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ty thick and hard , be- 
ing covered with abrown- 
iih Skin : From this 
Root grow up many Imall 
Stalks of the Height of 
a Cubit and more, fome- 
vvhat thick withal : the 
Leaves that grow aloag 
the Stalks, are like thofe 
of the Quince-tree, thick, 
white, loft and Downy. 
The Flowers grow about 
the Stalk at the letting 
on of the Leaf, fomewhat 
long, and of a pale Co- 
lour, divided into four 
Parts , which are fuc- 
ceeded by Seeds contain- 
ed in Hairy or Woolly 
Receptacles ; which when 
they come to be ripe, 
are red, or of a redd i (It 
Saffron-Colour. 
Niglet-Jhade (as Galen 
fays m his Book of the 
Faculties of Simple Me- 
dicines) is ufed for thofe 
Infirmities that have heed 
of cooling and binding : 
For thefe two Qualities 
it hath in the fecond de- 
gree : Which thing alfo 
he affirms in his Book 
of the Faculties of Nou- 
rilhments ; where he fays, 
that there is no Pot-herb 
which we ufe, that hath 
fo great Aftri&ion as 
Night-fhade ; and there- 
fore Phyficians ufe it fel- 
dom for Nourilhmcnt , 
but always for a Medicine. 
Diofcorides fays , that 
Night-fhade is good a- 
gainlt Sr. Anthony's Fire, 
the Shingles, Pain of the 
Head, the Heart-burning, 
or LLat of the Stomach, 
and ether like Accidents 
proceeding of /harp and 
biting Humours. Not- 
withftanding thefe Vir- 
tues, yet it is not always 
to be applied to thefe 
Difeafes ; becaufe many 
timds there is more Dan- 
ger in applying this Re- 
medv, than in the Difeale 
it fclf; as Hippocrates fays 
in his Sixch Book of his 
Aphorifms, and the twenty 
fifth Particular, that St. 
Anthony* s-Fire fhould not 
be ftruck in ; and like- 
wife in his Prognofticks, 
he fays, that being ftruck 
in it is mortal ; which is 
to be underftood not only 
of St. Anthony ’s-Fire, but 
alio of other like breakings 
out. For by the ufe of 
cooling and repelling Me- 
dicines, the bad corrupt 
and 
