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the Plague or Peitilence, the fpotted Fever, and ci- 
ther peitilential and malign Fevers •, refills both Ve- 
getable and Animal Poyfons, and is good againft 
Sicknefs at Heart. Dofe one dram in a Glafs of 
Wine. Applied to Wounds, it heals them, and 
cleanfes, incarnates, dries and induces the Healing 
of moift running Sores, old Ulcers, and the like, 
being ftrewed on them. 
XVI. T he Balfam or Ointment. They are admi- 
rable Vulneraries. TheBalfam cures Ample Wounds 
many times at one or two Dreflings. It cleanfes 
foul and filthy Ulcers, dries, incarnates and heals. 
And it is profitable to any Part affe&ed with the 
Gout ; giving eafe to all forts of Pains from a cold 
Caufe. 
XVII. The Spirituous T Mure. It refills Poyfon, 
and particularly the Poyfon of mad Dogs, of Vipers, 
Rattle Snakes, and other Venom’s of like kind. It 
removes Sicknefs at Heart, fainting and fwooning 
Fits, is good againft Cramps, Convulfions, Lethar- 
gies, Apoplexies, Palfies, and fuch other like cold 
Diftempers of the Brain and Nerves. It is good a- 
gainft PunUures of the Nerves, and gives prefent 
eafe to the Pain, the Part wounded being well bath- 
ed therewith , and Cloths wet therein being laid 
thereon. Dofe inwardly is from two to three or 
four drams in a Glafs of choice Wine. 
XVIII. The Acid Tinllure. It refills the Infefti- 
on of the Plague to a Miracle, as alfo of the fpot- 
ted Fever, and of all other malign and peftilential 
Fevers. It cuts tough Flegm in the Breft and Lungs, 
and is good againft Hoarl'enefs, Wheezings, ihort- 
nefs of Breath, and difficulty of Breathing, caufing 
an admirable Expeaoration. It opens Obftruftions 
in the Urinary Parts and Paffages, expelling Sand, 
Gravel and tartarous Matter thence ; and powerful- 
ly refills the Poyfon of mad Mogs. Dofe fo much 
at a time as may make the Vehicle, whether Mead, 
Cyder or Wine, pleafantly acid. 
XIX. The Oily Tincture. Outwardly applied, it 
is good to give eale in the Pain and heal the Pun- 
flure of a Nerve or Tendon. It gives eafe alfo in 
the Gout in any Part, arifing from a cold Caufe. 
Inwardly taken alfo from ten to twenty or thirty 
drops ( according to Age and Exigency ) in any pro- 
per Vehicle, it expels Wind, prevails againft the 
Cholick, and alleviates all forts of inward Convul- 
fions ; is a good Hyfterick, and a fingular thing a- 
gainlt the Strangury, or any ObftruUion of the Uri- 
nary Parts. 
XX. The Spirit. It is purely an Antipellllential 
and Alexipharmick Cordial ; wonderfully comfort- 
ing and warming the Stomach and all the other Vif- 
cera. It gives eafe in Convulfions, and the Torti- 
ons of the Bowels proceeding from Wind, Poyfon, 
or the Prevalency of acrid and (harp Humors. Dofe 
one or two fpoonfuls at a time, ( being firft dulcifi- 
ed ) as need requires. 
XXI. An Observation. The great Ufe we in 
England make of this Plant, is to Dye Cloth, Lin- 
nen or Woollen, Yarn, Silk, woven or raw, &c. 
into a yellow color ; and alfo to give a green color 
to thofe Cloths or Silks, Yarn, Oc. which have been 
firft Dyed with Woad, into a blew color. And of 
this Vitruvius feems not to be ignorant, for that in 
his time he fays, in lib. 7. cap. 14. That a yellow 
color coming upon a blew , changes it into a green. 
And for this purpofe, there is a great deal of this 
Herb made ufe of in all Countries, and many Fields 
fown therewith, for this very Purpofe of Dying 
Cloths, Stuffs, Silks, & e. 
CHAP. CCXXXVII. 
Of DYERS GREEN-WEED. 
Names. It has no known Greek Name : 
I it is called in Latin , Gemfia Tinltoria and 
in Englijh , Dyers-weed , and Dyers Green-weed. 
II. The Kinds. It is certainly of the Stock or 
Family of Gemfia or Broom ; and is a fingulat Plant 
of the kind : and by reafon it is our Common Green- 
weed. , it is called Genijla Tinltoria vulgaris. It is 
alfo called Genijiella irifeltoria ; Gemjiella Tinlto- 
ria ; Flos Tinllorius Brunfeljiii ; Fuchjiii , Loniceri 5 
CorneoU AnguiUarjc & Cosfalpini Chameeluce Cordi , 
Gl Genijla Tinltoria Germanica Bauhini : in ling - 
lijh , Dyers-weed, Green-weed , and Dyers Green- 
weed. 
rife up many j mall. , tough , green Stalks , fomeof them 
having fever al Branches , about two feet in height or 
thereabouts ; upon which do grow ( without any or- 
der ) a great many final J long Leaves , fomewhat like 
thofe of Flax, of a fad green color. The Flowers 
grow at the tops of the Branches, not much unlike' 
the Flowers of Broom , ( of which this is a Species ) 
but fmaller, of an exceeding fair yellow color, but 
fomewhat paler than thofe of Common Broom .- the 
Flowers being pafs’d away, there come in their 
places fmall fiat Pods or Cods, lefter than thofe of 
Broom , in which is contained a little, flat. Broom 
like Seed. 
IV. The V laces. It grows in man^ Unfilled or 
unmanured Grounds throughout England ; as alfo' 
by the Hedges and Way Sdes, and hr many open 1 
Commons. It grows- alfo in fertile Failures and 
Fields almoft every where Now it is fotvn iri Fields 
on purpofe for the Profit which is- made thereof- 
