Chap. 38. "Englijl) Herhs 



A.SFA11AGVS, 



IV. The other or Greater Kind differs nothing from 

 ^MagZdel andTafte'theyTeing much whiter, v'jf- 

 almoft beyond belief the relation of the vaft M^gni- 



firtgk Bunch containing but one hundred of Sprouts 

 or Heads, which weighed (as was reported to me) 

 above forty Founds weight : and the lull Tear I cheap- 

 md a Bunch or hundred, of the fame Kind in New- 



fort vaftly improved by Art and Indujhy. 



V. The Places. They grow with us only in 

 Gardens, where they are nourifhed up for the daily 

 Service of the Houfe, being an Excellent Boiled 

 Sallet. 



VI. The Times. The bare tender Shoots, 

 are Sold in Markets in Bunches or Hundred; 

 up cominonly in the Spring, and inay be 



VII. The Qualities. They feem to be Temperate 



They incide, attenuate, open, cleanle, and are very 

 Diuretick : and feem to be chiefly Cephalick, Hy- 

 fterick and Nephritick •, and, if Authors iay true 

 SpermatQgenetick withal. 



VIII. m Specification. They are peculiar againU 



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Its Berne, are Red , which thngs the ! 

 Uid to keep But bchde^ th^m, we ha\, 

 tender Shoots or Heads 5 IheDe.oa.on 



\±1^.^''ZIZ 



Peppe^ being veqr Nu«it7ve , anKTleanfii^ 

 as to the Reins, Bladder, and Urinary Paffages vet 

 they comfort the Stomach, are eafie of Digeltion, 

 and reltore m Confumptions. 



XIV. The DecoSwn of the Roots in Wine It oneii=! 

 Obftruaions of the Bowels, provokes Urine beinEr 

 flopped, and expels that Tartarous Matter' in the 

 g^u^r^' Dofefrom iv.w viij.'lnces':'"''" theStran- 



XV The Juice of the Roots and young Sprouts. It 

 prevails againft the Strangury, or difficulty in ma- 

 king Warer, when it is done by Drops ; it expels 



XVI. The Efence made of the Juice, or bruifel 

 ant It has aU the Virtues ot the Juice beforego- 

 l; befides which, It is good againft the Obftru- 

 ons ot the Lungs, Pains of rhe Stomnrh anr? 

 Bowels, Falling-ficknefi, Firs of the Mother Yel 



-Vine it is faid to ftir up Bodi 

 I rjnH r«.,r,„„= Imporency. 



Luft, Generate Seed, and n 

 ^l^^-^^^^^'l-^neTmaure. It has all the V_ 

 of the Decoftion, Juice, and EfTence ; but more 

 Sd ionS'7nd'si^ '^^'"^' ^'^^ ^''P^l^'ng Sand, 



its penetrating and fubtil Quality, and^ effedSlly 

 cures the Yellow Jaundice. Dofe from j. to it 



boiled in White Wine Vinegar, being gargled in the 

 Root it felf is faid to be profitabl^rVbe applied\o 

 XIX. The Bath. It is made of a good quantitv 

 of the Roots and Seeds bruifed, and boiled in a 

 great ftore of Water, which is to be put into a brtrp 

 Veifel, in which a Man may fit up to the BreaSs 



