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Root being green and bruised, takes away \ applied, it helps ulcers in the head, and 

 blackness and blueness of a stroke, being j amends the ill colour of the face, 

 applied thereto. Malvae. Of Mallows. They are cool, 



Imperiiorice, Sec. Of Master- wort. The j and digesting, resist poison, and help cor- 



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root is hot and dry in the third degree ; j 

 mitigates the rigour of agues, helps dropsies, i 



rosions, or gnawing of the bowels, or any 

 other part ; as also ulcers in the bladder. 



provokes sweat, breaks carbuncles, and j See Marsh-mallows. 



plague-sores, being applied to them ; it is | Mandragorce. Of Mandrakes. A root 



very profitable being given inwardly in | dangerous for its coldness, being cold in the 



bruises. 



Isotidis, Glasti. Of Woad. I know no 

 great physical virtue in the root. See the 



fourth degree : the root is dangerous. 



MechoachantE. Of Mechoacah. It is 

 corrected with Cinnamon, is temperate yet 



Herb. * drying, purges fiegm chiefly from the head 



Labri Veneris, Dipsaci. Fullers-Thistle, \ and joints, it is good for old diseases in the 

 Teazle. The root being boiled in wine till | head, and may safely be given even to fe- 

 it be thick (quoth Dioscorides) helps by j verish bodies, because of its temperature: it 

 unction the clefts of the fundament, as also ; is also profitable against coughs and pains in 

 takes away warts and wens. Galen saith, j the reins; asalso against venereal complaints; 

 they are dry in the second degree : and ? the strong may take a dram at a time. 

 I take it all Authors hold them to be cold j Met, $c. Spignel. The roots are hot 

 and dry. Unslacked lime beaten into pow- ? and dry in the second or third degree, and 

 der, and mixed with black soap, takes ; send up unwholesome vapours to the head, 

 away a wen being anointed with it. Mezerei, #c. Of Spurge, Olive, or Widow- 



Lactuca. Of Lettice. I know no phy-j wail. See the Herb, if you think it worth 

 sical virtue residing in the roots. j the seeing. 



Latin. Of the Bay-tree. The Bark of { Merorum Celci. Of Mulberry Tree. The 

 the root drunk with wine, provokes urine, j bark of the root is bitter, hot and dry, opens 

 breaks the stone, opens obstructions of the ! stoppings of the liver and spleen, purges 

 liver and spleen. But according to Dios- \ the belly, and kills worms, boiled in vine- 

 corides is naught for pregnant women. \ gar, helps the tooth-ache. 

 Galen. Morsus Diaboli, Succisce, $c. Devil's-bit. 



Lapathi acuti, Oxylapathi. Sorrel, accord- See the herb. 



ing to Galen; but Sharp-pointed Dock, | Norpi Spicce, Indica, Celticce, $c. Of 

 according to Dioscorides. The roots of 1 Spikenard, Indian, and Cheltic. Cheltic 

 Sorrel are held to be profitable against the j Nard wonderfully provokes urine. They 

 jaundice. Of Sharp-pointed Dock; cleanse, | are both hot and dry. The Indian, also 

 and help scabs and itch. j provokes urine, and stops fluxes, helps win- 



Levistici. Of Lovage. They are hot and | diness of the stomach, resists the pestilence, 

 dry, and good for any diseases coming off helps gnawing pains of the stomach; and 

 wind. \ dries up rheums that molest the head. The 



Lillij albi. Of white Lillies. The root; Celtic Spikenard performs the same offices, 

 is something hot and dry, helps burnings, | though in a weaker measure, 

 softens the womb, provokes the menses, if j Nenupharis, Nymplue. Of Water-lilies, 

 boiled in wine, is given with good success* They are -cold and dry, and stop lust: 

 in rotten Fevers, Pestilences, and all dis- \ I never dived so deep to find what virtue 

 eases that require suppuration : outwardly 5 the roots have.. 



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