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There is a lelTer greener Kind of Tobacco, cal- 

 led Englijh Tobacco. It has the fame Virtues 

 with the other, but in a more remifs Degree. The 

 Leaves are often fold for thofe of the other. 



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TORMENTILLA. 



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Very common wild Plant, but very pretty^ 

 and of great Virtue. The Stalks are eight 

 Inches long, but they don't ftand upright. They 

 are very {lender, round, and of a browniih Colour. 

 The Leaves Hand feven or thereabout together at 

 a Joint, all rifin^ from one Bafe ; they are narrow, 

 Icngiib, pointed at the Ends, and ferrated at the 

 Edges, and of a deep Green. The Flow6rs are 



fmall, but of a beautiful fhining Yellow 



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grow on flender Foot-Stalks, and are of the Shape 

 and Colour of the Crow- Foot Flowers, only more 

 beautiful j and much lefs. The Roots are large, 

 thick, and crooked, brown on the Outfide, and. 

 rediih within, and of an auftere Taile. 



The Root is the Part ufed, and it is beit dried ; 

 it may be given in Powder, or Deco6bion.- The 

 Powder is excellent agaiiift the |ileeding of the 

 Piles, Bloody Stools, and the Overflowings of 

 the Menfes. Two Ounces of the Root added to 

 a Quart of Harts-horn Drink in the boiling, 

 gives it a pretty Colour, and adds to its Virtue; 

 the Root is cordial as well as aftringent, and ope- 

 rates a little by Sweat : This Decodion is therefore 

 very ferviceable in Fevers, attended with Purgings. 

 It checks this moderately, and is good againft the 

 Fever at t^^^ fame Time. 



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