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Chap. 135. EngUfh ‘Herbs. 
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great many white threads or firings. And from the 
fame upwards fpring forth a great number of [ mall 
blades , almofi as high again as the former , harder 
and of a darker green , and fometimes not abfolutely 
round : otherwife ( excepting their thick growing 
together ) they are much alike , and differ but a very 
little in their Tafie and Smell. 
XI. The Efience. Ir has all die Virtues of die 
Juice,, but is indeed more powerful ; fie conifai.t 
ufe of this Preparation, or the Juice, admirably en- 
creafes Seed, and excites Venery. And this, or the 
former Juice, being fluffed up the Noftrils, it pur- 
ges the Head and Brain, of cold, moilf, and fieg- 
matick Humors, and prevails againlt the Lethargy, 
and other Difeafes of the Head and Brain, proceed- 
ing from cold and moilf ure. Dole from one to two 
ounces in any proper Vehicle. 
XII. The Decotfion in White Port Wine. It has 
the Virtues of the Juice and EfTence, but not full 
out fo powerful, and may be given againlt the 
Stone and Strangury, from four ounces to eight, once 
or twice a Day, as alfo in the Paroxyfm. 
XIII. The Difiilled Water. Being drank to fix 
ounces, or more, either alone, or mixt with White 
Port Wine, it provokes Urine, and is laid by Lome 
to break the Scone, and drive it forth. 
XIV. The Cataplafm. Made by beating the whole 
Plant with Mithridate, and Pulp of Figs, and ap- 
plied, is good to ripen and break a Plague Sore, or 
any other Apoftem. It is profitably applied to 
Scaldings or Burnings by Water or Fire, or Gun- 
powder : As alfo to the Piles when extreamly in- 
flamed and fwelled. 
XV. The Seed. Made into Poudcr, and given a 
dram. at a time, it encreafes Seed, and Ifirs up Luff 
both in Man and Woman : and given to Children 
which have Worms, it kills and expels them : It is 
alfo good againlt the bi tings of Venomous Beafts. 
CHAP. CXXXV. 
Of CLAVER-GR AS S. 
V. The Places. The firft are nourifhed up, and 
grow only in Gardens : the other grows Wild in 
the Yields, and by way, fides • in uncultivated places 
in feveral Parts of this Kingdom. I have found 
them by the fides of the Highway, and in the Field 
going from Canbury-Uoufe near Iflington , towards 
the Boarded River , and that in feveral places as I 
walked along. 
VI. The Times. They flourifh long, and conti- 
nue many Years, and well endure the cold of 
Winter. 
VII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
third Degree •, Aperitive, Ablterfive, Digeftive, Dif- 
cufllve, Diuretick, and Suppurative ; Stomatick, 
PeUoral, and Nephritick ^ Alterative, Emmenago- 
gick, Lithontriptick, Alexipharmick, and Sperma- 
togenetick. 
VIII. The Specification. They are peculiar againlt 
Difeafes of the Reins and Bladder. 
IX. The Preparations. You may prepare from 
them, 1. A liquid Juice. 2. An Effence. 3. A 
Decottion. 4. A Difiilled Water. 5. A Cataplafm. 
6 . The Seed. 
The Virtues. , 
X. The liquid Juice. It provokes Appetite, cau- 
fes thirft, heats, warms, and ftrengthens the Sto- 
mach, opens ObftruUions, yet is lomething flatu- 
lent ^ it loofens the Belly, provokes Urine, and the 
Courfes, and is good againlt the bitings of Mad 
Dogs, Serpents, and other Venomous Creatures. 
Dole, one ounce or more in White Wine it eafes 
the Strangury, and is good againlt all Obltruftions 
of the Reins, Ureters, and Bladder, expelling Stones, 
Sand and Gravel. 
T H E Names. It is called of Diofcordes , as 
. 1C is thought, in Greek , M ijijui : from its be- 
ing brought from the Modes into Greece and fo 
the Medicum malum , or Pomebitron , was fo called 
being brought firlt from Media : In Latin , Medic a 1 
and in EngUfh , Claver-grafs. The Arabians call it* 
Cot, Alafaleti , and Alfosfofa : and this is that very 
Plant which the French call Saint Foin , which out 
Moderns have found fo mightily to improve 
Land. 
IL The Kinds. This Claver-grafs it felf is a 
Species of the Trefoils, but being better known un- 
der this name, we thought good to treat of it here. 
Claver-gafs is manifold, 1. ADdica legitima, Fccnum 
Burgundiacum, Trifolium Cochleatum , Claver, Cla- 
ver-grafs, Medick Fodder, Snail Claver, Snail Tre- 
foil, and Saint Foin. 2. Medica Racemofa, Trijo- 
lium Cochleatum Pclycarpon, Clultering Snail Cla- 
ver. 3. MedicaFrutefcens, Aledica fore luteo , Tri- 
folium Sylvefire luteum Siliqua Comma, Lens ma- 
jor repens Tabernmontani , Woody Snail Claver ; 
4. Medica Marina, Trifolium Cochleatum Marinum , 
Sea Claver. 5. Medica Cor data. Trifolium Cot da- 
tum, Heart Claver, or Trefoil. 6 . Medica Lunate, 
Trifolium Lunatum , Moon Claver. Parktnfon has 
four other kinds, but thefe are the chief whiqfi 
grow in England. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firff of thefe has a 
Root which runs deep down into the Earth, fomc- 
times two feet or more - ? it ir thick , and fends forth 
many tough thready firings, and continues long, fome- 
times ten, twenty or thirty Tears. From this Root rife 
up feveral weak, green Stalks, with divers fine.' I 
fed green Trefoil Leaves, fet thereon without order. 
The Flowers grow upon long Stalks , coming from the 
Joints 
