Chap. 16. “Englifi “Herbs. 
’Points like an Arrow , with two Feathers at the Head , 
and Jharp pointed at . the end of the Leaf of a whi- 
t iff) yellow green Colour , and as it were J} rewed over 
with Flower or Meal , or rather fmall white Sand , 
efpecially whilft young •, the Stalk hkewife is Mealy , 
or rather Sandy , bearing many Branches , with fmall 
yellow Flowers on them , which turn into fmall leajie 
Seed, 
IV. T/;<? Lf//dr Kind is altogether like the 
former , and di ffers nothing from it, unlefs in the mag- 
nitude , d77£/ /W Sandy Flower , which f (ferns to be whi- 
ter than the former : but I am apt to believe that 
thefe two are but one kind, and differ only in ref pell 
of the Ground they grow on, this growing upon a 
more fandy, lean, or poor Soil : the richer the Earth, 
the greater the Plant •, the poorer the Soil the 
leffer. 
V. The Purple Arrach is in its Roots, Stalks, 
Branches, Leaves, Flowers, and Seed, and manner of 
growing, and indeed in all things like unto the 
IVhite, except only in the Colour, the Stalks, Leaves 
and Seed being of a Mealy, or Sandy Purplifh Colour. 
VI. The Places. They grow chiefly in Gardens, as 
their names do fpecifie, very rarely Wild. 
VII. The Times. They Flower and Seed from 
June to the beginning of September, their Seed ri- 
pening all the time of their Flowering. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are Cold and Moift 
in the fecond Degree but; Schroder will have it on- 
ly in the firft Degree. They are Alterative, Aperi- 
ent, Abfterfive, Emollient, and Expulfive j and are 
appropriated to the Lungs, Liver, Womb, and Joints. 
IX. The Specification. They are peculiar againft 
the Jaundice, and Dileafes of the Breft and Lungs. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
i. A Juice, i. An E (fence. 3. A be coition. 4. A Sy- 
rup. 5. A Catap/afm. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Juice. It cools Inflamations, and is good 
to be applied in an Eryfiepelcvs, Linen Cloths being 
dipt therein, and applied thereto ; and taken from 
ij. to iij, or iv. ounces, it loofens the Belly, clean- 
les the Bowels, and fortifies the Expulfive Faculty. 
XII. The EJfence. It is good againft the Yellow 
Jaundice, and cleanfes the Womb of all Impurities * 
and is an excellent thing to open Obftructions of 
the Liver, and help Difeales of the Breft and Lungs. 
Dofe iv. fpoonfuls. 
XIII. The Decollion , has the lame Virtue, but is 
weaker, and, drunk plentifully, is a Angular good 
thing againft the Poifon of Cantharides, and Stru- 
matick Tumors, *Cr Swellings in the Throat, or 0- 
ther parts, and admirably reprefles Choler. Dole 
from iv. to viij. ounces, twice a day. 
XIV. The Syrup of the Juice made with Honey. 
It is an excellent PeHoral, opens ftoppages in the 
Breft and Lungs, and prevails againft Colds, Coughs, 
Afthma’s, or fhortnefs of Breath, and Difficulty of 
Breathing. Dofe from j. ounce to ij. ounces, Morn- 
ing and Night. 
1?. The Cataplafm. The Herb bruifed and ap- 
plied as a Cataplafm, is excellent to eale Pains and 
Aches, from a hot Caufe, and' Acrimonious Humors, 
and to give eafe in the Gout. A Cataplafm made of 
the boiled Herb, is faid to be good ( being applied ) 
to difeufs hard Iwellings in the Throat. 
XVI. Not a. This Herb is uled as a Pot-herb, or 
rather boiled for a Sailer, (as they boil Spjnage) 
and fo to be eaten with Butter and Vinegar, Pepper 
and Salt, in which way it proves very grateful to a 
hot Stomach. And the Seed drunk with Mead to 
j. Dram, is good againft the Yellow Jaundice : and 
Matthiv/us lays, it purges both upwards and down- 
wards. 
CHAP. XXVI. 
Of the Common Greater Wild 
A R A C *H. 
I. / 1 v H E Names. It is called in Greek, 
A dy&M p-i}dhn : In Latin , Atriplex Jylveftns 
vulgatior 
