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or oyl of Parmacity in manner of a Pultis * * * An Electuary made 

 hereof, * * * is very good for the Lungs, and helps cold infirmities 

 of them, as Asthmas, Coughs, difficulty of breathing, &c. You may 

 take it with a Liquoris ftick, or on the point of a knife, a little of it 

 at a time and often. 



CHAR XXXIIII 

 Of HORS-TKl\. 



IT is * * * of the forme of a Horfetail, which the ftalk of 

 leaves, being turned downwards, doth refemble. By other names 

 it is likewife called * * * Afprella becaufe of its ruggedneffe 

 which hath not formerly been unknown to country Houfwives, who 

 with the rougher kind hereof, called in Englifh Shavegrafs, did, as 

 now with Elder Leaves, but more effectually, fcowre their Pewter, 

 Brafs, and Woodden Vessels; and there-fore it hath been by fome 

 of them called Pewterwort: but I think that piece of Thriftineffe 

 with many other are laid afide, which might profitably be revived, 

 * * * Fletchers alfo and Combe makers polifh their work therewith. 



The Forf?i. 



The greater Horfetail that groweth in wet grounds, at the firft 

 fpringing hath heads fomewhat like to thofe of Afparagus, and after 

 grow to be hard, rough, hollow f talks, joynted at fundry places up 

 to the top, a foot high : fo made as if the lower part were put into the 

 upper, whereat grow on each fide a bufh of fmall long Rufh like 

 hard leaves, each part refembling an Horfetail, at the tops of the 

 ftalks come forth fmall Catkins like unto thofe of Trees; the root 

 creepeth under ground having Joynts at fundry places. 



The Places and Time. 



Many of the forefaid forts grow generally up and down this Land, 

 but fome of them are not fo frequent as others * * * ; Small party 

 coloured Horfetail, or Horfetail Coralline (whofe leaves being 

 bitten, feeme to be compofed of Sand, from their grating between 

 the teeth) groweth on a bog by Smochalj a wood nigh Bathe. * * * 

 You may gueffe where the reft grow by their titles; they do all 

 fpring up with their blackifh heads in Aprill, and put forth their 

 blooming Catkins in July, feeding for the moft part in Augujtj and 

 then perifh down to the ground, rifing afrefh in the Spring. 



