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description, I shall pass it, being well known to all thofiC 

 Uiat sow them. 



Government and Virtites, — It is under the dominion of 

 Mars, being supposed to be a kind of crow-foot The 

 leaves provoke the terms mightily, being boiled, and the 

 decoction drank. The body beine bathed with the decoc- 

 tion of them, cures the leprosy : the leaves being stamped, 

 and the juice snufifed up the nose, purgeth the head 

 mightily ; so doth the root, being chewed in the mouth, 

 for it procureth much spitting, and bringeth away many 

 watery and phlegmatic numors, and is therefore excellent 

 for the lethargy. And when all is done, let physicians 

 prate what they please, all the pills in the aispensary 

 purge not the head like to hot things held in the mouth. 

 Being made into an ointment, and the eye-lids anointed 

 with it, it helps inflammations of the eyes ; whereby it is 

 palpable, that every stronger draweth its weaker like. 

 The same ointment is excellent good to cleanse malignant 

 and corroding ulcers. 



AltBACH (GAEDEN.)— (ii^rtp^c* HortentU,) 



Callxd also Orach, and Arat^e. 



Descrip, — It is so commonly known to every housewife, 

 it were labour lost to describe it. 



Time.— li flowereth and seedeth from June to the end 

 of August. 



Oovemment and Virtues, — It is under the government 

 of the Moon : in quality cold and moist like unto her. It 

 aoftenelh and looseneth the body of man being eaten, and 

 fortitieth the expulsive faculty in him. The herb, whether 

 it be bruised and applied to the throat, or boiled, and in 

 like manner appliea, it matters not much, it is excellent 

 ^ood for swellings in the throat ; the best way, I suppose, 

 18 to boil it, having drunk the decoction inwardly, and ap- 

 ply the herb outwardly. The decoction of it besides is an 

 excellent remedy for the yellow jaundice. 



ARRACH, WILD AND STINKING.— ('ui/no^Ar 

 Olida.) 



Called also Vulvaria, Dog's-arrach, GoatVarrach, and 

 Stinking Mother- wort. 



Deecrxp. — This hath small and almost round leaves, yet 

 a little pointed, and almost without dent or cut, of a dusky 

 mealy colour, jawing on the slender stallu and branches 



