Chap. ’-(.I. T'.tinlUb “Herbs. 
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CHAP. CCCXLI. 
Of H ART S--T ONGUE True, 
O R, 
DEER S-T ONGUE. 
H E Names. It is called in Greek 
X Phyllitis quafi foliofa , in Latine alfo Phylli- 
tis, and Lingua Cervina , in Englijb Deers-Tongue , 
and Harts-Tongue , I fuppofe from the form of the 
Leaf 
II. Kinds. It is either, 1. Phyllitis vera , 
of which in this Chapter, or 2. Phyllitis Notha , Zfo- 
yta/vZ Harts-Tongue , of which in the next. The 
Phyllitis vera , or Harts-Tongue , is alfo three- 
fold, ws. 1 . Phyllitis , five Lingua Cervina vulga- 
ris , Our Common or Ordinary Harts-Tongue. a. 
Phyllitis laciniat a Jagged Harts-Tongue, or Finger 
Harts-Tongue. 3. Phyllitis rdmofa Alpini , Branch- 
ed Harts-Tongue of Alpinus , which he has notified 
in Exoticis. 
III. The Delcriptions. Tfo firft , Common 
True Harts-Tongue. It has a Root which is a bund) 
of many black Fibres dr Threads , folded or interlaced 
together , which fends up fever al Leaves , ruary cw 
up fingly from the fame Root, which, as 
other Ferns, fold them], 'elves in their firft fpnnging 
and fpreading -, thefe Leaves when they are full 
f rown are about a Foot long, fmooth and green a- 
ove, but hard, or with little Sap in them, and flu- 
ked on the back athwart on both fides of the middle 
Rib with fmall and fomewhat brownifh marks * the 
bottoms of the Leaves are a little bowed on each 
fide of the middle Rib, fomewhat narrow With the 1 
length , and fomething fmall at the end. Some do 
make two forts hereof, and diltinguifh them by the 
Epithets of Latifolia and Anguftifolia. 
Fuiaer k Harts tonJUe 
IV. The Jccond , or 'Jagged harts-Tongu'e, d /fieri 
nothing from the former neither in Root, Left, mr 
manner of growing , but only in the divifion <f the 
tops of the Leaves , which in this are diver fly tern or 
jagged , Lome Leaves much and Lome little, accord- 
ing to the place of growing and time of abiding-: 
Now it is to be obferved,; that neither of thefe. Plants 
have either Stalk,. Flower, or Seed. 
V. The third , or Branched Harts-Tongue. It bar 
a Root which is fomething woody, with black Fibres 
thereat , jhooting forth many fender broad Stalks ft 
Leaves , of two ortbree Feet long , a little Downy at 
bottom, divided into many long and narrow Leaves* 
dented about the edges, and fet one again!! another, 
with an odd one at the end, each refemblmg the 
Head of a Javelin, marked thick with flraigh’t Line; 
on both fides unto the middle Rib} the whole Plane 
is withoat fmell, but of an aultere talte, containing 
fome heat, which is not prefently felt, but continues 
long. 
VI. The Places. The firft, or Common Harts- 
Tongue, grows by the way fides in great plenty as 
you go from London to Exeter x in Ihadowv placed, 
and in moift itony Vallies and Wells, and'is much 
planted in Gardens-, the fecond grew in the Garden 
formerly one Cranwidfs , a Chirurgian , living, at 
Much Dunmow in Ejfcx -, the third is purely a Lun- 
ger with us. 
VII. The Times. They are green all the Year 
long, but lefs green in Winter, and in- Spring and 
Summer they fometim.es bring forth new Leaves. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are drying and bind- 
ing in the firh degree, Aperitive, Aftringenr, Hepa- 
tick, Splenerick, and Al’exipharmick. 
IX. The Specification. They eafe the Spleen * 
hop Fluxes of the Bowels, and Bloody Fluxes, and 
wonderfully ftrengthen the Vifcera. 
The Virtues. 
X. TJ)e Preparations. You Jhay have therefrom- 
I. A Deco fl ion in Wine or Water. 2. An Acid Tin- 
Sure. 3. A Spirituous Tin'll lire . 4. A V filled 
Water. 
XI. The Decotfion in Wine or Water. It opens 
obftru£tions of Liver and Spleen , taking away alio 
the pain and hardnefs of the Spleen, and it js a lin- 
gular good thing again!! the Rickets in Children, 
and the Cachexia in Virgins and Young W'otnen; it 
hops all forts of Fluxes of the Belly, mofe dpeci- 
ally the Bloody Flux, {Lengthens the Stomach, and 
reftores the Tone of the Bowels, being depraved or 
hurt} made in Water it abates the heat of the Li- 
ver and Stomach, dnd’is good agaiult the falling of 
the Pallate. Dole four or fix Ounces. 
XII. The Acid Tintfure. It more powerfully 
opens obftruftions of Stomach , Liver and Spleen 
than the fotmer, arid therefore is a lingular -chi ng td 
cure the Cachexia and Green-Sicknefs in" Virgins* 
and being continued to be given to Children troubled 
with the Rickets , it perfectly cubes them } give it 
to them in all that they drink, fo many, drops at a 
time may make their Drink be gratefully pleafant - 
it opens the, obftrudlions of the Lung‘d and Stomach 
in little Ones, and makes them breath freely} it is 
good again!! the bleeding of the Gums, and a lingu- 
lar thing againft the Bitings of Serpents, Or other 
Venomous Bealls. 
XIII. The Spirituous Tincfure. It {Lengthens 
the Stomach, Liver, and Spleen, and more power? 
fully flops Fluxes of the Belly , .and* in efpecial 
Bloody. Fluxes, than the Decoflion in Wine, or any 
other Preparation of the Herb-, it is good to refill 
the force of Poyfon, and reftores the Tone of the: 
Bowels being hurt, {Lengthening them to admirati- 
on. Dofe from one Dram to three Drams, i;i any 
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