Hi THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



The Furz Busli c?. (h. d. 3.) 



It is as well known by this name, as it is in some countio* 

 by the name of Gorz or Whins, that I shall not need to 

 ■write any description thereof, my intent being to teach 

 my countrymen what they know not, rather than to tell 

 them again of that which is generally known before. 



Place.'] They are known to grow on dry barren heaths, 

 and other waste, gravelly, or sandy grounds, in all coun- 

 ties of this land. 



Time.'] They also flower in the Summer months. 



Government and l^'irtues.] Mars owns the herb. They 

 are hot and dry, and open obstru<Stions of the liver and 

 spleen. A decotlion made with the flowers thereof 

 hath been found effe6tual against the jaundice, as also 

 to provoke mine, and cleanse the kidoies from gravel 

 or stone iugendered in them. Mars doth also this by 

 ■sympathy. 



' Garlick. <?. {h. d. 4 J 



The ofFensiveness of the breath of him that hath eaten 

 Garlick, will lead you by the nose to the knowledge 

 hereof, and instead of a description, direct you to the 

 place ^vhere it groweth in gardens, which kinds are the 

 best, and most physical. 



Government and Virtue!,.'] Mars owns this herb. This 

 was anciently accounted the poor man's treacle, it being 

 a remedy for all diseases and hurts (except those which 

 itself breed.) It provoketh urine and women's courses, 

 helpeth the biting of mad dogs, and other venomous 

 creatures ; killelh worms in children, cutteth and voideth 

 tough phlegm, purgeth the head, helpeth the lethargy, is 

 a good preservative against, and a remedy for any plague, 

 sore, or foul ulcer ; takcth away spots and blemishes in 

 the skin, easeth pains in the ears, ripeneth and breaketh 

 imposthumes, or other swellings; and for all these dis- 

 eases the onions are as efFectual. But tlie Garlick hath 

 some more peculiar virtues besides the former, viz.it hath 

 a special quality to disscus inconveniencies coming by 

 corrupt agues or mineral vapours, or by drinking corrupt 

 and stinking waters j as also by taking wolf-baae, hea« 



