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stayed in knots, upon divers green stalks 

 which rise from among the leaves. 



Place.] It is frequent in all pastures. 



Time.'] It flowers late, even in the latter j 

 end of August. 



Government and virtues.'] It is under the j 

 influence of Venus. An ointment of them i 

 cures wounds, and is most fit for such as i 

 have inflammations, it being an herb of! 

 Dame Venus ; it stops the terms in women, i 

 being boiled in white wine, and the decoc- j 

 tion drank; as also the bloody flux; the 5 

 ointment of it is not only good for green i 

 wounds, but also for ulcers and fistulas,; 

 especially such as abound with moisture. { 



It stays the shedding of hair, the head being 

 bathed with the decoction of it ; inwardly 

 taken it helps the retentive faculty of the 

 stomach : it helps the gonorrhea in men, 

 and the whites in women, and helps such as 

 cannot hold their water ; and the leaves 

 chewed in the mouth eases the tooth-ache , 

 and these virtues being put together, shew 

 the herb to be drying and binding. Achilles 

 is supposed to be the first that left the vir- 

 tues of this herb to posterity, having learned 

 them of this master Chiron, the Centaur ; 

 and certainly a very profitable herb it is in 

 cramps, and therefore called Militaris. 



DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SYRUPS, CONSERVES, 



HAVING in divers places of this Treatise 

 promised you the way of making Syrups, 

 Conserves, Oils, Ointments, &c, of herbs, 

 roots, flowers, &c. whereby you may have 

 them ready for your use at such times when 

 they cannot be had otherwise ; I come now i; 

 lo perform what I promised, and you shall 

 find me rather better than worse than my 

 word. 



That this may be done methodically,; 

 I shall divide my directions into two grand j 

 sections, and each section into several chap- i 

 ters, and then you shall see it look with such j 

 a countenance as this is. 



SECTION I. 



Of gathering, drying, and keeping Simples, 

 and their juices. 



CHAP, i 

 CHAP. ii. 

 CHAP. in. 

 CHAP. iv. 



Of leaves of Herbs, 

 Of Flowers. 

 Of Seeds. 

 Of Roots. 



CHAP. v. Of Barks. 

 CHAP. vi. Of Juices. 



SECTION II 

 'Of making and keeping Compounds. 



i. 



ii. 



in 



IV. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. V. 



CHAP. VI 



CHAP. 



CHAP. VIII 



CHAP. IX. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



CHAP. 



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Of distilled waters. 



Of Syrups. 



Of Juleps. 

 Of Decoctions. 

 Of Oils. 



Of Electuaries. 

 Of Conserves. 



Of Preserves. 

 Of Lohochs. 

 Of Ointments. 

 Of Plaisters. 

 Of Poultices. 



Of Troches. 



Of Pills. 



The way of fitting Medi- 

 cines to Compound Dis- 

 eases. 

 Of all these in order. 



VII. 



x. 



XI. 



XII. 



XIII 



XIV. 



XV. 



