P R 
( i94 ) 
for Pills, which muft be 
kept moift with Oil^ 
Turpentine. The Dele is 
Ten Grains. The Opiat- 
Plaifter is made in the 
following manner : Take 
of the Great Diachylon 
four Ounces, of Quick, 
ftlver two Ounces, of O- 
pium one Ounce ; min- 
gle them according to 
Art. This is good to eafe 
Pain. 
^Jtcfemafcam, or Stone- 
crop, in Latin Sedum mi- 
nus Vermiculare. 
It is a low and little 
Herb z The Stalks are 
{lender and fliort 5 the 
Leaves about thefe ftand 
very thick , being fmall, 
full-body *d, {harp-pointed 
and full of Juice. The 
Flowers ftand on the Top, 
and are very fmall, of a 
yellow Colour, and of a 
jfharp biting Tafte. The 
Root confifts of nothing 
but Fibres. It grows e- 
very where in Stony and 
dry Places, in Chinks 
and Crannies of oldWalls, 
and on the Tops of Hou- 
les : It is always green. 
It taftes waterifh , acid 
, and rough. The Root is 
bittcrilh and aftringent. I 
It is of the nature of I 
great Hous-leek , biting 
and aftringent. 
primrofe , in Latin 
Primula veris. ’Tis hot' 1 
and dry, and of an aftrin- I 
gent 1'afte. ’Tis very ) 
good for Flegmatick and > 
Melancholy Difeafes, and ) 
for Fluxes of the Belly, 5 
and to ftrengthen the Sto- 
mach. 
privet, or Prim Print , \ 
in Latin Ligufirum. 
Privet is a Shrub j 
growing like a Hedge- j 
Tree : The Branches and ] 
Twigs of it are {freight,! 
and cover’d with foft gli- 
ttering Leaves of a deep! 
green Colour, like thofe J 
of Perwinkle ; but yeti 
longer ; greater alfo than j 
the Leaves of the Olive- 
tree. The Flowers are 
white, fweet of fmcll ,| 
very fmall , growing, 
in Clufters ; which! 
being faded , there fuc- 
ceed Clufters of Berries 
at the firft green , and 
when they are ripe , 
black like a little Clu- 
fter of Grapes, which 
yield a purple Juice : 
The Root grows every 
way 
