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C^brigljC, ill Latin 
Eutbrcifia. ’Lis a fin a 11 
Plant, an Hand and an 
half high- The Root is 
jingle, and crooked ; it has 
a few large Fibres ; ’cis 
woody, and white. The 
Stalks are roundifh, hairy, 
and, where the Sun Alines, 
iurplilh. They have ma- 
ny Branches, which come 
from the Wings of the 
Leaves, that arc longer 
fometimes than the middle 
Stalk. The Leaves are 
placed by Pairs, on the 
Stalk, oppolitc to one ano- 
ther, without Foot-ftalks, 
and are like the Leaves of 
Chick-weed ; they are of 
a deep Green, they fhine, 
arc wrinkly, indented, and 
hairy under, and ol a fat 
and bitter ifhTaite. The lit 
tie Flowers come from the 
Wings of the Leaves ; they 
are white, ftreakM within 
with purple Lines, and 
ycllowSpot is in the middle 
The Seeds arc oblong, and 
of an Alh-colour. It grows 
commonly in barren Pa 
ftures, and flowers about 
the middle of Summer. 
Eye-bright , which Way 
foever it is taken, cither in 
Powder by it fclf, or in 
White-wine, or the juice, 
or the diftill’dWater, won- 
derfully flrengthens the 
Eyes, and repairs a weak 
Sight. ’Lis applied out- 
wardly, being bruis’d, for 
' inflammations, and Dim- 
ncls of Sight : Or the Juice 
is drop’d into the Eye : 
i 3ut efpccially the \V ater. 
Take of Eye-bright two 
Ounces , Mace half an 
Ounce ; make a fine Pow- 
der: Some add tq it Fen- 
ncl-fecd and Sugar. This 
is good for Dimncfs of 
Sight : Take one Dram of 
it Night and Morning ; 
aut the Body muft be flrft 
well purg’d. Fabrithis HH- 
damns , who is an Author ol 
the flrft Rank, lays, That 
the Virtues of Eye-bright 
arc fo effectual in Wcak- 
nefs of Sight, that he had 
obferv’d lome of Seventy 
Years of Age to have, reco- 
ver’d their Sight ( which 
they had loft by long 
Watch ings,and much Stu- 
dy ) by the Utc of it. 
The Oculifts in England, 
dnd Beyond-Sea, ule the 
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