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tile bitings of Vipers, or the great Spider Fbalanghm . , 
by preferving the Heart torn their Poyfon,as TioJ'co- 
rides and FTtny from liim lay. Galen lavs, that it 
cleanfes moderately, and drys, and is of fubtil parts. 
It is generally taken in Broth to make iuch Lank 
and Lean, as are apt to grow Fat. It is alio good 
to heal Wounds, and Itanch Blood, being applied : 
and Matthiolus lays, it is commended to congluti- 
nate, or clofe the Lips of Green Wounds : dropt 
into the Ears, it eafes their pain, though vehe- 
ment. 
XII. T he EJJence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, but more powerful ; befides which, it is very 
efl'eflual to ftrengthen the Bowels, and flop all fort 
of fluxes of the Belly whatfoever : and being taken 
thrice a day, it helps the yellow Jaundice. 
XIII. The Decoffion in Wine. It is Stomatick, 
caufes Leannefs, flops Bleeding, and being drank 
twice or thirce a day promotes the healing of 
Wounds, old running Sores and Ulcers. 
XIV. The Fonder. It is an excellent Vulnerary, 
and conglurinates the Lips of Green Wounds, being 
flrewed thereon : it alfo cleanfes old running Sores 
and Ulcers, dries up their moifture, and induces 
their healing. Taken inwardly to a dram in Red 
Port Wine, Morning and Evening, it flops fpitting, 
vomiting, and piffing of Blood, and cures the Bloody 
Flux, as alfo other Fluxes of the Bowels ; and be- 
ing applied, the bleeding of Wounds. 
XV. The Ointment. Being made with Auxungia , 
T. e. Hogs-Lard, or other proper fat body, and an- 
ointed upon the part affefted, it helps all forts of 
hard Swellings, or Kernels ( proceeding from the 
King's-Evil ) in the Neck, Throat, or other Parts. 
XVI. The Balfam. It is a lingular Vulnerary, and 
cures Green Wounds ( not Contufed, Lacerated, or 
otherwife compofed ) at one, two, or three Dref- 
fings. It digelfs Apoftems, as alfo complicated 
Wounds, then cleanfes them, incarnates, dries, and 
fuddenly heals them. It is indeed a very lingular 
Vulnerary, or Wound Balfam. 
XVII. The Cafaplajm. Being applied to any 
wound or place which bleeds, it prefently flops the 
Blood ; and in a Ample Green Wound cures it at 
the firlt intention. It is bell to be made of the 
Green Herb, by beating, and made thick by the Pou- 
der of the fame. 
XVIII. The Dijlil/rd Water. It has in a weak 
manner the Virtues of the Juice, EfTence, and Deco- 
tfion ; and may be ufed as a Vehicle for the two 
nrft, or the Pouder. 
XIX. The Oily TinOure. It is an excellent thing 
to be applied to Wounds of the Nerves and Joints ° 
and taken inwardly, prevails againft the Jaundice’ 
and gives prefent relief in the Colick. Dofe thirty 
or forty drops in a Glafs of White Port Wir.e. 
is, I . ’Opulviy Horminum Commune. Common 
Clary. 2. HcYminnm jiuivam verum Ihiy'coridis , 
The. true Garden Clary of Diofcorides. 1. Colas 
Jevis, LobcH , C/«/ 5 ), Cameron ) , Tngduncnfis , Eyfie- 
tenfis , Gerarii ; Orirnla Tenia Dodonei 4 jWdiim 
Cefalpim, Galeopfs, Lutea Dalechampij . , Uurmimui 
Tut earn Glut: nojam Bnithini , Horminum Tndenti- 
num , Horminum luteum aliorum Camphor at a O' 
Sphacelus a/iis , Yellow Wild Clary, or Jupiter's 
Diftaft. 4 * Horminum humile Germanicum , Galli- 
triciini alt e rum Gerarii , The Smaller fort of Clary,' 
or German Clary. 
en 
CHAP. CXXXVII. 
Of CLARY, Garden. 
T 
H E Names. It is called in Greek , 'o s j),w 
C T« OfAOtV, ab Impetu quod ad Venerem JU- 
itoulat , as Diofcorides fays : In Latin , Horminum, 
Sc l are a , and Scar lea, Orminum Cordi, Gal/itncum 
Tragi, and fo of Lugdunenfis and Gerard : In Ene- 
hjh. Clary, quaft Cleer-Eye. 
II. The Kinds. It is, I . e O^!i>su « ua.&v, Horminum 
Horrenfe,' Garden Clary ^ of which in this Chap- 
2 * SfHop, Horminum Sylveftre , Wild 
Clary, of which in the next. ' T " 
III- The Defcriptions. The fir II, Common Clary 
bus a Root which Is blackijh and Jpreads not far, but 
perijhes after Seed time •, from whence proceeds a 
Stalk a joot and half high, or more, which as it grows 
up branches it f elf into others •, thefe Stalks are 
four fquarc, thick and rough, fending forth broads, 
rough, wrinkled, whitifh, or Hoary green Leaves , 
fomewhat evenly cut in on the edges, and of a 
Jlrong fweet Scent, fome of them growing near the 
ground, and fome by Couples upon the Stalks. The 
blowers grow at certain di fiances, at the Joints, 
( with twofmall Leaves under them ) fomewhat like 
unto Sage Flowers, but f mailer, and of a very whi * 
tifh pale blew color . The Seed is blackijh, or fome- 
what flat, and not fo round an the Wild, and is con- 
tained in long toothed Husks, which ferve infiead of 
Cods. J 
IV. The fecond, or True Garden Clary of Diof- 
corides, ha* a Root which is (mall, and penfhing 
every Tear, from whence it rifes up but with one 
fquarc hauy Stalk , about afoot and half high, more 
or lefs, as the ground is in goodnefs : This Stalk 
fpreads it f elf into fever al f qua re Branches, on which 
a/e jet at every Joint two Leaves, one againfl ano- 
ther, which are Jomething broad and round, a little 
rugged like unto Horehound, but more green than 
white, and of a reaf enable good Smell : at the tops of 
the Stalks fi and divers Leaves, one row under another , 
of a very fine, deep, purple violet color , the lower 4 
being paler than the uppermofi, and Jeem ajar of 
V- 1 ' to be Flowers, but approaching nearer to them, are 
Ine Garden Clary, I found only to be Leaves , the blowers coming forth 
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