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of the body ; it cooleth the heat and sharpness of the 

 «rinc, and excoriations in the urinary parts. The seeds 

 arc of the same property, or rather more powerful, and 

 besides arc available for fainting, swoonings and pas- 

 sions of the heart. Outwardly applied, they serve to 

 temper the sharp humours of fretting ulcers, hot tu- 

 mours, swellings, and pestilential sores ; and wonder- 

 fully help not only the redness and inflammations of the 

 eyes, but the dimness of the sight also; they are also 

 used to allay the pains of the gout ; you cannot use it 

 amiss; a syrup of it is a fine cooling medicine for fevers. 

 See the end of this book. 



Elecampane, y. (li. d. 3.) 



It is grown chiefly for the use of druggists and con- 

 le(5iioners. 



Descript.'] It shooteth forth many large leaves, long and 

 broad, lying near the ground, small at both ends, sorae- 

 'what soft in handling, of a whitish green on the upper 

 side, and grey underneath, each set upon a short foot- 

 stalk, from among which rise up divers great and strong 

 hairy stalks, three or four feet high, with some leaves 

 thereupon compassing them about at the lower end, and 

 arc branched towards the tops, bearing divers great and 

 large flowers, like those of the corn-marigold, both the 

 border of leaves and the middle thrum being yellow, 

 ■which turn into down, with long, small, brownish seeds 

 among it, and is carried away with the wind. The 

 root is great and thick, branched forth divers ways, 

 blackish on the outside, and whitish within, of a very 

 bitter taste, and strong, but good scent, especially 

 when they are dried, no part else of the plant having 

 Any smell. 



Place.'] It groweth in moist grounds and shadowy 

 places, oftner than in the dry and open borders of fields 

 and lanes, and in other waste places, almost in every 

 county of this land. 



Tme.'] It Howereth in the end of June and July, and 

 the seed is ripe in August. The roots are gathered for 

 use, as well in the Spring, before the IcaFCfi come forth, 

 as in Autumn or Winter. 



