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and yield commendable nourishment to the body ; yet, 

 if eaten over-miich, they make the blood thick, procure 

 hcad-acli, and bind the body; the inner skin, tliat co- 

 vcreth the nut, is of so binding a quality, that a scruple 

 of it being taken by a man, or ten grains by a child, 

 soon stops any llux whatsoever: The whole uut being 

 dried and beaten into powder, and a dram taken at a 

 time, is a good remedy to stop the terms in women. If 

 you dry Chesnuts, (only the kernels I mean) both the 

 barks being taken away, beat them into powder, and 

 make the powder up into an ele(5luary with honey, so 

 have you an admirable remedy for the cough and spitting 

 of blood. 



Earth Chesnuts. ? . (c. m. 3.) 



They arc called Earth Nuts, Earth Chesnuts, Ground 

 Nuts, Cippcr Nuts, and in Sussex Pig Nuts. A de- 

 scription of them were nccdlcis, for every child knows 

 'hem. 



Government and Virtues."] They are something hot and 

 dry in quality, under the dominion of Venus, they pro- 

 voke lust exceedingly, and stir up those sports she is 

 mistress of; the seed is excellent good to provoke urine; 

 and so also is the root, but it doth not perform it so for- 

 cibly as the seed doth. The root being dried and beaten 

 into a powder, and the powder made into an eledtuary, 

 is as singular a remedy for spitting and pissing of blood, 

 as the former Chcsnut was for coughs. 



ChickAveed. D. (c. in. 3.) 



It is so generally known to most people, that I shall 

 not trouble you with the description thereof, nor myself 

 with setting forth the several kinds, since but only two 

 or three are considerable for their usefulness. 



P/«C6\] They are usually found in moist and watery 

 places, by wood sides, and elsewhere. 



Time.'\ They flower about June, apd their seed is ripe 

 in July. 



Government and Virtues.'] It is a fine soft pleasing herb, 

 under the dominion of the Moon, It is foand to be as 



