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ihe place baflicd therewith while it is warm, taketh away 

 the pains of the sinews, and the cramp. 



The Mulberry Tree. ^. (c. d. 1.) 



Tins is so well known where it groweth, that it needeth 

 no description. 



Time.'\ It bcareth fruit in the months of July and 

 August. 



Government and Virtues.'] Mercury rules the Tree, 

 therefore are its etfedls variable as his are. The Mulberry 

 ii of different parts ; the ripe berries, by reason of their 

 sweetness and slippery moisture, opening the body, and 

 the unripe binding it, especially when they are dried, and 

 then they are good to stay fluxes, lasks, and the abun> 

 dance of women's courses. The bark of the root killeth 

 the broad worms in the body. The juice of the syrup 

 made of the juice of the berries, hclpeth all inflammations 

 or sores in the mouth, or throat, and palate of the mouth 

 when it is fallen down. The juice of the leaves is a 

 remedy against the bitings of serpents, and for those that 

 have taken aconite. The leaves beaten with vinegar, 

 are good to lay on any place that is burnt with fire. A 

 deco^ion made of the bark and leaves is good to wash 

 the mouth and teeth when they ach. If the root be a 

 little slit or cut, and a small hole made in the ground 

 next thereunto, in the harvest-time, it will give out a 

 certain juice, which being hardened the next day, is of 

 good use to help the tooth-ach, to dissolve knots, and 

 Durgethe belly. The leaves of Mulberries are said to stay 

 bleeding at the mouth or nose, or the bleeding of the 

 T)iles or of a wound, being bound into the places. A 

 branch of the tree taken when the Moon is at the full, 

 and bound to the wrist of a woman's arm, whose courses 

 come down too much, doth stay them in a short space. 



Mullein. Tj . (temp, d, I.) 



Tins, from the texture of the leayes, is also called Poor- 

 Man's Flannel. 



Descript.'] Common White Mullein hath many fair, 

 large, woolly white leaves, lying next the ground, some- 



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