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uilher pieces , and at the Tops a long f piked, head of , 
blowers, in the one ( which is the lefs , and the more 
rare to find ) wholly white , and 0] a better /cent 
than the other ( though J'omc fay it has no /cent ) in 
the Greater , which is the more common with us , of 
a b/ufh , 0 or deep red color , according to the Soil in 
which it grows -, a day ground bringing forth a paler 
colo/\ fomewhat weak and before the Stalk hat flood 
with the blowers a Month above ground , it will be 
jaded away and gone , and blown away with the Wind: • 
after which the Leaves will begin to fpring , which 
when they are full grown , will be very broad and 
large , big enough to cover the whole Body , at leafl 
the Head , like an Umbrella , which hides from Sun 
and Rain ■, they are fomewhat thin , and almofl round ■, 
whofc thick red Footflalks , being about afoot or more 
long , [tand under , towards the middle of the 
Leaves , the lower parts of which , divided into 
two round parts , clofe almofl one to another , 0/ a 
pa/e green color above , and hoary underneath. T 1 )at 
which brinqs white flowers , forth alfo f mailer 
leaves than the other doth , having divers ribs and 
•veins therein. 
IV. Gerdrd has another kind of Defcription, 
which in fome meafure explicates the former, for 
which reafon I think it needfary to infert it here: 
But ter- Bur ( fays he ) does in a manner bring forth 
its blowers before the Leaves , tfx Coltsfoot does (for 
which reafon fome have thought it to be one of the 
kinds of Colts-fco", and for which reafon Matthio- 
lus and Gimerarius in their Epitome, have called it 
Tu fli la go major, as is before mentioned: ) Thefe 
blowers , fays he, are Small and Mojfie , tending to a 
purple color , which are made up into a big Ear , as 
it were , and quickly after , together with its Stem , 
f which is thick, full of fib fiance, and brittle ) fade 
and fall away : then comes up the Leaves , which are 
very great , //&? a rour. I Cap or Hat , cd//W 
Petafus, 0 / fuch a widenefs or largenefs , <z/ that oj 
it felf one leaf is big enough to keep a Man from a 
Jhower of Rain , or from the heat of the Sun , and 
therefore are much larger than the Leaves of the 
great Burdock *, their color is fomewhat white , but 
whiter underneath ; every Stem bears his Leaf 
which is fome tunes a Cubit long , thick and full of 
fubflance , which flands , as it were , the Leaf 
in the Center or Middle almofl of the Circumference , 
like to one of the great eft Mufhrooms, Jetting afide 
the Cleft at the lower part of the Leaf near the 
Stem , efpecially when they are perijking or wither- 
ing away : at fir (l the upper fuperficial or out fide of 
the Mufhroom flands out , and when they are in wi- 
thering it flands more in, and the edges, as it were 
turn up •, Jo is it in the Butter Bur Leaf, which has 
on the out fide a certain fhallow hollownefs. 
V. The P laces. They both grow in wet and moifl: 
Grounds by Rivers and Water fides, and upon the 
Brinks and Banks of Lakes and Ponds, almofl: eve- 
ry where. 
VI. The Times. The Flowers rife and decay in 
February and March, and then fade away •, Gerard 
fays, in March or April : when they are gone, then 
come up the Leaves, which remain all Summer, even 
till Winter, new ones ftill growing up, and being 
added to the former. 
VII. Tice Qualities. The Roots, which are moftly 
ufed,are hot and dry in the third Degree, Digeftive 
Difcuflive, and Sudorifick ^ Cephalick, Neurotick’ 
Stomatick, Hyfterick, and Cordial j- Alterative, and 
Alexipharmick. 
VIII. The Specification. It has a peculiar power 
and force againfl: Poifon of all kinds, and the Infe- 
ftfon of the Plague. 
IX. The Preparations. You may prepare from the 
Root, 1. A Pouder. 2. A Juice. 3. An Eflence. 
4. A Spirituous Tin Jure. 5. A Decotfion. 6 . A 
Mixture. 
Tice Virtues . 
X. The Pouder. Being given to one dram, and 
drunk in Wine, it is a molt excellent thing againfl: 
the Plague, and all forts of Peftilential Fevers, as 
Spotted Fever, Purples, Mealies, Small Pox, Lie. 
becaufe it is Sudorifick or provoking Sweat, and 
drives ffom the Heart all forts of Venom and Poy- 
fon : it kills Worms, and is powerful againfl Hy- 
fterick Fits, or Vapors and Suffocation of the Mo- 
ther : If it is ftrewed on old and filthy running Ul- 
cers, it cleanfes, drys, and heals them. It alfo pro- 
vokes Urine, and the Monthly Terms in Wo- 
men. 
XI. The Juice. It is expreffed out of the Root by 
being beaten in a Mortar, and fqueezed out with 
White Port Wine. It has all the Virtues of the 
Pouder, and may be given ffom one ounce, to two 
or three ounces, Morning and Evening, as a preven- 
tive againfl the Plague, and every fix hours aftef 
Infeffion. 
XII. The Eflence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Pouder and Juice, but more powerful to all the In- 
tentions ; It provokes Urine, and the Courfes, and 
kills the flat, broad Worms in the Belly. Dofe one 
or two ounces mixed with Wine. It is a powerful 
thing in the cure of the Yellow Jaundice, and the 
bitings of Vipers, L? c. 
XIII. The Spirituous Tin Jure. It is good againfl 
Poifon, and the Bitings of Mad Dogs, prevails a - 
gainft Fainting and Swooning Fits, and is a famous 
thing to re&ifie the Diftemper of the Stomach. 
Dole one or two drams in a Glafs of Canary. 
XIV. The DecoJion. It is good againfl Coughs, 
Colds, Afthma’s, Wheezings, difficulty of Breathing, 
and other Diftempers of the Lungs, caufing Expe- 
tioration. It kills Worms, provokes the Terms, 
and has all the other Virtues of the Pouder and EL 
fence aforegoing, but npt full out fo powerful : 
JDofe from two ounces to four or fix, as hot as it 
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