Chap. 103. EngUjh Herbs. 1 3 9 
Flinij, Viola bumida , FwAz Faluftris : Bauhin calls 
it, Sariicula viontana flore calc are donata : vvirh us 
it is called, Sariicula Eboracenfis ( becaufe it grows 
fo plentifully in Tork-Jhire. ) In Englfih it is called 
Butter-wort , and Butter-root , becaufe of the Un- 
ftuofity of the Leaves or elfe from Fattening , as 
Gerard fays, who alfo faith, they call it White Rot , 
and not White Root , becaufe the Countrey people 
think, that if their Sheep fhould eat it, that it would 
give them the Rot * and they give it the Epithite 
White , from the color of the Leaf : as they have 
another which they call Red-Rot , which is Fedicu- 
laris , Red-Rattle. 
II. The Kinds. It is a lingular Species of the Sa- 
nicles \ being Genus to none elfe. 
III. The Defcription. It hits a Root compofed of 
divers white Fibres , or fmall Strings , which die not 
in the Winter , but abide all the time with green 
Leaves upon them : From this Root fpring forth di- 
vers fat and long Leaves lying upon the ground 
round about it , broad at the bottom , and pointed at 
the end , of a pale green color on the upper fide , but 
white underneath , fo'lded together at their fir ft ri- 
fing , which then are more White. From among thefe 
Leaves rife up two or three , or more , fender naked 
Stalks,' about five or fix Inches high , bearing but 
one only Slower at top of each Stem, fet in a f mall 
green busk, in form fomewhat like a Violet Flower, 
or thefe of Larks Heels or Spurs, having a fmall 
Heel or Spur behind, in fome of a purple , in others 
of a more blew color, and in fome white. When the 
Flowers are paft, there come in their places fmall 
pointed round heads , in which is contained fmall, 
long, black Seed. 
IV. The Places. It is chiefly found in the Com- 
mon Field, and in feveral Bogs on the Hills in Tork- 
Jhire : and in many places alfo in the Weft Country, 
and Wales : as alfo in a Common, about a Mile 
from Oxford, near a Village called He ring ton. Ge- 
rard fays, it grows in England in fquafhy wet 
Grounds, and will not yield to any Tranfplanting 
or Cultivating of it ; and that it grows especially 
in a field called Crag-Clofe, and at Crosby, and Ra- 
venfwaith in Weftmorland •, upon Ingleborow Fclsy 
twelve Miles from Lancafier ■, and in Harwood in 
the fame County, near to Blackburn ten Miles 
from Frefton in Aundernefs upon the Bogs, and 
Marfh Grounds : and in the Boggy Meadows about 
Bijhops-Hatfield : alfo in the Fcnns in the way from 
London to Whitlefea Mere in Huntington-fhire : It 
grows alfo in Hampjhire , and in great abundance in 
many places in Wales. 
V. The Times. It Flowers towards the latter end 
of May , and 4II the Month of June, even to July, 
( according as the Weather proves ) and the Seed is 
ripe not long after. 
VI. The Qualities. It is Temperate in refpeCt to 
heat or cold, and Drying in the Second Degree. It 
is Aftringent, and Cathartick, like Rhubarb Con- 
folidative, and Traumatick, or Vulnerary, 
VII. The Specification. It is dedicated to the cu- 
ring of Green Wounds, and healing of Recent Rup- 
tures in Children. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, 1. A liquid Juice of the Plant. 2. A Syrup. 
3. An Ointment. 4. A Balfam. 
The Virtues. 
IX. The liquid Juice. Conntry People, who live 
where it grows do ufe to wafh their Hands with 
it, when they are Chapt by the Wind or Weather : 
and in Torkjhire they anoint the Dugs of their Kine, 
with the Fat and Oily Juice, when they are bitten 
with any Poifonous Worm or Fly, or are Chapt or 
Rift by Weather, or any other means. 
X. The Syrup. The Poorer lort of People in 
Wales, make a Syrup thereof’ as of Roles, and there- 
with Purge themfelves, and their Children: they 
mix it with Broth for the fame purpole, and fo it 
purges Flegm effectually. Dole from two to iouf 
Ipoonfuls. 
XI. The Ointment. They alfo with the Plerb 
make an Ointment, which is held to be Angularly 
good ( and that by the Experience of lome Phyfi- 
cians ) againft the ObftruClions of the Liver. 
XII. The Balfam. It is faid to cure Ruptures in 
Children, being applied Plaifter-wife : It is a Angu- 
lar Vulnerary, for it digefts, cleanfes, and heals 
Green Wounds in any part, being highly Aitringehr* 
Drying, and Confolidating, not much inferior to any 
of the Wound Herbs. 
CHAP. cm. 
C A B B A G Ec 
1. ' I ' H E Names. It is called in Greek , K f/pGit 
1 MirtruvYi ; In Latin, Brajfica Capitata : In 
Eng lift). Cabbage, or Headed Cole wort. 
II. The Kinds. It is twofold, 1 . ware- 
KivyAi Brajfica Capitata Alba, White Cabbage. 
2. Ktyararn «fi Brajfica Capitata Rubra , 
Red Cabbage. 
III. The Defcription. The Common White Cab- 
bage has a Root going right down, but not deep, nor 
fpreading far, and ufually dies in Winter : from 
which Root fprings up one thick Stalk, having at top 
the reef a great thick Head of crumpled Leaves : this 
Head is clofed hard and round, and has at fi/ft great 
large thick Leaves, of a grayijh green color , with 
thick, great, and lying open moft part of the Summer, 
without clofing : but towards the end of the Sum- 
mer, being grown to have many Leaves, it then be - 
