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tite open Obftruttions of the -Vifcera , and to cure 
Coughs, Colds, WheezingS, Shortifcls ot Breath, 
Ron inward Bleedings, and to remove Catarrhs, 
which tall upon the Lungs. Dole, a quarter ol a 
Spoonful, more or lei's, in a Glals ol Generous 
Wine. , 
XVIII. T heEffence. Taken inwardly two or three 
dr more Spoonfuls at a time, Morning and Evening, 
it is good again!! the Jaundice, Ealling-iicknels, 
Convulfions, Megrim, Vertigo, Stuffings ol the Lungs, 
Griping pains ot the Bowels, and Wind. Colick * it 
opens the Womb, and provokes the Terms in Wo- 
men when ftopt. It is a famous Traumatick, or 
Vulnerary, caufing a fpeedy healing to old Bores, 
Running Ulcers, and the like ; and given to Women 
in Travel, it caufes fpeedy Delivery, and gives eaie 
in the After pains, which many times come through 
taking cold. 
XIX. The fixed Silt. Given to one fcruple with 
a little Juice of Limons and Canary, it flops Vomit- 
ing and mixt with Eflence ol Winter Cherries, it 
provokes Urine, removes It op pages ol the Urinary 
Parts, and expels Sand, Gravel, and other Tartarous 
and Vifcous Matter. 
XX. T he Ointment. It Cafes Pains and Aches, 
difcufles Tumors, relaxes (hrunk Sinews ; diffolves 
Congelations, and is good againft Indurations ol 
what kind foever, except they be Cancerous. 
XXI. The Balfam. It is an excellent thing for 
the curing of Green Wounds, in any part of the 
Body, but chiefly of the Nervous Parts. It Digefts, 
Cleanfes, Incarnates, Cicatrizes, and heals Wounds 
of all forts after an admirable manner ; and in many 
cafes performs the Cure in a few days time ; dref- 
fing the Wound with it twice a day. 
XXII. The Cataplafm. Made of the green Herb, 
and applied to the Head, it eafes the Head-ach and 
Megrim in an hours time : applied to hard Tumors, 
it foftens them, and difcufles the Humors gathered 
together in Contufions, where no Bones nor Veflels 
are broken. Applied to inveterate Scabs, it removes 
them, qualifies the lharp Humors, and in a Ihort 
rime after cures them. 
rife up fomeahat like Fig-wort, hut generally higher, 
fquare, hard, and 'green, fmetimes brown. Jet with 
dark, broad, green Leaves, Jb very like unto thofe of 
Fig-wort, that they have been ojten mijlaken one for 
another, being alfo dented about the edges, but with 
rounder Notches ; by the careful obfervtng whereof, 
they may be dijlinguijhed and in that rejpefl. Jome - 
1 1 ung refemblmg Wood Betony Leaves, but of a larger 
fize, and two for the mojl part Jet at a joint. At the 
lops .of the Branches , as ajjo at the Joints, where the 
Leaves come out from the middle of the Stalk upwards , 
come forth many round, bellied blowers, which being per - 
feSly blown , are open at the brims, but divided into 
two parts, the uppermojl like a hood -, the lower mojl 
like a lip hanging down , of a dark red color : which 
being paft away, there comes round heads with fmall 
points in the ends, containing Jinall and brownijh 
Seed, 
d4 ; aftr : betony 
LXVI. 
Water BETONY. 
I. *Tp H E Names. It knows no Greek Name 
X but it is called in Latin by Vodonetts, Ge- 
rard, Label, Lugdunenfis , Parkinfon , T abernmon- 
tam/s, and Turner, Betonica Aquatica, and. Aquati- 
Its. Tragus makes it his greater Ocimaffrum .- T ha- 
Hus calls it Scrophularia major aquatica : fo alfo 
Bauhims : We in Englijh calL it Water Betony, and 
fome Brown-wort •, but this Name is more proper for 
the Scrophularia major. 
II. The Kinds. It is the fecond Species of the 
Generick ; and is alfo either the Greater, or the Lef- 
fer the Greater is called in Latin and Englijh, as 
aforefaid •, the Leffer is called by Lobe/, Betonica 
aquatic a minor : Camerariusfm his Epitome of Mat- 
thiolus , calls it Scrophularia famina : and in Englijh , 
Water Betony the leffer, Brook-Betony, and Bijhops- 
leaves. 
Ill; The Defcription. The Greater has a Root con- 
f fling of a thick bujh of firings - and threads proceed- 
ing from a head -, or of a great number of fibrous 
firings,which being fajtned to the bottom of the Stalk, 
feeds it with nourifhment in Summer, at the end oj 
which time it perijhes. From this Root the Stalks 
IV. The Lcfler kind has thready Roots almofl like 
the former, differing only in fmalnefs : the 'Stalks 
are fquare and green ; the Leaves round ahnojl, but 
yet pointed, and of the fame dark green colour, and 
the Flowers are of a fad red or purple. In a word, 
this is in all things like the former, fave only in the 
magnitude -, this being lower and leffer by three parti 
itl four'. 
V. The Places 1 . The firlt grows in England as 
frequently as any Herb whatever, by Brooks, Banks 
of Rivers, and other Water-courfes ; but is feldom 
found far from the Water-lide, unlels it has been 
planted in a Garden. The other is found in like 
places in Germany near Bafil, and grows alfo with 
us, if planted in Gardens. ■ 
VI. The Times. They flower in July and Augujt, 
and their Seed is ripe in a little rime after. 
VII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
end of the firlt degree, or beginning of the fecond ; 
they are Aftringent, Ablterfive, Digeftive, Trauma* 
tick and Vulnerary : Pettoral, Hepauck, Splene- 
tick’ Hyfterick, and Arthritick -, Alterative, and Ana- 
le P tlck - N a VIII. The 
