oulpepsb's oomplxtb hbbbal. tl 



opening the stoppings of the gall and liver, and melancholy, 

 by open ing the gtoppings of the spleen ; expelleth venom 

 or poison, and also the plague : it provokes urine and wo- 

 men's courses. The decoction oi it in wine drank for 

 some time together, procureth ease unto them that art 

 troubled with the sciatica, or hip gout ; as also the goat 

 in the hands, knees or feet ; if you put to the decoction 

 some honey and a little burnt alum, it is excellent good to 

 gargle any sore mouth or throaty and to wash the sores 

 and ulcers in the privy parts of man or woman ; it speedily 

 helpeth green wouods, oeing bruised and bound tnereto. 

 The juice of it boiled with a little honey and verdigris, 

 doth wonderfully cleanse fistulas, ulcers, and stayeth the 

 spreading or eating of cancers and ulcers ; it helpeth the 

 itch, scam, weals, and other breakings out in any part of 

 the bod^. The juice of celandine, field daises, and ground- 

 ivy clarified and a little fine sugar dissolved therein, and 

 dropped into the eyes, is a sovereign remedy for all pains, 

 recmMS, and watering of them ; as also ror the pin and 

 web, skins and films growing over the sight : it helpeth 

 hearts as well as men. The juice dropped into the ear 

 doth wonderfully help the noise and singing of them, and 

 helpeth the hearing which is decayed. It is good to tun 

 up with new drink, for it will clarify it in a night, that it 

 will be the fitter to be drank the next morning ; or if any 

 drink be thick with removing or any other accident, it wiU 

 do the like in a few hours. 



ALEXANDER— (/Smymtt^ (Hutairvmk) 



It is also called Alisander, Horse Parsley, Wild Parsley, 

 and the Black Pot-herb ; the sedd of it is that which is 

 usually sold in apothecaries' shops for Macedonian parsley- 

 seed. 



Detorip. — It is usually sown in all the gardens in 

 Europe, and so well known, that it needs no farther de- 

 scription. 



Time. — It flowereth in June and July : the seed is ripe 

 in August 



ChvimfMrU and Virtuet,— It is an herb of Jupiter, and 

 therefore friendly to nature, for it warmeth a cold stomach, 

 and opeoeth a stoppage to the liver and spleen ; it is good 

 to move women's coursei, to expel the after-birth, to break 

 wind, to provoke urine, and helpeth the strangury ; and 

 these things the seeds will do likewise. If either of them 



