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THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Satyrij utriusque. Of Satyrion, each sort, i 



They are hot and moist in temper, provoke 



venery, and increase seed ; each branch 

 bears two roots, both spongy, yet the one 

 more solid than the other, which is of most 

 virtue, and indeed only to be used, for some 

 say the most spongy root is quite contrary 

 in operation to the other, as the one in- 

 creaseth, the other decreaseth. 



called our Ladies-thistles by that 



the 



name; 

 bind- 



roots of which are drying and 

 ing, stop fluxes, bleeding, take away 

 cold swellings, and ease the pains of the 

 teeth. 



Spatula fa'tidte. Stinking Gladon, a kind 

 of Flower-de-luce, called so for its unsavory 

 smell. It is hot and dry in the third 

 | degree ; outwardly they help the king's evil, 



Saxifragite albce. Of white Saxifrage, in j soften hard swellings, draw out broken 

 Sussex we call them Lady-smocks. The j bones : inwardly taken, they help convul- 

 roots powerfully break the stone, expel :! sions, ruptures, bruises, infirmities of the 

 wind, provoke urine, and cleanse the reins. ; lungs. 



Sanguisorbfe. A kind of Burnct. 



Scabiosa. Of Scabious. The roots either 

 boiled, or beaten into powder, and so taken, 

 nelp such as are extremely troubled with 

 scabs and itch, are medicinal in the french 

 disease, hard swellings, inward wounds, 

 being of a drying, cleansing, and healing 

 faculty. 



Tamarisci. Of Tamaris. See the herbs, 

 and barks. 



Tanaceti. Of Tansie. The root eaten, 

 is a singular remedy for the gout : the rich 

 may bestow the cost to preserve it. 



Thapsi, $c. A venomous foreign root : 

 therefore no more of it. 



Tormcntillee. Of Tormentil. A kind of 



Scorchj. Of Scordium, or Water-Ger- 1 Sinqfoil ; dry in the third degree, but mode- 



mander. See the herb. 



Scillfe. Of Squills. See vinegar, and 

 wine of Squills, in the compound. 



Scropularitf, $c. Of Figwort. The roots 

 being of the same virtue with the herb, 

 I refer you thither. 



Scorzonerte. Of Vipers grass. The root . 

 cheers the heart, and strengthens the vital \ 

 spirits, resists poison, helps passions and . 

 tremblings of the heart, faintness, sadness, \ 

 and melancholy, opens stoppings of the: 

 liver and spleen, provokes the menses, ease i 

 women of the fits of the mother, and helps \ I know no 

 swimmings in the head. Timicis. 



Seseleos. Of Seseli, or Hartwort. The j 1 

 roots provoke urine* and help the falling- i Tripoli). The root purges flegm, expels 

 sickness. \ poison. 



Sisarii secacitl. Of Scirrets. They are 5 Turbith. The root purges flegm, (being 

 hot and moist, of good nourishment, some- \ hot in the third degree) chiefly from the 

 thing Avindy, as all roots are; by reason of i exterior parts of the body : it is corrected 

 which, they provoke venery, they stir up t with ginger, or Mastich. Let not the vulgar 

 appetite, and provoke urine. \ be too busy with it. 



Sconchi. Of Sow-thistles. See the herb, j Tubitrmim. Or Toad-stools. Whether 



Spmee alba;. Bedeguar. The Arabians * these be roots or no, it matters not much 



rately hot ; good in pestilences, provokes 

 sweat, stays vomiting, cheers the heart, ex- 

 pels poison. 



Trifolij. Of Trefoil. See the herb. 



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Tribuli Aquatici. Of Water Caltrops. 

 The roots lie too far under water for me to 

 reach to. 



Trachellij. Of Throat-wort: by some 

 called Canterbury Bells: by some Coventry 

 Bells. They help diseases and ulcers in 

 the throat. 



Trinitatis herbee. Hearts-ease, or Pansies, 

 ;reat virtue they have. 

 [ shall tell you the virtue when 



know what it is. 



