44 



Salmon cf Herbal. Lib. I. 



IV. Thejifft fctofihc whtehWcerecnixgmi- 

 an Arfmart, /w a woaJy Root confijhng of a great 

 bujh ofkni black firings or theads, imth Pe>iJJ} not 



linf v'S^monfon lefoZ iijaTt^vii jZames 



Compofmg Veins t ifing from the middle Rib^ and others 

 hfsanitranfverje; at the tops of the Stalks, and 



'v"Th7fecondfort of blujh crflefi^ColowdYirgi- 

 nian Arfmart, h/u alfoa hketcoody Ro>}t, thick, with 

 many iibres at it, but greater and more Woody than 



Stalks, tnttcb higher than the lajL with much huge/ 

 ^nd nar roller Leaves, marked alfo ofentimes with 

 Spots w the like manner, andojtcn alfo imthout thofe 



^hich a) e much Shorter Sfikes,or bob Spikes, and ve/y 



_ VI. The Places. TheLeffer and Greii 

 .effer almoft e\ery where both iirftandm, 



the Lands and Furrows of t 

 St. Bariholomewy Hofpital, h 



uTin OUT Gar2ns'lo^MhLf^^^hy{^^.hl are S- 



VII. The Times The Engklh Aifmatts Flower 

 only in June and Jul^ -, und their Seed is ripe in 



much later, and Icarcely perfeft their Seed here. 



VIII. The Stu^hties. They are cold and dry in 

 thefirft Degree: Alteratives, Altnngents, Incraffa- 

 tives , Repercuffives, Glutinati\ es , /}"?dy"^' ^jj^ 



IX. The Specification. Its peculiar property is 

 ia curing of Wounds, and healing old running Sores 

 and Ulcers. , ^ . 



X. The Preparations. There arc taken from it, 

 I Ihe Green Leaves. 2. The DiftilledWaier. 3. 

 The Mixture. 4. The Juice. 5. The bjfence. 

 6. tL Ointmenx. 7. T^xBdfam. 8. The Cata- 



takes away the pain thaeoE 



^\no' iV'^/^-y'^"/^'- Being mixt with a 



'^Ij^Bn."^"'"''^' letltwiuleSly 



Ox Gall, Oil of Spiie,cf each equal pait^, mix ihein 

 well togethu by flaking them in a GLfs. This 

 anointed upon any place troubled with the Gout, 



The Juice. If therewith any eld runnin-^ 

 Seds^^k^^ifis'X'^excdl ™^^^'^' " ^^''""^'^ 

 Set Drinks 'for Wounde?Sfo,isT MdSas 

 have old and- running Sores upon them: and wafh- 

 ing the Sores oi Beafts therewith, it keeps Flies from 

 XV. The Ejjeme. It is more powerful than the 

 1 alfo'^'m h '"^^^ "^''^"^ ^° '''^ Intentions, heal- 



Body, efpecially being apply'd in the begmnirg, 

 ' aig fomthing RepercuiTive: it alfo allays Infia- 

 itions in Wounds and Ulcers, and cafes pains pro- 



Xvfl. ^The^Baljam^'' Being made of the Bruifei 

 ■lb boiled in OilOlne, and made into a BalJarK 

 with Turpentine and Wax, It heals all forts of green 

 flTonderfully ; it cools, drj s and heals ; and 

 is good foi putiified .Sores, and running 

 Ulcers, whether in Man or Btaft, deanling purify- 



^'"\mil.'^S'eJ\itapl!i^^^^^ With Rue 



\ery hot in a Frying-Pan, 

 gives prefent eafe to a 



CHAP. XXXII. 

 ' Hot or Biting A R S M A R T. 



^^if E Names. It is called in the Greek, 

 ■rJ'aThri^-^ In Latin, My dropper, Tiper 



t::. 



II. The Kinds. It is the fecond general Species 

 t/SPirfa ac'rf '""""' ^""^ ''' ' Hydropiper, 

 Lefler Bitiig Arfrnm." ^2^'pe'^fuJfJ ac, is ^g^im- 

 ''"''s'j'^^J"'&'»i^nBitingA>Jnu!t, or Hidropipe,. 



m. The Defcription. 1 he filfi or Enghl(h>/r, 

 '"-- ^ootfomu^hat long, with many fibres thereat, 

 flyarp and quick Tafie, bitmg f^e Tongue more than 

 Pepper, from whence Springs forth a Jointed crooked 

 Stalk, not fo High no^ fo Great as the former MiM 



