S)4 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



Colt's Foot. ? . (h. VI. \) 



Called also Coughwort, Foal's-foot, Horse-hoof, and 

 Bull's-foot. 



Descript.'] This shooteth up a slender stalk, with small 

 yellowish flowers somewhat early which fall away quickly, 

 and after they are past, come up somewhat round leaves, 

 sometimes dented about the edges, much lesser, thicker, 

 and greener than those of butter-bur, with a little down 

 or frieze over the green leaf on the upper side, which 

 may be rubbed away, and whitish or meally underneath. 

 The root is small and white, spreading much under 

 ground, so that where it taketh, it w ill hardly be driven 

 away again, if any little piece be abiding therein; and 

 from thence spring fresh leaves. 

 PlaceJ] Itgrowethaswell in wetgroundsasin drier places. 



Tinie.'\ And fiowereth in the end of February ; the 

 leaves begin to flower in March, 



Government and Virtues.'^ The plant is under Venus ; 

 the fresh leaves or juice, or a syrup thereof, is good for 

 a hot dry cough, or wheesing, and shortness of breath. 

 The dry leaves are best for those who have thin rheums 

 and distillations upon their lungs, causing a cough ; for 

 which also the dried leaves taken as tobacco, or the 

 root, is very good. The distilled water hereof simply, 

 or with elder-flowers and night-shade, is a singular good 

 remedy against all hot agues, to drink two ounces at a 

 time, and apply cloths wet therein to the head and sto- 

 mach which also does much good, being applied to 

 any hot swellings or inflammations. It helpefh St. An- 

 thony's fire and burnings, and is singular good to take 

 away wheals and small pushes that arise through heat ; 

 as also the burning heat of the piles, or privy parts, 

 clot hs wet thereinbeing thereunto applied. 



Comfrey. ij . and 23. (c. d. 3.) 



Tins is a common, but most ncgledled plant of great 

 virtues. 



Descript.'] The common Great Comfrey hath divers 



Tcry large hairy green leaves lying on the ground, so 



lairy or prickly, that if they touch any tender part of 



