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stayed in knots, upon divers green stalks 

 which rise from among the leaves. 



Place.] It is frequent in all pastures. 



Time.] It flowers late, even in the latter 

 end of August. 



Government and virtues.] It is under the 

 influence of Venus. An ointment of them 

 cures wounds, and is most fit for such as 

 have inflammations, it being an herb of 

 Dame Venus ; it stops the terms in women, 

 being boiled in white wine, and the decoc- 

 tion drank ; as also the bloody flux ; the 

 ointment of it is not only good for green 

 wounds, but also for ulcers and fistulas, 

 especially such as abound with moisture. 



It stays the shedding of hair, the head being 

 bathed with the decoction of it; inwardly 

 taken it helps the retentive faculty of the 

 stomach : it helps the gonorrhea in men, 

 and the whites in women, and helps such as 

 cannot hold their water ; and the leaves 

 chewed in the mouth eases the tooth-ache , 

 and these virtues being put together, shew 

 the herb to be drying and binding. Achilles 

 is supposed to be the first that left the vir- 

 tues of this herb to posterity, having learned 

 them of this master Chiron, the Centaur; 

 and certainly a very profitable herb it is in 

 cramps, and therefore called Militaris. 



DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING SYRUPS, CONSERVES, 



HAVING in divers places of this Treatise j 

 promised you the way of making Syrups, I 

 Conserves, Oils, Ointments, &c, of herbs, | 

 roots, flowers, &c. whereby you may have | 

 them ready for your use at such times when \ 

 they cannot be had otherwise ; I come now 

 to perform what I promised, and you shall 

 find me rather better than worse than my , 

 word. 



That this may be done methodically, | 

 I shall divide my directions into two grand \ 

 sections, and each section into several chap- 

 ters, and then you shall see it look with such 

 a countenance as this is. 



SECTION I. 



Of gathering, drying, and keeping Simples, 

 and their juices. 



CHAP, i Of leaves ofHerbs y Sfc. 

 CHAP. n. Of Flowers. 

 CHAP. in. Of' Seeds. 

 CHAP. iv. Uf Roots. 



CHAP. v. Of Barks. 



CHAP. vi. Of Juices. 



SECTION II 



Of making and keeping Compounds. 



CHAP. i. Of distilled waters. 



CHAP. ii. Of Syrups. 



CHAP. in. Of Juleps. 



CHAP iv. Of Decoctions. 



CHAP. v. Of Oils. 



CHAP, vi Of Electuaries. 



CHAP. vn. Of Conserves. 



CHAP. vin. Of Preserves. 



CHAP. ix. Of Lohochs. 



CHAP. x. Of Ointments. 



CHAP. xi. OfPlaisters. 



CHAP. xn. Of Poultices. 



CHAP. xin. Of Troches. 



CHAP. xiv. Of Pills. 



CHAP. xv. The way of fitting Medi- 

 cines to Compound Dis- 

 eases. 

 Of all these in order. 



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