THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 65 



Government and Virtiies.l Venus challengeth this herb 

 ft)r her own, and by its leat and seed you may draw the 

 womb which way you please, either upwards, by ap- 

 plying it to the crown of the head, in case it falls out ; 

 or downwards, in fits of the mother, by applying it to 

 the soles of the feet; or if you would stay it in its place, 

 apply it to the navel, and that is one good, way to stay 

 the child in it. The Burdock leaves are cooling, mode- 

 rately drying, and discussing withal, whereliy it is good 

 for old ulcers and sores. A dram of the roots takea 

 ■with pine-kernels, helpeth them that spit foul, mattery, 

 and bloody phlegm. The leaves applied to the places 

 troubled with the shrinking of the sinews or arteries, 

 give much ease. The juice of the leaves, or rather the 

 roots themselves, given to drink with old wine, doth 

 wonderfully help the biting of any serpents ; and the 

 root beaten with a little salt, and laid on the place, 

 suddenly easeth the pain thereof, and helpeth those that 

 are bit by a mad dog. The juice of the leaves being 

 drank Avitb honey, provoketh urine, and remedieth the 

 pain of the bladder. The seed being drank in wine forty 

 days together, doth wonderfully help the sciatica. The 

 leaves bruised with the white of an egg, and applied to 

 any place burnt with fire, taketh out the fire, gives sud- 

 den ease, and heals it up afterwards. The decoftion of 

 them fomented on any fretting sore or canker, stayeth 

 the corroding quality, which mast be afterwards anointed 

 with an ointment made of the same liquor, hogs-grease, 

 nitre and vinegar boiled together. The roots may be 

 preserved with sugar, and taken fasting, or at other 

 times, for the same purposes, and for consumptions, 

 the stone, and the lask. The seed is much commended 

 to break the stone, and cause it to be expelled by urine, 

 and is often used with other seeds and things to that 

 purpose. 



Cabbages and Coleworts. l).(temp. d, 1.) 



I SHALL spare a labour in writing a description of 

 these, since almost every one that can but write at 

 all, may describe them from his own knowledge, they 



