254 THE ENGLISH PHYSiaAN ENLARGEIT. 



Time, Their time is also expressed before. The caf- 

 Siks coming forth before the leaves in the end of the 

 ummcr. 



Government and Virtues.'} Saturn hath dominion over 

 both. White Poplar, saith Galen, is of a cleansing pro- 

 perty : the weight of one ounce in powder of the bark 

 thereof being drank, saith Dioscoridcs, is a remedy for 

 those that arc troubled with the sciatica, or the stranguary. 

 The juice of the leaves dropped warm into the ears, 

 easeth the pains in them. The young clammy buds, or 

 eyes before tiiey break out into leaves, bruised and a 

 little honey put to them, is a good medicine for a dull 

 sight. The Black Poplar is held (o be more cooling thau 

 the White, and thertloie the leaves bruised with vine- 

 gar and applied, help the gout. The seed drank in vine- 

 gar is held good against the falling sickness. The water 

 that droppetli from the hollow places of this tree, taketh 

 away warts, pushes, wheal . and other the like breakings 

 out of the body. The young Black Poplar buds, saith. 

 INlatthiolus, are much used by women to beautify their 

 hair, bruising them with fresh butter, straining them after 

 they have been kept for some time in the sun. The oint- 

 ment called Populneura, which is made of this Poplar, is 

 singular good for all heat and inflammations in any part of 

 the body, and tempereth the heat of Avounds. It is much 

 ijsed to dry up the milk of women*s breasts, whcu tbey 

 have weaaed their children. 



Poppj. D. (c. 4. m. 2.) 



Or this I shall describe three kinds, viz. the White ancl 

 Black of the garden, and the Erratic Wild Poppy, or 

 Corn Kose. 



Descript.l The White Poppy hath at first four or five 

 "whitish green leaves lying upon the ground, whit h rise 

 ■with the stalk, compassing it at the bottoi'.i of them, and 

 are ver^ large, much cut or fora on (he edges, and ;iented 

 also besides ; the stalk which is uMialiy four or five feet 

 high, hath sometimes no braticlies at i.he top, and usually 

 but two or three at most, bearing evtr^ one but one 

 head wrapped up in a thin skin, v\ hich boweth dowrv 

 before it is ready io blow, and itu.ii fisiivg. aiid being 



