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pointed Leaves of a yel- 
lowifh green Colour , 
having four other lefl'cr 
Leavcslying between them. 
The Berry is of a black, 
purpftfh. Colour , full of 
j uice, and of the bignefs 
of a Grape ; having with- 
in many white Seeds. 
of Parfly.-fecds three 
Drams, of Wiacer-C hcr- 
. ry-berries N. vi. boyl them 
in a Pint of Milk, and i 
ljnake Poffet - dEink : 
Take fix Ounces at a . 
time, fweeten’d with an 
Ounce of Syrup of Mar, fit- i 
mallows. This is good in | 
the Stone. 
The Berries and Leaves 
are Cooling, and Drying. 
The Berries arc ufed in- 
wardly in the Plague, and 
Malignant Difeaics, and 
upon being poylon’d. The 
Leaves arc uted outward- 
ly in Peftilcntial Buboes, 
and other hot Tumours, 
and in old Ulcers. 
ftp, in Latin Pctro- 
fclinuin. The Root and 
Herb expel Wind, provoke 
Urine and the Courfes , 
and open Obftrudions of 
the Liver and Spleen, and 
are good in the Dropfic 
and. Jaundice. The Seed 
is good for the fame Dif- 
eafes , and for an old 
Cough, and againft Poy- 
fon. ' The whole Herb, 
outwardly applied , dif- 
folves hard Tumours; and 
dries away Milk, being ap- 
plied to the Breafts. Ta^c 
Corw-Patflp, or Horn- 
wort, in Latin Selinutn.Su 
foliis. 
This Hcrfr comes up 
from Seed , like Pailly 
with two final 1, long, nar- 
row Leaves, the next that 1 
Spring , are two (mail, 
round, fmeeth, Leaves , 
nickt about the Edges , • 
and fo for two or three 
Couples of Leaves , of 
the next Growth , there 
arc fuch round Leaves , 
growing on a middle rib 
by Couples , and one 
round alfo at the 
Top ; after , as more 
Leaves fpring up , the 1 
Fafliion of them allot 
changes. Namely, every 
Leaf hath above eight or- 
nine fthail, green Leaves, 
growing on each fide- of 
r a middle rib, one oppo- 
fite ! 
