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is, for I do not believe God created any ! in the first degree, cheers the heart, help* 

 thing of no use. | drooping spirits. Dioscorides. 



Asphodeli, Albuci, mitrii. Of male Aspho- { t'Bronitf, fyc. Of Briony both white and 

 del Hot and dry in the second degree, j black : they are both hot and dry, some 

 inwardly taken, they provoke vomit, urine, j say in the third degree, and some say but 

 and the menses: outwardly used in oint- j in the first; they purge flegm and waterv 

 ments, they cause hair to grow, cleanse j humours, but they trouble the stomach 

 ulcers, and take away morphew and freckles ^ much, they are very good for dropsies; 

 from the face. ithe white is most in use, and is good for the 



Bardance, $c. Of Bur, Clot-bur, or Bur- ; fits of the mother : both of them externally 

 dock, temperately hot and dry. Helps ! used, take away freckles, sunburning, and 

 such as spit blood and matter; bruised and i morphew from the face, and cleanse filthy 

 mixed with salt and applied to the place, ; ulcers : It is but a churlish purge, but being 

 helps the bitings of mad clogs. It expels j let alone, can do no harm, 

 wind, eases pains of the teeth, strengthens ; Buglossi. Of Bugloss : Its virtues are 

 the back, helps the running of the reins, j the same with Borragr, and the roots of 

 and the whites, being taken inwardly. $ either seldom used. 

 Dioscorides, Apuleius. ? Bulbus Vomitoriw. A Vomiting Root : 



Behcn. alb. rub. Of Valerian, white and i I never read of it elswhere by this general 

 red. Mesue, Serapio, and other Arabians, t name. 



say they are hot and moist in the latter? Calami Aromatici. Of Aromatical Reed, 

 end of the first, or beginning of the second \ or sweet garden flag: it provokes urine, 

 degree, and comfort the heart, stir up lust, j strengthens the lungs, helps bruises, resists 

 The Grecians held them to be dry in the | poison, &c. being taken inwardly in pow- 

 second degree, that they stop fluxes, andjder, the quantity of half a dram at a time, 

 provoke urine. { You may mix it with syrup of vjolets, if 



Bellidis. Of Dasies. See the Leaves. |your body be feverish. 



Betee, nigrae, alb<e^ rubra. Of Beets, -j Capparum. Capper Roots. Are hot 

 black, white, and red; as for black Beets' and dry in the second degree, cutting and 

 *I have nothing to say, I doubt they are as j cleansing : they provoke menses, help 

 rare a. black swans. The red Beet root I malignant ulcers, ease the toothache, assuage 

 boiled and preserved in vinegar, makes a j swelling, and help the rickets. See Oil of 

 fine, cool, pleasing, cleansing, digesting: Cappers. 

 auce. See the leaves. Cariophillata t fyc. Of Avens, or Herb 



Bistorta, 8rc. Of Bistort, or snakeweed,i Bennet. The roots are dry, and something 

 cold and dry in the third degree, binding : hot, of a cleansing quality, they keep gar- 

 half a d: am at a time taken inwardly, re- 1 ments from being moth-eaten. See the 

 sists pestilence and poison, helps ruptures : leaves. 



and bruises, stays fluxes, vomiting, and \ Caulium. Of Colewort. I know nothing 

 immoderate flowing of the menses, helps in- i the roots are good for, but only to bear the 

 flammations and soreness of the mouth, i herbs and flowers. 



and fastens loose teeth, being bruised and j Centrum majoris. Of Centaury the 

 boiled in white wine, and the mouth washed {Greater. The roots help such as are bur- 

 with it. Isten, suchas spitblood, shrinking of sinews, 



Borraginis. Of Borrage, hot au<l moist | shortness of wind, coughs, convulsions, 



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