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142. 
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flore purpurea , Onobrychis Pannonica prima Chtfij -, 
Geer Aflragaloides Pont: ; fpiked Coch-beai with 
purple Flowers. Onobrychis floribus Cdrulcis, 
Onobrychis Pannonica fccunda Clufij , Bew Flowred 
Cocks-hedd. 
III. The Defcriptions. The Jirji or common kind 
has a Root which is tough, and font e what woody -from 
whence /firing forth feveral weak but rough Stalks , 
leaning dow awards, about afoot and half high, befet 
with Winged Leaves , each being longer and more 
pointed, than thofe of Lentils, and whitijh under- 
neath ; from the tops of thefe Stalks rife up other 
fender Stalks , naked without Leaves, unto the tops, 
where there grow many fmall Flowers, in manner of 
a Spike, of a pale reddifh color, with fome blewnefs 
among them : after which rife up in their places 
ve)r/rri'i ,, f /I-.... . 7 r-\ r 1 1 • /' . , 
uuiytt-u rtjo up in ujcir -places , 
rough, round, and fomewhat flat heads. Of this firft 
Species, Bauhinus has given us the Defcription of a 
leffer, differing in nothing from the former, but only 
in the magnitude, or rather fmallnefs thereof. 
IV. The fecond hat a Root great and long, hard, 
and of a woody f Aflame, Spreading it felf far abroad, 
and growing very deep into the ground ; from whence 
rife up many Stalks, efpecially when it is grown to 
an old Plant , round, hard, and leaning to the ground 
like the other Pulfes, and has Leaves very like Ga- 
lega, or the Wild Vetch, of a bitter Tafte, and loath- 
fome Savor 1 among which come forth fmall round 
Stems-, at the ends of which do grow Flowers (pike 
fafhion, three Inches in length, and in Jhafie like 
thofe of the great Lagopus, or Meadow Trefoil, but 
longer, of an excellent Jhining purple color, but 
without Smell: which Flowers being paft away, fmall 
cods follow, containing little, hard and black Seed in 
tafte like to the Vetch or Tare. 
V- The third has alfo a fmall, tough, and woody 
Root, from whence Spring up many twiggy Branches 
about afoot and half high, full of Knots, ramping 
and creeping on the ground. The Leaves are like 
the former, but f mailer and Jhorter : among which 
come forth fmall flenier Stems, upon which do grow 
little Flowers, like thofe of the Tare, but of a blew 
color, tending to purple. The Flowers being fallen 
fmall Cods come forth m their places, which contain 
little black Seed like a Kidney, and of a black color 
when it is full ripe. 
. Y 1 ' It is fuppofed that the firft of thefe 
IS the Onobrychis of Diof cor ides, alfo of Pliny ■ for 
D;»/W« defcribes it thus ; Onobrychis has Leaves 
like a 'Lentil, but longer, a Stalk a Span high, a crim- 
f on Flower and a little Root - and grows ,n moill 
and untilled places. Pliny writes thus ; Onobiy- 
chis W the Leaves of a Lentil, but fomewhat longer 
a red Flower, and a fmall and fender Root ■ and 
that it grows about Springs, or Fountains of Wa- 
ters. J 
VII . The Places. The firft and fecond grow ( fays 
Gerard) upon Barton-hill, four Miles from Lew- 
ton m Bedfordshire , and likewife upon the Gratfe 
Balks between the Corn Lands two Miles from 
Cambridge, near to a Water Mill towards London- 
and m divers other places in the way from Cam- 
bridge to London. The third grows not Wild here 
but is only nourilhed up in Gardens. ’ 
VIII. The Times. They all Flower ftom the end 
o f June to the end of Aug, ft, and the Seed is ri- 
pened in the mean Seafou, and in fome little time 
• r ^flelities. They feem to be temperate 
tnre^eaofheatorcoldnefs, drynefs or mofiure: 
Silp' , wJ iyS m hla Books the Faculties of 
Simple Medicaments, That they rarifie, or make 
thin, and wafte away. This is certain, by Experi- 
ence from the feeding of Cattel with them, rhat 
they are Galaflogenenck, or breeders of Milk. 
