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Time.l It flowereth in June and July, and the seed is 

 ripe soon after. 



Government and Virtues."] It is under the dominion of 

 Mercury, The dried herb Pellitory made up into an 

 eledluary with honey, or the juice of the herb, or the 

 deco6lion thereof made up with sugar or honey, is a sin- 

 gular remedy for an old or dry cough, the shortness of 

 breath, and wheezing in the throat. Three ounces of 

 the juice thereof taken at a time, doth wonderfully help 

 stopping of the urine, and to expel the stone or gravel 

 in the kidnies or bladder, and is therefore usually put 

 among other herbs used in clysters to mitigate pains in 

 the back, sides, or bowels, proceeding of wind, stopping 

 of urine, thegravel or stone, as aforesaid. If the bruised 

 herb, sprinkled with some muscadel, be warmed upon 

 a tile, or in a dish upon a few quick coals in a chafing- 

 dish, and applied to the belly, it worketh the same eife^t. 

 The deco6lion of the herb being drank, easeth pains of the 

 mother, and bringeth down women's courses : it also 

 easeth those griefs that arise from obstructions of the liver, 

 spleen and reins. The same deco6lion with a little honey 

 added thereto, is good to gargle a sore throat. The juice 

 held awhile in the month, easeth pains in the teeth. The 

 distilled water of the herb drank with some sugar, worketh 

 the same ettedls, and cleanseth the skin from spots, freck les, 

 purples, wheals, sun-burn, morphew, &c. The juice 

 dropped into the ears, easeth the noise in them, and takcth 

 away the pricking and shooting pains therein : the same, 

 or the distilled water, assuageth hot and swelling impos- 

 thumes, burnings, and scaldings by fire or water ; as also 

 all other hot tumours and inllammations, or breakings out 

 of heat, being bathed often with wet cloths dipped there- 

 in ; the said juice made into a liniment with ceruse, and 

 oil of roses, and anointed therewith, cleanseth foul rotten 

 ulcers, and stayeth spreading or creeping ulcers, and 

 running scabs or sores in childrens heads ; and helpeth to 

 stay the hair from falling off the head. The said ointment, 

 or the herb applied to the fundament, openeth the piles, 

 and easeth their pains ; and being mixed with goats (al- 

 low, helpeth the gout : the juice is very eftecStual to 

 cleanse fistulas, and to heal them up safely ; or the herb 

 itself bruised and applied with a little salt. It is like- 



