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that vfoublesome cough that women call ( Wmter-Gilliflowers, or Wall-flowers, help 

 the Chincough ; they exceedingly break $ inflammation of the womb, pro\ oke the 

 the stone, provoke urine, and help such as f menses, and help ulcers in the mouth. 



cannot hold their necks upright. Boil j 

 them in white wine. 



TJsnea. Moss ; once before. 



FLOWERS. 



Honey-suckles, provoke urine, ease the 

 pains of the spleen, and such as can hardl} 

 fetch their breath. 



Mallows, help coughs. 



Red Roses, cool, bind, strengthen both 

 vital and animal virtue, restore such as are 

 in consumptions, strengthen. There are 



BORAGE, and Bugloss flowers strengthen so many compositions of them which makes 

 the brain, and are profitable in fevers. ; me more brief in the simples. 



Chamomel flowers, heat and assuage j Violets, (to wit, the blue ones,) cool and 

 swellings, inflammation of the bowels, dis- \ moisten, provoke sleep, loosen the belly, 

 solve wind, are profitably given in clysters | resist fevers, help inflammations, correct 



the heat of choler, ease the pains in the 

 head, help the roughness of the wind-pipe, 

 diseases in the throat, inflammations in the 

 breast and sides, plurisies, open stoppings 

 of the liver, and help (he yellow jaundice. 

 Chicory, (or Succory as the vulgar call 

 it) cools and strengthens the liver, so doth 

 Endive. 



or 'drink, to such as are troubled with the 

 cholic, or stone. 



Stcechea, opens stoppings in the bowels, 

 and strengthens the whole body. 



Saffron powerfully concocts, and sends 

 out whatever humour offends the body, 

 drives backinflammations ; applied outward- 

 ly, encreases venery, and provokes urine. 



Clove-Gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, ij Wateo lilies ease pains of the head corn- 

 strengthen the heart, liver, and stomach, and i ing of choler and heat, provoke sleep, cool 

 provoke venery. : inflammations, and the heat in fevers. 



Schoenanth (which I touched slightly:! Pomegranate-flowers, dry and bind, stop 

 amongst the herbs) provokes urine potently, i fluxes, and the menses, 

 provokes the menses, breaks wind, helps j Cowslips, strengthen the brain, senses, 

 such as spit or vomit blood, eases pains of i; and memory, exceedingly, resist all dis- 

 the stomach, reins, and spleen, helps drop- ; eases there, as convulsions, falling-sickness, 

 sies, convulsions, and inflammations of the ;; palsies, c. 

 womb. Ccntaitry, purgescholerand grosshumours 



Lavender-flowers, resist all cold afflic- j helps the yellow jaundice, opens obstruc- 

 tions of the brain, convulsions, falling-sick- j tions of the liver, helps pains of the spleen, 

 ness, they strengthen cold stomachs, and j provokes the menses, brings away birth 

 open obstructions of the liver, they provoke i' and afterbirth, 

 urine and the menses, bring forth the birth \ Elder flowers, help dropsies, cleanse the 



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and placenta. 



Hops, open stoppings of the bowels, 

 and for that cause beer is better than ale. 



Balm-flowers, cheer the heart and vital 

 spirits, strengthen the stomach. 



Rosemary^/lowers, strengthen the biain 

 exceedingly, and resist madness ; clear the 

 tight. 



blood, clear the skin, open stoppings of the 

 liver and spleen, and diseases arising there- 

 from. 



Bean-flowers, clear the skin, stop humours 

 flowing into the eyes 



Peach-tree flowers, purge choler gently 



Broom-flowers, purge water, and are good 

 in dropsies. 



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