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i being bound to the wrists of the hands, and 

 THE SERVICE-TREE. jlthe soles of the feet, it helps the yellow 



u k~ i jaundice. The herb being made into a 



IT is so well known in > the place where | J , ti hel inflammatio ^ and St . An- 



,t grows that 11 t needs no description. , fire F T 



ItafcJ It flowers before the end of ^ a ^ ^ . ^ . e l / mutter . 



May, and the fruit 1S ripe m October. $ in thereo f. A good ointment may be 



Gorcrnifieit* aid <^e.] Services when , % f . f ^ * ^ M / ^ 



they are mellow, are fit to be taken to stay j . ^ head 



fluxes, scouring, and casting, yet less than | 



medlers. If they be dried before they be SMALLAGE 



mellow, and kept all the year, they may be j 



used in decoctions for the said purpose, { a]so knQw andthere _ 



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either to drink, or to bathe the parts re- ^ fa reader 

 quiring it ; and are profitably used m that| . . 



manner to stay the bleeding of wounds,: naturally in dry and 



and of the mouth or nose, to be applied to; J * ' .^ 



the forehead and nape of he neck ; and are ^ 7 ^ ye we] , 



under the dominion of Saturn. Jt 



SHEPHERD'S PURSE. land seeds in August. 



Government and virtues.] It is an her bot 



IT is called Whoreman's Permacety, j Mercury. Sniallage is hotter, drier, and 

 Shepherd's Scrip, Shepherd's Pounce, Toy- ; much more medicinal than parsley, for it 

 wort, Pickpurse, andCasewort. j touch more opens obstructions of the liver 



DescriptJ] The root is small, white, and land spleen, rarefies thick phlegm, and 

 perishes every year. The leaves are small | cleanses it and the blood withal. It pro- 

 and long, of a pale green colour, and deeply ; vokes urine and women's courses, and is 

 cut in on both sides, among which spring j singularly good against the yellow jaundice, 

 up a stalk which is small and round, con- j tertian and quartan agues, if the juice 

 taining small leaves upon it even to the top. | thereof be taken, but especially made up 

 The flowers are white and very small ; after j into a syrup. The juice also put to honey 

 which come the little cases which hold the j of roses, and barley-water, is very good to 

 seed, which are flat, almost in the form of j gargle the mouth and throat of those that 

 a heart. jhave sores and ulcers in them, and will 



Place.'] They are frequent in this nation, \ quickly heal them. The same lotion also 

 almost by every path-side. \ cleanses and heals all other foul ulcers and 



Time.'] They flower all the Summer ! cankers elsewhere, if they be washed there- 

 long ; nay some of them are so fruitful, that \ with. The seed is especially used to break 

 they flower twice a year. | and expel wind, to kill worms, and to help 



Government and virtues.'] It is under the! a stinking breath. The root is effectual to 

 dominion of Saturn, and of a cold, dry, jail the purposes aforesaid, and is held to 

 and binding nature, like to him. It helps | be stronger in operation than the herb, but 

 all fluxes of blood, either caused by inward | especially to open obstructions, and to rid 

 or outward wounds; as also flux of the j away any ague, if the juice thereof be taken 

 belly, and bloody flux, spitting blood, and ; in wine, or the decoction thereof in wine 

 bloody urine, stops the terms in women ; \ used. 



