M ' OULPBPSB'S COMPLITE HERBAL. 



in the head or body, if any : and is an especial remedy for 

 joint-aches and swollen knees, that come by the falling 

 down of humours. 



The broom-rape also is not without its virtues. 



The decoction thereof in wine is thought to be as effec- 

 tual to void the stone in the kidneys aud bladder, and to 

 provoke urine as the broom itself ; the juice thereof is a 

 singular good help to cure as well green wounds as old 

 and filthy sores and malignant ulcers ; the insolate oil, 

 wherein there hath been three or four repetitions of infu- 

 sions of the top stalks, with flowers strained and cleared, 

 cleanseth the skin from all mauner of spots, marks, and 

 freckles that riseth either by the heat of the sun or thd 

 malignity of the humours. As for the broom and broom 

 rape, Mars owns them : they are exceedingly prejudicial to 

 the liver ; I suppose by reason of the antipathy between 

 Jupiter and Mars, therefore if the liver be disaffected, 

 minister none of it. 



BUCK'S-HORN PLANTAIN.— (PZan^o Corimopui.) 



Detcrip, — This being sown of seed, riseth up at first 

 with small, long, narrow, hairy, dark green leaves like 

 grass^ without any division or gash in them ; but those 

 that follow are gashed in on both sides, the leaves into 

 three or four gashes, and pointed at the ends, resemblins 

 the knags of a buck's horn, (whereof it took its name) 

 and being well ground round about the root upon the 

 ffround, in order one by another, thereby resembling the 

 Form of a star, from among which rise up divers hairy 

 stalks about a hand's breadth high, bearing every one a 

 long, small, spiky head, like those of the common plan- 

 tain, having such like bloomings and seed after them. 

 The root is single, long, and small, with divers strings 

 at it 



Place, — ^They grow in sandy grounds as in Tothillfieldsi 

 by Westminster, and divers other places of this land. 



Time. — They flower and seed in May, June, and July, 

 and their green leaves do in a manner abide tresh all the 

 winter. 



Oovemment and Virtues. — It is under the dominion of 

 Saturn, and is of gallant, drying, and binding quality. 

 This boiled in wine, and drunk, and some of tne leaves 

 put to the hurt place. Bi an excellent remedy for the bit* 

 mg of the viper or aader, which I take to be one and the 



