THE PREFACE. 



Courteous Reader, 



XXow enjoy the heartfelt satisfaction of laying 

 before you a new and ele<),ant improvement of 

 Culpeper's Herbal, ; which work having gone 

 through such a vast number of editions, will, I 

 trust, prove a sufficient recommendation in respect 

 to its great utility and benefit to the public at 

 large, with the addition of some elegant Plates, in 

 order to enable you to know the various and dif- 

 ferent kinds of Herbs when you see them. We have 

 likewise taught you to know the true nature of 

 each plant, in r sp< ct to the temperament of the 

 same. You have also herein a complete Family 

 Physician, together with the best remedies for 

 every disease incident to the Human Body; for 

 seeing that our frail mortal bodies are subject to 

 a vast multitude of diseases, both internal and 

 external, it hath most graciously pleased Almighty 

 God, of his infinite mercy, goodness and compas- 

 sion to sinful man, to plant remedies in our gar- 

 dens, before our doors, and even on every side 

 of our paths, in order that we might (with our 

 hearts full of gratitude and thanksgivings) put 

 forth our hands, and duly receive the healing 

 balm, in the day of pain and most grievous afflic- 

 tion. We must really stand astonished, and be 

 even lost in admiration, when we find that all 

 these plants are impregnated with, and do possess, 

 such an healing property as is found to overcome 

 and vanquish every disease incident to the humaa 

 body! and the plain reason thereof is this, because 

 they are governed, made rich, preserved, aud are 



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