200 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



i her apply to a planet of the same triplicity ; 



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; if you cannot wait that time neither, let 

 Of Leaves of Herbs, or Trees. j her be with a fixed star of their nature. 



1. OF leaves, choose only such as are* 6 - Having well dried them, put them up 

 green, and full of juice; pick them care-i m brown P a P er ' se u win S the P a Pf r "P hke 

 Fully, and cast away such as are any way sack, and press them not too hard toge- 



declining, for they will putrify the rest : So j ' her > and kee P them m a d T P Iace near tbe 



shall one handful be worth ten of those you j e ' 



buy at the physic herb shops. , 7 ' A 8 for the duratlon f d d herbs, 



2. Note what places they most delight ! a ,J ust tje cannot be given, let authors prate 

 to grow in, and gather them there ; for j their Pjf asure ; * or 



Betony that grows in the shade, is far better j lst ' Such as g row "P on dr y g^nds wiU 

 than that which grows in the Sun, because I keep better than such as grow on moist. 

 it delights m the shade; so also such herbs j 2dly, Such herbs as are full of juice, 

 as delight to grow near the water, shall be I wl11 j 1 , 01 kee P s lo u n g M such as are dn er . 

 gathered near it, though happily you may I 3dl ^ Such herbs as are well dried will 



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find some of them upon dry ground : Thej kee P longer than such as are slack dried, 

 Treatise will inform you where every herb Yetyoo may know when they are corrupt- 

 delights to grow. d by their loss of colour, or smell, or 



3 The leaves of such herbs as run up to bo ^' and lf L the be corrupted, reason 

 seed, are not so good- when they are in! 1 ?" tel j. y o V hat they must needs corrupt 

 flower as before (some few excepted, the the b d"* of & e P eo .P Ie fat take them. 

 leaves of which are seldom or never used) . 4 ' Galher a11 leav f s m the hour of ** 

 in such cases, if through ignorance they { P lanet that g overns them ' 

 were not known, or through negligence j CHAPTER u. 



forgotten, you had better take the top and j ~ ,. ^ 



the flowers, then the leaf. / Flowers ' 



4. Dry them well in the Sun, and not in | 1. THE flower, which is the beauty of the 

 the shade, as the saying of physicians is ; | plant, and of none of the least use in phy- 

 for if the sun draw away the virtues of the' sick, grows yearly, and is to be gathered 

 herb, it must need do the like by hay, by j when it is in its prime. 



the same rule, which the experience of every I 2. As for the time of gathering them, let 

 country farmer will explode for a notable \ the planetary hour, and the planet they 

 piece of nonsense. | come of, be observed, as we shewed you 



5. Such as are artists in astrology, (and | in the foregoing chapter : as for the time of 

 indeed none else are fit to make physicians) jthe day, let.it be when the sun shine upon 

 such I advise; let the planet that governs ! them, that so they may be dry ; for, if you 

 the herb be angular, and the stronger the! gather either flowers or herbs when they are 

 better ; if they can, in herbs of Saturn, let] wet or dewy, they will not keep. 



Saturn be in the ascendant; in the herbs of i 3. Dry them well in the sun, and keep 

 Mars, let Mars be in the mid heaven, for in | them in papers near the fire, as I shewed 

 those houses they delight ; let the Moon \ you in the foregoing chapter. 

 apply to them by good aspect, and let her \ 4. So long as they retain the colour and 

 not be in the houses of her enemies ; if you ; smell, they are good ; either of them being 

 cannot well stay till she apply to them, let j gone, so is the virtue also. 



