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edges, very green and Jhining , fo very like to a J mall 
a.: nicle Leaf , that it may eafily deceive the unawary ; 
lhej'e Leaves grow upon reddifh Yoot-Jlalks , />’£ 
upon the Ground all the Autumn , Winter and Spring 
mil the Summer that the Stalks rife up, which are 
about [even, eight or ten inches high or more , bear- 
ing a few Leaves on them , and very fmall. , purplifh 
red l evers, brighter and redder than thofe of the 
Common Doves-foot, which being pafs'd away, yield 
very fmall Seed , but like the others in its Beak-like 
Shape or Yajhion. 
Stone or Rock Doves-foot. 
VI. T be "Places. The firft grows in Meadows 
and Pafture-grounds, by Ditch-fides, and Banks of 
Ditches, and by Path-iides, almoft every where. 
The fecond is alfo found in Meadow and Pafture 
Grounds, where the Ground is fat, and near Ditch- 
fides, but not fo Sequent as the former. The third 
grows in ftoney, rocky and gravelly Grounds, in 
Harcynia fylva , as Camerarius and T halites lay, and 
about Naples, as Columna fays : and it has been of- 
ten found in feveral rocky, ftoney and gravelly 
places of this our Kingdom of England. 
VII. T be Times. They all Hower in the Sum- 
mer Months, in June, July and A'uguji, fomemore 
early than the others ; and their Seed is ripe in fome 
fhort time after. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are cold and dry in 
the firft Degree ; Aftringent, Carminative and Trau- 
matick or Vulnerary ; Arthritick and Analeptick. 
IX. The Specification. It is a peculiar thing to 
Hop Bleeding, and cure Wounds and Ruptures. 
X. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from, 1. A liquid Juice. 2. An Effence. A 
Dccdiion in Wine. 4. A Ponder of Herb and Root. 
5. A Balfam. 6 . A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
‘XI. The liquid Juice. Given to two or three 
fpoonfuls in a Glals of Sherry, Madera, or other 
generous Wine, it prevails againft the Cholick, as 
alfo againft Wind and Pains in the Stomach, and 0- 
therVilcera: and it given in White Wine, it is good 
to expel the Stone and Gravel in the Reins. 
XII. The Ejfence. It has all the former Virtues ; 
befides which, it is good for fuch as have inward 
Wounds, Hurts orBruifeS; it flops inward Bleedings, 
and diffolves and expels the congealed Blood. It is 
found alfo by Experience to be a lingular good 
thing for Ruptures or Burftennels, whether in Old 
or Young. You may give two or three fpoonfuls 
Morning and Night, in a Glafs of White or Red 
Port, Sherry, Efri 
XIII. The DccpClion in Red Port Wine. Ir is an 
exceeding good Wound-drink for fuch as have in- 
ward Wounds or Bruifes ; it flops the Bleeding, 
cleanles and heals the Parts, and has indeed the 
Virtues of the Juice or Effence, but in a lower De- 
gree. Dofe five or fix ounces twice a day. 
XIV. The Ponder of the Herb and Root. Gerard 
lays, 'that if it is given half a fpoonful at a time in 
the Morning falling, and half a fpoonful at Night 
going to Bed,, in Red Wine or old Claret, for the 
lpace of one and twenty days together, it will mi- 
raculoufly cure Ruptures or Buiftennefis, as he had 
oftentimes proved , by which he had gotten much 
Money and Reputation. If the Rupture is in an a- 
ged Perfon, it fliall then be needful to add thereto 
(fays he) the Pouder of red Snails, (thofe without 
Shells ) to the number of nine, dried in an Oven ; 
by which the Pouder of the Herb will be fortified, 
fo as it fhall not fail of a Cure, tho’ ( fays he) the 
Rupture be great, and of long continuance. It is 
good alfo for thofe who are wounded in the Body, 
to flop the Flux of Blood, and heal the Wound, as 
has been often proved. Dofe one dram Morning 
and Night in Red Port Wine. 
XV. The Balfam. It is admirable iq curing of 
Wounds fimple or contufed, as alfo in healing of 
Sores, Ulcers and Fiftula’s : it digefts, cleanles, in- 
carnates, dries and heals to Admiration. 
XVI. The Cataplafm. If it is made only of the 
Herb bruifed, and fo applied, it heals fimple green 
Wounds after a Angular manner. It is good alfo to 
difeuis fimple Contufions ; and applied to Parts 
pained with the Gout, it gives eafein the fame. It 
flops the Bleeding of green Wounds, allays the 
Heat of Inflammations, and difeufles hot Tumors. 
It gives eafe in any Pains of the Extream Parts, 
proceeding from a hot Caufe, or from Defluxion of 
Humors, or from any over-draining of the Nerves 
or Joints, by ftrengthening the fame. 
CHAP. CCXXIX. 
Of DRAGON Greater and Lefler. 
1. ’T'ffE Names. It is called in Greek, Afjniirmv: 
A in Arabic k, Luf and Alluf : in Latin , Dra- 
contium ; and in Englifb , Dragon or Herb-Dragon , 
and Dragon-wort. 
II. The Kinds. It is manifold, 1. AeMfomr m*, 
J'egr.oma. oa-drn ■ in Latin , Dracontium majus , and 
in the Shops, Serperttaria major, of fome, Bifcaria 
and Colubrina , The great Dragon, or Dragon-wort. 
2. Acr-odnn oufv, Jgo/r.Uj. pier l : in Latin, Dra- 
cunculus, Dracunculus minor , Dracunculus Po/yphyl- 
los Cordi : in Englijh, Small Dragon, or Dragon- 
wort. To thefe we may add, ?. cs&unn r pCd-.v : 
in Latin , Dracontium magnum, vel majus. The great 
or greater Dragon ; this is the Dracontium major 
Matthioli, which feems not to me to be of the Stock 
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