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Wine, it cures the Black Jaundice, and preferves 
from the Gout and Stone. 
XXIII. The Conferva of the Flowers. Made with 
Sugar or Honey, and often eaten, it wafts and de- 
ftroys the Humors which teed the Kings-tvu. 
XXIV T he Oil. It is made of the young Bran- 
ches and Flowers, boiled in Oil Olive, till they are 
Crifp (fie. It is a fafe and fure Medicament to kill 
Liceblits, and other Vermin, in the Head or Body ; 
and being applied to the Sciatica, it helps it. 
XXV. lie Ointment. It is made of the young 
Branches bruifed, and the Flowers by boiling them 
in Oil, adding Sheeps Suet and Wax to bring it to 
a body, (fic. This being applied to Sides pained, or 
where Stitches are, or to the Spleen, eafes the pain, 
and removes it at twice or thrice ufing. 
XXVI The Balfam. It is made of the young 
Twigs and Flowers, (fie. being applied to green 
WoundSjOi foul, running, and putrid Ulcers, it clean- 
fes, incarnates, and heals them in a very mort time. 
The fame will be done by a Balfam made of the Li- 
quid Juice and Turpentine, boiled to a thicknels, ad- 
ding a little Oil and Wax. ... , , 
XXVII. Genifttmel. It is made by boiling the li- 
quid Juice and honey to a tbicknefs. It cures green 
Wounds prefently. It alfo cleanles old, running, 
and putrid Ulcers, fills them with Flefh, and heals 
them : And apply'd to Kibes in the Feet, with pou- 
der of Scammony, it cures them in a very Ihort 
tl! XXVIII. The Cataplafm. It is tto be made of 
the tender Tops and Flowers, beaten till they be- 
come a Mafs in a Wooden Mortar. Being applied, 
it is laid to help the bitings of Serpents, and other 
Venomous Creatures. 
XXIX. The Tickle. The young Buds of the 
Flowers are ufually Pickled and they make an ex- 
cellent Sallet tor the Winter time, but it is of ufe 
thro’ the whole Year ; it excites the Appetite, cau- 
fes a good Digeftion, opens Obftruftions of the 
Liver Spleen and Reins, and provokes Urine. 
e/s, fafbioned like unto broom blowers, but larger 
at yellow as they , and j welling as well •, after which 
come fmall long , round , yellowifh red Cods, crefted. 
at the back , wherein is contained blackifh flat Seed , 
fafbioned very like unto the Kidney Bean, but the 
Cods ( fays Gerard ) rarely contain more than one 
Seedjcldom two. 
CHAP. LXXXV. 
BROOM Spa/tijb. 
1. t-p H E Names. It is called in Greek Smpnt : 
JL in Latin, Spartium , and Sparttm Hfpani- 
cum : and in Englifh , Spanijh Broom. 
II. The Kinds. There are, 1. Spartum Hfpani- 
mm , and Spartum Hifpanicum frutex ( to diftin- 
guilh it from the Sedge or R ujb, that is fo called ) 
Spartum Grstcorum , Gcnijla Hifpanicum , and Spar- 
turn Hifpanicum vulgare , Common Spanijh Broom. 
2. Spartum Hifpanicum tttajus fiore albo , Tfeudo- 
fpartum Hifpanicum Aphyllitm , Spanijh Broom with 
a White Flower, Baftard Spanijh Broom without 
Leaves. 3. Spartum Hifpanicum fiore luteo , TJeudo- 
fpartum lutcum Aphyllum , Spanijh Broom with a 
yellow Flower, or the yellow Baftard Broom with- 
out Leaves. „ „ r , a , 
III. The Defcription. The firjt oj thefe has a 
tough, woody Root, Jpr ending it f elf under the Earth 
many ways ■, from whence rifes up a Stalk Jive or fix 
heel high, with a woody Stock below, coveted with 
a dark Gray, or AJh-coloitred Bark, and having above 
many pliant, long, and Jlender croft ed green twigs, 
whereon, in the beginning of the dear, are Jet many 
fmall , long, green Leaves, which abide not long, but 
fall away when the Slant comes to flower. Towards 
the tops of thefe Branches or Twigs grow the flow- 
IV. Spartum Hifpanicum tnajus fiore albo. The 
greater White flowred Spanijh Broom, has a Root 
like the former, from whence grows up a Stem much 
higher than the yellow, even to five or fix Eeet high, 
wbofe Branches are more tough, apt to bend, and 
compliant, than the former, or that following, having 
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