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and infusd with Water of White Sugar, and make 
and AIlum,make a yellow, a Syrup in B. M. 
or rather a Saffron-colour : 
and is now in ufe for paint- 
ing of Playing-Cards and 
Leather. Thofc that are 
gather’d in the Autumn, 
when they are ripe and 
black, being pounded,, and 
kept in a Glafs-Veffel, af- 
ford a delicate Green , 
which is called Sap-Green, 
and ismucih ufed by Paint- 
ers. Thcfe that remain on 
the Trees till the Feaft of 
St. Martin make a red 
Colour. The Berries are 
purging, a Drain, or a 
Dram and an half of them 
being taken at a. time. 
Some take fifteen or twen- 
ty of the Berries at a time: 
But they work fo power- 
fully, that they are not to 
be given in Subftance to 
weakly People. The Sy- 
rup is moft in ufe : Take 
of the juice of ripe and 
frefh Berries, gather’d in 
September, 2 Pounds, let it 
clear by Handing ; then 
add of Cinnamon and 
Nutmegs , each three 
Drams ; infufe it in B. M. 
for the fpace of a Day j 
then prefs them out, and 
add a Pound and an a half 
in La- 
tin Tragopyron. Buck- 
Wheat may very well be 
placed amohg the kinds 
of Grain or Corn, bccaufe 
oftentimes in time of Ne- 
ceffity , Bread is made 
thereof mixed with other 
Grain. It hath round fat 
Stalks fomewhat crefted, 
fmooth and reddifh, which 
are divided into many 
Arms or Branches, where- 
upon grow fmooth and 
fofc Leaves , in fhape 
like thofc of Ivy , or 
one of the Bindweeds , 
not much unlike Ba- 
fil ; wherefore Tabernct- 
montanus called it Ocy~ 
mum Cere ale: The Flowers 
are fmall , white and 
cluftrcd together in one 
or more Tufts or Um- 
bels, flightly dafht over 
here and there with a 
Flourifh of light Carna- 
tion Colour. The Seeds 
are of a Dark Blackifh 
Colour, Triangle, or three 
fquare like the Seed of 
Black Binderweed , the 
Root is fmall and threa- 
dy- 
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