Salmon j* 'Herbal. 
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ill. The Delcription. It has a Root which is thick 
woody , having fame few firings adjoining there- 
to , and is wholly red , both within and without, not 
Jmellingfo flrong cu the Root of Herb Robert .* from 
this Root rife up fever al /lender hairy reddifh Stalks , 
about two or three feet high -, at the Joints of which 
grow Leaves , upon Jhorter , yet reddifh Footflalks. 
The Stalks fpread the mf elves out alfo into other 
fmall Branches , whereon are fet confufedly broad 
Leaves , made of three , four or five Leaves apiece , 
and thqfe jagged or cut about the edges. Parkinfon 
fays, the Leaves are moji ufuaUy divided into three 
parts , as Urge , or rather more than the other , and 
turning red likewife. The Flowers which conjift of 
Jive Leaves apiece grow at the Tops of the Stalks 
and Branches , and are of a pcrfett Violet color, 
( whence came the name ) or as Parkinfon fays, of a 
Purphfh Red, of the bignefs of the Flowers of Herb 
Robert ^ which being pa ft away, the Seed comes in 
fitch headed Beaks or Bills cu the other Cranes-bills 
produce. 
IV. The Places. It is often found by Way-fides, 
Ditch-banks, Borders of fields, and other watte 
Grounds. 
V. The Times. It Flowers in June and July, and 
the Seed ripens in the mean Seafon, or not long 
alter. 
VI. The Qualities. All the Cranes-bills feem to 
have one and the fame Qualities -, they are tempe- 
rate in refpefl of Heat or Cold, and Dry in the 
firft Degree. They are Abfterfive, Aftringent, Diu- 
retick, Traumatick or Vulnerary and Incarnative : 
Pettoral, Nephritick, Hytterick, and Anti-emmena- 
gogick, Hemoptoick and Analeptick. 
VII. The Specification. They heal Wounds Ipeedi- 
r , conglutinate their Lips, Ito] ™ 
and cure Ruptures. 
ly, conglutinate their Lips, ttop Fluxes of Blood, 
VIII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, i. A liquid Juice. 2. An Effence. 3. A 
Syrup. 4. A Decoflion in Red Port Wine. y. A 
Pouder of the Herb. 6 . A Balfam. 7. A Cata- 
plafm. 
The Virtues. 
IX. The liquid Juice. It is laid to be goodagainft 
Fluxes of the Bowels, whether Diarrhara, Dyfen- 
teria, Lienteria, or Hepatick Flux, healing them, 
and fo eafing the Griping Pains, it prevails againft 
Hytterick fits, and is good againlt Sand, Gravel, 
and Stone in Reins and Bladder. Dole four oun- 
ces, or more, either alone, or in Wine, Morning and 
Night. 
X. The Effence. It has all the former Virtues, 
and more powerful to all the fame Intentions •, be- 
lides which, it is a famous thing to ttop the over- 
flowing of the Terms in Women, and to consoli- 
date Ruptures, whether in old or young. It is good 
againttfits, and the extream Tortures of the Colick, 
as alfo to heal Wounds, whether inward or out- 
ward ^ cures Spitting, Vomiting, or Billing Blood, 
dilfolves coagulated Blood, whether in the Sto- 
mach, Bowels, or Reins, and expels it, and is a 
lingular thing to be taken as a Wound drink, for 
them who have any Wounds, running Sores, old 
Ulcers, or Fiftula’s, to induce them to a fpeedy 
healing. Dofe three ounces, Morning, Noon, and 
Night in a Glafs of Red Port Wine. 
tl. The Syrup. It has all the former Virtues 
( being made either of the Juice or Effence) but is 
fo much the weaker by the Sugar which is added 
however it is more fit for Children, and 
Juice and Effence, but very much weaker, and mav 
be given to thofe who cannot be induced to take 
them. However you make thereof an exceeding 
good Wound drink, to all the purpofes afore- 
mentioned. Being injeUed into Fiftula’s, or run- 
ning Sores, and Ulcers, being wafhed therewith, 
it perfefUy cleanfes and heals them, and alfo con- 
glutinates the Lips of Green Wounds. 
XIII. The Pouder. It is good againft Ruptures, 
or Burftings, given to one dram, in 1 'ome proper 
Vehicle : outwardly ftrewed upon old running Sores 
or Ulcers, it cleanfes, drys and heals them, and is 
good to ttop Bleeding in Wounds, and to confolidate 
their Lips. 
XIV. The Balfam. It is a lingular Vulnerary^ and 
cures fimple Wounds at the firft Intention : it di- 
f efts, cleanfes, incarnates, and dries old running 
ores, and rebellious Ulcers, and by ftrengthening 
the Part, brings on the healing after an admirable 
manner : applied in the Gout, it gives eafe, and by 
continuing of it, cures it in a Ihort time. 
XV. The Cataplafm. Being applied to fimple 
Contufions, it Difcuffes, prevents Pain and Inflam- 
mation, and fo cures them : It conglutinates fim- 
ple Green Wounds, and gives eafe in the Gout, as 
alfo in all other Pains of the Joints, Nerves, or 
Tendons, coming ftom blows, ftrains, or the like. 
CHAP. CLXIIL 
Of CRESS Garden. 
I * ' | ' HE Names. This Plant is called in Greek , 
X KfJkfuiVt dm r«f )&?c flaf. Cardamon quod cor - 
datos j sci at, vel quod Cor Jove at, quia in fincope 
Cardiaca plurimum valet : And of this Herb, the 
Greeks had this Proverb, UQn xd^uev, Ede Naftur- 
tium , pr opt ere a quod Nafturtio inefje Credebant ani- 
mi vigorem excitandi. In Arabick, Narf vel Naf 
alchaf : In Latin , Naflurtium, a narium tonnento, 
as Pliny faith : And in Englifh, Crefs. 
II. The Kinds. They are manifold, as, 1. Na- 
flurtium Hortenfe, Garden Crels, of which in this 
Chapter. 2. Naflurtium Indicum , Indian Crefs, of 
which in Chap. 164. 3. Naflurtium Pratenfe, 
Meadow Crefs, of which in Chap. 165. and 166. 4. 
Naflurtium agrefle. Wild Crefs, of which in Chap. 
167. 5. Naflurtium lfchiadicum, vel Ifchiacum, 
Sciatica Crefs, of which in Chap. 168. 6 . Na- 
furtium Hibernum, Winter Crefs, of which in 
Chap. 169. 7. Naflurtium Aquaticum, Water Crefs, 
of which in Chap. 170. following. 
III. Of the Garden Kind, k*’ ? Jk^ov faiuv, there 
are thefe following, viz. 1. Naflurtium Sativum 
vulgare , The common Garden Crefs. 2. Naflur- 
tium Hortenfe Lat folium, and Naflurtium Latifo - 
Hum Hifpanicum, Broad Leav’d Garden Crefs. 
3. Naflurtium Hortenfe Crifpum Lat i folium, and 
Anguflifolium, Curled Crels, with Broader and 
Narrower Leaves. 4. Naflurtium impatiens. Stum 
minimum, Sium Naflurtij Silveflrts folio. Noli me 
tangere. The impatient Qefs, being called a Crefs, 
more from the form of its Leaf, than any thing 
elfe. 
IV- The Defcriptions. The firft has a long Root with 
fome Fibres adjoined to it, which perifhes every Pear 
after the ripening of the Seed, 0 / upon the approach 
of Winter -, from this Root the Stalks grow up half 
a yard, or two feet high , having many fmall, tender, 
whitifh , broad, indented, or torn Lea ves fet thereon, 
growing together upon a middle rib next the ground * 
but 
