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led eyther by.it felfe,or with other herbes in oyle or hogs fuet, doe make an excellent 
ftlue tor greene wounds, and alio to clenfe old vlcers or fores ; the iuice of the greene 
leaues drunke in rlc, ora dryed lcafe deeped in wine or ale for a night, and the wine or 
aledrunke in the morning, prouoketh to caft, but the dryed leafe much ftronger then 
the greene : they are fowen of feede, but the Indian kinde is more tender, and will not 
abide a winter with vs abroade. S purge that vfually groweth in Gardens, is a violent 
purger, and therefore it is need full to be very carefull how it is vfed : the feede is more 
ordinarily vfed then any other part ofthe plant, which purgeth by vomiting in fome, 
and both vpwards and downwards in many ; the iuice of the herbe,but efpecially the 
milke thereof, is vfed to kill wartes : it is fo wen of feede, and when it doth once fhed 
it felfe, it will (till continue fpringing of the fallen feede. Bearefootc isfowen of feed, 
and will hardly abide tranfplanting vnleffc it bee while it is young ; yet abideth d iuers 
yearesjif itftandnotintoocoldaplace. This I fpeakc of the greater kinde ; for the 
lower fmall wilde kind (which is the moll ordinary in this land ) will neuer decay : the 
leaues are fometinaes vfed greene, but molt vfually dryed and poudered, and giuen in 
drinke to them that haue thewormes : it purgeth melancholy, but efpecially the roots. 
In many Countries of this Land, andel(ewhere,they vfetothruft the ftalkofthegreat 
kinde through the eareovde /lap of Kmeand Cattell, to cure them of many difeafes. 
Salomons Seale, or (as fome call it) Ladder to heauen, although it doth grow wilde in 
many places of this Land, yet is planted in Gardens : it is accounted an excellent 
wound herbe to confolidate, and binde, infomuch that many vfe it with good fuccelfe 
to cure ruptures, and to flay both the white and the red fluxe in w omen : it is planted 
altogether of the rootes, for I could neuer finde it fpring from the feede, it is fo ftrong. 
Cosrfry likewife is found growing wilde in many places by ditch (ides, and in moifl: 
places, and therefore rcquireth fome moifl places ofthe garden : it is wholly vfed for 
knitting, binding, and confolidating fluxes and wounds, to be applyed either inwardly 
or outwardly: The rootes are ftronger for thofe purpofes then any other parts of the 
plant. Licoris is much vfed now adaics to bee planted in great quantitie, euen to fill 
many acres of ground, whereof rifeth a great deale of profit to thofe that know how 
to order it, and haue fit grounds for it to thriue m ; for euery ground will not be aduan- 
tagious : It will require a very rich, deepe and mellow ground, eyther naturali or arti- 
ficiali { but for a priuate houfe where a fmall quantitie will ferue, there needeth not fo 
much curiofitie : it is vfually planted of the top heads, when the lower reotesfwhich 
are the Licoris that is vfed)and the runnersare cut from them. Some vfe to make an or- 
dinary drinke or beuerage of Licoris, boyled in water as our vfuall ale or beere is with 
malt, whic h fermented with barme intlie fame manner, and tunned vp,ferueth in ftcad 
thereof, as I am credibly informed: It is otherwife in a manner wholly fpent for colds, 
coughesand r heumes, to expedlorate flegme, but vfed in diners formes, as in iuice, in 
decodlions, fyrrups, routes, trochifces, and the greene or dryed roote of it felfe. 
And thefe are the mod ordinary Phy ficall herbes that are vfed to be planted in gar- 
dens for the vfe of any Country familie, that is (as I laid before) farre remote ftom 
Phyfitians or Cbirurgions abidings, that they may vfe as occafian ferueth for them- 
felues or their neighbours, and by a little care and paines in the applying may doe a 
great dealeof good, and fotnetimes to them that hauenot wherewith tofpendon 
themfelues, much leffe on Phyfitians or Chirurgions, or if they haue, may oftentimes 
receiueleffe good at their hands then at others that are taught by experience in their 
owne families, to be the more ableto giue helpe to others. 
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