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(like it) into many tenches; whiih Wng 
prickly Heads, but lelfer than thole of the other ; 
from whence there all’o come forth blew Flowers, 
feldom yellow. There grow likewife, under every 
one of thele Heads, fix rough and prickly Leaves, 
like to thole of the other, but thinner and fmaller. 
filled Water of the whole Plant, 
the Leaves. 
The Virtues. 
Ury/ie^o 
Mediterranean. 
VI. The Places. The firft is found upon the Sea 
Shore ot Coaft almoff in every Country, as in Spain , 
Italy, trance, England, Holland, and in moll of the 
other Northerly Countries ; it grows upon the Sea- 
fide upon Beechy and Stoney Ground. It has been 
found growing plentifully at Wbitftab/e in Kent-, 
at Rye and Winchelfea in Stiffex ; and in EJfex at 
Landamer Lading, at Harwich ; and upon Langtree 
Point, on the other fide of the Water ; as all'o in 
Gardens, where it is fometimes planted. The fe- 
cond grows naturally on the Mediterranean Coalls, 
upon the Shores of the Levant Sea ; as alfo in moll 
parts of Germany, and in Efpecial in t'ranconia, in 
the Vineyards and Highways every where ; as alfo 
in the upper and farther remote parts from the Sea, 
about Narbone in trance, as Lobe/ and Pena fay s 
but with us it is only nurs’d up in Gardens, where 
it very well thrives. 
VII. The Tines. They both flower in June and 
July, after the Summer folltice ; and give ripe Seed 
in about a Month after, viz. in Augufl. 
VIII. The Vitalities. They, viz. the Roots, are 
temperate in refpefit to Heat and Coldnefs, and dry 
in the felt Degree, having a Thinnefs of Subftunce. 
as Galen fays , Aperitive, Abllerfive, Anodyne, Car- 
minative, Diuretick, Pectoral, Nephritick, Alexi- 
phatvnick, Analeptick and Spermatogenetick. 
IX. The Specification. They are peculiar againlt 
Stone, Sand, Gravel and Tartar in the Reins, Ure- 
ters and Bladder, Strangury, and all Obltruttions of 
thole Parts, eafe the Colick, and itrongly provoke 
Lull. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
I. The Root, raw, roofed or boiled. 2. A Condi- 
ture of the fame. %. A Juice thereof. 4. An Ef- 
Jencc. ;. ADecdtion inWine. 6. A Ponder there- 
XI. The Root, raw, roafiei or boiled. They are 
thus eaten to provoke Lull andencreafe Seed : they 
open ObltruUions of the Liver, are good againlt 
the Bitings of poyfonous Bealls, provoke the Terms 
in Women, prevail againlt Convullions, Cramps, 
Epilepfies, and other like Diilempers of the Head 
and Brain. 
XII. The Conditure. The way of this dry Prefer- 
ring them is thus : Take double or treble refined 
Sugar a pound or more, fair Water a pint or better ; 
boil them together till they become a good Itrong 
Syrup : to which Syrup add ( being aimed cold ) 
two ounces or more of choice Damask-Rofe Water, 
an ounce of itrong Cinnamon Water, and a grain 
and half of Musk in fine pouder, (the three lad mud 
be mixed, and the Musk infufed together fird for 
twenty four or forty eight hours, and then drained 
out , and fo put into the Syrup, being firft half 
cold.) This being done, your Roots being wufhed, 
are to be laid to foak in fair Water lor twenty four 
hours, and then very well pickt and cleanfed ; after 
which they mult be boiled in fair Water for the 
fpace of four hours, till they are foft ; after which 
they are to be taken out, and peeled clean, as you 
do Parfnsps , and the Pith mult be drawn out at the 
end of the Root ; but if there is any whole Pith 
cannot be fo drawn out, then you mult flit them, 
and fo take it out : thefe you mud alfo keep from 
much handling, that they may be clean ; put them 
into the afore prepared Syrup, in which let them 
remain to the next day, then fet them on the Fire, 
in a fair broad Confect ing Pan, ( made of Copper or 
Brafs double Tinned over ) until they be very hor, 
but without any boiling at all ; let them remain o- 
ver the Fire an hour or more, removing them gently 
in the Pail from one place to another with a wooden 
Slice. This done, have in a Readinels a great Cap 
or Royal Paper, upon which drew fome Sugar dou- 
ble or treble refined, upon which lay your Roots, 
having taken them out of the Pan. Thefe Papers 
you mud put into a Stove or Hot-houfe, or a warm 
Oven, to dry and harden ; but for want of fecit a 
place, you may dry them over a gentle Sand Heat, 
in a Sand Furnace, or by laying them before the 
Fire. After this manner you may Condite or Pre- 
ferve any other Roots whatfoever. The Roots thus 
Condited or Preferved are exceeding good for old 
and aged People, fetch as are withred and confumed 
with Age, and which want natural Moidure, or the 
Humidum Radicals, as it is called, and therefore of 
confequence mutt be good for fuch as are in Con- 
femptions : they are alfo good for fuch as have al- 
molt loft the Defire or Appetite to Venereal A£ts, 
nourilhing and reltoring the Aged, and helping a* 
gainlt the Defeats of Nature in the Young. 
XHI. The liquid Juice of the Root. It may be 
taken to two or three ounces Morning, Noon and 
Night in a Glafs of generous Wine, as White Lif 
bon. White Madera, Mountain White Wine, (Vc. 
It breeds Seed admirably, and is faid to cure Irnpo- 
tency in Men. it prevails againlt the Kings-evtL, 
the Colick, expels Wind, breaks the Stone, and 
drives forth Gravel, Sand, and other tartarous Mat- 
ter out of the Reins, Ureters and Bladder, provokes 
Urine, and cures the Strangury, being drunk lor a- 
bout fifteen days together. One would nor grutch 
to drink it for a Month, to have ail thele great 
things performed by it. It may be taken to four 
ounces, upon occafion. 
XIV. The 
