Chap. 42. 'Englifi lierhs 



SI 



Juice, orEffeiice, and then applyiiig of this Mikn: 



a fpeedy healing. 



XX. The Cataphfm. It difcuffes Inttamations in 

 their beginning; is good againlt Contufions, orBrui- 

 les, eales pauis or Aches in any part, and is lingular 

 good in a cold Gout. I have applied it with great 



king cold, or any recent Caufe. 



XXI. The Mixture. Take Juice of the Roots iv. 

 ounces^ fine VerJi^reefe ij. dnms ; mix them. It 

 takes off the Callus in hollow Ulcers, and Fiftula's, 

 where it muft be injeQed with a Syringe. But if 

 the Callofuy is in an open Ulcer, the Mixture may 

 be thus made : Take of the foregoing Otntmem ij. 

 ounces : Pouder of Tobacco ij. drams : Verdigreefe 

 \. dram : mix them. Or thus : Take of the former 

 Balfam ij. ounces : Fouder of round Birthwon Roots 



or Fiitula, cleanfes the fame, and induces it to a 

 fpeedy healing -, and this it will do, if the affeft is 



CHAP. XLIL 



0/ Wild or Mountain AVE N S. 



I. '-p if E Kamcs. They are called in Latin, Ca- 

 2.n$LiT.Engl,Jh, m/d^oiJlomtafn/vens. llfefpi- 



they grow Wild in Fields and Woods, yet it is al- 



^^^llnrKinds!Thsvc are feveral Kinds of Moun- 

 tain Avcns, but thofe growing in our Country chief- 



Tarkwfon'f k\io AqZZ\lfamflore"'^^^ 

 ilea flore rubra ftnato, by the Bauhins ; Purple 

 Mountain Avens, or Water Avens. 2. Caryophyl- 

 latafiore amplo purpurea^ Avens with a large dou- 



Morifonalliit ^QhllJns fpu/m Tontam°Cm. 

 flore, as Parkin/on .- Alpina Cifttflore, and Alpina 

 Jlore fragranx albo, as the Bauhins : Teucrum Al- 



Germander helves. 4. Caryophyllata VentaphylUa, 

 as Bauhm and Parkin/on : Alpina Pentaphyl/aa, as 

 Gerard: wA. Alpina quinquefolia, as Cajpar " ' ' 

 Unquefoil Avens. To which add, 5. Carvi 



up many long and hairy Leaves, compofed of div 

 ^or%nt7rahoTth/''e7Z Vk' ''^' ""^ *^''^' ^'' 

 among thefeUaves rife up feveral "stalks, a foot 

 or more in height, on which grow F/owers, who/e 

 Heads hang down : the tops of the Stalks, and Cups 



tlthfmwers 'laZlZ'iirihtvfSu ftt 

 contain them : Theje ilowers them/elves ere of a 



U^es,'groimng c^e^'uldefl^^^^ 



andjomefcw now and then may he found compofed 



- \king a very double flower .- after the flowers are 



,'e"anTin "ther'pLts'o/thTs iTnd"mng whi'ch 



IV. 2. Avens With a large double purple Flower". 

 Thdfomi make this to he a differentKind from the laft^ 

 yet ioubtlefs it is not, but is one of the /port, ngs of 

 Nature, wherein fhe alis varioujly in one apd the 

 fame Plant ; and therefore the Defcription of the 

 laft may fully ferve for this, there being in truth 



whence fpring up feveral hard, woody Stalks, eight 

 or nine Inches long, fpredd upon the Earth, of a 



Leaves, but lefjer harder, more wrinkled, andfavo- 

 like indented on the edges, of a White Uony colour 

 below or underneath, and of a blackijh Green colour 

 above, having an Afinngent Tafte. The flowers 

 are White, and each flower flands upon a /lender 



twice M hrg Of 'a Strawberry flower, and confijimg 



which is a Thrummy Heqd, of a fmall hairy fub- 

 fiance, znhich being fallen, there Jucxeeds little Dow- 



