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or the forehead, temples, or nape of the neck, bathed with 

 the decoction of the dried herb. It alsodrictii upthe mois- 

 ture of fistulous ulcers, or any other that are foul and 

 spreadiHg. 



Rushes. 



Although there are many kinds of Rushes, yet they are 

 as well let alone as used in physic, There are remedies 

 enough without them for any disease, and therefore as the 

 provL-rb is, 1 care not a Rush for them ; or ratl'er, they will 

 do )ou as much good as if one had given you a Rush* 



Rye. ? . (c. d. 1.) 



This is so well known, especially to the country people, 

 who seed much thereon, that iff did describe it, they would 

 presently say, 1 might as well have spared that labour. 



Goveniment and Virtues.'\ Rye is more digesting than 

 wheat ; the bread and leaven thereof ripetieth and break- 

 eth imposthumes, boils, and other swellings; the meal 

 of Rye put between a double cloth, and moistened with 

 a little vinegar, and heated in a pewter dish, set over a 

 chafing dish of coal;-, and bound fast to the head while 

 it is hot, doth much ease the continual pains in the head. 

 Matthiolus saith, that the ashes of R}e straw put into 

 water, and stee|)ed therein a day and a niglit, and the 

 chops of the hands or feet wash.d therewith, doth heal tiiem. 



SaflVon. O. in ^. {h- <^- 2.) 



Thk herb needs no description, it being known generally 

 where it gru.vs. 



Flacs.'] It grows frequently at Walden, in Essex, aud 

 in CambridEjeshire. 



Govcrnr.ient and Virtues.'] It is an herb of the Sun, and 

 under the Lion, and thi^efore strengthcsis the heart ex- 

 ceedmgly. Let not above ten grains be givon at or.c 

 time, for the Sun, which is the fountain of light, may 

 dazzle the eyes, and make them blind; a cordial being 

 taken in an immoderate quantity liurls ilie heart insfead of 

 helping it. It quickcneth the brain, for the Sun is ■ xalted 

 in Aries, as well as he hath his house in Leo. It lieli)s 

 onsumptions of the lungs, and difficulty of breathing ; 



