Chap. 1 3 y • ‘Englijh Herbs. 
the Ground , about a foot or more in length , and di- 
vided into many Branches, on which grow fmall, long , 
and narrow Leaves , by three's on a long Foot Ji a Ik, 
■with a thick middle Rib , on the back of each : the 
Flowers are Jinall , and many together , of a yellow 
color , and fomewhat Jweet which being pafjed away , 
fever al Jinall, flat, twined Gods follow, like to thofe 
of the Jirft kind, but Jmaller, which contain within 
them f mailer Seed likewife, flaltifh, and almoft of a 
Kidney fafhion. 
Xlil. The fourth, or Sea Claver, ha* a Root fome- 
what thick, and enduring many Tears, from zchence 
rife up fever al hoary trailing Branchesfpreading them - 
J elves on the ground a foot or two long, with many 
Jinall and very hoary round Trefoil Leaves , on fhort 
Footflalks. 1 he Flowers are many, fmall, and yel- 
low, growing at the end of the Branches •, which be- 
ing pajt away, many fmall withered Shells or Husks 
do follow , much like to the other fmall Snail Clavers. 
There is a /Jo another kind of Sea Claver, whofe 
Root penfl es Tearly, but it grows bigger and 
greener than the other, and the Flowers are fmall 
and yellow, coming Jrom the Joints of the Branches, 
but one at a place, which are f ollowed by fmall hard 
and round prickly Heads, and whofe windings are 
di If cult to be dijcerned. 
XIV. The tilth, or Heart Claver, ha* a thick and 
thready Root, which penjhes every Tear •, from whence 
Jpnng Jorth fever al very flender, fmall, and weak 
Branches, full of Joints , and round greenifh Trefoil 
Leaves, funding upon long footflalks , broad at the 
ends, and dented in, in their middle, making the fa- 
fl;ion of a Heart, with dull, red, or purp/ifh, and 
Jome times almoft blackifh fpots on them. The ^Flow- 
ers grow two or three together upon Footflalks co * 
ming from the Joints • they are fmall and yellow 
which being p aft away, leave behind them fmall prick- 
ly twining Heads, like unto the other Jmall Claver- 
grafles. 
XV . The fixth, or Moon Claver, ha* its Roots , 
S talks. Leaves, and manner of growing , much like 
to the other Snail Trefoils, or Clavers, before deferi- 
bed, ejpecial/y like to the firfl .* the Leaves are J 
hairy, and dented about the edges : the flowers are 
fmall and yellow, which being puffed away, crooked , 
flat Cods, of an indifferent breadth, after the Shape 
or f afhion of a Moon three quitters old, follow : in 
which are contained Seed in (hape or form o f fmall 
little Kidneys. 
XVI. The Places. The firlt grows naturally in 
Laly, Spain , Portugal, and France, from whence it 
was brought into Flanders and England, in both 
which places it flourilhes admirably, and ferves 
them and us for Hay tor our Cattel, and Horfes : 
in Spain they have no other Hay with which they 
ieed their Horfes, which makes them exceeding Fat : 
the fame they do in the Low Countries, whereby 
their Cows yield the greater abundance of Milk. 
It is Town in the Fields of Italy, Spain, France, the 
Low Countries and England, for Food for their 
Beafts. The fecond grows oftentimes in Fields, 
Meadows, and Pajiures. The third grows in Mea- 
dows, by Hedge and Wood /ties, and places ibme- 
what (haded. The fourth grows neat to the Sea in 
leveral places, as in our Marfhes and Yields at Wool- 
Deptford, &c. and by the Sea fide about 
/( ejt Cbe/ler, as alio on the Medttcranean Sea lhore, 
and about Venice. The fifth is often found in our 
Yields and Meadows ; and though Camerarim calls it 
Medica Arabica ( I luppofe becaufe it grows in that 
Country :) yet, with JohnJon,vie fay, it grows Wild 
with us in our Meadows in England , having feen it, 
1 believe, an hundred times. The fixth grows alfo’ 
plentifully in our Ye/ds and Pafiure grounds. 
XVII. T be Times. The firft of thefe, ( the ground 
being firft made fit for its entertainment, by well 
Ploughing it up, and killing the Weeds thereof) 
is to be fowu in the end of April, or fomething 
earlier, in the New of the Moon, and towards the 
latter end of the Day, that it may receive the re- 
frefhing Dews of the Night, by which means it 
will the fooner, and more eafily fpring out of the 
Earth, and you may Mow it in June , and July , hnd 
Augujl , for Hay, and after the firft Year iomewhac 
earlier. The firft, and all the reft flower in June 
and July , and their Seeds are ripe iii the end of 
Attgufi, or foon after. But the Seed of the firft is 
not to be gathered in the firft Year, by reafon of 
its weaknefs, as is before oblerved, but in all the 
following it may be gathered in July , or as loon as 
it appears ripe. 
XVIII. As to the Qualities, Specification, Prepa - 
rations , and Virtues, of the firlf, or the other fire, 
Authors have oblerved nothing concerning them, 
but that they ( efpedally the firft ) ate a good nou- 
rifliing food for Horl'es, Cows, and other Cattel, 
and that the firlt is lo powerful to fatten them, that 
they ufually ftint them to a quantity, for feat of 
fuftocating them, by leafon of their growing too 
fat. 
XIX. Ohfervation \. From this it appears, that 
it is of a nourifhing Virtue, and- by reafon it encrea- 
fes Flelh and Fat, I am of the Opinion, that rite 
Liquid Juice or t.jfence, or Syrup thereof; may be 
very powerful in reftoring fuch as are in Consump- 
tions : it is indeed good againit Coughs, ( .olds, 
Wheeftngs, vehement Catarrhs, Obftru&ions ot the 
Lungs, and other Diftempers of thofe parts. 
XX. Ohferv.i. The Signature of the Plant, chid, 
ly of the Cods and Seed, the latter being fomewhat 
like a Kidney, made me believe it might be good 
againft the Stone , Gravel, and Sand, or Turta/ous 
Mutter in the Rems, Vrelers, and Bladder, which 
occafions Stranguries, at. I made tryal ot the Juice, 
EJJence, ldecoltion in White Wine , and the Syrup, 
and in the firlt Patient I gave it to, I found it ex- 
cellently to anfwer my Expetfation : I have fince 
made tryal of it upon leveral other Patients with 
very 
