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that troublesome cough that women call 

 the Chincough ; they exceedingly break 

 the stone, provoke urine, and help such as 

 cannot hold their necks upright. Boil 

 them in white wine. 



Usnea. Moss ; once before. 



FLOWERS. 



BORAGE, and Bugloss flowers strengthen 

 the brain, and are profitable in fevers. 



Chamomel flowers, heat and assuage 

 swellings, inflammation of the bowels, dis- 

 solve wind, are profitably given in clysters 

 or drink, to such as are troubled with the 

 cholic, or stone. 



Stcechea, opens stoppings in the bowels, 

 and strengthens the whole body. 



Saffron powerfully concocts, and sends 

 out whatever humour offends the body, 

 drives back inflammations ; applied outward- 

 ly, encreases venery, and provokes urine. 



Clove-Gilliftowers, resist the pestilence, 

 strengthen the heart, liver, and stomach, and 

 provoke venery. 



Schomanth (which I touched slightly 

 amongst the herbs) provokes urine potently, 

 provokes the menses, breaks wind, helps 

 such as spit or vomit blood, eases pains of 

 the stomach, reins, and spleen, helps drop- 

 sies, convulsions, and inflammations of the 

 womb. 



Lavender-bowers, resist all cold afflic- 

 tions of the brain, convulsions, falling-sick- 

 ness, they strengthen cold stomachs, and 

 open obstructions of the liver, they provoke 

 urine and the menses, bring forth the birth 

 and placenta. 



Hops, open stoppings of the bowels, 

 and for that cause beer is better than ale. 



Balm-flowers, cheer the heart and vital 

 spirits, strengthen the stomach. 



Rosemary-flowers, strengthen the brain 

 exceedingly, and resist madness ; clear the 

 sight. 



Winter-Gilliflowers, or Wall-flowers, help 

 'inflammation of the womb, provoke the 

 | menses, and help ulcers in the mouth. 

 { Honey-suckles, provoke urine, ease the 

 j pains of the spleen, and such as can hardly 

 fetch their breath. 



Mallows, help coughs. 

 Red Roses, cool, bind, strengthen both 

 vital and animal virtue, restore such as are 

 in consumptions, strengthen. There are 

 5 so many compositions of them which makes 

 ; me more brief in the simples. 



Violets, (to wit, the blue ones,) cool and 



j moisten, provoke sleep, loosen the belly, 



! resist fevers, help inflammations, correct 



the heat of choler, ease the pains in the 



head, help the roughness of the wind-pipe, 



diseases in the throat, inflammations in the 



breast and sides, plurisies, open stoppings 



of the liver, and help the yellow jaundice. 



Chicory, (or Succory as the vulgar call 



it) cools and strengthens the liver, so doth 



Endive. 



fyaiev lilies ease pains of the head com- 

 ing of choler and heat, provoke sleep, cool 

 inflammations, and the hrat in fevers. 



Pom f granule-flowers, dry and bind, stop 

 fluxes, and the menses. 



Cowslips, strengthen the brain, sense*, 

 and memory,' exceedingly, resist all dis- 

 eases there, as convulsions, falling-sickness, 

 \ palsies, &c. 



Ccntaury, purgescholerand grosshumours 



* helps the yellow jaundice, opens obstruc- 



i : tions of the liver, helps pains of the spleen, 



provokes the menses, brings away birth 



i and afterbirth. 



i Elder flowers, help dropsies, cleanse the 

 blood, clear the skin, open stoppings of the 

 liver and spleen, and diseases arising there- 

 from. 



Bean-flowers, clear the skin, stop humours 

 flowing into the eyes 



Peach-tree flowers, purge choler gently 

 Broom-flowers, purge Avater, and are good 

 Jin dropsies. 

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