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morphew, leprosy, foul scars, or other de- 1 provoke urine, and help to break the stone, 

 formity whatsoever ; also all running scabs j and pass it away ; they procure women's 

 and manginess are healed by the powder of > courses, and expel the dead child. Being 

 the dried root, or the juice thereof, but > fried with butter and vinegar, and applied 

 especially by the fine white hardened juice. \ warm, it helps all manner of tumours, swel- 

 The distilled water of the root works the j lings, and inflammations, 

 same effects, but moie weakly; the root j Such drinks ought to be made of sundry 

 bruised and applied of itself to any place \ herbs, according to the malady. I shall 

 where the bones are broken, helps to draw j give a plain and easy rule at the latter end 

 them forth, as also splinters and thorns in \ of this book, 

 the flessh ; and being applied with a little i , 



wine mixed therewith, it breaks boils, and { 



helps whitlows on the joints. For all these j IT is called Ruscus, and Bruscus, Knee- 

 latter, beginning at sores, cancers, &c. | holm, Kneeholly, Kneehulver, and Petti- 

 apply it outwardly, mixing it with a little jgree. 

 hog's grease, or other convenient ointment. 5 Descript.~\ The first shoots that sprout 



As for the former diseases where il; must | from the root of Butcher's Broom, are 

 be taken inwardly, it purges very violently, | thick, whitish, and short, somewhat like 

 and needs an abler hand to correct it than j those of Asparagus, but greater, they rise 

 most country people have. I up to be a foot and a half high, are spread 



(inlo divers branches, green, and somewhat 

 BROOK LIME, OR WATER-PIMPERNEL. | creassed with the roundness, tough and flex- 



Descript.~\ THIS sends forth from alible, whereon are set somewhat broad and 

 creeping root that shoots forth strings at) almost round hard leaves and prickly, 

 every joint, as it runs, divers and sundry j pointed at the end, of a dark green colour, 

 green stalks, round and sappy Avith some j two for the most part set at a place, very 

 branches on them, somewhat broad, round, I close and near together; about the middle 

 deep green, and thick leaves set by couples j of the leaf, on the back and lower side 

 thereon ; from the bottom whereof shoot \ from the middle rib, breaks forth a small 

 forth long foot-stalks, with sundry small whitish green flower, consisting of four 

 blue flowers on them, that consist of five small round pointed leaves^? standing upon 



small round pointed leaves a pice. 



There is another sort nothing different 

 from the former, but that it is greater, and 

 the flowers of a paler green colour. 



little or no foot-stalk, and in the place 

 whereof comes a small round berry, green 

 at the first, and red when it is ripe, wherein 

 are two or three white, hard, round seeds 



Placed] They grow in small standing j contained. The root is thick, white and 

 waters, and usually near Water Cresses, I great at the head, and from thence sends 



Time.'] And flower in June and July, \ forth divers thick, white long, tough strings, 

 giving seed the next month after. ? Place."] It grows in cdpses, and upon 



Government and virtues. ~\ It is a hot and j heaths and waste grounds, and oftentimes 

 biting martial plant. Brook-lime and | under or near the holly bushes. 

 Water-Cresses are generally used together | Time."] It shoots forth its young buds 

 in diet-drink, with other things serving to j in the Spring, and the berries are ripe 

 purge the blood and body from all ill? about September, the branches of leaves 

 humours that would destroy health, and { abiding green all the Winter, 

 are helpful to the scurvy. They do all j Government and virtues.'] It is a plant of 



