'Englijb Herbs. 
La. i s f n i , which Inidl ve:y ltiung, the wiiule 
Plant die rafles like an Artichoke: 
VI. The Places. The two hrft Lobe/ fays grew 
about /Wo at pc! ter in Prance., and Tragus lays in dry 
liosy plates in Germany and are both of them found 
in feveral places of l.ncjard -, the third Pena lays 
grows upon Mount Baldus, and has been iound up- 
on Mountainous places in blond , near the Englijb 
Plantations. 
VII. The Times. They all Flower late, viz. not 
until the end of July, and in AuguJ }, and their Seed 
is ripe in September. 
Vill. The Qualities. They are temperate in re- 
fpe£t to the firlt Qualities, as to heat and cold, dri- 
nefs and moifture, are Abfterfive, Vulnerary, Diure- 
tick, Cardiack, Nephritick, Hyfterick, and Alexi- 
pharmick. 
IX. The Specification. They ate peculiar for 
healing of Wounds in any part, whether inward or 
outward. 
X. The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
r . A Juice or Effence of the Leaves. 2. A DecoBi- 
on in Wine. 3. A Pouier of the Root or Seed. 4. 
An Ointment or Balfam. 5. A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues . 
XI. The Juice or Effence. Taken to three or 
four Spoonfuls , either alone, or mixt with Wine , 
it is good againft the Bitings or Stinging of Serpents, 
or other Venomous Creatures, the place alfo out- 
wardly bathed with rhe fame; it alfo provokes Urine, 
and prevails againft the Strangury, and is of good 
ufe to bring down Womens CouffeS When ftopt, be- 
ing taken Morning and Night in White Port Wine ; 
taken alfo inwardly Dietetically it Angularly con- 
tributes to the Curing of Wounds, old running Sores, 
and rebellious Ulcers. 
XII. The DecoBion in Wine. It has all the Vir- 
tues of the Juice ot Effence, but not full out fo 
powerful , yet it more excellently chears the Heart 
and revives the Spirits, and is prevalent againft Faint- 
ing and Swooning Fits in Men or Women. 
XIII. The Ponder of the Seed Being given to 
one Dram in a Glals of White Port Wine, it refills 
the Poyfort of Vipers, Rattle-Snakes, and other Ve- 
nomous Beads, is alfo Diuretick, cleanfes the Reins 
and Bladder of Tartarous Matter , and prevails a- 
gainft the Strangury. 
XIV. The Ointment or Balfam. It heals Ample 
Wounds at once or twice dreffing , and is good a- 
gainft all forts of Sores, whether they be freffi and 
green, or old and malign, when rebellious and diffi- 
cult to ,be Cured. 
XV. The Cataplafm. Applied to the Biting of 
Serpents, Mad Dogs, and other Poyfonous Animals, 
it attraUs and draws forth the Venom. 
CHAP. CCCXXXVII. 
Of HARES -FOOT, 
OR, 
TREFOIL Spiked. 
I- J I ' H E Names. It is called in Greek Aim, 
X in Latine Lagopus, Lagopodium , Trifolium 
Humile , Leporis Cuminum, Cl Pes Leporis, a Lepo- 
ns h/rjuio Pede, from the hairy Icot 4 an flare, al- 
io Lagoyy/cn , by Hppocrales , cjuafi Tnticum L/p '■ 
rinum , Lecaule it grew among Corn, and in Engufh 
it is called Hares- Toot, Spike Trefoil , and Corn Tre- 
foil. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make fix feveral Species 
oi this Plane, but we Hull cake notice only of three, 
as being thofe chiefly which are to be found with us, 
or in feme ot our Plantations beyond the Seas. They 
are, J. Lagopus vulgaris , Lagopus minor , Lotus 
Camped ris Tragi , Our common Hares-Fooc. 2. J 
gopus maxtmus tlore rubro Lobelij d C/ufij , Lagopus 
major polio Trifolij Lobelij Cl Dodonai, The grea tell 
Hares-boou. 3. Lagopus major, toho Pinnato, Logo- 
pus altera Polio Pinnato Lobelij , Trifoliurn tnajus 
tertium Clujij , Trifoliurn magnum Lvniceri d Core 
di, Cytifus Tragi d Columella, Trifoliurn SpuClain 
Thaltj, The longer headed Flares-Foot. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firfl, or Our Common 
Hares-F'oot. It heu a fmall , long, dringy Root , which 
fends forth Stalks , with fmall, whitijh, woolly , Trefoil 
Leaves fet upon them, with Jhort fbotfia/ks-, the 
Heads at the tops are with their roundnefs fome- 
what long, and compofed, as it were, all of a hairy 
or hoary Downinefs, whofe Flowers in fome are of 
a White, in others of a Bluffi Color-, it is an Annu- 
al Plant, as are the two following , but this is espe- 
cially to be noted in this Stock of Hares-Feet, or 
Spiked Trefoil, that thefe perifh Yearly , whereas 
molt of the other forts of Trefoils do not : This 
Common Hares-F'oot is well known to be a fmall 
Plant, but it grows greater and higher in fome pla- 
ces, and fmaller and lower in others, according to 
the goodnefs of the Soil or Ground it is found in. 
IV. The fecond , or Greareft Hares-Foot, hat an 
Annual, fmall, long, thready Root alfo , which fends 
forth feveral Trefoil Leaves, each ft a tiding on a long 
Foolfialk , being almofl round, and denied about the 
edges , very like to the Meadow Trefoil, as well in 
bignefs as form , very foft , and of a pale green color-, 
from among thefe rife up weak bending Stalks, a 
Foot or more high, branched out, and bearing the 
like, but fomewhat longer Leaves on them, and at 
their tops clofe Spiked Heads, with many fmall 
Flowers round about them , each in a five cornered 
Cup, of a delicate Crimlon Color, in which Husks, 
P p p 2 after 
