i 1 2 Salmon’,. Her hi/. 
Lib. 1. 
thougnt came our name Borage, by rhe alteration ol 
one Letter •, but this name is not to be found in any ot 
the Ancient Writers : In Englifh, we call it Borage. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Kinds hereof: 
as, i. Bor ago Vulgaris, Bor ago Hortenfis , Monbus 
Cxru/cis, Comnion Garden Borage with Blew blow- 
ers. 2. Bor ago flare alio , Borage with a White 
blower. 3. Bor ago f sniper Vive ns, Everlivihg Bo- 
lage. 
• III. The Defcription. h has a Root , thicker and 
fborter than that of B uglofs, fane thing blackifh with - 
out, and whitifh within , penfhing after Seed time, 
but rifes again of its own Sowing , in the Spring oj 
the Tear. The Leaves are broader, fborter, greener, 
rougher , and more crumpled than are the Leaves oj 
Buglofs. The Stalks hereof are not fo high, but 
branched out into many parts, whereon /land larger 
Mowers, and more panted at the end than Buglofs, 
and rf a paler blew color for the mofl part, yet Some- 
times the Mowers are rtdd/Jb ■, each Mower conjiffs 
A five Leaves, funding in a round whitifh hairy 
jfhsk, divided into five parts, or leaves •, in the mid- 
dle of the Mower grow forth a number of fine black 
Threads, f landing our, pointed at the end, and broad 
at the bottom •, which being paft away, there fucceeds 
feveral roundifh black Seeds. 
IV. Borago Horibus albis, Borage with white flow- 
ers, is a plant like to the other in all reJ'peUs, ex- 
cept the color of the blowers, for as they are perfcQ- 
ly blew, thefe are purely white , and in this parti- 
cular the difference only confiffs. 
V. The Everliving Borage, has Roots black, thicker 
than either of the former, and more Spreading, not 
dying in the Winter, but yielding green Leaves all 
the Winter long. It has very many broad Leaves, 
rough and hairy, more refembling Comfrey than Bo- 
rage, yet not Jo large as either, of a black, dark, 
green color. Among which rife up ft iff hairy Stalks , 
but not fo high as thofe of our Common Garden Bo- 
rage, upon which do grow many J mall, fair, blew 
Viewers, very like to the Mowers of Buglofs for 
the form, and of Borage for the color : 'There 
are Buds, Flowers, and ripe Seed \ all at once, for 
which reafon it is called Fverlafting, and that very 
properly, beca.Je it not only luffs both Summer and 
Winter, but is f cl Jem w about Buds, Mowers, and 
Seed, ripe and unripe together, by which it wonder- 
fully increafes. 
VI. The Places. The firft is common in almoft 
all Gardens : The fecond and third are not fo com- 
mon, hut they grow with us in Gardens, a£ eafily 
as the former. 
VII. The Times. They Flower throughout all the 
Summer Months, till the Autumn is well lpept •, and 
their Seed ripens in the mean lealon. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are Temperate in re- 
fpeCt of heat or cold, and moift in the tiilt Degiee, 
.nbiterlive, Aperitive, Emollient, Cordial, Alterative, 
and A^xip haftn ick. 
IX. The Specification. They wonderfully chear 
the Heart,’ expelling Sadnefs and Melancholly, ac- 
cording to the Verle, 
Stiiltis,-LeproJis, Tabidis, Timidis, F'uriofls, 
Licit Borago, gaudio Jemper ago. 
Purifleat Sanguinem , if Cor Ixtificat. It purifies the 
Blood, and makes the Heart fnerry. 
X. The P/eparat ions. You may have thei el torn : 
1. A liquid Juice. 2. An Ejjence. 3. A LA filled. 
Water of the whole Plant. 4. A Syrup. 7. jin In- 
fufion in Wine. 6 . A Cqnferve of the Mowers. 
7. An Acid Tintture. 8. A Baljam. 9. Ajbes. 
10. A Spirit. 
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The Virtues. 
XI. The liquid Juice. It e£eCtually purifies the 
Blood, and is of excellent ule in all Putrid, Malign, 
Spotted and Peftilential levers, to delend the Heart 
:rom their Poilon and Malign. cy, and to expell the 
lame, as alio the PoYon or other Creatures. It cools, 
opens ObltruCtions, cleanles the Blood and Humors, 
and is effectual in the cure ot the Yellow Jaundice. 
Dofe Irom th.ee to eight Ipoonluls, or more, in 
vVine, or mixed with the Diltilled Water, or in 
lome other fit Vehicle, two or three rimes a day. 
XII. The Ejjence. It has all the Virtues ol the 
iormer, more exalted, and therefore more power 
fully and effectually cheers the he«.rt, and ex pells 
Melancholly. It is an excellent Cordial, revives 
the Spirits, {Lengthens Nature, is good agaii.lt 
fainting and Swooning fits, and other Palions of 
the Heart, and reltoies fuch as have been long wa- 
iting in a Conlumpcion. It may be given irom iwo 
10 lour or fix ounces at a time, and that two at three 
rimes a day, in Wine, or lome other fit Veh.de, 
and it may be fweetr.ed, or made plealanr with Sy- 
rup ot Borage. This Ejjence is Trauma Lick, and. 
contributes very much towards ihe curing ot Wo nds, 
or old Running Uicers, and fiftula’s, in Bodies of 
an ill habit. 
XIII. The Difi Hied Water. It has the Virtues of 
the former, but nothing near fo powerful * but it 
may be ufed as a Vehicle to convey the other things 
in. 
XIV. The Syrup. It is of the Nature of the Ef- 
fence, tho’ not lo Strong and Effectual *, it is Cor- 
dial, opens ObltruCtions of the Brelt and Lungs, 
helps Coughs, Colds, Wheezings, Althma s, Ihort- 
nefs of Breath, and mixt with Juice of Fumitory, 
it cools and cleanfes the Blood, and is profitable 
againlt the Yellow Jaundice. Dofe two ounces. 
XV. The lnfufion of the Herb in Wine. It very 
fenlibly and admirably recreates the Spirits, and gra- 
tifies or pleafes the Stomach, is good againlt the 
Cardiack Paflion, and Melancholly, and is prevalent 
againlt the Faliing-ficknefs : If it is a Itiong lnfufion, 
it 
