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at the firjl approach of Winter, and therefore is to 
be J'ovon a new every Tear if you will have it -, from 
whence rifes up ufually but one upright Stalk nearly 
a joot high , varioufly branching forth it felf on all 
/ides , whereon , at every Joint , are. Jet two Leaves , 
broad , t hick, and fat , j little pointed, oj a pie af ant 
Jweet fmell , 0/ <2 frefh green Colour , and a little 
J nipt about the edges-, of which fame one here and 
there , are of a black reddijh hue •' towards the up- 
per part of the Stalk and Branches come forth a num- 
ber of /'mail whitijh flowers, which many times tend 
to a dark purple, with twof mall Leaves at the Joint,. 
. in fame, places green, in others brown-, after the 
flowers come J. mall black Seed. 
IV. T he Small Bufh Bafil., has a fibrous peri/hing 
Root much like the former , from whence rifes up 
J mall tender Stalks, which grow not fo high as the 
former , but is thicker fpread with Branches, and 
/mailer Leaves thereon, and Jet clofer together -, thefe 
Leaves are little, lej's than thofe of Pennyroyal, and 
the whole Plant -is low, and fine or /mail, growing into 
a kind of diminutive Bufh, whence the Name of Bufh 
Bafil ^ and is . of a jnor.e pie afing Jweet font than the 
former by much : the blowers are J. mall and white, 
and the Seed black like the other, when it yields Seed 
with us, wlfoh is more feldom, it not often yielding 
ripe Seed here, becaufe it neither Springs, flowers, 
nor Seeds Jo early as the others. Parkinion adds 
another middle Kind fomething larger than this 
both in the height of the Bufh, and magnitude of the 
Leaves, but not other wife differing -, which to me 
feems to be one and the fame Herb, but diff ering ac- 
cording to the goodnefs of the Soil, 
V. Tiie Anifated Bafil, Is tritely of the felf fame 
Kind with our ordinary Garden Bafil but of a middle 
fize between the Common Great an l Bufii Bafil, and 
differs nothing in its Roots, Stalks, Leaves, flowers, 
nor Seed, but a Tittle in the magnitude, and fomc- 
thing in the fmell, which is like the fmell of Ani- 
leeds. 
Common-Bafil Slnfitii. 
VIJ. The Times. They Flower in the heat of 
Summer as in June and July , by little and little 
whereby they are long a Flowering, beginning at 
the top firft, and fo Flowering as ’twere down- 
wards. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are hot and moift in 
the fecond Degree: Theyincide, attenuate, open 
difcufs, refolve, concoft, digeft, and are carmina- 
tive and anodyn ; being Cephalick, Neutotick, Sto- 
matick, Peftoial, Cardiack, Nephritick, and Ute- 
rine : alfo Emmenagogick, and Alexipharmick. 
IX. The Specification. Schroder lays, it is a pe- 
culiar thing to cleanfe the Lungs, and provoke the 
Courfes in Women. 
X. The Prepartions. The Shops make ufe of 
1. The Leaves. 2. The Seed. 3. And Diftil there- 
from a Water. But you may farther prepare, 4. A 
Juice. 5. An EJJence. 6 . A Spirituous Tinllure. 
7. A Saline Tintlure. 8. An Oily TinSure. 9. A 
DecoSion. in Wine. la. A Syrup. 11. An Oil. 
13. ACatapTJm. 
The Virtues . 
XI. The Leaves. Their fmell comforts the Brain 
(whatever feme Authors fay to the contrary) and were 
eaten in Galen's time ( I fuppofe as a Sallet,) being 
corefted with Oil and Vinegar. Some Authors will 
have it that they dry up Milk in Womens Breafts 
which in my opinion is againft their proper Nature’ 
being hot and moift, and therefore more aot to 
breed Milk. P 
XII. The Seed. Being made into a fine Pouder, 
it may be given from half a dram to j. dram, in 
Wine, againll the Palpitation or Trembling of ’the 
Heart, to cheer and comfort the fame, and expel 
Melancholly, or fadnefs of Mind ; It is good alfo 
againft Poyfon and the Stinging of Scorpions. 
XIII. The TiJlilledWater from the whole Plant. It 
is good to clear the Eye-fight, and to be ufedas a 
Vehicle for the other Preparations. 
XIV. The Juice. If it is put into the Eyes, it 
takes away their Dimnels, anddrys up Humors which 
fall into them ; fiiuft up the Noltrills it caufeth 
Sneezing, and fo Purges the Brain : given to j. ounce 
in a GUIs of Generous Canary morning and evening 
it provokes Venery, orLuft, and is good forfuch as 
are troubled with Heart Qualms, or Swooning Fits 
or ftoppage of their Terms. 
XV. The EJJence. It much exceeds the Juice for 
Inward ufes, being cotrefted, and made more Pure 
or fine, as being freed from its grofs and ficulent 
parts. It has the Virtues of the Juice , befideswhich 
it is an excellent Stomatick, Cardiack, and Petfo- 
ral, freeing the Lungs from the Tarrarous Matter 
which obltrufts them, and caufrng thereby a free 
refpiration, and therefore is profitable againft Coughs 
Colds, Afthma’s, and other like Diltempers of the 
Lungs. Dofe from j. ounce to ij. ounces in Wine 
or Syrup , or fome other PeUoral Vehicle, morning 
and evening. 
XVI. The Spirituous Tinflure. It is Stomatick 
and Cardiack, refills Poifon, and is good againft the 
flinging of Scorpions, or bitings of other Venomous 
beatts: prevails againft Fainting and Swooning Fits, 
Sicknefs at Heart, and is good for fuch as are trou- 
bled with Lethargies, Citrus and Apoplexies, and 
other Cold Difeafes of the Head, Brain and Nerves. 
Dofe ij drams or mote, in the Dijlilled Water. 
XVII. TheSalmeTintture. Itispowerfulagainft 
Difeafes of the Reins, opening their obftruQions, and 
removing the Tattarous and Vilcous Matter which 
affeQs them. It provokes Urine, expels Sand, Gra- 
vel, Slime and Stones out of the Reins and Urinary 
Palfages. It provokes the Terras in Women, and fa- 
cilitates 
