192 THE ExNGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED. 



not perished or hurt ; and this hath been sufficiently prov- 

 ed true by the experience of a man ot" judgment, who 

 kept it long to liinisclf as a great secret. It cleareth the 

 eyes of dust, or any thing gotten into them, and preser- 

 vetli the sight. It is also very available against wounds 

 and thrusts, being made in an oitment in this manner : 

 To every ounce of water, add two drani'i of May butter 

 without salt, and of sugar and wax, of each as much 

 also let them boil gently together ; let tents dipped into 

 that liquor that reniaineth after it is cold, be put into tlic 

 wounds, and the place covered witli a linen cloth doubled 

 and anointed with the ointment; and this is also an ap- 

 proved medicine. It likewise clcanseth and healeih all 

 loul ulcers and sores whatsoever, and staycth their in- 

 flammations by washing them with the water, and laying 

 on them a green leaf or two in the Summer, or dry leaves 

 in the Winter. This water gargled warm in the mouth, 

 and some times drank also doth cure the quinsy, or king's 

 evil in the throat. The said water applied warm, taketh 

 away all spots, marks, and scabs in the skin ; and a little 

 of it drauk, qucncheth thirst when it is extraordinary. 



Lovage. Q. in d (//. d. 1.) 



The whole plant and every part of it smelleth strong 

 and aromatically, and is of a hot sharp biting taste. 



Descript.'] It hath many long and great stalks of large 

 winged leaves, divided into many parts, likeSmallage, but 

 cut much larger and greater, every leaf being cut about 

 the edges, broadest forward, and smallest at the stalk, of a 

 sad green colour, smooth and shining ; from among which 

 rise up sundry strong, hollow green stalks, five or six, 

 sometimes seven or eight feet high, full of joints, but 

 lesser leaves set on them than groAv below ; and with 

 them towards the tops come forth large branches, bearing 

 at their tops large umbels of yellow llowers, and after 

 them flat brownish seed. The root groweth thick, great 

 and deep, spreading much, and enduring long, of a 

 brownish colour on the outside, and whitish within. 



Place.'] It is usually planted in gardens, whcrCj if it be 

 sufi'ercd, it groweth huge and great. 



