cxtlpeper's oomfletx hibbai* 79 



The powder of the seed put into a poultice taketh away 

 black and blue spots of blows and bruises. The herb it- 

 self, or with some of the seed bruised and fried, laid hot 

 in a bag or double cloth to the lower parts of the belly, 

 ea«etb the pains of the wind colic 



The roots of carrawajrs eat«n as men eat parsnips, 

 strengthen the stomachs of old people exceedinc^ly, and 

 thej need not to make a whole meal of them neither, and 

 are fit to be planted in every garden. 



Carraway confects, once only dipped in sugar, and a 

 spoonful of them eaten in the morning fasting, and as 

 many after each meal, is a most admirable remedy for 

 those that are troubled with wind. 



C'EliAKDl'SK—iChelidonium Majtu.) 



Descrip. — This hath divers tender, round, whitish green 

 stalks, with greater joints than ordinary in other herbs, 

 as it were knees, very brittle and easv to break, from 

 whence grow branches with large tender broad leaves 

 divided into many parts, each of them cut in on the edges, 

 set at the joint on both sides of the branches, of a dark 

 blueish green colour on the upper side like columbines, 

 Mid of a more pale blueish green underneath, full of yel- 

 low sap when any part is broken, of a bitter taste and 

 strong scent The xxx)t is somewhat great at the head, 

 shootmg forth divers long roots and small strings, reddish 

 on the outdide, and yellow within, full of yellow sap 

 therein. 



Place, — They grow in many pUces bv old walls, hedges, 

 and way-sides, in untilled places ; and being once planted 

 in a garden, especially in some shady place, it will remain 

 there. 



Tims. — They flower all the summer long, and the seed 

 ripeneth in the mean time. 



OovtmmerU and Virtues, — This is an herb of the Sun, 

 and under the celestial Lion, and is one of the best cures 

 for the eyes, for all that know any thing in astrology know 

 that the eyes are subject to the luminaries ; let it then be 

 gathered when the Sun is in Leo, and the Moon in Aries, 

 applying to this time ; let Leo arise, then may you make 

 it into an oil or ointment, which you please, to anoint 

 jour sore eyes with : I can prove it both by my own ex- 

 psrisDCS and the experience of those to whom I havs 

 taught it, thAt most ae8p>erate sore eyes havs been oared 



