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i'o much ufed, than before. 
The Buds of Hops, eaten 
in the Spring-time, being 
firft boyl’d and butter’d , 
purge the B[ood,and loofen 
the Belly, and open Ob- 
ftrudtions of the Liver and 
Spleen. 
Take of Black Soap , 
and frelh Hops, each two 
Handfuls ; of Blue-Cur- 
rants a quarter of a Pound 3 
beat them, and mix them, 
and apply them to the 
Wrifts, to cure a Quoti- 
dian-Ague. 
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ceed each Flower. The 
Smell of the whole Herb 
is ftrong, and fomewhat 
offenfive. It grows near 
rligh-ways, and amongft 
Rubbifh. 
The Juice of it mix’d 
with Hony is good for 
thofe that have Coughs , 
and are Consumptive. The 
Powder of it kills Worms. 
Take of the Syrup of 
White Hore-hound two 
Ounces, of Oyl of Tartar 
per delicpuium one Scruple; 
mix them : Let the Sick 
take often of it, a Spoon- 
XVhitc Ipoje-ljountl, in 
Latin Marrubium album. 
It has a Single, woody Root , 
with many Fibres. It has 
many Stalks, a Foot high, 
or higher ; they arc downy, 
four-fquare, branchy, and 
have many Leaves on them, 
rwo oppofite one to ano- 
ther, at each Joint ; they 
arc round ifh, wrinkly, and 
indented, and are placed 
on pretty long Foot-ftalks. 
The Flowers" are whitifh, 
and very fmall ; they en- 
compafs the Stalk at the 
Joints, and have fhortFoot- 
ftalks, or none at all. Four 
Seeds, ioyn’d together, fuc- 
ful at a Time, This is ex- 
cellent in the Jaundice. 
The Tops of it infus’d in 
Wine, and drunk three 
Mornings, is good to pro- 
voke the Couries, and to 
expel the Secundine, and 
to ilrengthen the Stomach, 
and to cure an ill Habit of 
Body. A Conferve of the 
Flowers made with Hony, 
and an Ounce of it taken 
in the Morning, tor forty 
Days, cured a Nobleman 
of a Scirrhus in his Liver, 
when Chalybeats, and ci- 
ther Medicines, would dp 
no good. 
