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SaimonV HerbaL Lib. 1. 



The Injufton of^ the lloxeers, jrejh or dry. 



effeaual, Inl tSoretmy be "drank w half a 

 Pint or more. Being made pleafant with the 



Sulphur^ it is an excellent Gargle for a fore Throat, 

 is profitable againtt a Quinfie and Pleurifie, and 



the heat of Fevers, quenches Thirft, comforts the 

 Stomach, cheats the Heart, and refifts Putrefaai- 



Ounces, it purges Choler admirably. 2. With an 

 InfUfwn in Water. Take frejh Flowers of Violets 

 a Found, fair Water boiling hot a ^^uart -, flop them 

 clofe up in a Glajs Matrafs or Vefica for a day, 

 thenftrain out by prejfing -, in the ftrained Liquor 



M'&:, 



pi m! The louder of the Purple rtokt Floime: 



Virtues and Effefts, but Purges not altogether 

 ftiongly : It is alfo faid to be good againtt t! 



XIX. Jhe Pouder of the Seed. It is good 



convenient Diuretick, and cooling Vehicle. 



XX. The Cataplajm. -It is made oUthe green 

 Leaves, being fryed with Yolks of Eggs. It being 

 applyed, eales pains, and difcufles Swellings in 



th.^ Piles. Made with Oil of Rofes, it difcufles 

 Tumors, abates Inflamations in any part, andeafes 

 pains of the Headcaufed thio' want of Sleep. 



;/ k made of the Water or Infufwn of Violet Flowers 

 a^d Sugar, a Pound of Double Refined Sugar to 

 two S>iu,rts of the Water or Infufwn. The Virtues 





WMout, andput infrejhp, 



Month at lJ/."^h IT Cwling and MoTftningt 



Opening and Anodyn, good again 



CHAP. DCCXX\ I. 

 VIOLETS Corn ^nd Dames. 



l^HE Name. 



yet fince Cuftom h 



fo called, we were obliged 



of the .Alphabet, and in this 



fuppofe ^ 



a Segetum, CaryophiUus Segetum ; in Englifh, 

 7 Vtolet, or Vent,s Looking - Glafs, by Gerard. 

 fecond is called in Latine, Fiola Matronalts, 

 in Englifh, Dames riolet. 

 [. The Kinds. Of the firft or Corn Violet, 



e lefler Corn Violet. 



Dames Violets, Queens Gilliflower, and 

 Gilliflower. 2. Hefperis Pannontca, Viola Ma- 

 tronalis Pannonica ; Hungarian Daraes Violet. 

 ?. Ue/peris, five Viola Matronalis flore a!' ' 



the Luioium lufchij -, Vwla Matronalis flore plena 

 Dodonaiijf Lugdunenfis -, Viola Damafcena flore 

 plena Lobelij ; Viola Hyberna five Hyemalis ; Hef- 

 perk flore plena albo. White double Dames Vio- 

 lets. 4. Hefperis flore plena Purpurante, Viola 

 Matronalis flore plena Purpurante ; Double Purple 

 Dames Violets. 



_ . The firft, or Viola Segetum major, Viola 

 pentagonia major. Speculum Veneris majus. The 



and Annual, which fends fmh Jeveral Jlender, 

 weak, trailing Stalks lying en the Ground, divided 

 and fubdivided from every Joint into Branches, 

 fo plentifully, that one Plant grovsing in a goad 

 Garden, would hardly be covered by a Half Bufhel 

 Meafure : the Branches are thick fet without or- 



flightly dented, er rather waved on the edges : 

 at every Leaf from the middle of the Stalk up- 

 wards, comes forth a Flower, of the bignefs cf ^ 

 Two-Pence, Jo (that five hundred Flowers almoft. 



