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efTc^lual as Purslain to all the purposes whereunto it 

 serveth, except for meat only. The herb bruised, or 

 the juice applied (with cloths or spunges dipped there- 

 in) to the region of the liver, and as they dry, to have 

 it fresh applied, doth wonderfully temperate the heat of 

 the liver, and is effectual for all imposthumes and 

 swellings whatsoever, for all redness in the face, wheals, 

 pushes, itch, scabs; the juice either simply used, or 

 boiled with hog's grease and applied, helpeth cramps, 

 convulsions, and palsy. The juice, or distilled water, 

 is of much good use for all heats and redness in the 

 eyes, to drop some thereof into them ; as also in the 

 ears, to ease pains in them ; and is of good effect to ease 

 pains from the heat and sharpness of the blood in the 

 piles, and generally all pains in the body that arise of 

 heat. It is used also in hot and virulent ulcers and sores 

 in the privy parts, or on the legs, or elsewhere. The 

 leaves boiled with marsh-mallows, and made into a poul- 

 tice with fenugreek and linseed, applied to swellings and 

 imposthumes, ripen and break them, or assuage the swel- 

 lings and ease the pains. It helpeth the sinews when 

 they are shrunk by cramps, or otherwise, and to extend 

 and make them pliable again by this medicine. Boil a 

 handful of Chickweed, and a handful of red rose leaves 

 dried in a quart of muscadine, until a fourth part be con- 

 sumed ; then put to them a pint of oil of trotter's or 

 sheep's feet; let them boil a good while, still stirring 

 them well; which being strained, anoint the grieved 

 place therewith, warm against the fire, rubbing it well 

 with one hand ; and bind also some of the herb (if you 

 will) to the place, and, with God's blessing, it will help 

 it in three times dressing. 



Chick-Pease, or Cicers. $ . (h. m, I.) 



The garden sorts, whether red, black, or white, are so 

 well known as to require no description. 



Place and Time.'] They are sown in gardens, or fields, 

 as pease, being sown later than pease, and gathered at 

 the same time with them, or presently after. 



Government and Virtues.'] They are both under the do- 

 minion of Venus. They are less windy than beans, 



