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»nto the flesh : it helpeth to streDgthen the members that 

 be out of joint ; and being bruiasd and applied, or the 

 juice dropped in, it helpeth foul and imposthumed ears. 



The distilled water of the herb is good to all the said 

 purposes, either inward or outward, but a great deal 

 weaicer. 



It is a most admirable remedy for such whose lives are 

 annoyed either by heat or cold. The liver is the former of 

 blood, and blood the nourisher of the body, and agrimony 

 a strengthener of the liver. 



I cannot stand to give you a reason in every herb why 

 it cureth such diseases : but if you please to peruse my 

 judgment in the herb wormwood, you shall find them 

 there ; and it will be well worth your while to consider 

 every herb— you shall find them true throughout the 

 book. 



AGRIMONY (WATER,)— {Btdens Tnparttta.) 



It is called in some countries Water Hemp, Bastard Hemp, 

 and Bastard Agrimony ; Eupatorium and Hipatorium, 

 because it strengthens the liver. 



Descrip,— The root continues a long time, having many 

 long slender strinc^s : the stalk grows up about two feet 

 high, sometimes higher ; they are of a dartc purple colour ; 

 the branches are many, growing at distances the one from 

 the other, the one from the one side of the stalk, the other 

 from the opposite point : the leaves are winged, and much 

 indented at the edges : the flowers grow at the top of the 

 branches, of a brown yellow colour, spotted with black 

 spota, having a substance within the midst of them like 

 that of a daisy ; if you rub them between your fingers 

 they smell like rosin or cedar when it is burnt : the seeds 

 are loni^, and easily stick to any woollen thing they touch. 



Place. — They delight not in heat, and therefore they are 

 not 80 frequently found in the southern parts of England 

 as in the northern, where they grow frequently. You may 

 look for them in cold grounds by the sides of ponds and 

 ditches, as also by running waters ; sometimes you shall 

 find them grow in the midst of the waters. 



Tims.— They all flower in July or August, and the seed 

 it ripe preeently after. 



OavernmerU and Virtues. — It is a plant of Jupiter, a« 

 well MM the other agrimony, only this belongs to the cele*- 

 Mal sign in Cnnctr, It healeih and dneth, cnttetb aiic 



