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Venus's herbs, to cure the wounds or mis- 

 chiefs Mars inflicts upon the body of man. 



no leaf appears in the "Winter. The taste 

 hereof is strong and unpleasant ; and so is 



It heals green wounds speedily, or any 1 the smell also. 



ulcers, imposthumes, or bleedings inward,' Place.'] It grows in moist and wet 

 also tumours in any part of the body; for! grounds, by wood-sides, and sometimes in 

 the decoction or powder in drink taken,* moist places of shadowy groves, as also by 

 and the juice used outwardly, dissipates \ the water side. 



the humours : and there is not found any j Time.'] It flowers in July, and the seed 

 herb that can give such present help either \ is soon ripe, and carried away with the 

 to manor beast, when the disease falleth j wind. 



upon the lungs or throat, and to heal up j Government and virtues.] Saturn owns 

 putrid malignant ulcers in the mouth,} the herb, and it is of a sober condition, like 

 throat, and privities, by gargling or wash- \ him. Among the Germans, this wound 

 ing with the decoction of the leaves and ! herb is preferred before all others of the 

 roots made in water, and a little honey put; same quality. Being boiled in wine, and 

 thereto. It helps to stay women's courses, i drank, it helps the indisposition of the 

 and all other fluxes of blood, either by the i liver, and freeth the gall from obstructions ; 

 mouth, urine, or stool, and lasks of the | whereby it is good for the yellow jaundice, 

 belly ; the ulcerations of the kidneys also, | and for the dropsy in the beginning of it ; 

 and the pains in the bowels, and gonorrhea, \ for all inward ulcers of the reins, mouth or 

 being boiled in wine or water, and drank. | throat, and inward wounds and bruises, 

 The same also is no less powerful to help i likewise for such sores as happen in the 

 any ruptures or burstings, used both in- ; privy partsof menand women ; beingsteepcd 

 wardly and outwardly : And briefly, it is! in wine, and then distilled, the water there- 

 as effectual in binding, restraining, conso- |of drank, is singular!} 7 good to ease all gnaw- 

 lidating, heating, drying and healing, as \ ings in the stomach, or other pains of the 

 comfrey, bugle, self-heal, or any other of j body, as also the pains of the mother: and 

 the vulnerary herbs whatsoever. j being boiled in water, it helps continual 



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SARACENS CONFOUND, OR SARACEN Si - a 



WOUNDWORT. I T atCr f the ^^ dlSt L! led > ? r thC , J U ! CC r 



* decoction, are very effectual to heal any 



Descript.'] THIS grows sometimes, with t green wound, or old sore or ulcer what- 

 brownish stalks, and other whiles with ; soever, cleansing them from corruption, 

 green, to a man's height, having narrow ! and quickly healing them up : Briefly, 

 green leaves snipped about the edges, some- 1 whatsoever hath been said of bugle or sani- 

 what like those of the peach-tree, or willow jcle, may be found herein, 

 leaves, but not of such a white green colour. 

 The tops of the stalks are furnished with 

 many yellow star-like flowers, standing in 



green heads, which when they are fallen,! Descript.'] THE lower leaves of this are 

 and the seed ripe, which is somewhat long, j rounder than those that grow towards the 

 small and of a brown colour, wrapped in i top of the stalks, and are set singly on a 

 down, is therefore carried away with the! joint being somewhat round and broad, 

 wind. The root is composed of fibres set {pointed at the ends, dented also about the 

 together at a head, which perishes not in edges, somewhat resembling nettle leaves 

 Winter, although the stalks dry away and j for the form, but of a fresher green colour, 



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