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CHAP. XXXVI 

 Of Willow 



The Names. 



AFter fo many Herbs, it will not be amifs to bring in a Tree, 

 which though in form hath little, yet in vertue hath feme 

 ^ affinity. The Willow * * * groweth with that fpeed, that it 

 feemeth to leap. There is a greater fort, which is called in Englifh 

 SalloWj Withy, and Willow, and there is a leffer fort called Ojier, 

 fmall Withy, and Twig Withy * * * it is neceffary to bind Fag- 

 gots, or any other Commodities that ftand in need, thereof. 



The Kindes. 



Many are the forts of this Plant, which Authors reckon up, whereof 

 I fhall set down only thofe which I conceive to grow in our own 

 Country, and they are i. The ordinary great white Willow-Tree. 

 2. The ordinary black Willow. 3. The Rofe Willow. 4. The hard 

 black Willow. * * * 17. The black low Willow. 18. Willow Bay. 

 I fhall defcribe only the firft, that by it you may gueffe at the reft. 



The Vertues and Signature. 



The leaves and Bark of Willow, but efpecially the Catkins, are 

 ufed with good succeffe to ftaunch bleeding of wounds, * * * and 

 [the bark] being mixed with Vinegar, it taketh away Warts and 

 Corns and other the like callous flesh, that groweth on the hands or 

 feet * * * _ This Plant is not propagated by Seed, but any ftick 

 thereof, though almoft withered, being fixed in the Earth, groweth : 

 which Signature doth truly declare, that a Bath being made of the 

 decoClion of the Leaves, and Bark of Willow, reftoreth again, 

 withered and dead members to their former ftrength, if they be 

 nourifhed with the fomentation thereof. 



Of Cinckfoile 



The Vertues 



COmmon Cinckfoil is held to be effectuall for * * * preferving 

 againft venomous and infectious Creatures and Difeafes 

 * * * which it performeth, if the juyce be drunk in Ale, or 

 red Wine, or the Roots or Leaves applyed to the Nofe. Some hold, 

 that the one leaf cures a Quotidian, three a Tertian, and four a 

 Quartan, which is a meer whimfey; but the truth is, if you give a 

 fcruple of it (which is twenty grains) at a time, either in White- 



