322 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENIAHGEP. 



heated between tiles, and applied hot to the shart, 

 causelh them to make ^vater Avho had it stopt before. It 

 is held likewise to be good for wounds, and to take away 

 seed. The decodtion of the herb and liowers, with the 

 seed and root, taken for some time, helpelh women thafe 

 are troubled with the whites;. The seed and flowers 

 boiled in water, and after made into a poultice with some 

 oil^ and applied, helpeth hard swellings and imposthumes. 



Heart Trefoil. Q. (Ji. d. 3.) 



Besides the ordinary sort of Trefoil, here are two more 

 remarkable, and one of whieh may be probably called 

 Heart Trefoil, not only because the leaf is triangular, like 

 the heart of a man, but also because each leaf contains 

 the perfedl icon of a heart, and that in its proper colours, 

 ■»iz» a flesh-colour. 



Place.'] It groweth between Longford and Bow, and 

 beyond bouthwark, by the highway and parts adjacent. 



Government and Vi/'iues.'] It is under the dominion of 

 the Sun, and if it were used, it would be found as great 

 a strengthener of the heart, and cherisher of the vitil 

 spirits as grows, relieving the body against fainting and 

 swoonings, fortifying it against poison and pestilence, 

 defending the heart against the noisome vapours of the 

 spleen. 



Pearl Trefoil. ]) . (c. m. 2.) 



It differs not from the common sort, save only in this one 

 particular, it hath a white spot in the leaf like a pcail. 

 it is particularly uuder the dominion of the Moon, and 

 its icon sheweth that it is of a singular virtue against the 

 pearl or pin and web in the eyes. 



Tutsan, or Park Leaves. ^ . (c. d. 2.) 



This deserves more notice than it generally obtains. 



JJescripi.] It hath brownish shining round stalks, 

 erected the length thereof, rising two by two, and some- 

 times three feet high, branching forth even from the bot~ 

 torn, having divers joints, aad at each of them two fair 



