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with us, although Tragus saith from expe- i is also effectual against the venom of any 

 rience in Germany, that the distilled water j poisonous creature, and the danger that 

 thereof is profitable for gnawings or excori- \ comes to them that have the lethargy, and 

 ations in the stomach or bowels, or for ul- { is as good against the cough. The distilled 



cers in the lungs, liver, or other inward J water of Parsley is a familiar medicine with 

 parts, as also in the matrix, and helps all ! nurses to give their children when they are 

 those diseases, being drank for certain days troubled with wind in the stomach or belly 



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parts, as also in the matrix, and helps all ! nurses to give their children when they are 

 those diseases, being drank for certain days troubled with wind in the stomach or belly 

 together. It stays the sharpness of humours i which they call the frets ; and is also much 

 in the bloody-flux, and other fluxes in the i available to them that are of great years 

 body, or in wounds. The root thereof j The leaves of Parsley laid to the eyes that 

 also performs the like effect. It is used {are inflamed with heat, or swollen, doth 

 outwardly to cool any heat or inflammation i much help them, if it be used with bread or 

 upon any hurt or wound, and eases the J meal ; and being fried with butter, and ap- 

 painsof them; as, also, to heal scaldings \ plied to women's breasts that are hard 

 or burnings, the juice thereof being beaten i through the curdling of their milk, it abates 

 with some green sallad oil, and anointed. \ the hardness quickly; and also takes away 

 The leaf bruised, and laid to any green t black and blue marks coming of bruises or 

 wound in the hand or legs, doth heal them j falls. The juice thereof dropped into the 

 quickly ; and being bound to the throat, j ears with a little wine, eases the pains, 

 much helps the quinsy ; it helps also rup- 1 Tragus sets down an excellent medicine to 

 tures and burstenness. If you please to j help the jaundice and falling sickness, the. 

 make the juice thereof into a syrup with I dropsy, and stone in the kidne} r s, in this 

 honey or sugar, you may safely take a | manner : Take of the seed of Parsley, Fen- 

 spoonful or two at a time, (let my author j nel, Annise and Carraways, of each an 

 say what he will) for a quinsy, and you j ounce ; of the roots of Parsley, Burnet, 

 shall find the medicine pleasant, and the j Saxifrage, and Carraways, of each an ounce 

 cure speedy. jand an half; let the seeds be bruised, and 



PARSLEY ? ' tne ro ts washed and cut small ; let them 



| lie all night to steep in a bottle of white 



THIS is so well known, that it needs no \ wine, and in the morning be boiled in a 

 description. j close earthen vessel until a third part or 



Government and virtues^] It is under the * more be wasted ; which being strained and 

 dominion of Mercury ; is very comfortable} cleared, take four ounces thereof morning 

 to the stomach ; helps to provoke urine and \ and evening first and last, abstaining from 

 women's courses, to break wind both in the! drink after it for three hours. This opens 



stomach and bowels, and doth a little open 

 the body, but the root much more. It 

 opens obstructions both of liver and spleen, 

 and is therefore accounted one of the five 



obstructions of the liver and spleen, and 

 expels the dropsy and jaundice by urine. 



PARSLEY PIERT, OR PARSLEY BREAK 



STONE. 



opening roots. Galen commended it 

 against the falling sickness, and to provoked Descript.~] THE root, although it be very 

 urine mightily ; especially if the roots be j small and thready, yet it continues many 

 boiled, and eaten like Parsnips. The seed 1 years, from which arise many leaves lying 

 is effectual to provoke urine and women's ! along on the ground, each standing upon 

 courses, to expel wind, to break the stone, la long small foot-stalk, the leaves as broad 

 and ease the pains and torments thereof ; it las a man's nail, very deeply dented on the 



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