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Venus's herbs, to cure the wounds or mis- 1 no leaf appears in the Winter. The taste 

 chiefs Mars inflicts upon the body of man. {hereof is strong and unpleasant ; and so is 

 It heals green wounds speedily, or any I the smell also. 



ulcers, imposthumes, or bleedings inward,* PlaceJ] It grows in moist and wet 

 also tumours in any part of the body ; for j grounds, by wood-sides, and sometimes in 

 the decoction or powder in drink taken, | moist places of shadowy groves, as also by 

 and the juice used outwardly, dissipates j the water side. 



the humours : and there is not found any j Time.] It flowers in July, and the seed 

 herb that can give such present help either is soon ripe, and carried away with the 

 to man or beast, when the disease falleth j wind. 



upon the lungs or throat, and to heal upj Government and virtues.] Saturn owns 

 putrid malignant ulcers in the mouth, j the herb, and it is of a sober condition, like 

 throat, and privities, by gargling or wash- j him. Among the Germans, this wound 

 ing with the decoction of the leaves and ' herb is preferred before all others of the 

 roots made in water, and a little honey put i same quality. Being boiled in wine, and 

 thereto. It helps to stay women's courses, I drank, it helps the indisposition of the 

 and all other fluxes of blood, either by the j liver, and freeth the gall from obstructions ; 

 mouth, urine, or stool, and lasks of the | whereby it is good for the yellow jaundice 

 belly ; the ulcerations of the kidneys also, land for the dropsy in the beginning of it 

 and the pains in the bowels, and gonorrhea, ! for all inward ulcers of the reins, mouth or 

 being boiled in wine or water, and drank. j throat, and inward wounds and bruises, 

 The same also is no less powerful to help j likewise for such sores as happen in the 

 any ruptures or burstings, used both in- ; privy parts of men and women; being steeped 

 wardly and outwardly : And briefly, it is! in wine, and then distilled, the water there- 

 as effectual in binding, restraining, conso- $ of drank, is singular!}' good to ease all gnaw- 

 lidating, heating, drying and healing, as 1 ings in the stomach, or other pains of the 

 comfrey, bugle, self-heal, or any other of j body, as also the pains of the mother : and 

 the vulnerary herbs whatsoever. \ being boiled in water, it helps continual 



SARACEN'S CONFOUND, OR SARACEN'S N ues ; d * e f aid * e , r ' m l he . S ple 



WOUNDWORT. | T atef f thC hCrb diSt ^ led ' ? r ^ jU J Ce r 



decoction, are very effectual to heal any 



Descript.'] THIS grows sometimes, with : green wound, or old sore or ulcer what- 

 brownish stalks, and other whiles with j soever, cleansing them from corruption, 

 green, to a man's height, having narrow j and quickly healing them up: Briefly, 

 green leaves snipped about the edges, some- ! whatsoever hath been said of bugle or sani- 

 what like those of the peach-tree, or willow ^ cle, may be found herein, 

 leaves, but not of such a white green colour. ! 

 The tops of the stalks are furnished wilh j SAUCE-ALONE, OR JACK-BY-THE-HEDOE- 



many yellow star-like flowers, standing in; 



green heads, which when they are fallen,! Descript.'] THE lower leaves of this are 

 and the seed ripe, which is somewhat long, j rounder than those that grow towards the 

 small and of a brown colour, wrapped in J top of the stalks, -and are set singly on a 

 down, is therefore carried away with the; joint being somewhat round and broad, 

 wind. The root is composed of fibres set {pointed at the ends, dented also about the < 

 together at a head, which perishes not in edges, somewhat resembling nettle leaves' 

 '* inter, -although the stalkjs dry away and \ for the form, but of a fresher green colour, 



