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are of a bitter Tafts, fomewWF’.ike unto Galanga . 
from this Root Jhoot forth many Heads of long and 
narrow Leaves, fomemhat ridg'd in the middle , e- 
very Leaf feeming thereby to be three fquare, and 
fometbing hard and rough in handling ; fweet alfo in 
Scent : from among thefe Leaves rife up many fmooth 
fquare Stalks, about a yard high, fluffed with a white 
Pith, and not hollow, without any Knot or Joint 
therein, unto the very tops, whery there ft and a few 
jhort Leaves, and many fmall Panicles or chaffy green 
Spikes , or Ears of J mall Leaves above them , which 
afterwards contain the Seed ‘kin them. 
VI. The fecond, or Long-rooted fweet Cyperus, 
has Roots which are of a moderate bignefs, long and 
round, and of a black or blackijh brown color on the 
outfide , but whitijh within, full and firm, and creep- 
ing hither and thither , taking up much Ground, by 
reafon of their fpreading ; it creeps under the Sit- 
perficies of the Earth, round about, by which it is 
quickly much encreafid ; and is of a moft pleafmg 
fweet Smell when it is broken , tho’ it be green and 
frefh, and yet more pleafant when it is dry. prom 
this Root fprtng forth long Leaves, which are ns it 
were three fquare, /ike the former, and ns rough and 
hard in handling alfo, almoft like unto the Common 
Reed, but that they are lejfer and Jhorter. The 
Stalk is fmooth and three fquare, fluffed with a white 
Pith, like the former, and riftng three feet high or 
more, and having alfo fome Jhort narrow Leaves at 
the tops thereof ; and fmall long Panicles, like unto 
the other in all things, fo that they are fiercely to 
bedfierned afunder above Ground , the only or chief 
Difference confifting in the Root. 
VII. The third, or Marlh kind, has Roots which 
are tuberous and almoft round, hard and black , and 
without Smell, many Tubers hanging fometimes upon 
one String ; they are not large, but grow almoft after 
the manner of Vitginea Potatoes, white and firm 
within. The Stalk and Leaves are much like to the 
firfl kind, but the Heads are unlike, for thefe are 
rough and blackijh , about the bignefs of a Filbert, 
hanging about fix or fiven in number, at top of the 
Stalk. 
VIII. The Places. The firfl and fecond of thefe 
grow naturally in Fenny Grounds, yet they thrive 
very well in Gardens, as we daily fee by Experience. 
The firll grows naturally in Italy and Spain, as alfo 
in JEgypt by the River Kilns, as Alpinus fays, but 
is only to be found with us in our Gardens, where, 
unlefs much Care be taken, it difficultly endures the 
Hardfhip of the Winter. The fecond grows in Sy- 
ria hnd Candy, but with us only in Gardens. The 
third and lalt grows about Ditches and the Banks of 
Rivers, where Sait or Sea Water comes: it is found 
plentifully in the Marlhes below Gravefind, in 
Shipey , Tenet and other like places. 
IX. The Times. The firfl: flowers or bears its 
bufhy Tops in Auguft , with us here in England: 
The fecond produces its tufted Head in July , or 
towards the end of that Month, for the moft part : 
and the third Flowers always in July and Auguft. 
X. The Qualities. The Roots are only of life 
and are accounted hot and dry in the fecond Degree : 
they Attenuate, are Aperitive, Abfterfive, Aftringenr' 
Carminative, Digeftive and Diuretick ; Cephalick’ 
Stomatick, Nephritick and Hyfterick ; Lithontrip- 
tick and Alexipharmick. 
XI. The specification. They are peculiar againft 
the Stone, Gravel and Obftrultion of Urine. 
XII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, t. A Deco&wn in Wine nr Water. 2. A Pon- 
der. 3 . A Catap/afm. 4. AJhes. %. A Spirituous 
TinSure. 6 . An Acid Tintlure. 7. An Oily Tm- 
Uure . 8. A Saline Tintture. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Decol/ion in Wine or Water. If it \g 
made in Wine, it ought to be White Port Wine : 
it cleanfes, fweetens and purifies the Blood and 
Juices of the Body, provokes Urine, and helps to' 
break the Stone in the Bladder, and to abate the 
Water in a Dropfy, to wit, in an Anafdrca, being 
drank Morning, Noon and Night, oroftner, half a 
pint at a time. It provokes the Terms, and is good 
againft Pains of the Mother or Womb, more efpe- 
cially, if; befides taking it inwardly, it be injelted 
up, and the Region of the Womb be alfo bathed 
therewith warm. It is good alfo to wafh all forts 
of foul and nafty Ulcers of the Gums, Month and 
Throat, as alfo eating Cankers, for that it cleanfes, 
drys and heals them. It opens Obftrultions, ami 
provokes the Terms in Women : it alfo helps a 
Sinking Breath, being drunk for fome time. 
XIV. The Ponder. It is an excellent Remedy 
for all running Sores, old Ulcers, Cankers, tho’ 
fpreading and eating, in any part of the Body ; it 
Hops Putridity, cleanfes, drys and heals, doing what 
it does without any thing of Heat or Sliarpnels. It 
drys up the over much Moifture of Ulcers, and bv 
its Aftringenr Quality, helps alt forts of lore 
Mouths, and Ulcers in the fecret Parts. It is of an 
inciding or cutting Quality, and therefore given to 
one dram Morning and Night in a Glals of White 
Port Wine, it provokes Urine and the Terms, and 
helps fuch as are troubled with the Stone ; the De- 
coition in Wine being drunk inwardly alfo at the 
lame time. 
XV. The Catap/afm . It is made of the Pouders 
of the Roots, and Bay-berries, mixed in equal quan- 
tities, and made up with Boys Urine. This being 
laid upon the Belly of one that has the Droply, is 
faid to help them very much, taking at the fame 
time the Decoition inwardly oftentimes. 
XVL The AJhes. They have the Virtues of the 
Pouder, but are more fliarp, by reafon of the Salt 
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