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manner of thofe of Lmi\\s: At the Joints totvurds 

 the top, come forth long FootflMs, with many 



h Grain, i 

 ofthefirfi Orobus, no, fo round, bu 

 nerd,ofapaleoryeUojlhcolor, 



m^Tht%^, 





The ' Leaves are Winged, the fmalkr Leaves fet om 

 by another on each fide of the middle Rib, fix, eight, 

 or ten in number ; very much larger than any of 

 the other Orobus's, bang 2 or 3 Inches long, and 



or Bujh, much larger tha 

 ■own Cods, withjmallrouni 



and Sometimes hngijh 



VIII. The fixth, or narrow Leav'd, 01 

 Wood Orobus. hs Root confifts of 5 or 



Vetch Bitter, Wild ; 



Vetch Narrow Leav'd Wild. 



Carbuncles, and 



, crefed Stalks, about a hoot high. He LeaveTjiZi 

 the Cods which follow, are long and black, wiib/omc 



^ IX. The Places. The t 



about Hedges and Bufhes, a 

 Highgate and Pancras-Chur 

 is^Nuiirurwit: 



:tts; 



__ XI. The^ua/ities. Of all thefe, the firlt or 

 .jmmon Orobus is only ufedin Phyfick, and ol that 

 Plant, the Grain chiefly. It is hot in the firft de- 

 gree, and dry in the fecond. Aperitive, Abfteifive, 

 uiuretick and Vulnerary, Peroral, a litilc Cathar- 

 and alfo Alexiphartuick. 

 n. The Specification. It opens Obftruftions 

 ^^njcera, cleanfes the Breft and Lungs of 

 Humors, provokes Urine, gives eafe in the 



Ulcers, is good againlt the'Sitings ot Serpents 





The Urcrtg Tcccnwnofthe Grain, in Wine 



Obftruaions of the P'ifiera, chiefly of the Lungs, 

 Liver, Spleen, Stomach, Mtfentery, Reins and In- 

 teltines, cleanfing thofe pans of pituitous, thick, 



Pliny fays, it is faid in the Ennperor Auguf}ui% 

 Epiltles, that he was Cured by Ervum, viz. this 

 Orobus, whofe Grief was fuppofed to be tough, 

 pituitous matter infefting the Lungs, and not eafie 

 to be expeaorared. It gently purges the Bowels 

 • iwards, and being taken falling every Morn- 

 it eafes the Spleen, and opens its Obltruai- 



againft the Bitings of Serpents, mad Dogs, 

 ther Venomous Creatures, being taken mixed 



Wine or Vinegar ; and fo alio it provokes 

 s, gives eafe in the Strangury, and cures the 

 Jmus, if the Patient be not reduced thereby to 

 sp Confumption ; but an incipient Confuinpti- 

 /hether Pining, oxPhthjfis, ft Cures by taking 



..,,„. ing, orP/;rfoy7x, 



away the Obflruftions which hi 



IfoFtll 

 lis Wounds, 



gun. Outwatdly it heals Wounds, old Sores, and 

 running Ulcers by wafliing them thetewith, wbe- 

 ' Xv" The Meal. It is made (vyithout fteeping 



grinding ir, and fifting it 



yithout fteeping 

 ' e^k, then 



