294 Salmon s Herbal. Lib. I. 
XIV. T he Wajb. It is thus made : Ik of the 
flower or Meal two ounces : Water eight ounces : 
Juice of ' RaJiJhes Jive ounces : Vinegar four ounces : 
Salt of Tartar a dram : mix them and therewith 
very warm Morning and Evening wafh the Face and 
Hands, letting it dry on ; and after an hours time 
you may wafli again with fair warm Water. It 
dears and cleanles the Skin admirably of almoft all 
Deformities attending it. 
XV. The Cataplafm. T>t of the Meal twelve 
ounces : Ltnfeed bruifed four ounces : Pigeons dung 
fix ounces : boil dll in a fufftcient quantity oj Wine , 
to the Tbicknefs of a Cataplafm. It is Difcuflive, 
diffolves Knots and Kernels of the Kings-evil, and 
breaks thofe which will not be diffolved. 
XVI. The Fumigation. lit of the Meal or Flower 
a pound : trankincenfe eight ounces : Myrrh four 
ounces : mix , melt and make the Majs up into 
Troches. Thefe being put upon live Charcoal, and 
the F ume from thence being received up the Womb 
by a Funnel, warms, comforts and ftrengthens thofe 
Velfels of Generation, and is faid to help towards 
Conception. 
CHAP. CCXII. 
Of DARNEL-GRASS. 
I. '"T"' H E Names. It is called in Greek, * *oink 
L Jyfu&af, Lolium Gramineum, and 
<poiv’,M®;, Gramen Phceniceum : in Latin, Phcenix 
Gramineus -, and in Enghfh , Darnel Grafs. 
II. The Kinds. There are about fix kinds here- 
of, viz i . Phcenix fimplici Lf ranjpma Gluma , The 
filial left Tingle Darnel Grafs. 2. Phcenix altera den- 
fioribus J pic is. The greater fingle Darnel Grafs. 3. 
Phcenix acerofa aculeata. Small prickly Darnel Grafs. 
4. Phcenix niultiplici Jpicata panicula. Branched 
Darnel Grafs. 5. Phcenix niultiplici nut ante. Dou- 
ble Darnel Grafs, with a bowing or bending down 
Top. 6 . Phcenix paluftris Lf longius f pic at a. 
Branched Marfli Darnel Grafs. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Smalleft fin- 
gle Darnel Grafs, has a fibrous Root, from whence 
Jpring up fever al grajfy Leaves and Stalks, which 
ar y e very like the Red Darnel, from the firft, but 
that it has very few, fender er and fhor ter Stalks, 
and the Leaves narrower -, and the f piked Head has 
a jew fingle Husks fet very fparfedly thereon. 
IV. 'lhe fecond, or Greater fingle Darnel Grafs, 
has Roots and Leaves like to the Red Darnel ; but 
the Stalks grow a yard high , jointed and ftraked : 
and the Spike is thinly fet with chaffy Heads, but 
they are bigger, rounder and thicker. 
V. The third, or Small prickly Darnel Grafs, has 
a fmall white fibrous Root , whence Jpring narrow 
grajfy Le.ives, fix or f even inches high , being rough , 
hard and jull oj Joints, pointed or prickly at the 
ends, and with a jew Jhort Leaves on them, which 
have withal fmall, Jhort, rough and chaffy like 
Tongues , Sharp at the ends, and fet at the joints. 
VI. The fourth, or Branched Darnel Grafs, has 
like Roots, Leaves and Stalks , which are jointed as 
the others are, and fender, half a yard or more, high, 
and narrow Leaves , Grafs like : the Jpiked Head Is 
as it were branched into others, wherein confifts the 
chiefeft Difference. 
VII. The fifth, or Double Darnel Grafs, in Roots , 
Stalks, joints and Leaves, differs little or nothing 
from the laft, but in the jpiked Heads , which are 
thicker fet together, and the tops of them bow down , 
or turn a little round. 
VIII. The fixth, or Branched Marfh Darnel Grals, 
has a creeping white jointed Root, with many Fibres 
adjoining to it ■, from which fhoot forth two or three 
jointed Stalks, two feet or more high : the jpiked 
Head is a foot long , branched as the fourth above is, 
each Branch of a Fingers length , with winged Hifsks, 
like unto Oats. 
IX. The Places. They grow in Meadows, Corn- 
fields, Fallow-fields -, in Palhs-ways and Borders of 
Fields, almoft every where : bur the laft in Marfh 
and Wet Grounds, and on the Edges of Plowed- 
fields. 
X. The Times. They fpring and flourifh with 
Corn, and the Seed or Grains are ripe in Auguft. 
XI. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations and 
Virtues, Authors have faid nothing of : however, it 
is manifeft that they are of a cleanfing, drying and 
aftringent Faculty. 
CHAP. CCXIII. 
Of D E V I L S-B I T Common. 
I. '“p H E Names. It feems to be unknown to the 
JL Greeks , for which Reafon it has no Greek 
Name : but it is called in Latin, Succifa , and Mor- 
fus Diaboli ; and in Englifl), Devils-bit. 
II. TI.>e Kinds. It is certainly a Species of Sca- 
bious : 
