Chap. 278. EngliJI) Herbs. 



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greater A 



IV. The Defcriptions. Tlie firfl, or Greater kind. 

 his a Root which IS a great Bujh of Strings, fpread- 



this Rcot fprings forth one thick, tall, ciefted, brown, 



fpring many great broad Leaves, like' to fome of tht 



larger,, and redder for the molt part, efpecially the 

 lowe^if which branches forth into feveral parts : 



V. Thcfccond, or Greateft Scarlet Flowergentle, 

 both the Sualks and they are of a frefh yeUowifh 



ther parrs, like fhorter Spikes, compaffing it round 



excellent bright, fcarlet red ; and which being ga- 

 while before it decays, efpecially if it is kept trom 



''VII. The Tw^^' They bear their fpiky Flow.rs 

 " VIII. Thl\Zln,cs. They are temperate in re- 

 Aftrin 'enPRe''ercufh;e"H ^'^' ' " '''' ^^'"''' ' 



IX. The Speajicathn. They are peculiar for 

 flopping all forts ot Fluxes, elpecially Muxes of 



l.^' fjiJor^EgfmT' 2 ^TD^cJaZ^n'RedPt 

 tJptfmoftheuZel"'' "" " '""' ' ^' "^ ^'" 



vLe^'k tWs Phntlprkvemf 



Bloody yiuxe's" Sphting a'^d PiCg'of BLoi,^^'^- 



fuls at a timTin I Glafs of rS Port,°or Ibme o°her 

 ^Xil. The r^ecoaion m Red Port Wmr. It has all 



liopsrhe fame, heals the Gu?" aiid ftrengthTrr'the 

 Fart afflitted : _ but it ought to be feveral times re- 



'^'Sm. The Seed, or Pouder ihverf. It may be 

 given from halt a Dram to a Dram at a time, in a 

 blalsofWine, Morning and Night, againit Naufe- 

 oufnefs or Vomiring, Weaknefs of the Bowels, 

 Bloody-Hux, Hepatick-flux, and all other forts of 

 Fluxes. If there is any Corrofion of the Guts, it 

 heals it, Itops the Flux of Humors to the Part, and 



XIV. The Cataplafm of the heaves. It repercuf- 

 fes Humors, flops Fluxions ro any Part, eafes Pains, 

 and prevails much againfl the Gout : but in tins 



