226 THE COMPLETE HERBAL 



Satyrtj utriusqiie. Of Satyrion, each sort, i 

 Thev are hot and moist in temper, provoke! 

 venery, and increase seed ; each branch 

 bears two roots, both spongy, yet the one 

 more solid than the other, which is of most 

 virtue, and indeed only to be used, for some 

 say the most spongy root is quite contrary 

 in operation to the other, as the one in- 



called our Ladies-thistles by that name; 

 the roots of which are drying and bind- 

 ing, stop fluxes, bleeding, take away 

 cold swellings, and ease the pains of the 

 teeth. 



Spatula fcrtidce. Stinking Gladon, a kind 

 of Flower-de-luce, called so for its unsavory 

 smell. It is hot and dry in the third 



creaseth, the other decreaseth. degree ; outwardly they help the king's evil, 



Saxifragice alba. Of white Saxifrage, in j soften hard swellings, draw out broken 

 Sussex we call them Lady-smocks. The ; bones : inwardly taken, they help convul- 

 roots powerfully break the stone, expel sions, ruptures, bruises, infirmities of the 



wind, provoke urine, and cleanse the reins. 

 A kind of Burnct. 



lungs. 



Tamarisci. Of Tamaris. See the herbs, 



Scabiosa. Of Scabious. The roots either \ and barks, 

 boiled, or beaten into powder, and so taken, j Tanaceti. Of Tansie. The root eaten, 

 help such as are extremely troubled with \ is a singular remedy for the gout : the rich 

 scabs and itch, are medicinal in the trench ] may bestow the cost to preserve it. 

 disease, hard swellings, inward wounds, \ Thopsi, $c. A venomous foreign root : 

 being of drying, cleansing, and healing j therefore no more of it. 

 faculty. Toivnentilla. Of Tormentil. A kind of 



Scordij. Of Scordium, or Water-Ger-I Sinqfoil; dry in the third degree, but mode- 

 mandcr. See the herb. \ rately hot ; good in pestilences, provokes 



Scilltf. Of Squills. See vinegar, and j sweat, stays vomiting, cheers the heart, ex - 

 wine of Squills, in the compound. < pels poison. 



Scropularue, $c. Of Figwort. The roots j Trifolij. Of Trefoil. See the herb, 

 being of the same virtue with the herb, \ Tribuli Aquattci. Of Water Caltrops. 

 I refer you thither. 1 The roots lie too far under water for me to 



Scorzonera. Of Vipers grass. The root ! reach to. 



cheers the heart, and strengthens the vital 1 Trachellij. Of Throat-wort : by some 

 spirits, resists poison, helps passions and ? called Canterbury Bells: by some Coventry 

 tremblings of the heart, faintness, sadness, | Bells. They help diseases and ulcers in 

 and melancholy, opens stoppings of the 5 the throat. 



liver and spleen, provokes the menses, ease * Trinitatis herbee. Hearts-ease, or Pansies. 

 women of the fits of the mother, and helps i I know no great virtue they have, 

 swimmings in the head. Timicis. I shall tell you the virtue when 



Seseleos. Of Seseli, or Hartwort. The j I know what it is. 



roots provoke urine, and help the falling- > Tripoli}. The root purges flegm, expels 

 sickness. | poison. 



Sisarii secacul. Of Scirrets. They are | Turbith. The root purges flegm, (being 

 hot and moist, of good nourishment, some- j hot in the third degree) chiefly from the 

 thing windy, as all roots are; by reason of j exterior parts of the body: it is corrected 

 which, they provoke venery, they stir up j with ginger, or Ma stich. Let not the vulgar 

 appetite, and provoke urine. j be too busy with it. 



Sconchi. Of Sow-thistles. See the herb j Tuburnwn. Or Toad-stools. Whethe 



Spm<B alba, Bedeguar. The Arabians t these be roots or no, it matters rio* much 



