Chap, 
‘EngUJI) Herbs. 
like unto the heeds or feeds of the greet Ox Eye , or 
not much unlike to a little Bunch of Gropes: The 
Plant rifes ofJts own Seed again , many titles before 
Winter , 'ichiw will abide till the next year. That 
with the yellow fewer is much like the former, but its 
Jielks and leaves ere of a more dilute Green. 
IV. The Pieces. The Red grows in the Weft part 
of England amongft Corn, jult as Mayweed does in 
other parts, and is likewile an enemy to Corn, as 
Mayweed is : trom thence (for the Beauty of the 
flower fake) the Seed has been brought into fome 
Gardens : The Yellow is a Granger in England , un- 
lefs Nurfed up in Gardens* 
V. The 'Times They flower in the Summer Months, 
as May , June , July and Auguft , as the Year falls 
out to be early or late : and the feed is ripe foon 
after, and prelently falls away, if not Gathered. 
VI. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the firft 
degree ^ but Bauhine and Tabermontanus lay they 
are hot and dry in the fecond ^ yet by the tafte we 
can hardly judge fo. They are Difcufiive, Digeftive, 
Aperitive and Carminative: and by appropriation they 
are Stomatick, Hepatick and Nephritick, and of the 
kind of Alteratives. 
VII. The Specif cat ion. T hey are faid to be Specificks 
againft Colic k , and Stone , which Parkinfon lays has 
been confirmed by Experience ^ a dram of the feed 
being given in fome fpecifick Vehicle. 
V III. T be Preparations. The Shops keep nothing of 
it, but you may make, i. A Ponder of the Seed. 
2. A Sulphureous Tin Jure. 3. A Saline Tintture. 
4. A Chymicel Oihof the Seed. 5. An E (fence of the 
Herb. 6 . A Bath of the Herb. 
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The V irtues. 
IX. The Ponder of the Seed. It powerfully expels 
Wind, is good againft Griping of the Bowels and 
Colick, and expels Sand and Gravel from the Reins 
and Bladder: it alfo ftrengthens the Stomach, and 
caufeth a good Digeftion. 
X. T he Sulphureous Tiridute. It is made of the 
Seed,and is Stomatick and Carminative, good againft 
pains of Head, Stomach and Belly : helps in the 
Vertigo, and cures a violent Flux. Dofe from one 
Dram to two Drams in fome fit Vehicle. 
XI. The Saline Tinthirc. It is made both of Seed 
and Herb, and has all the virtues of the former : 
befides which it is an excellent thing againft moft 
Difeafes of the lower Ventricle : it powerfully opens 
all Obftruflions, and expels both Wind and Water 
out of the Bowels ; and has a more lingular and Spe- 
cifick force againft Stone and Gravel, whether in the 
Reins or Bladder, or any other matter obltruffing 
thofe parts. The Dofe is from half a dram to a 
dram, or dram and half in White Wine. 
XII. The Chymical Oil. It gives prefent eafe in the 
Stone and ftoppage of Urine, if given from fix drops 
to twelve in a Glafs of White Wine, or Parfley or 
Rrfmart Water. Drop it firft into Sugar, Which mix 
well together, and then mix it with the Liquor, and 
fo let it be taken morning and evening. It provokes 
Urine powerfully, gives immediate eafe in the Pain, 
expels the Gravel, and is an admirable thing againft 
the Colick. 
XIU. The Ejfence. It has the Virtues of the Seed, 
but not altogether fo powerful: daily taken, it 
ftrengthens the Stomach, and is good againft the 
Scurvy ; n a cold Habit of Body: Dofe one Spoonfulor 
better, in Ale, Beer, Wine, or in fome proper Water. 
XIV. T he Bath. It is made of the Herb boiled, in a 
fufficient quantity of Water, in which a little Caftile 
or Venice , or Genoua Soap is dilfolved. It opens the 
Pores, cleanfes the Skin, and is good againft a Rheu- 
tnatilm, and pains of the Bowels and Joints, by fit- 
ting for fome time in the Bath fomething more than 
Blood Warm, and feveral times repeating of the fame. 
CHAP. Ill; 
Of AGRIMONY Common and 
Bajiard. 
I- ‘ t '-HE Names. It is called in Arabick Gnaphat , 
J- Gnatzfat : in Greek ’Eut«t oe*ov. (of Eu- 
pator the firft Founder of it, as Pliny faith:) in La- 
tin Eupatonum , Hepatorium (as being good for 
the Liver,) Agrimonia-. and in Englifh Agrimony. 
The Ballard Agrimony knows no Greek name : and 
is called in Latin Agnitmnoides. 
II. T he Kinds. It is accounted amongft the num- 
ber of Spiked Plants, and has feveral Species, 
as, 1. The Common Agrimony, i. The Bajiard. j.T he 
Water Agrimony, w'flvc'a is both male and female. The 
Common again is either fweet lcented, or not fweet 
Rented. 
III. The Defcription. Common Agrimony has a 
root black , long, and fomewhat Woody , abiding 
many years , and J hooting out afrejh every Spring , 
from which arifes one fialk fomewhat hoary and tohi - 
tijh , hard and round, half a yard high (plus minus) 
from whence comes forth divers long Leaves, fome 
greater, fome leffer , fet upon a Jla/k, all of them 
dented about the edges, fomewhat greyifh under- 
neath, and hairy withall: and from the main fialk. 
alfo arifes fome f mailer leaves fet here and there- 
towards the top whereof grows many frnall yellow 
flowers, one above another in long f pikes, after which 
comes many rough feeds , hanging down like tofmall 
Burrs, which when they are ripe, wt/l catch hold, 
and flick upon Garments, or any thing which Jhall 
rub againft them : the, whole T/ant is of a pretty 
pleafing fmell. 
I V. The fweet feented or Aromatick differs little or 
nothing from the former, except in the fmell, fo that 
he that knew the one may certainly know the other-, 
but the T hint is fomewhat lefs , wit h rounder and whi- 
ter leaves, and the root of a darkifhred, but the tafte 
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