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Second excepted , which 
grows not here, but on the 
Coafts of the Mediterranean 
Sea. They flower and flou- 
rifli in Summer Months. 
Glafs-wort is hot and dry : 
The Allies have a Cau- 
ftick or Burning Qua- 
Uty. 
A litrlc quantity of the 
Herb taken inwardly, does 
not only mightily provoke 
Urine, but in like fort 
cafleth forth the Dead 
Child. It draweth forth 
by SeigeWatery Humours, 
and purgeth away the 
Dropfic. A great quanti- 
ty taken , is Mifchievous 
and Deadly. The Smell 
and Srnoak of this Herb, 
being Burnt, doth drive a- 
way Serpents. The Allies 
are likewife tempered with 
thofe Medicines that ferve 
to take away Scabs and 
Filth of the Skin : It eafi- 
l'y confumeth Proud and 
Superfluous Flefh , that 
groweth in Poyfonous Ul- 
cers, as Avicen and Seratio 
rcport.We Read in theCo- 
pips of Serapio , that Glafs- 
wort is a Tree fo great , 
that a Man may ftand un- 
der the fhadow hereof: 
But it is very like, that 
this Errour proccedcth ra- 
ther from the Interpreter, 
than from the Author 
himfelf : The Flower of 
Chryftal, or as they com- 
monly term it, Sandevcr ) 
does wonderfully dry. It 
eafily taketh away Scabs , 
and Majigincfs, if the 
parts be Waffled and 
Bathed with the Water 
wherein it is Boiled. 
€toatg*I)eat:&, in Latin 
Tragopogon. Any part of 
this Flant being cut, yields 
a white Milk, which foon 
turns yellow and clammy. 
The Root is Areight, about 
the bignefs of a Finger. 
The Stalks are empty, and 
branchy ; larger and ftrong- 
er than thole of Scorzonc- 
ra. It has many Leaves, 
that are like the Leaves of 
Leeks, which are fomer 
times very broad, fome- 
times long, narrow, and 
fliarp. The Flowers are 
placed on the top of the 
Stalks and Branches, and 
confift of eight, nine, or 
ten green Leaves ; they are 
long and fliar p, above three 
; Inches long, of a deep pur- 
ple or Sky-colour, and at 
laft 
