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XVI. The Tift i l led Water. Tragus fays it is the 
moft prefent Reim ly that is ? to help or break inward 
•Vpoftems, and to give Relief in the Pleurifie, and 
other Pains and Stitches in the Sides, to help the 
Heartburn , ftrengthen the Stomach , and Itir up 
Appetite 
XVII. Sanguis , or, The B/ood of the Roots. It is 
made as that of Satyrion , Parfnep , Comfrey , Cj c. 
and has all the Virtues of the boiled Root, Deco- 
8:ion, or Diftilled Watery it is indeed a moft excel- 
lent thing to reftore fuch as are in deep Confumpti- 
ons, being conftantly taken Morning, Noon, and 
Night, for fome confiderable time, with Milk vyarm 
from the Cow, and fometimes with a Glafs of Ge- 
nerous Wine. 
CHAP. CCCXX. 
Of GOAT S-R U E, 
0 R, 
GOAT S~H E R B. 
I. H E Karnes. It is an Herb which was un- 
.1 known to the Greeks , but is called by the 
Latins Galega , and Rut a Capraria , fome have eno- 
nioully called it Gralega , and Fracaftonus called it 
Herb a Gallica , and fome only Capraria , (from the 
Goats eating it) fome call it Thorina , or Taurina , 
Sarracena , and Capragina , alio Giarga , as BraJJavo- 
lus faith, and by us in Englifh Goats-Ruc. 
II. The Kinds. There are two Kinds of this 
Plant, viz. 1. Galega vulgaris , Rut a Capraria vul- 
garis , Our Common Goats-Rue. 2. Galega Mon- 
tana Dalechampij Lugdunenfis , Mountain Goats- 
Rue. 
III. The Oefcriptions. The firft , or Common 
Go.rs -Rue, has a Root which is white and Woody ^ 
fpreadihg well in the Ground , and abiding fever‘d 
Years • from this Root come forth many round hard 
Stalks, four or five Feet high , on which grow on e 
above another at feveral Joints, long winged Leaves, 
viz. many fmaller Leaves fet on each fide of a mid- 
dle Rib, which Leaves are fmall, yet fomewhat 
broad and long, and fharp pointed at the ends, and 
fmooth on the edges, without any dents, fomething 
like unto the Leaves of Vetches or Tares , and of a 
faint green color ^ at the tops of the Stalks ftand 
many fmall Leguminous Flowers, one above another, 
of a pale blewilh purple color, and in fome Plants 
purely white, which being pall away , fmall round 
Pods or Cods come in their places, about an Inch 
and half long , a little bunched out in fome places, 
but nothing fo much as the Or ohm , or Bitter Vetch , 
in which lye three, four, or five pale Seeds, like 
unto thofe of the Vetch or Tare. 
IV. The fecond , or Mountain Kind, has a Root 
which is Jomewhat great and blacky fending forth ve- 
ry long Strings , whereby it Roots its felj deep in the 
Ground •, from which feveral round hard Stalks llioot 
forth, but nothing fo high as the former, on which 
grow fuch like winged Leaves at every Joint, but 
broader, and thicker fet together, fmooth alfo on the 
edges, but having the middle Rib of every Leaf rai- 
led up a little high ; at the tops of the Stalks ftand 
divers fuch like Flowers as the former, but all on one 
fide, of a pale color, tending to yellow, which after- 
wards yield fmall long blackilh Pods, in which lye 
fmall hatifii Seed, like to Lentils. ' 
V. The Places. The firft grows commonly wild 
by the Way fides of moift Helds and Meadows in 
Italy , Savoy , and other Southern Climates ^ it is al- 
fo found growing wild in England , as in the Mea- 
dows by Linton in Cambridgfhire : the fecond grows 
on the tops of Mountains , where any Planes are 
found ; and I am informed by a very good Botanift, 
that he has met with it upon fome of the Mountains 
in Wales. 
VI. The Times. They Flowet about the latter 
end of June , and thro’ all July , and the Seed is 
ripe in Auguft. 
VII. The Qualities. It is temperate in refpeff of 
heat and cold, drinefs and moifture^ it is Aperitive, 
Abfterfive, and Carminative, Cephalick, Neurotick, 
Stomatick , and Cardiack , Sudorifick , and Alex,i- 
pharmick. 
VIII. The Specification. It cures all forts of Poy-* 
fons, whether inwardly taken, or outwardly recei- 
ved, by the Bitings of Serpents , as Vipers, Rattle- 
Snakes, or other venomous Creatures •, or imprefted 
by Contagion, as that of the Plague, Spotted Fever, 
or any other kind of Peftilential Diltemper. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
1. A Salle t of the Herb. 1 . A Liquid Juice. 3. 
An E (fence. 4. An Infufion or Decotlion in Wine or 
Water. 5. An Eleftuary. 6 . A Cataplafm. 7. A 
Diftil/ed Water. 8. An Acid Tinllure. 9. An Oily 
Tinflure. 10. A Spirituous Tintture. 
The Virtues . 
X. The Sallet. The Herb it felf is eaten, being 
boiled with Fleib, as we ufe to boil and eat Cabbage 
and Coleworts \ it is alfo eaten as boiled Spinage , and 
other Sallets, with Pepper, Salt, Vinegar and Oil •, 
and being fo eaten, it is faid to be excellent againft 
all forts of Poyfons, and the malignity or inlecfion 
of the Plague or Peftilence, or the Bitings of venom- 
ous Creatures, Cfc. 
XL The Liquid Juice. It is effectual againft the 
Biting of Vipers , Rattle-Snakes, or other^ Serpents, 
Bitings of Mad Dogs, the Stinging of Scorpions, 
or 
