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VI. T he third , 0/’ Lefier double Daifie , has a 
white fibrous Root , /raw whence rife Leaves , /y/zz^ 
the Ground , z/z Fom like to the Common fingle 
ones, /zwzz which they differ little or nothing , but 
that they are [mailer , and. little or nothing [nipt a- 
bout the edges. The Stalks like wife are [mailer and 
lower , but bearing as double Flowers as any , being 
compofed of many J mall Leaves , thick thruft together , 
</ various colors •, /Zv* fome are wholly of a pure 
white , others have a little red , dfperfed upon 
the white Leaves or on the edges , and fome times on 
the backs of the Leaves : fome again feem to be of a 
whit iff ref more red than white , w/wz indeed they 
are white Leaves , dfperfed among the red : others 
are of a deep or dark red color •, tfzzc/ /cwz^ are f peck- 
led or flriped with white and red through the whole 
Flower : and in fome the Leaves will be red on the 
upper fide , and white underneath : and fome ( tho 
but very rare ) are of a greeniff color. Of this kind 
fome have Stalks and Heads which are round -, and 
fome again which are flat : wdfch lafl I have known 
to degenerate into round , and fo to continue. 
VII. The fourth , or Double double Daifie, has 
no difference in Root, Leaf or Stalk from the former 
kind , but only in the Flower •, which in this bears 
matiy f mall double Flowers , flan ding upon very ffort 
Stalks round about the middle Flower , which is uj u al- 
ly as great and double as any of the other double 
kinds , and is either wholly of a deep red or fpeckled 
with white and red , as in fome of the former kinds , 
or dlfe greenifh , all -the f mall Flowers about it being 
of the fame color with the middlemofl. 
VIII. The fifth, or Blew Globe Daifie, has a hard 
and fibrous Root, and. a great Affinity with the Plant 
lafl deferibed, both in Form of its Leaf and Flower. 
It has many narrower , fherter and blacker green 
Leaves than the former, lying round about upon the 
Ground -, among which rife up fender, but fliff and 
hard Stalks, fix inches or more high, fet here and 
therewith J. mall Leaves, and at the top a J. mall round 
Head, compofed of many f 'mall blew Leaves, fome- 
what like unto a Scabious Head •, and fometimes it is 
alfo found with white Heads of Flowers. The whole 
Plant is of a bitter Tafle. 
IX. The fixth, or Yellow Globe Daifie, has a Root 
of a Fingers length, round and hard, with a thick 
Rind, and a woody Pith in the middle, of a Jharp dry- 
ing Tafle and flrong Smell : from whence rife up 
many thick, fmooth , round, pointed Leaves, fpread 
upon the Ground like the former : among which fpring 
tip feveral [mail round rufhy Stalks, a foot high, 
bearing about their middle two f mall Leaves at the 
Joints , and at the tops round Heads of Flowers 
thruft thick together, [landing in purplifh Husks , e- 
very one of which Flowers do blow or fpread into five 
Leaves Star-fafhion , and of a fair yellow color, fuel- 
ling not much unlike to Broom Flowers, with many 
f mall Threads in the middle, encompaffing a fiat Poin- 
tel, horned or bended two ways. After the Flowers 
are faded, rife up Seed-Veffels, which are round, 
[welling out in the middle, and divided into four 
parts at the tops, containing within them round, flat, 
black Seed, with a [mail Gut or Notch in them. The 
Leaves of this Plant are of a Jharp and bitter Tafle . 
X. The Places. The firft four are planted and 
found only in Gardens *, and require to be often re- 
planted, otherwife they degenerate into fingle Flow- 
ers, or at leaft into lefs double. The two lafl: are 
alfo Garden-Flowers, but more rarely to be met with 
than the others ^ the Blew Daifie is a Native of 
Mompelier in France, and of the Mountains in ma- 
ny places of Italy •, the Fellow kind is Italian, and 
found up and down in the Kingdom of Naples. 
XI. The Times, All forts of Daifies almoft flow- 
er betimes in the Spring, during April and May, 
and fome of them in June but the former Blew 
and Fellow flower not uncil Auguft or September. 
XII. The Qualities. They are cold and dry in 
the firlt Degree ■, and are Abfterfive, Aftringenr, In- 
carnative and Vulnerary ; Hepatick, Archritick and 
Analeptick. 
XIII. T he Specification. They are dedicated to 
the Curing of Wounds ; for which Reafon Authors 
have accounted them among the Confoiidx , or 
Wound-Herbs. 
XIV. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, 1. A liquid Juice. 2.. An Effence. 3. A 
DecoSion. 4. A compound Decofficn in Wine. 
An Ointment. 6 . A Balfam. 7. A Cataplajm. 8. 
A dijhlled Water. 9. An Acid l inSure. 1.0. An 
Oily Tmlhtrc. 
The Virtues. 
XV. The liquid Juice. It is good to heal 
Wounds, whether inward or outward : it unites 
with and ftrengthens'the Balfam of the Blood, and 
fQ induces the Healing, by drying, ftrengthning and 
conglutinating. It abates Heat, and alleviates the 
Boiling of Choler, refrefliing the Livfer and other in- 
ward Parts. It is good to cure the founds made 
in the Cavity of the Thorax or Bred, being taken 
two or three ounces at a time, three or four 
times a day, either alone or mixed with a lioic 
Wine : dropped into running Eyes, it much helps 
them. 
XVI. The Effence. It has all the former Virtues 
to a great Advantage, excepting that it heals more •, 
but it much more powerfully confolidates Wounds. 
It may be given alone, from one ounce to two or 
three ounces, or it may be mixed with a Syrup made 
of rhe Juice of the fame Herb. 
XVII. The De coll ion. It cures inward Wounds 
of the Breft as the former Preparations do ; but it 
is not altogether lb powerful. If it is made with 
Wine, it cleanles, incarnates and cures all Ulcers 
and Pulftes in the Mouth or Tongue, or in the Se- 
cret Parts. 
XVIII. The compound DecoUion. Take Daifie 
Leaves and Roots five handfuls : Agrimony , Dioarf 
Elder , of each three handfuls : being bruifed, boil 
all in three quarts of Wine till a quart or more is 
confumed : then ftrain out for Life. It is good a- 
gainft Palfie, Gout and Sciatica, to foment the pans 
therewith two or three times a day, lb hot as the 
Patient can endure ; it comforts the Nerves, and 
eafes the Pains of the Parts afflifted. 
XIX. The Ointment. It cleanfes, dries and heals 
old Ulcers, and diflolves or difperfes T amors, Knots 
or Kernels in the fiefhy Parts of the Body : it dif- 
cuffes Ample Contuftons, which come thro’ Falls or 
Blows and abates Tumors or Swellings in the 
Scrotum , being duly applied : it is faid to cure 
wonderfully all forts of fimple Wounds accompani- 
ed with Inflammation, and fuclt as are kept 'long 
from healing by reafon of the Afflux of Humors to 
them, whether in the Joints, Arms or Legs. 
XX. The Balfam. It has all the Virtues of the 
Ointment, but it cleanfes putrid and corrupt Sores, 
and foul Ulcers, much better than that : and lome^ 
times it cures fimple green Wounds at one Dreffing. 
It gives eafe in the Gout and Sciatica, and itreng- 
thens the Nerves and weak Joints, being applied. 
XXI. The Cataplafm, It difculfes recent Tumors 
and fimple Contuftons 5 and is effeflual, being ap- 
plied, to Swellings of the Scrotum : applied to a 
fimple recent Wound, after it has been waffled with 
Spirit of Wine, it many times conglutinates the 
Lips thereof at the firft Application. 
XXII. The 
