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GO ( iio ) 
rigoJds and their Fiowers, 
Dragons, Goats Rue, and 
Mint, each four Handfuls; 
pour upon them four Gal- 
lons of the belt: Brandy, 
let them infufe gently in 
M. ( the Velfel being 
clofe Hop’d ) for three 
Days ; draw off four Gal- 
fron ; to every Pint of this, 
add an Ounce and an half 
of Fine Sugar. 
(BolDfllUoD , in Latin 
Virgo, aureo. The Root is 
brown , and has many 
whitilh Fibres, and is joint- 
ed,. and grows awry; The 
Stalks are Hiff, upright, 
five or fix Foot high, chan- 
nell’d, a little hairy, and 
full of a fungous Pith. The 
Leaves that come from the 
Roots, and thofe that grow 
on the Stalks, are placed 
alternately, on long Foot- 
Halks; and fometimes they 
have none at all, or very 
fhortones: Thofe that are 
at bottom are almoft an 
Hand’s breadth, and about 
twice as long ; but here in 
England they are not fb 
long, nor fo broad : The 
uppermoH are of a dark 
Green, 
Green, hairy on both fides, 
and indented about the 
Edges. The Fiowers are 
many, and grow on the | 
tops of the Stalks, and on 
peculiar Foot-ftalks arifing > 
from the Wings of the 
Leaves; they arc yellow, ; 
and at laftturn into a kind 
of Down. It grows com- 
monly upon Heaths, and j 
inHilly Woods and Groves. 
It flowers in Augnfl . The 
Flowers fometimes vary. 
*Tis an excellentWound- 
herb, either taken inward- 
ly, or outwardly applied. 
’Tis Lithontriptick, and 
Diuretick. Two Drams of 
the Powder being taken in 
White-wine, hot, every 
Morning. *Tis very cleanf- 
ing, and drying. ’Tis good 
in the ObftrucHions of the 
Bowels, and for thofe that 
are inclin’d to a Dropfie, 
and for Hopping all Fluxes 
of the Womb or Belly, and 
inward Bleedings. 
©OOSbfrtp bttflj, in La- 
tin GroJJiilaria. It loves 
cold Places. It flowers in 
April • the Fruit comes 
forth in May, and is ripe 
in and July. 
The 
