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Cometh a small cloven bulb, which when it is ripe, if it 

 be set in the ground, it will grow to be a root. 



As for the other Coralwort which groweth in this na- 

 tion, it is more scarce than this, being a very small plant, 

 much like Crowfoot ; therefore some think it to be one of 

 the sorts of crowfoot: 1 know not where to direct you to 

 it, therefere I shall forbear the description. 



Place.'] The first groweth in Mayfield in Sussex, in a 

 wood called Highread, and in another wood there also, 

 called Foxholes. 



TVwe."| They flower from the latter end of April to the 

 middle of May, and before the middle of July they are 

 gone, and not to be found. 



Government and Virtues.'] It is under the dominion of 

 the Moon. It cleanseth the bladder, and proroketh 

 nrinc, expels gravel and the stone; it easeth pains in 

 the sides and bowels, is excellent good for inward 

 wounds, especially such as are made in the breast or 

 lungs, by taking a dram of the powder of the root every 

 morning in wine ; the same is excellent good for ruptures, 

 as also to stop Uuxes ; an ointment made of it is excellent 

 good lor wouuds and ulcers, for it soon drives up the 

 watery humours which hinder the cure. 



Costraary, or Alcost, or Balsam Herb. "U. (k, d. 2.) 



This is so frequently known to be an inhabitant in almost 

 every garden, that 1 suppose it needless to write a de- 

 scription thereof. 



Time.] It flowereth in June and July. 



Government and Virtues.] It is under the dominion of 

 Jupiter. The ordinary Costmary, as well as Maudlin, 

 provoketh urine abundantly, and raoisteneth (he hard- 

 ness of the mother ; it gently purgeth choler and phlegm, 

 extenuating that which is gross, and cutting that which 

 is tough and glutinous, cleanseth that which is foul, and 

 hindereth putrefadlioa and corruption ; it dissolveth 

 without attraction, openeth obstructions, and helpeth 

 th«r evil efle(5ls, and it is a wonderful help to all sorts of 

 dry agues. It is astringent to the stomach, and strengj^h- 

 enetb the liver, and all the other inward parts ; and taken 

 in whey, worketh more effeclualij. Taken fasting 



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