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boil it in wine, putting some Sniallagc thereto, and after- 

 wards some oil. The Wall Hue is as elledual as Maidcn- 

 llair, in all diseases of (he head, or falling and recover- 

 ing of the hair again, and generally for all the afore- 

 niendoued diseases : And besides, the pawder of it taken 

 in drink for forty days together, helpeth the burstings in 

 children. 



Golden Maiden Hair. ?. (Ii. d. 2.) 



To the former give me leave to add this, and I shall no 

 more but only describe it unto you, and for the A'irtues 

 refer you to the former, since whatever is ^aid of thorn, 

 may be also said of this. 



Descrijif.l It hath many small, brownish, red hairs to 

 make up the form of leaves growing about the gr-'^nnd 

 from the root; and in the middle of them, in Summer, 

 rise small stalks of the same colour, set wilh very fine 

 yellowish green hairs on them, and bearing a small gold, 

 yellow head, lesser than a wheat corn, standing in a great 

 husk. The root is very small and thready. 



Time.'] It growcth in bugs and moorish places, and also 

 on dry shady places, as llampstead Heath, and elsewhere. 



Mallows and Marslimallows. ?. (temp.m. 1.) 



Common Mallows are generally so well known, that they 

 need no description. 



Our Common Marshmallows have divers soft hairy 

 white stalks, rising to be three or four feet high, spreading- 

 forth many branches, the leaves whereof arc soft and 

 hairy, somewhat lesser than the other Mallow leaves, but 

 lonf^er pointed, cut (for the most part) into some few di- 

 visions, but deep. The flowers are many, but smaller 

 also than the other Mallows, and white, or tending to a 

 bluish colour ; after which come such long round cases 

 and seeds, as in the other Mallows. The roots are 

 many and long, shooting from one head, of the bigness 

 of a thumb or finger, very pliant, tough, and being like 

 liquorice, of a whitish yellow colour on the outside, and 

 more white within, full of a slimy juice, which being laid 

 in -water, will thicken, as if it were a jelly. 



