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endangers whole stocks, if remedies be not timely adhibited ; therefore, CHAP. IV. 

 it is saidj in great Elm countries they do not thrive ; but the truth ^-^"V^^ 

 of which I am yet to learn. The green leaf of the Elm, contused, 

 heals a green wound or cut, and, boiled with the bark, consolidates 

 fractured bones. All the parts of this tree are abstersive, and therefore 

 sovereign for the consolidating of wounds ; they assuage the pains of 

 the gout ; and the bark, decocted in common water, to almost the 

 consistence of a syrup, adding a third part of aqua vitse, is a most 

 admirable remedy for the ischiadica, or hip-pain, the place being well 

 rubbed and chafed by the fire. For other wonderful cures performed 

 by the liquor, &cc. of this tree, see Mr. Ray's History of Plants, vol. ii. 

 lib. XXV. cap. i. sect. 5. And for other species of the Elm, consult his 

 Supplement. 



Or billows breaking on a distant shore ; 

 Or flames in furnaces that inly roar. 

 Galbanean odours here I shall advise ; 

 And thro' a reed to pour the sweet supplies 

 Of golden honey to invite the taste 

 Of the sick nation^ to their known repast : 

 Bruis'd galls, dry'd roses, thyme, and centaury join. 

 And raisins ripen'd on the Psithian vine. 

 Besides, in meads the plant Amellus grows, 

 And from one root thick stalks profusely throws. 

 Which easily the wand'ring simpler knows : 

 Its top a flower of golden hue displays. 

 Its leaves are edg'd with violet-tinctur'd rays : 

 Eough is the taste; round many a holy shrine 

 The sacred priests its beauteous foliage twine : 

 This, where meand'ring Mella laves the plains. 

 Or, in the new-shorn valley, seek the swains : 

 Its roots infuse in wine, and at their door 

 In baskets hang the medicated store. wartok. 



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