48 



SaJmonV HerhaL Lib. I 



Tajie, and creeping Roof, it n 

 taken to be the Cotyleion 

 Urens. 



XIII. The Saline TmHure. It on^nc ni.n. c 

 MWormsin oM f ' ^^narous Slime : it 

 againft the Dropfie Doft ftfm t drL^''^"'**'^ 



^^vil'^Tf ^j'"' ''^W'^ Wi-^e^nd Sugar '•'" "* 



XIV. The Syrup of the Juice nr H^^hii. 



the Virmes ofVjuVbuTlft S^ivi ?3 



iiig will caufe mich of it^S^to £ kft ^°^' 



XV. TheDecoaion. If it is made in Winl" ;.,v 



imors: and taken inwardly fiom ii to iv ounces 



K in leverai places in iomerjetjhtre -, it delights in 

 Woody and Shadowy places. 



V. The Times. It Flowers in May and June-, 

 and the Seed is brought to its ripenefs much abwt 



' m.'rhe'kualifm. It is hot and dif in the begin- 

 ning of the third Degree : it Incides;, Attenuates, 

 and is Aperitive, and Cathartick ; Appropriated- to 

 the Head, Stomach, Liver, Womb, and Joints. 



VII. The Specification. I cannot yet find either 

 from_Authots» or my own Experience, what Dif- 

 eafe it is peculiarly good for s tut 'tis certain, 'tis 

 a good Deoppilative, or opener of Obftruaions. 



mi. The Preparations. You may have from it, 

 1. The green Herb it/elf. 2. A Folder cf the fame. 

 ^. The Juice. ^. An EJJence. j. A SaltneTtn- 

 aure. 6. A Syrup of the Juice^or Herb. 7. A De^ 



The Tirtues. 



IX. 77;? Green Herb. A little of it eaten witfr 

 other Herbs, as a Sailer, opens and loofens the Bel- 

 ly, and purges out Cold, Grofs, Thick, Flegmatick 



X. TljePouder. It may be given to j. dram- in 

 Mead, Canary, Sherry, Malaga, or White Florence 

 Wine, and fo it will loofen the Belly, and purge 

 thence Tough Thick Phlegm, and Black or Burnt 



XL TI?e Juice. It has a Cleanfing, Attenuating 



vvliich 'is'tough, aiid breaks that which is hard, opens 

 the Bowc'i which are obftrufled, and purges out 

 the Morbiiick Maner of many grievous Difaifeai- 

 o !.5. a;:i therefore is profitably given to fuch as are 

 atiiiaii with the Pallie,Falling-ricknefs, or Yellow 



S'aQSsofMeJdVS.'^'" ^^ ^" "^''^^ ' 

 ,-^H. Tlje Effence. It has the Virtues of the Juice, 

 •^S^ more grateful to the Stomach, and may be 

 giv^\^Bllf an ounce, 01 morep in 3 Glafs of Wine : 



CHAP. XXXV. 

 Of eonunon ASPHODEL. 



.^HE Names. It is called in Arabic,, Barva^ 

 T ud /" 2'''-^' '^^fMB- : in Latin, Afpho- 



r-^\'^lrf"/f- ^U' ^°"*'^'^' '• The Cov^mn 

 Garden Afphodel. ^2. The Onu»^Afpbode/. -^.Marjh 

 ^thancajhire Afphodel. ^ Kings Spear AfphoL) 

 4<H- follovving : The Second 

 ^ . von Garden Afphodel is alfo 



White or YeUow: and the White is either the &«? 

 Jer^Sinsle « Branched, and the Leffer Hollow, and 



The Defaiptions. The Common ftngleV, 

 Afphodel hoia Koof corspaU oj[ many^ knobby ii 



a Rwt compaa of many knobby R^^ots, 

 ^ , - .. r' ^'-^^ nkethofeafthe Peony Jul) 

 ofjutce mtba fmaU bitternefs, and Aftringent 

 Tafte ; from whence fprtngs up many long narrow 

 ' -,es. Me almojito thofe of Leeks, farp pointed: 

 Stalk i. round, fmooth, naked, anY^Uhout 

 >es, two Lubits high, garmjhed from the middle 

 , yrds^ith a number of Flowers Stat-fajhion, 

 made of fix Leaves apiece- the colour Miie, wttb 

 r-.- J- -J Purple Jlreaks, drawn down the Back fide-, 

 ,e Flowers are fever al fntatt aives ; ihicb 

 being paji, there fprtngs up little roundheads, txhere- 

 in are contained hard, black,and three cornered Seed, 

 x thofe of Buck-wheat or Staves-acre. 

 IV. The Common Branched White Afphodel hav a 

 ? thickefi in the middle, andfmaller at both^eJds 

 faflned together at the head, of a dark gray lO, colou^' 

 - Tfe out fide and yellow mthin ; whence rifes up 

 ty long and narrow hollow triangular Leaves 

 Jharp pointed, and lying upon the ground round ^1^ 

 the Root ; the Stalk isfmooth, round and naked with- 

 out Uaves, which rifes from the midji of tBim, di- 

 pfai tTbtofJ?)o"'"ctZ^^ 



the main great one, whereon ftt^Omany large Flow- 

 ers Star fajhion, made of fiU Leaves apiece, on the 

 in fide vihitifi,, andfirahed witlf a Purple line tba^ 



