Chap. 
2 1 1 . 
‘Englijh Herbs . 
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/r T)arne11 White. 
III. The Defcriptions. T be firjl , or White Dar- 
nel, has a bunchy fibrous Root , from whofe Head, all 
the Winter long, Spring forth Several fat and rough 
Leaves, which, the higher they grow upon the Stalks , 
grow alfo narrower, but with their continued. Rough- 
nefs : and with thefe fir ft f fringing forth Leaves, 
feveral Stalks alfo arife , with many thick Joints, al- 
moft like Knees ; from which Knees arife thofe a- 
for ef aid narrower Leaves , continued up to the fpiky 
tops of Seed ; for on the top of each Stalk is a long 
Spike, compofed of many Heads, as it were at fo ma- 
ny Joints, Jet one above another on each fide of the 
Stalk, containing two or three fmall chaffy Husks, 
with fharp , butjbort Beards or Awnes at the ends ; 
in which Husks, being fomewhat tough, is contained 
the Seed, which is left than that of Wheat, and 
which is eaftly Jhake d out of the Ear. 
IV. The fecond, or Red Darnel, has a Root mote 
bujhy or fibrous, from whence arife Leaves Jhorter 
and narrower than thofe of Barley, as alj'o feveral 
jointed Stalks, wit!) Leaves Springing from each 
Joint ; but as the Joints are ItJJ'cr than the former , 
fo the Leaves Springing from them are alfo narrower 
and fomewhat Shorter. The Stalks are reddijh, with 
reddish Joints, about J, 'even or eight inches high, Jel- 
dom attaining to the height of a foot, unlefs the 
Ground is very good -• at the top of each Stalk is a 
fmall and tender fiat Spike or Ear , very like the for- 
mer, but fmaller and Jhorter, and fomewhat reddilh 
alfo, more efpecially when it is found growing in the 
dryer fort of Land. 
V. The third, or Darnel with Oaten Tops, in its 
Roots, Leaves and Stalks differs little from the firjl 
kind, faving that the Stalks grew fomewhat higher, 
and the Leaves are a little larger : but in this it 
differs from the firjl, that the Jeveral Heads of Seed 
are more like to winged Oaten Heads , growing on 
] lender Foot-Jia/ks ; and which Heads of Seed are al- 
fo armed with Jharp Points. 
VI. The Places. Thefe all grow in Arable Land, 
in Fields of Corn, as of Wheat and Barley, and are 
to be found in fuch like places, in molt parts of the 
Kingdom. 
VII. The Times. They flourilh in Summer, and 
the Grain is ripe in Harvejl time, viz. in Auguji. 
VIII. The futilities. Darnel is hot in the third 
Degree, and dry in the fecond, as Galen fays : it a- 
bounds with a Volatile, Narcotick, Salt and Sul- 
phur, which is thought to be detrimental to the 
Head and Brain : it was accounted hurtful to the 
Eyes and Sight, as appears from that Verfe in Ovid, 
lib. i. Fajiorum ; Et careant Loins oculos vittantibus 
agri : and from this Caufe it feems came, that the 
old Proverb in Plautus, Mile f. afi. i.fc. 3. verf 50. 
Lotio viSitare, was wont to be fpoken to one dim- 
lighted. 
IX. The Specification. It is faid to be peculiar 
againft Defcedations of the Skin, and to Hop Gan- 
grenes. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
I. A DecoUion. 2. Aleal or Flower. 3. An Oint- 
ment. 4. A Wajh. 5. A Cataplafm. 6. The Fu- 
migation. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Deco 3 'ion in Red Port Wine. It flops 
the Terms, and all forts of Fluxes of the Bowels ; 
and prevails againft a Diabetes : Dofe two or three 
ounces : but it is apt to caufe a kind of Giddinefs 
in the Head^ It is alfo good to wafti places aflefled 
with Scurff, Morphew, Leprofy and Ringworms, 
and flop the Progrefs of a Gangrene : made with 
Water and Honey, it is good to bathe with for the 
Sciatica. 
XII. The Meal or Flower. Being applied, mixt 
with Spirit of Wine or ftrong Wine, it is of fpecial 
Ufe to flop the Running of Gangrenes, and hinder 
rhe Fretting and Eating of old putrid Sores, Can- 
kers and Phagedenick Ulcers ; and to cleanfe rhe 
Skin of Leprciy,Tettars, Ringworms, Herpes, Scurft; 
Morphew, and other the like Diftempers. 
XIII. The Ointment. It is made thus : Ih of the 
Flower or Meal eight ounces : Sulphur Vive m fine 
pouder four ounces : Oil of Rofes three ounces : Vi- 
negar enough to make it into t he Form of an Oint- 
ment. It has all the Virtues of the Meal or Flow- 
er aforegoing, and much more powerful to all thofe 
Intentions, being applied frefli Morning and Even- 
ing. 
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