X. The Specification. Thdy have been found to 
be lingular good for die difeuffing, confuting, or 
waiting away of hard Tumors or Swellings. 
XI. The Preparations. You may have therefrom 
r. A liquid Juice. 2. An Efence. 3 . A Pouder 
of the Leaves. 4. Ati Oil. 5. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
XII. The liquid Juice. Taken from two ounces 
rfc*' al °" e b y >t felt; or mixt with a Giafs 
“ Wine, it prevails againft the Stran- 
SmL 3 r- d 3 ° bft , ruaions of Urine, caufed by 
?^ rave1 ’ °t Tartarous Matter in Reins 
breSiant of Milt 7 fc C3ufc them » 
o P en^ an ^^ e ^^ f ™otO)^heing e taken Yii^lik^Ynan- 
or SweS® nof EV 1"“® = Bathed “ P ° n an y Tumor 
or bwelhng, not malign nor maturated, it difeuf- 
fourTnJ 3 D ° fe threeor 
fav^rhar fh ?°A ier i °f- ’c e r Ledves ' Diofcoridcs 
lays that if it is drunk with Wine (I fuppofe from 
one dram to two drams, Morning and Sng 1ft 
cures the Strangury. It has indeed a fingula facu 
^XV OP Th 0 nY Uai 5 n Y 0f the Urinar y prts 
OdOlnJtr‘r» m i e b y^' lm S ‘he Green Herb in 
ill Olive to Crifpnefs, aud repeating the Operation 
three or four times, and fo ftraininf it out? Thl 
beiI » g an ° inted on the Bodv it 
provokes Sweating. Anointed on hard Tumors it 
fofais them, ,s difeuffive, and eaufts them S wafte 
1 f The Cataplafm. Being brtlifed green and 
Uid on ( m the form of a Cataplafm, ) upon’hard 
NX S orThro W a f nSS ’ foe 
lNecK or Throat, or m other Parts; itcaufcs them 
dal C r f Tthe n T ™ fte ; and this more ofpe- 
• J uice or Eflence, aforefaid, be rakeri 
Pnrr y w kl0rn,n ^ and EveniD g> in a Giafs of White 
W “ e > as lS dl f e Ued ; and the Patients withal 
E“S on .^ , or t^too a Week ( according as theit 
Bodies will bear it ) with my Family Pills. 
CHAP. CXLII. 
Of COCKS-COMB. 
E T 1 Kernes. The Ancients we cannot find 
A knew any thing of this Plant, unlefs it fc e 
t- e - gellmace, Crifiam hobens 
Our Moderns call it in Latin Crifta Gatli, vel Gall - 
nacea, becaufe the Flowers, as fome think Hand at 
the tops of the Stalks, like’ a Cocks Comb ofoem 
T™ 1 ? “ t , obe f°. caIIed from the form of the 
Crmf , o7 cr fe ft en f' t,ng ^ 0n , tte r edi5es ’ refcmlle the 
Comb, or Creft of a Cock : In Enghfh, it i s ca i 
wort^^ Wl ° a R " tIle ’ and Telloa 
n }\ T t? in r S - h is 0 " e °f the Kinds of Rattle- 
Grafs, or Loufe-worr. Now Rattle-Grafs is either 
Fellow or Red ; the Fellow, which is called Cocks- 
Gmb 'ne ftiall treat of in this place ; the Red we 
(hall treat of under the Title of Rattle-grafs Red in 
fome of the Chapters following. Of the Fellow 
Kind there are four Species, of which two of them 
are only found to grow in England, viz. 1. Crilht 
Ga/li Lutea, Crifta Gallinacea, Crfta Galli Bauhini ■ 
rediculans pratenfis lutea Bauhin 1 h Pedicular is 
Campcjlns Tragi ; Crfta Galli vel Gallinacea Do- 
U d d.nei. 
