Chap. 14. ‘Englijh 
rift's up a S tti Ik , having fome fitch like cut Leaves 
in the middle thereof cut grow below , but f mailer -, on 
the top whereof jlands one large white Flower, confi- 
ning of five Leaves for the moft part , with fome yellow 
1 breads in the middle , funding about j'ttch a green 
Head as you fee in the Garden Anemones, which 
growing greater after the Flower is pafl , is compofed 
of many fmall Seeds , wrapped up in a white kind of 
Down , which cu foon cut they are ripe , raife them- 
f elves up from the bottom of the Head , and fly away 
with the Wind , or the Garden kinds do. 
IV. 2. The Common or Smaller-leav’d Wild An- 
gle- dower’d Anemone. Jt has a Root long and final, l, 
fomewhat like unto the Root of Polypody, creeping 
■under the upper crufl of the Earth, from whence rifes 
up one or two , and fome times more fmall round , 
naked Stalks , bearing about the middle of them, fmall 
foft and tender jagged Leaves , deeply cut in and in- 
dented on the edges about , from above which alfo does 
grow the Stalk , bearing fmall Flowers , Furple, Car- 
nation, Fellow or White, not much unlike to a Crow- 
foot, ( (landing upon weak foot Stalks ) with fome 
Threads in the middle. 
ANEMO N £. 
V. 5. The Wild double-flower’d Anemone.. This 
double kind is very like unto the ftngle white kind 
before deferibed, both in its long running Roots , and 
its thin jagged Leaves, but Jomewhat larger : the 
Flowers whereof are very thick and double, but fmall, 
of a faint fweet Scent , which are of a purple, red, or 
white colour after they are blown, j or five Or fix days -, 
the purple and red are of a fine light colour towards 
the tops of the Leaves, but the bottoms of the Leaves 
of a very deep colour of the kind : and the White- 
flowered are very white when full blown, but after- 
wards they become a little purplifh on the inflde, but 
more on the out fide, after which comes a fmall Head 
like the former kinds, but feldom or never give any 
Seed, efpecially the \Vhite kind. 
VI. The rlaces. The firft broad -leav’d grows 
Wild in divers places of Auflria and Hungary • but 
with us, is nourilht up in Gardens ; the other Angle 
Herbs. 2 1 
kinds grow wild in moft places in England, in 
Woods, Copfes, Groves, Orchards, &e. except that 
with yellow f lowers. The double-flowered are 
only found in Gardens; but Clufws. fays they are 
found in the Low Countries, in a Wood near Le- 
tt ain. 
VII. The Times. They flower from the begin- 
ning of March, (which is the earlieft) and continue 
flowering till May, or the middle of May ; and the 
double kinds begin to flower prefently after the An- 
gle kinds are part. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
third degree. They cut, incide, attenuate, attraCt 
and inflame; are dedicated to the Head, Womb and 
Joynts, and Alteratives only in their Operations 
IX. The specification. They are peculiar again!! 
cold and moift Diftempers of the Head, Brain and 
Womb, and to cleanfe old Ul cers. 
X. The P reparations. Tho’ the Shops keep no- 
thing of this Plant, yet you may prepare therefrom,. 
I. A Juice. 1. An Effence. a. A Decd/ion. 4. 
A Gargarifm. 5. A Saline TinBure. 6 . An Oily 
TinBure. 7. An Ointment. 8. A Cataplafm. 9. 
A Mafticatory. id. A Pejfary. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Juice. It is a lingular good Errhine, 
for by fnuffing it up the Noftrils morning and even- 
ing, it Purges the Head and Brain of cold, thick and 
tough flegmatick Humors, whereby it prevails a- 
gainft Apoplexies, Epilepfies, Cams, Lethargies, 
Vertigo’s, Megrims and cold Head-aches, proceed- 
ing from a cold Caute. 
XII. The Effence. It has the fame Virtues ufed 
as an Errhine; but is moft commonly given inwardly, 
from ij. drams to half an ounce,mixed with a draught 
of Mead, Wine, or fome proper Water, to open 
ObftruQions of the Womb, and ro bring down ef- 
feftually the Terms in Women, as alfo to haften 
the Birth, and bring away the After-birth. 
XIII. The DecoBion. It is not fo hot as the for- 
mer, and therefore not fo ftrong, but yet is effectual 
for the fame things the Effence is, but may be given 
in a larger Dofe, as from ij. ounces to iij. fweetned 
with white Sugar. 
XIV. The Gargarifm. It is made of the Juice or 
Effence, mixt with an equal quantity of the Deeo- 
ftion, to 8. ounces of which you may add iij. drams 
of pure Nitre, diflolving it therein. Ufed as a Gar- 
gle, it powerfully attrafts cold and moift Humors 
out of the Head and Brain, and Parts adjacent, and 
fo is good in the Cure of thofe Difeafes, the Juice 
is laid to be good againft. 
XV. The Saline TinUure. It more powerfully 
opens the Womb than the Effence does, and is ufed 
in inveterate Obitaaions thereof when the Effence 
is not found powerful enough. It alfo opens Ob- 
ftruaions of the Reins and Bladder, provokes Urin, 
and expels Sand and TartarousMatttet. Dofe from 
j. dram to ij. in fome fit Vehicle. 
XVI. The Oily TinBure. Tho’ this may be ufed 
inwardly, yet its chief Ufe is for External Applica- 
tions againft Weaknefs and cold Afteftions of the 
Nerves, Tendons, Ligaments and Joynts; againft 
all forts of Aches and Pains proceeding from Cold, 
or an Afflux of cold Humors, as alio againft Num- 
ednefs, Tremblings, Cramps, Convulfions, Paliies, 
and the like Difafleftions of the Nerves. 
XVII. The Ointment. It has the Virtues of the 
Oily Tufelure, but not fo powerful,'' but is better for 
cleanfing old running Sores, fetid Ulcers, malign 
and rebellious Fiftula’s, and taking away Scabs, Itch, 
Scurff, Morphew, and other like Defilements of the 
Skin, 
XVIII. The 
