Chap. 84. ‘Englijh 
it is good againft rednefs and inflammation of the 
Eyes, they being wafhed therewith. 
XVI. T he Conferve of the Flowers. They are 
chiefly ufed as a Cordial Sweet-meat, and to reftore 
fuch as have been long in a Confumption, being 
often taken with new Cows Milk, viz. fuch as is 
warm from the Cow, and in which the heat is pre- 
ferved all day, by the help of the heat of a Sand 
Furnace. 
XVII. The Acid Tinffure. It is an admirable 
Stomatick and Cordial, refreshes the languifhing 
Stomach, arid-caufes a good Appetite : It prevails 
againft the Scurvy, Dropfie, Jaundice and Gout ^ 
removes Sicknefs at Heart, and flops a vehement 
and preternatural Vomiting. If uled as a Gargle, 
by mixing it with fome of the Diifilled Water,* and 
Syrup, it cures Cankers, and Ulcers of the Mouth 
and Throat, and allays Inflammations of theTonfils. 
This Tinthtre is a notable thing againft all burning, 
malign, putrid, and peftilentiai Fevers, and profli- 
gates even the Plague it felf 5 for it immediately 
allays the preternatural heat, quenchds the violent 
thirlt, refills the putridity pf. the Humors, and pro- 
fligates the Poifon of the very Fhflilence it' felf. It 
cools, opens ObftruHions, and re&ifies the Difcrafie 
of the Blood and Humors, beyond many other more 
Specious, and much Celebrated Medicaments. 
XVIII. The ha/ Jam. It is/an excellent Vulnerary j 
it cleanfes old Ulcers, and other Putrid and Run- 
ning Sores and heals green Wounds to a miracle ; 
I commend it by Experience' to my Countrymen. 
XIX. The AJhes. If they be boiled in Mead or 
Honeyed Water, it will be a Gargle for the curing 
Inflammations of the Throat and Tonfils, Ulcers of 
the Mouth, IT c. And if they be boiled in fair wa- 
ter, and that water mixed With Juice of Fumitory, 
it will make a Lotion againft Scabs, Itch, Tettars, 
Ringworms, Scurf, Morphew, and other breakings 
out, arifing from (harp and aduft Humors. 
XX. The Spirit. It is made of the Juice of the 
Plant, fermented with Honey, Sugar, Melloffus, or 
Leaven, and then Diftilled in an Alembick. It is a 
great Cordial, much exceeding Spirit of Wine in 
Fainting and Swooning Fits, Sicknefs at Heart, Pal- 
pitation, and other Paflions of the Heart : It chears 
the Spirits, recreates Nature, and makes Merry, pro- 
fligating the moft profound powers of Melancholly. 
Dole one Dram, or two, to four Drams, alone, if 
dulcified, otherwife to be mixed with a Glafs of 
Wine. 
CHAP. LXX^IV. 
BROOM Common. 
I HE Names. This our Broom was fcarcely 
X known to the Ancient Greeks , though 
fome have given it the name of Spartion : 
However it is called generally irr Latin, Gem ft a •, 
and Scoparia , as Gerard and Parkinflon ■, fome fup- 
pofe it to be called Genifta a genuum flcxilitatc , 
from the flexiblenefs of its Joints ^ or, §>uia genibus 
medeatur dole mi bus , becaufe it eafes the pain of the 
Knees : or, quod facile generet ,flpeciemque prop age t , 
becaufe it eafily encreafes, and is not without trouble 
deftroyed where it takes Rooting : ajfo Genefta au- 
gulofa trifolia , as J. Bauhin and Mr. Kay : In Englifh , 
Broom , and Common Broom. 
II. The Kinds. There are but two kinds, which 
vye fhall take notice of in this Book : 1 . The Eng- 
Ttjh. 2. The Spanijh. The Englijh Broom is twofold, 
viz. i.* Scoparia, or Genijla vulgaris, our Common 
Herbs. 1 1 :> 
Field or Heath Broom. 2. GeniJleUa , Cham genijla 
Dwarf Broom. Gerard calls it, Chamaginefta Ange- 
lica, 
III. The Defcriptiorf. Common Broom has a Root 
which is long and woody , but tough withal, fpreadi ng 
fever a l ways under the Earth , never penjhing , but 
fending forth new Jhoots every Lear , and more ef pe- 
nally, if the old Stalks are cut down , and taken a- 
way. From thefe Roots come forth many woody Stems 
or Stalks, of the bignefls of a Alan's Linger at bottom , 
fdmetimes bigger * flometimes lejfer, according to its 
length of time in growing, rifling up to the height of 
jour or jive feet, or more, and fpreadi ng into feve- 
ral the like woody Branches , snaking a kind of Shrub 
or Bujh, as it were, covered with a hard and thin 
dark, grayijh, green Bark, from which Jhoot forth a 
great number of J, lender , pliant, fifuare or cornered 
fmall Twiggs, like Ricjhes, upon which grow fmall 
dark, green Leaves. The Flowers 'are large, and of 
a golden yellow Jhining color, growing^ one above ano- 
ther for a good fpace, till they come to the Tops of the 
Branches, ivhich turn into hard, flat, fmall Cods, ah 
moft black when they are ripe, and in which are con- 
tained fmall and jhining, brownijh Seed. 
IV. Geniftella or Dwarf Broom has a Root long 
and tough, long lafting, an l Spreading much under 
ground : This Llant never grows very great or high , 
neither come its jlcnder, pliant, green Branches to 
be hard or woody, but they always keep low, rifling 
up but a little more than a foot in height. Upon its 
green pliant twigs, are flet J'mall and Something long 
Leaves, of a dark, green color on the upper fide, and 
gray underneath , abiding on them all the Summer 
time : at the tops grow fmall yellow Flowers, not flo 
\ yellow, nor flo large as the former, but like unto 
them for the form ■, which being paft, there flucceeds 
little long Pods or Cods oj Seed, which are like to 
the fir ft, but flmaller. 
V. The Places. The firfl grows very plentif illy 
ini many places of our Land, as upon Heaths, Bar- 
ren Places, and Uncultivated Grounds, as well as 
in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain : The other is 
alfo found in many Parts of this Kingdom and is 
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