Chap. 307. 'Englijb Herbs. 
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Terra, Fungus Ovatus , Pezica Plinii , Crepi- 
tus : in Englif b, Eufs-balls , and Puck-fifts , and fz/?- 
'W/r, taken from the German Word, Fz/?, quodCre- 
j'itiim figmficat. 
II. The Kinds. This is a Angular Plant of the 
kind, and differs from the Earth-balls in Chap. 238. 
aforegoing very much * for they have a folid Sub- 
stance or Pulp i whereas thefe are fluffed with no- 
thing but Duft. 
III. The ’ Defcription. They are round. Balls , 
growing in the Ground , without any Appearance of 
Root or Stem , and are of fever al fizes , fome of the 
Bignefs of a Ball or Balloon , fome as big as a large 
Cannon Shot , zz young Child’s Head, more or lefs -, 
they feem to be very round, fmooth and whitifh at 
their firft rifing, but grow in time to be of a dusky 
color , cracking in feveral places on the outfide. 
Thefe, while they are young and white. Children 
and School-boys, commonly in Sport, fling one at 
another ^ but when they come to their full Bignefs 
and Ripenefs, they contain within their Skin no- 
thing but a fine, foft, brown, dry Duft or Pouder, 
which, upon breaking of the Ball, is apt to fly all 
ubout. 
IV. The Places . They grow in Vineyards plenti- 
fully, and in many dry Meadows and Fields, in fe- 
veral parts of this Kingdom : I have formerly found 
them in feveral Fields between White Chappel and 
Bromly , alfo in Fields near to Stepney, and other 
places adjacent. 
V. The Times. Their growing time is in March , 
April and May, and they come to their juft Mag- 
nitude and Maturity in June , July and Auguft , 
after which, with much Wet, they rot and de- 
cay. 
VI. The Vitalities. Ic feems to be temperate in 
refpeH to Heat or Coldneft, and dry in the fecond 
Degree. 
VII. The Specification. It ftanches Blood, dries 
up Fluxions and the Humidities of running Ulcers. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. A Pouder. 2. Pledgets made of the Balls. 
The Virtues. 
IX. T he Pouder. Being ftrewed thick and in 
good quantity upon any bleeding Wound, it flops 
the Blood prefently : and being ftrewed upon any 
old moift Sore or running Ulcer, it dries up the 
Humidities of the faid Sore or Ulcer and being 
ufed for fome time, it flops the Defluxion. If any 
of it fhould get into the Eyes, it would vehemently 
moleft them, and poflibly endanger the making the 
Party Blind : it cures alfo Gallings and Kibed 
Heels. 
X. Pledgets made of the Balls. It Is to be tyed 
round with Thread, and then prejfed hard together 
in a Screw-Prefs , letting it lye there for fome few 
days. This, when it comes to be impofed upon a 
Wound, it again dilates it felf, and puts a flop to 
the Hcemorrhage or Flux of Blood. Than this, 
there is fcarcely any thing to be named which can 
more powerfully and certainly do it ; for it being 
of a Nature extreamly dry and drying, as it will no 
way admit of the flowing forth of the Blood, 
(which thole Medicaments do which are naturally 
moift, and therefore are left ufeful in ftanching of 
Blood) fo it will likewife fubfift and flick faft in 
the Velfels. Applied alfo to moift az.d running 
Sores, and to Ulcers with an Afflux of Humors, it 
dries up the Humidity, and in a fhojt time .puts a 
flop to the Fluxion. 
CHAP. CCCVIL 
Of G A R L I C K Garden. 
I. ; I v HE Names. It is called by the Arabians , 
JL Chaum, and Cairix : in Greek, Zno&Jby : j n 
Latin Allium - and in Englijh Gar, lick. 
II. The Kinds. There are feveral Kinds of this 
Plant, viz. Allium Hortenfe, Garden Garlick, of 
which in this Chapter. 2. Allium Anguinum, feu 
Viperinum, Vipers Garlick, of which in Chap. 308. 
3. Scorodoprajfum , Turkey, Mountain or Leek 
Garlick, of which in Chap. 309. 4. Allium Sy he- 
ft re, Wild or Crow Garlick, of which in Chap '. 310. 
?. Moly, Onion Garlick. 6. Allium Latifcliuw Ur- 
fmum,Cf Anguinum, Ramfons, or Bears and Snakes 
Garlick - 9 of which two laft in their proper pla- 
ces. 
III. Of the Garden fort. There are two Species, 
viz. Allium Hortenfe commune. Common Garden 
Garlick. 2. Allium Hortenfe minus. The lefler 
Garden Garlick. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The firft. Greater or 
Common Garden kind, has a bulbous Root, which is 
covered icith very thin Skins or Films, of a White 
and Purplifh color, and conftfts of ?nany Cloves, fe- 
parated one from another, under which in the ground 
below, grows a Tajjel of Thready hibres • thefe Cloves 
are of a very ftrong Smell and Tafte, very much ex- 
ceeding Onions or Leeks, and fervc to fet again for 
a new encreafe. From this Root fpring up long 
green Leaves, almoft like unto Onions, but much 
larger or broader, not hollow at all, as thofc of 0- 
nions are, but folid like thofe of Leeks. Among 
thefe Leaves rifes up a Stalk, at the end of the le- 
cond or third Year, about three Feet high, on the 
top 
