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what, long and narrow leaves, snipped about j women's minds should run a gadding, 

 the edges. The stalks are two feet high, j Also a plaister made of the fruit dried he- 

 bearing at the tops many yellow flowers set: fore they are rotten, and other convenient 

 round together and all of an equal height, ] things, and applied to the reins of the back, 

 in umbels or tufts like unto tansy ; after ! stops miscarriage in women with child, 

 which follow small whitish seed, almost as j They are powerful to stay any fluxes of 

 big as wormseed. j blood or humours in men or women ; the 



Place and Time.'] It grows in gardens, Heaves also have this quality. The decoc- 

 and flowers in June and July. j tion of them is good to gargle and wash the 



Government and virtues.'] The Virtues } : mouth, throat and teeth, when there is any 

 hereof -being the same with Costrnary or defluxions of blood to stay it, or of humours, 

 Alecost, I shall not make any repetition \ which causes the pains and swellings. It 

 thereof, lest my book grow too big ; but j is a good bath for women, that have their 

 rather refer you to Costmary for satis- ! courses flow too abundant : or for the piles 

 faction. * when they bleed too much. If a poultice 



(or plaister be made with dried medlars, 

 | beaten and mixed with the juice of red 



Descript.'] THE Tree grows near the roses, whereunto a few cloves and nutmegs 

 bigness of the Quince Tree, spreading j may be added, and a little red coral also, 

 branches reasonably large, with longer and j and applred to the stomach that is given to 

 narrower leaves than either the apple or 5 casting or loathing of meat, it effectually 

 quince, and not dented about the edges. I helps. The dried leaves in powder strewed 

 At the end of the sprigs stand the flowers, j on fresh bleeding wounds restrains the 

 made of five white, great, broad-pointed ; blood, and heals up the wound quickly, 

 leaves, nicked in the middle with some | The medlar-stones made into powder, and 

 white threads also; after which comes the ; drank in wine, wherein some Parsley-roots 

 fruit, of a brownish green colour, being ripe, | have lain infused all night, or a little boiled, 

 bearing a crown as it were on the top, j do break the stone in the kidneys, helping 

 which were the five green leaves ; and ; to expel it. 

 being rubbed off, or fallen away, the head i 



of the fruit is seen to be somewhat hollow, j MELLILOT, OR KING s CLAVLR. 

 The fruit is very harsh before it is mellowed, ; Descript.'] THIS hath many green stalks, 

 and has usually five hard kernels within it. ', two or three feet high, rising from a tough, 

 There is another kind hereof nothing dif- j long, while root, which dies not every 

 fering from the former, but that it hath some : year, set round about at the joints with 

 thorns on it in several places, which the i small and somewhat long, well-smelling 

 other hath not ; and usually the fruit is | leaves, set three together, unevently dented 

 small, and not so pleasant. j about the edges. The flowers are yellow, 



Time and Placed] They grow in this \ and well-smelling also, made like other 

 hurl, and flower in May for the most part, j trefoil, but small, standing in long spikes 

 and bear fruit in September and October. ; one above another, for an hand breath long 



Government and virtues.'] The fruit is old ; or better, which afterwards turn into long 

 Saturn's, and sure a better medicine he > crooked pods, wherein is contained flat seed, 

 hardly hath to strengthen the retentive j somewhat brown. 



faculty ; therefore it stays Avomen's long- \ Place.'] It grows plentifully in_ many 

 ings : The good old man cannot endure ; places of 



this land, as in the edge of Suffolk 



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