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moft aperitive^ the Leaves 
are good for hot tumors : 
And boyJ’d, it is good to 
give Nurfes to increafe 
Milk. The Diddl'd Wa- 
ter is good for Freckles, 
and the Root is a gopd 
Diuretick. 
The White-Qpp OJlt, or 
/Haw-Thorn Tree , in Latin 
Oxy acanthus. The White- 
Thorn is a great Shrub 
growing oftentimes to the 
Height of the Pear-Tree 
the Trunk, or Body is 
Great : The Boughs and 
Branches hard and Wood- 
dy, fet full of long Sharp 
thorns : the Leaves are 
broad, cut into divers 
Sections. fmooth and of 
a gliftering green Colour : 
the Flowers grow upon 
fpoky Rundles, of a Plea- 
fant fweet fmell , fome- 
tirnes White, and often 
dafli’d over with a light 
wadi of Purple ; there- 
fore dome have thought 
that there is a Difference 
in the Plants : after which 
comes the Fruit, being 
round Berries, Green at 
the Firft, and Red when 
Ripe ; wherein is found a 
fort fweet Pulp, and cer- 
tain whitidi Seed : The 
Root grows deep in the 
Ground, of a hard Wood- 
Subftance. It grows in 
Woods and Hedges near 
High-ways almoft every 
where. It flowers in May, 
the Fruit is ripe in the be- 
ginning of September , and 
is Food for Birds in Win- 
ter. ’Tis very AftringcnV, 
the Haws, or Berries, ajs 
Diofcorides fays, do both 
ftay the Lask, the Menles, 
and all other Fluxes of 
Blcod : Some Authors 
Write, that the Stones bea- 
ten to powder and given 
to drink are good againft 
the Stone. The Leaves are 
mucilaginous ; the Fruit 
is pulpy and mucilagi- 
nous ; therefore good for 
the Stone. The Stones 
joyning with the Animal- 
acids , become Diuretick. 
The Bark is rough and 
bitterifh and the Flowers 
fmell Sweet and faint. 
Pyracantha has the fame 
Tafte and Vertuc. 
2Cl)0?n-,3pple, in Latin 
Stramonium. An Oint- 
ment made of the Juice 
of the Leaves, and Lard, 
is very good for Burns 
and 
