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in Gardens : but the Carnations and G'tflfipwers, 
by reafon of their tendernefs, ate ufualiy Planted in 
Pots, that they may be houfed, and.fo kept and 
preferred from the extream cold of our Winters. 
IX. The Vitalities. Thefe Plants as to their Roots, 
Leaves and Flowers, are temperate in relpefl to 
heat or cold : Afttingeut, Sudorifick, Traumatick, 
Cordial, Neurotick, Alterative, and Alexipharmick. 
X. The Specification. It is peculiar againft Faint- 
ing and Swooning Fits. 
XI. The Trepanations. You may have therefrom, 
I. An bifpijjate Juice, i. A Syrup. 3. An Of- 
fence. 4. A Conferve. ;. A Dfiil/ed Water. 
6 . A Spirituous Tinffttre. j. An Acid Tintfure 
with Vinegar. 
The Virtues. 
Xil. The Infpifjatg Juice. It is highly Cordial, 
and may be dilfolved in white Port Wine or Cana- 
ry, to make aTinfture of atpleal'ure, againft faint 
ing and fwooning Fits, Sickhefs at Heart, Malign! 
ty of' the Plague and Poifon, 
XIII. The Syrup made with Water, as is taught 
in our Pharmacopana Londiiienfis lib, 4 . C 4 p. ji. fe 3 . 
18. thus : Take Clove-gillifiowers ( the Whites 
being cut off) a pound itrfufe them aft night in 
Spring Water two pounds : being ftraiqed, with 
double-refined white Sugar four pounds, make a 
Syrup ( without boiling ) only by melting the Sugar. 
This Syrup is temperate in Quality, {Lengthens the 
Heart, Stomach and Liver it is Pefloral apd Cor- 
dial, and may be mixt with other Cordial Liquors, 
againft malignant Fevers, and the Plague ; as alfo 
againft Paintings, Swoonings. and the like. It re 
fireflies the Vital Spirits, chears the Heart, and re 
fills Potion. 
XIV. The Syrup made with white Port Wine or 
Canary. It is made exaftly as the former, and has 
all the fame Virtues ; only it is a greater and fhore 
famous Cordial, more powerful againft Faintings 
and Swoonings, to comfort a languilhing Stomach, 
as alfo to chear the Heart and revive the Vital 
Powers. 
XV. The Syrup inside with Wine Vinegar. It is 
made exaftly as that with Water, putting in the 
fame quantity of Vinegar ieftead of the Water. It 
is opening, and refills Vapors which fly into the 
Brain , it fortifies the Stomach, comforts the Heart, 
cheats. tl)¥ languifhing and drooping Spirits ; it 
helps Digeftion, and prevails againft all Difeafes 
proceeding from Cholej ot heat of Blood, as Malign 
and Peftilential Fevers and. Fevers not Peftftential : 
it cools the Blood, refills Poifon, quenches Thirft, 
and is helpful againft the Vertigo. Dofe of any of 
thefe three Syrups, an ounce at a time in any conve- 
nient Vehicle. 
XVI. T he Ejjencc. It has all the Virtues of the 
Infpiflate Juice and Syrup ; it is good againlt Di- 
feafes of the Heart, Head and Stomach, very Cor- 
dial, fpecial good againft Heflick Fevers, to Hop 
Fluxes and help fuch as fpit Blood : and as it chears 
the Heart and revives the Spirits, fo it powerful- 
ly refills Melancholy. Dole from two drams to 
four. 
XVII. The Conferve. It is Cordial, chears the 
Heart and ftrengthens the Stomach, and is only eaten 
as a Sweet-meat. It is good for old People, to eat 
in a morning fading. 
XVIII. The difitlled Water. It is made by a ve- 
ry gentle heat in Balnea , is Cordial, and may be u- 
fed as a Vehicle, to convey other Cordial Medica- 
ments in ; befides which, it is of excellent Ufe to 
walh fore Eyes withal, waffling them therewith five 
«r itx times a day. 
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. XIX. The Spirituous Tincture. It is a great Pre- 
iervanve againft ail manner of Malign, Infectious, 
and Peftilential Difeafes, and ought to be ufed pre- 
ventively, as firlt in the Morning tailing ; fecondiv 
about four 111 the Afternoon ; thirdly ar Bed time 
It more powerfully comforts the Stomach, cheats 
the Heart, and revives the Spirits, than any of the 
former Preparations. It may be prepared with 
common Spirit of Wine : and then it may be taken 
alone of it felf, from one Ipoonful to two, accord- 
wgfothe Age of the perlon -, or otherw’ife mixt 
with Wine, or fome other Vehicle. 
XX. The Acid TinSure made with Vinegar. It 
comforts the Stomach much, chears the Heart, helps 
Digeftion Hops Vomiting, is good againft fpitting 
Blood, and ftrengthens the Retentive Faculty. It 
cuts tough Flegm, correfls the heat and malignity 
ol Choler, helps ExpeHoration, and quenches Thirft 
in burning Fevers. Ir is an excellent thing to be 
given m the Cure of the Plague, and of all manner 
ol Malign and Peftilential Difeafes. 
CHAP. CXL. 
Of COCKLE. 
TP HE Names. It is called in Greek, Kiy, L! *?■- 
c 1 ” tnluttin, hyfmis Segetum, Lychmidcs 
begetum ; by Tragus , Gitbago, and makes it Rof.e 
A r^n £ n iems /u Xt ! ,m C Amb ' mm foliofum Rue/liji 
A igellafirum Cf Anthemon Dodotnei, Pfeudomelan- 
thrum Mmhw/t ; Lychnis fegetum major, Bauhini • 
( becaufe he makes the Alfme Corniculata Clufij to 
X mnor:) In «’ 
_ A 1 ' P e is a Angular Plant, and account- 
f the WM Kmis of Campions. It is 
fofek °f ‘ m as fome Authors 
or l^Jc r, f ,C n h fom ? Herbarift i from the found 
or liknefs of the word, thought it to be the true 
ty//*, or Aielanthiuin, but were ablolutely deceived • 
for it not only differs in Leaves from the true Gith 
but alfo m other properties : if it has any refem- 
blance to A tgella, it is more in the blacknefs of the 
Seed than in the Flower, or in any thing elfe ; and 
therefore Matthwlus called it as aforefaid, Pfeudo- 
as aifo divers others fince him. 
11. The Defenption. It has a f, nail and woody 
Root, which penjhes as foon as it has horn Seed , 
j tom whence fpnngs up an upright hairy Stalk, (hoot- 
mg Jorth Branches on all Jides, with two long hairy 
orfft Woolly Leaves at the Joints. The Blowers 
grow forth at tlje tops of the Branches, in hairy long 
Husks, whofe ends or points are longer than any of 
the Campions, Jl ending upright both before the blow- 
ani they are paj} , and laying them - 
f elves between the Jive round pointed Leaves , when 
they are blown , which are of a bright reddifh purple 
or enmfon color : The Seed which follows ( which is 
in hard round heads) is bigger and blacker than m 
any of the Wild Lychnides or Campions. Here is 
10 vf noted , that fome have obferved another Kind 
of Cockle, with white Flowers, but having no other 
material difference befides. 
V )e P^ !Ces - Cockle grows too plentifully in 
molt of our Corn-fields , (chiefly in our Wheat-fields ) 
throughout this whole Kingdom : for which caufe 
Hippocrates calls it Melon thium ex Tritico. 
V. The Times. It Flowers in the beginning of 
Summer, and the Seed is rine in HarveJTtime. 
VI. The 
