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7V7/JC.] It flowcrcfh the latter end of June and Julj. 



Goveninicni mid I'trtuss.'] It is under the government 

 of Mcreury, and I am persuaded it is one of the best 

 purgcrs of the brain that grows. An ounce of the juice 

 taken in a draught of muscadcl an hour before the fit of 

 the ague comes, it will assuredly drive away the ague at 

 the second or third time takin g at the farthest. Either 

 the herb or root dried and chewed in the mouth, purgeth 

 the brain of phlegmatic humours ; thereby not only 

 casing pains in the head and teeth, but also hindereth 

 the distilling of the brain upon the lungs and eyes, 

 thereby preventing coughs, phthisics and consumptions, 

 the apoplexy and falling sickness. It is an excellent ap- 

 proved remedy in the lethargy. The powder of the herb 

 or root being snuffed up the nostrils, procureth sneezing, 

 and caseth the head-ach ; being made into an ointment 

 with hog's grease, it takes away black and blue spots 

 occasioned by blows or falls, and helps both the gout and 

 sciatica. 



Pellitory of the Wall. $. {h. d. 2.) 



This plant is generally known where there are any old 

 vails or ancient ruins. 



Descn'pi.'] It riseth with brownish, red, tender, weak, 

 clear, and almost transparent stalks, about two feet high, 

 upon which grow at the joints two leaves somewhat broad 

 and long, of a dark green colour, which afterwards turn 

 brownish, smooth on the edges, but rough and hairy, as 

 the stalks are also. At the joints with the leaves from the 

 middle of the stalk upwards, where it spreadeth into 

 branches, stand many small, pale, purplish flowers, in 

 hairy rough heads, or husks, after which come small, 

 black, rough seed, which will stick to any cloth or gar- 

 ment that shall touch it. The root is somewhat long, with 

 small fibres thereat, of a dark reddish colour, which 

 abideth the Winter, although the stalks" and leaves perish 

 and spring every year. 



Flace.'] It groweth "wild generally through the land, 

 about the borders of fields, and by the sides of walls, and 

 among rubbish. It will endure well being brought up in 

 gardens, and planted on the shady side, where it will spring 

 of its own sowing. 



