Chap. 155. Englifl) Herhs. 



The SrIJh up from am 



on "each Jlde^ made of a Lozenge fajhion, Vk. ''' - 

 and long pointed. After the i'loiaers are paj 



edreddifhZt Seed, ' Me unto \heSeedofYi 

 but thicker and fuller. 



\V. Thefecond.orltdlhn Corn-Flag, is I 



nthout any other differ. 



'he Leaf and Stalk of a 

 le fmaller ) ftandmg out on bkh 



thisflandmg only on one fide, of a deeper Red color, 

 and being later in the Tear before they appear, viz. af- 

 ter all the rejl are paji. The Root ii netted in this, 

 as plainly as in any of the others ; it as plentifully 



IbidTourfoU mn'terT'' ' '""^ ^'^' "^^^ '" 



VI. The fourth is like unto the French Corn- 

 Flag in all re/peas, excepting only that the Flouvrs 

 are of a pale red color, tending to whitenifs, com- 

 monly called a Blujh color. 



_ Vn. The fifth differs not from the laji, except- 

 Leaves are greenei ' ' ' '' - '■ - 



'thTFlowen"are'ofa p 



^ 'i£The/evLh"Zr wTmZhiiol'ha/Tmatted 

 bufhy fibr0us Root -, from whence rife up Leaves 

 about a /pan long,thick and hollow, loith a Partition 

 in their middle, like as you fee in the Cods ^/Stock- 



xi>e«' /o thai 'thevare'an acTepZbfffood"to 



fprings up from among thofe Leaves, and bears 

 Pktiiers of a uhite color, and larger than thofe of 

 Stock-gilliflowers .■ but in that hollow part which is 

 next to the Stalk, they are of a blewijh color, almfl 

 injhape refembling the Flowers of the Corn-Flag, 

 but not absolutely like them. They confifi of five 

 Leaves, whereof the two uppermojl are refleSed to- 

 wards the Stalk ; the three other being broader, hang 

 eTnffels 'foUow'^ filled w^h red Sell' ''""" ^''""' 

 X. The Places. Their Titles, of the chief, gene- 

 rally (how from whence they firft came : but with 



iaw many Acres of Ground overfpread with them. 

 In thofe Countries where they grow Wild, as in 

 dows, and in Earable Land among Corn : and we 

 have great plenty of them in our Gardens near and 



fiid"''' °' ''^"'^^' afte^aUtherei,' as^'^s abovi- 

 . XII. The^ualhks. They ate hot and dry, but 

 in what Degree Authors have not faid : but Galen 

 lays they have a powei to Dry, Attraa, Wafte and 

 ftire (Salit^^ '^'^' ^''^ '"" ^"^^'^ ^""^ '^'^^' 



XIII. The Preparations. You may have therefrom 

 I . A liquid Juice of the upper Root. 2. An Effence 



XIV. Tlje liquid Juice. If it is drunk with Red 

 di°en, called Wo^e/^J whTch\rwheirthe Guts fall 



XV. The Effence of the fame. It has the former 

 Virtues, and being drank Morning and Evening for 

 fome time, to four or fix ounces in a Glafs of Sher- 

 ry Wme, it is faid to provoke Luft, andftrengthen 



XVLThe Emplafter. It is made of the Root 



!Jplkd!' k eafc^'lhrpli^nf oVSgouT: i?SI 



Bones out of the Flefli -, it D'igefts, Maturates, and 



XVII. The Cataplafm. It is made of the Root 

 beaten up with Meal of Darnel, and Honey, and a 

 little Lard. It waftes and difcuffes hard Nodes, 

 lumps of Flefh, and other like hard Tumors. It is 

 alfo found to be a certain and approved remedy 

 againft fcrophulous Swellings in the Throat, vul- 

 garly called the KingVEvil. 



XVIII. The Pouder of the Cods and Seed. If it is 

 i Goats, or Afles Milk, ro one dram, or 



.-_._., ..lorning and Evening, as alio in the time of 

 the Paroxyfm of the Colick, it eafes the. pains of 

 the Colick : but if it is drank in Jumper Water, it 



CHAP. CLV. 

 0/ CORN-SALLET, 



K, 

 LAMBS-LETT ICE. 



\.^ HE Names. It may be called m Greek, 

 Olus Album hodonei : hi Snglifh^ Cora-Sailer, ot 

 II. The Kinds. It is not a Kin to the Lettice, 



becaffeit is eatln forTsalkt,"as theK^rts! 

 ' ' ■ a Angular Plant by it felf 



The Delcription. It has a Root confijlwg oj 



•vtalUndlongJibr^s,^ Sif^W;?'''?, t 



were, 'upon the ground, about afoot high, if it grows 



in goed and fertil ground ; othcrwje hut a hand or 



