Chap. 140. 'EngUfl) Berhs 



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^I. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 

 I. At! InfpilJate Juke. j. A Syrup. %. An Ef- 

 fence. 4' A Conferee. 5- A D,jhl!cd W„ter. 

 6. A Spirituous TmUure. 7. Ari M,d TwSure 



,„?i:;/SJ!es^Le'^i^?l*^ 



18. thus: Take Clove-gillittowers (the Whites 



Syrup ( without boUtng ) only by melting the Sugar, 

 This %rup is temperate in auality, Ilrengthens the 

 Heart, Stomach and Liver-, it is Peftoral and Cor- 

 dial, and may be mixt with other Cordial Liquors, 

 againft malignant Fe\'ers, and the Plague ^ a^ alfc 

 againft Paintings, Swoonings and the like. It re- 

 frefhes the Vital Spirits, chears the Heart, and re- 

 fifts Poifon. 



XIV. The Syrup wade mth lohhe Tort Wine or 

 Canary. It is made exattiy as the former, and has 



famous Cordial, more powerful againft Fainting; 



as alfo to chear the Heart and revive the Vita! 

 Powers. 



XV. Tl^e Syrup maie mth 



Digeftion Hops Vomi™g' is good'ilntt"fpSg 

 Blood, and ftrengthens the Retentive Facultv It 

 -UK tough Flegm, correas the heat and malignity 

 \ Snin'' Ferns ?t^rair"'xc"'^ '^"'"'^''"' 

 :iven in the C^e of the^Pbgu^'MTof aKnna 

 f Malign and Peftilential Difeafes. 





and Peftilential Fevers, and Fevers not P-eKilentia' 

 it cools the Blood, refills Poifon, quenches Thiri 

 and is helpful againft the Vertigo. Dofe of any , 

 thcfe three Syrups, an ounce at a time in any conv 

 nient Vehicle. 



XVI. The ESence. It has all the Virtues of tl 

 Infpiffate Juice and Syrup •, it is good againlt E 

 feafcs of the Heart, Head and Stomach, very Cc 

 dial, fpecial good againft Heftick Fevers, to ft( 



iy refifts Melancholy. Dofe from two drams 



XVII. The Conferve. It is Cordial, chears t 

 Heart and ftrengthens the Stomach, and is only eat 

 as a Sweet-meat. It is good for old People, to e 

 in a m.orning fafting. 



XVIII. The dift tiled Water. It is made by a \ 



CHAP. CXL. 

 Of COCKLE. 



THE Names. It is called in Greek, f.vy,,, ,■„- 

 r.: In Lat,n, Lychnis Sr,^et,m, lychmJcs 

 Segetum -, by Tragus, Githago, and makes it Rofa 

 mananx genus fc^^tum, Amhemon folwjum RuelL 

 Nigellajirum & Amhmon Dodon^ei, Pfeudomelan- 

 thtum Matthioli ; Lychnis fegetum major, Bauhiait 

 ( becaufe he makes the A/JIne Comiculata Clufij, to 

 be his Lychnk ^egetum minor:) In Englijh, Cockle^ 



Nigella, ; 



for it not only differs in Leaves from the true G///,-, 

 but alfo in other properties : if it has any refem- 



Sed ^han^?the'FIoSeT'OT in an^ "hh!""'^' °^' '''" 



III. The Defcription. It 'has a f mall 'and vcocdy 

 from whence Jf rings up an upright hairy Stalk, fhoot' 

 orjoft wJlyllZsat \he' Joint s.'^"T^"e^lim7,'s 

 Husks, whofe ends or "points 'are"onger thaPany"^' 



IV. The Places. Cockle grows too plentifully in 

 moft of our Corn-fields, (chieHy incur Wheat-fields) 

 throughout this whole Kingdorn : for which caule 

 Hippocrates calls it Melanthum ex Tntuc 



V. TheTimesv It Flowers in the beginning of 



