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Chap. 155. ‘Englijh Herbs. 
riling o.it of the fide of another , being joined toge- 
ther at the bottom , fomewhat like unto the Leaves 
of Flower-de-luces, but ftiffer , more full of Ribs , 
than many of them , and f. bar per pointed. 
The Stalk rifes up from among the Leaves , bearing 
them on it as it rifes , having at the top divers 
Husks , out of which come the Flowers, one above 
another , #// of them turning and opening themfelves 
one way , which are long and gaping , Zz'/fe unto the 
Flowers 0/ Fox-Glove, 4 little Arched or bunching 
up in the middle , of a fair reddifh purple color , ha- 
ving two white fpots within the mouth thereof one 
on each fide , made of a Lozenge fafhion, VYL.fquare, 
and long pointed. After the Flowers are pafi, round 
Heads or Seed Veffels come up , in which is contain- 
ed reddifh flat Seed , like unto the Seed of Fritillaria, 
but thicker and fuller. 
IV. The fecond,or Italian Corn-Flag, is .like unto 
the former French kind, in its Root , Leaf and Flow- 
er, without any other difference , than that the Root 
is f mailer, and browner , the Leaf and Stalk of a dark- 
er color •, and the Flowers ( darker alfo in their 
color, and a little f mailer ) funding out on both fldes 
the Stalk. 
V. The third, or Turky Corn-Flag, except that 
it is larger in its Roots , Leaves, and Flowers, is like 
in all things to the flrfl Corn-Flag j the Flowers on 
this funding only on one fide, of a deeper Red color, 
and being later in the Tear before they appear, viz. af- 
ter all the ref are pafi. The Root is netted in this, 
as plainly as in any of the others •, it as plentifully 
alfo encrcafes, but is more tender , and lefs able to 
abide our cold Winters. 
VI. The fourth is like unto the French. Corn- 
Flag in all ref pells, excepting only that the Flowers 
are of a pale red color, tending to whitenefs, com- 
monly called a Blufh color. 
VII. The fifth differs not from the laf, except- 
ing that the Roots are whiter on the outfide , the 
Leaves are greener, without any brbwnnefs or dark- 
?iefs, as in the former, and the Flowers are of a pure 
Snow white color. 
VIII. The fixth differs not from any of the for- 
mer, but in the fmallnefs of the Leaves, Stalk and 
Flowers , which fland all on one fide, like unto the 
French kind, and of the fame color : and the Root of 
this fort is netted more than any of the others. 
IX. The f eve nth, or Water Gladiol has a matted 
bufy fibrous Root •, from whence rife up Leaves 
about a fpan long, thick and hollow, with a Fart it ion 
in their middle, like as you fee in the Cods of Stock- 
gill ifiowers, and the like : their Color is green, and 
Tafle fweet, fo that they are an acceptable Food to 
Wild Ducks, diving to the bottom of the Water • for 
they fometime lye fome Tards tinder Water -, which 
not with funding are over-topt by the Stalk, which 
Springs up from among thofe Leaves, and bears 
Flowers of a white color, and larger than thofe of 
Stock-gillifiowers .* but in that hollow part which is 
next to the Stalk, they are of a blewifh color, almoft 
infhape refembling the Flowers of the Corn-Flag, 
but not abfolutely like them. They confifl of five 
Leaves, whereof the two uppermoft are refletted to- 
wards the Stalk ', the three other being broader, hang 
downwards : after the Flowers are pafi, round point- 
ed Veffels follow, filled with red Seed. 
X. The P laces. Their Titles, of the chief, gene- 
rally fhow from whence they firft came : but with 
us they are only nurs’d up in Gardens : they feem 
to be Natural to Barbary, where John Tradefcant 
law many Acres of Ground overfpread with them. 
In thofe Countries where they grow Wild, as in 
Turkey, Italy , Spain, and France, they grow in Mea- 
dows, and in Earable Land among Corn : and we 
have great plenty of them in our Gardens near and 
about London which ferve for their Beauty and 
Ornament., The Water Gladiol is bound in fome 
places ofWefi Fne fland, growing in Waters which 
have a Gravelly bottom, and which fcarcely bring 
forth any other Plants belides. 
XI. The Times. They Flower from May, to the 
end of June, and fomerimes in July • but the By- 
zantine, or Turky, after all the reft, as is above- 
faid. 
XII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry, but 
in what Degree Authors have not faid : but Galen 
fays, they have a power to Dry, Attraft, Watte and 
Confume 5 and that they have a fubtil and dige- 
ftive Quality. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. A liquid Juice of the upper Root. 2. An Effcnce 
of the fame. 3. An Emp/after. 4. A Catdplafm. 
L A Ponder of the Cods and Seed. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. The liquid Juice. If it is drunk with Red 
Port Wine, it is faid to cure the Rupture in Chil- 
dren, called Enterocele, which is when the Guts tall 
into the Cods. 
XV. The E fence of the fame. It has the former 
Virtues, and being drank Morning and Evening for 
fome time, to four or fix ounces in a Glafs of Sher- 
ry Wine, it is faid to provoke Lull, and ttrengthen 
the Vifcera. 
_XVI. The Emplafier. It is made of the Root 
mixed with Frankincenfe and a little Wine : Being 
applied, it eafes the Pains of the Gout : it alfo 
draws forth Thorns, Prickles, Splinters, or broken 
Bones out of the Flefli ^ it Digetts, Maturates, and 
Cleanfes. 
XVII. The Cat aplafm. It is made of the Root 
beaten up with Meal of Darnel, and Honey, and a 
little Lard. It wattes and difeufles hard Nodes, 
lumps of Flefli, and other like hard Tumors. It is 
alio found to be a certain and approved remedy 
againft fcrophulous Swellings in the Throat, vul- 
garly called the King’s-Evil. 
XVIII. The Pouder of the Cods and Seed. If it is 
drank in Goats, or Afles Milk, to one dram, or 
more. Morning and Evening, as alfo in the time of 
the Paroxyfm of the Colick, it eafes the pains of 
the Colick : but if it is drank in Juniper Water it 
is much better. 
CHAP. CLV. 
Of C O R N-S ALLET, 
0 R, 
LAMBS -LETTICE. 
np H E Names. It may be called in Greek, 
' AaiMa^fcyos : In Latin, LaOuca Agnma , and 
Oltis Album Dodomei : In Englijh , Corn-Sallet or 
Lambs-Lettice. 
II. T he Kinds. It is not a Kin to the Lettice , 
though called by that name, which I fuppofe was. 
becaufe it is eaten for a Sailer, as the Lettice is. 
And is a lingular Plant by it fell 
III. The Delcription. It has a Root confiding of 
many fmall and long Fibres ; from whence Spring up 
many Jlender , round , weak Stalks , trailing , as it 
were, upon the ground, about a foot high, if it grows 
in good, and fertil ground other wife bur a Ratid or 
