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V. The fecond , or letter Garden kind, in its Root , 
as to its Cloves and its Stalk, Leaves , and manner 
of growing , it much re fe rubles the former greater 
kind : But the Cloves of the Roots are fmallerand 
redder -, and the Flower is of a more dark or dusky 
Color than the firft above defcribed. 
VI. The Places. They both grow in Gardens with 
us in England : But the Idler has been found to 
grow Wild in fome places of trance and Germa- 
ny. 
VII. The Times. They are feldom Town of Seed, 
but the Cloves are planted in November and Decem- 
ber, and fometimes in February and March. They 
Flower in the Summer Months, as June and July 
and the Seed is ripe in Augufi, or fome Ihort time 
after the dowering. 
VIII. the Qualities. It is hot and dry in the 
fourth Degree : Aperitive, Abfterfive, Attractive. 
Carminative, Digeftive, Difcuffive, Anodyn, and 
Suppurative. It is Sromatick, PeCtoral, Nephri- 
tick and Arthritick : Ptarmick, Emmenagogick. 
Sudori'fick, and Alexipharmick. 
IX. the Specification. It is good againft Plague. 
Poyfon, and biting of all forts of venemous Crea' 
tures it Cures Coughs, Afthma’s, Strangury, Drop- 
lie, and Gout, and powerfully provokes the Terms 
in Women. 
X. The Preparations. You may prepare there- 
from, i. A Liquid Juice. 2. An EJJence. 3. An 
lnjufion or Deceit on. 4. An Oil by Coil ton or Infola- 
non. 5. AnOintmcnt. 6 . A Citap/afm. 7. A di fil- 
led Water. 8. An Acid Tintlure. 9. A J aline Tin- 
tin re. 10. An Oily Ttnfiure. 11. A Spirit. 12. An 
Elixir. 
The Vertues. 
XI. The Liquid Juice. Being fnuft up the No- 
ftrils, it is an excellent Errhine, and purges the 
Head and Brain admirably -, freeing it from cold, 
raw, pituitous andvifeous Humors j is good againft 
the Lethargy, and eafes all pains of the Head pro- 
ceeding from a cold and mo'ift Caufe, A Spoonful 
or two, being taken .inwardly in a Glafs of White 
Port Wine, it kills Worms in the Bodies of Man, 
Woman or Child, Dropt into the Ears, it eafes 
their Pains, and ripens and breaks Apoftemations 
therein. 
XII. The EJJence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice, befides which, it provokes Urine, and 
the Terms in Women ^ and being given to two or 
three Spoonfuls in a Glafs of Wine, or fome of its 
own diftilled Water, it prevails againft the bitings 
of Mad Dogs, Rattle Snakes, Vipers, Spiders, the 
flinging of Scorpions, Lfc. fortifying the Heart a- 
gainft the Poyfon, and expelling it by Sweating, 
t expels grofs, raw, tough and vifeous Humors out 
of the Stomach, Lungs, Bowels and other Vifcera ; 
It expels Wind, opens all ObftruClions of Lungs, 
Liver, Spleen, Womb and Reins ^ provokes Urine 
powerfully, helps againft the Strangury, carries of 
the Watery Humors which caufe them. It expels 
Poyfon which has been taken inwardly in Meat, 
Drink or Wine, for in its own nature, it refills all 
manner of Poyfons. It clears the Voice, takes away 
Hoarfenefs, Cures an old Cough, and is of excel- 
lent ufe againft Atthma’s, fhortnefs of Breath, dif- 
ficulty of breathing, caufing an expectoration of the 
Morbifick Matter. Held in the Mouth, it is good 
againft the Toothach, and dropt into the Ears, it 
helps againft Deafnefs, and difficulty of hearing. 
It is good againft the Plague or Peftilence, Spotted, 
and all other Malign or Peftilential Difeafes : Fa- 
cilitates the delivery of Women in Child-birth , 
forces away the Dead Child, and drives forth the 
After-birth. 
XIII. The Injufon or Decoftion, in Wine , Water , 
Broth . or Milk. It has all the former Virtues both 
of Juice and EfTence, but lefs efficacious or pow- 
erful, and therefore ought to be given to five, fix, 
or eight Ounces at. a time, and that two or three 
times a day, according as you fee the occafion may 
require. 
XIV. The Oil by Cotfion. It is healing and com- 
forting, and therefore may be applied to all cold and 
moift affeClions of any part, as rains, Aches^Lame- 
nefs, Numbnefs, befides which, it corroborates or 
ftrengthens the Tone of the part, making it able to 
refill any Fluxion of humors : 'Anointed on the 
Head in a Megrim or Cephalcea, from a cold Caufe, 
it gives much relief. 
XV. The Ointment. It has all the Virtues of the 
former Oil, and being mixed with Sulphur and Ro- 
ftn in fine Ponder, and applied to putrid and cor- 
rupt Ulcers which breed Worms, it kills them, it 
dilfolves ftrumous Swellings, draws forth the evil 
humors in Fiftula’s, and caufes them to heal •, and 
anointed upon Loufie Heads, it kills Lice and Nits* 
and if affeCted with a Scab or Scald, it dries up the 
moift Humors, and in a little time heals it : It is 
alfo good againft Scurff, Dandriff, and falling of 
the Hair-, eafes Pains from a cold Caufe, and 
gives relief in the Gout. 
XVI. The Cataplafim made of the green Root. 
Being immediately applied to the biting of a Mad 
Dogs or of a Rattle Snake, Viper, Slow Worm, or 
other Serpent, the Hinging of Scorpions, or of any 
Venomous Creature, it infallibly attra&s to, and 
draws forth all the Poyfon or Venom ^ and this it 
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