
afteritis once planted in a garden it will runne vnder ground, & abide well enough. 
Celondine is heldto bee good for the iaundife, it is much vfed for to cleere dim cyes, 
eyther the iuice orthe water dropped intothem: it isfowen of feede, and being once 
brought intoa garden, will hardly be weeded out ; the feede that fheddeth will fofow 
itfelfe, and therefore fome corne#in a garden isthe fitteft place for it. Tabacco is of 
two forts,and both vfed to be planted in Gardens,yetthe Englifh kinde (as it is called) 
is moreto be found in our Countrey Gardens then the Indian fort : the leaues of fborh 
forts indifferently, that is, of eyther of which pie at hand, being ftampe' ‘ete 
