4 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



have their usual courses, or the whites flow- 1 At the top thereof grow many small yellow 

 ing down tooabundantly. It helps sore ey es. j flowers, one above another, in long spikes ; 

 Of the leaves infused or boiled in oil, oni- j after which come rough heads of seed, hang- 

 phacine or unripe olives, set in the sun four j ing downwards, which will cleave to and 

 certain days, or the green leaves sufficiently ! stick upon garments, or any thing that shall 

 boiled in the said oil, is made an excellent j rub against them. The knot is black, long, 

 green balsam, not only for green and fresh \and somewhat woody, abiding many .years, 

 wounds, butalso foroldandinveterate ulcers, ; and shooting afresh every Spring ; which 

 especially if a little fine clear turpentine be j root, though small, hath a reasonable good 

 dissolved therein. It also stays and re- j scent. 



freshes all inflammations that arise upon j Place.'] It grows upon banks, near the 

 pains by hurts and wounds. I sides of hedges. 



What parts of the body are under each \ Time.'] It flowers in July and August, the 

 planet and sign, and also what disease may ? seed being ripe shortly after, 

 be found in my astrological judgment oft Government and virtues.'] It is an herb 

 diseases; and for the internal work of nature Sunder Jupiter, and the sign Cancer; and 

 in the body of man; as vital, animal, natural \ strengthens those parts under the planet 

 and procreative spirits of man ; the appre- j and sign, and removes diseases in them by 

 hension, judgment, memory ; the external j sympathy, and those under Saturn, Mars 

 senses, viz. Seeing, hearing, smelling, tast-jand Mercury by antipathy, if they happen 

 ing and feeling; the virtuous, attractive, \ in any part of the body governed by Jupi- 

 retentive, digestive, expulsive, &c. under j ter, or under the signs Cancer, Sagitarius or 

 the dominion of what planets they are, may | Pisces, and therefore must needs be good 

 be found in my Ephemeris for the year 1651. j for the gout, either used outwardly in oil or 

 In both which you shall find the chaff of ointment, or inwardly in an electuary, or 

 authors blown away by the fame of Dr. syrup, or concerted juice: for which see the 

 Reason, and nothing but rational truths left latter end of this book, 

 for the ingenious to feed upon It is of a cleansing and cutting faculty 



Lastly. To avoid blotting paper with one! without any manifest heat, moderately 

 thing many times, and also to ease your drying and binding. It opens and clean- 

 purses in the price of the book, and withal I ses the liver, helps the jaundice, and is 

 to make you studious in physic; you have! very beneficial to the bowels, healing all 

 at the latter end of the book, the way of * inward wounds, bruises, hurts, and other 

 preserving all herbs either in juice, con- j distempers. The decoction of the herb 

 serve, oil, ointment or plaister, electuary, I made with wine, and drank, is good against 

 pills, or troches. ] the biting and stinging of serpent?, and 



! helps them that make foul, troubled or 



AGRIMONY. , 



j bloody water. 



Descript.'] THIS has divers long leaves? This herb also helps the cholic, cleanses 

 (some greater, some smaller) set upon ajthe breast, and rids away the cough. 

 stalk, all of them dented about the edges, ; A draught of the decoction taken warm be- 

 green above, and greyish underneath, and \ fore the fit, first removes, and in time rids 

 a little hairy withal. Among which arises j away the tertain or quartan agues. The 

 up usually but one strong, round, hairy, ; leaves and seeds taken in wine, stays the 

 brown stalk, two or three feet high, with \ bloody flux ; outwardly applied, being 

 smaller leaves set here and there upon it. | stamped with old swines' grease, it helps 



