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Salmon ’ s Herbal. 
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by reafon of its thin parts, for which realon it pow- 
erfully provokes Urine, and helps the Epileplie, and 
this Galen fpeaks of all the Harlworts rn general-, 
and Diofcorides fays they have the fame Faculties 
■and Operations'. , • 
XXIV. The DecoSion of Root, Herb, or Seed in 
Wine or Water. It lias the Virtues of both the for- 
mer Preparations, but in a much lower degree, how- 
ever it is often given againft the Strangury , Hop- 
age of Courfes, and to facilitate the Delivery of 
XXV. The Fouler of the Seed. It is Paid to pre- 
vail againft the Stone, Gravel, Strangury, Colick, 
obftrutlions of the Vtfcera, Ge Made into an Ele- 
Uuary with Honey, it is good* againft Althmas, 
Coughs Colds , obftrutlions of Flegtn, and caufes 
eafie txpeftoration. Dofe of the Ponder is one 
Dram, Morning, Noon, and Night in any proper 
Vehicle, as White Wine, Farjly Water, Arfmart 
■yy aler c. 
XXVI The Cataplafm of the Root. If it is beaten 
into a Pulp , or boiled foit, and then beaten , and 
brought into a confiftence with Terra Stoma , or to 
two parts of the Root, one part of Terra Same, 
and an eighth part of Honey, being then applied, it 
is of good ufe to difeufs fimple Contufions, or Brru- 
fes and to take away the black and blew marks or 
ipots of the fame, coming by Blows, Pinching, or 
otherwife. . „ „ , „ _ , T ■ 
XXVII. The Acid TtnBure of Root or Seed. It is 
good againft all forts of malign and burning Fevers, 
the Small Pox, Spotted Fever, Calenture, and the 
Plague or Peftilence it felf; it is alfo prevalent a- 
gaintt the Bitings of Serpents, or Mad Dogs, or the 
Stinging of Scorpions, Hornets, or other Venomous 
Creatures; it cleanfc powerfully the Urinary pafla- 
ges is good againft Stone and Strangury , as alio 
fhortnefs of Breath, difficulty of breathing, Hoarfe- 
nefs Wheezing , and the like. Dofe twenty, thir- 
ty or forty drops at a time, (more or lefs, according 
to the quantity of the Vehicle) in Ale , Wine , or 
other Liquor, three or four times a day. 
XXVIII. The Spirituous TinBure. It powerful- 
ly provokes the Terms, refills Vapors, and gives 
eafe in the Colick , and is good againft the Poyfon 
of any Venomous Creature-, it is good againft the 
Epileplie , and other Difeafes of the Nerves Head, 
and Brain, proceeding from cold and moitture ; it 
Itrengthens the Stomach, caufes a good Appetite and 
a ftrong Digeftion, cleanfes and llrengthens the 
Womb, and caufes Conception. Dole from one 
Dram to three. Morning and Night, in Ale, Beer, 
or Wine, or in any other fit Vehicle, as Decottion, 
Diftilled Water, Hoc. . 
XXIX. The Oily TinBure. It is good againft 
weaknefs of the Nerves, Palfies, numbednefs of any 
pan. Pains or Aches, whether external or internal, 
proceeding from cold and moifture , or any over 
draining of the part; it facilitates the Birth, and cau- 
fes a fpeedy and fafe Delivery ; it gives eafe in the 
Gout, alleviating the pain in a lhort time j it caufes 
an evacuation of Sand, Gravel, and Tartarous Mat- 
ter from the Reins , and other Urinary parts , and 
prevents the breeding of the Stone , it aifo gives eafe 
in the Colick. Dofe fiom twelve to thirty drops in 
any fit Vehicle, or in the Diftilled Water of the 
fame Plant ; it allays itching in any place, by allay- 
ing the ferment of the Humors. 
XXX. The Diftilled Water. It is good for all 
Diftempers abovenamed , but is much weaker , and 
is therefore ufed as a Vehicle; outwardly applied 
to the Skin, it takes away its difcolorings , as yel- 
lownefs, Tanning, Sunburning, black and blew fpots, 
rednefs from Pimples, Go. 
CHAP. CCCXLIV. 
Of H A W K W E E D Common. 
T HE Names. It is called in Grech 
ab Accipiter , An Hawk, (ftc. diBum 
volunt quod Accipitres Jibi bujtts fttcco aciem Oculo- 
rum acuere dicuntur) in Latitte Hieracium , and by 
fome Authors Accipitrina, in Englijh Hawkweed. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make a vaft number of 
the Kinds of this Plant, many of which grow not 
with us in England ; Farkinfon divides fo many as 
he Treats of intoVme general Heads , making them 
in all Fifty Five feveral Species, viz. 1 . Sharp point- 
ed Dandelion like Hawkweeds , Seven Kinds. 2. Blunt 
pointed Dandelion like Hawkweeds , Ten Kinds. 3. 
.Gum Succory like Hawkweeds, Four Kinds. 4. Gar- 
den Succory like Hawkweeds, Three Kinds, 5. Wild 
Succory like Hawkweeds, Four Kinds. 6. Smooth 
■ Mountain Hawkweeds, Five Kinds. 7 . Hairy Moun- 
tain Hawkweeds, Thirteen Kinds. 8. Meadow 
Htmkweids, Three Kinds. 9. Bujhy Hawkweeds, 
Six Kinds. We (hall not follow this Divifion, nor 
yet Treat of all thofe feveral Species, but only of 
fo many as are to be found growing in England, and 
therefore we divide them but into two principal 
Kinds, viz. 1 . Of the more common Kinds of Hawk- 
week, of which in this Chapter. 2. Of the lefs com- 
mon Kinds, of which in Chapter 245 following. 
III. The more common Kinds. Thefe are in num- 
ber Eleven, viz. 1 . Hieracium majus Sonchitcs , Hie - 
.racium majus Matthio/i , Fucbfij, Dodonxt, Lobe/ij, 
Df aliorum ; Taraxacon maftts Loniceri, Intitbits Je- 
cundlts Tragi, Hieracium Sonchi Folio variorum, Hic- 
| racium minus Lugdunenlis , (becaufe he makes the 
Chondrilla prior Diofcoridis to be his Hieracium 
magnum ) Common Great Hawkweed with Sow -1 hi- 
ftle Leaves. 2. Hieracium Dent is Leonis f olio aj- 
perum , and hi/fute afperum, and magls laciniatunt 
Lobe/ij, Hieracium 'alter um Saxati/e Montanum Co- 
lumns, Rough Dandelion like Hawkweed. 3. Hie- 
racium . Dentis Leonis folio obtufo minus Flore magno , 
Dandelion like Hawkweed. 4. Hieracium Dentis 
Leonis folio Flonbus parvis , Dandelion Hawkweed 
with Email Flowers. 5. Hieracium afperum Hypo- 
chxris , five Forcellia diBum Tabernamontam, Hie- 
racium minus Dentis Leonis folio fub afpero , Swines 
Hawkweed with rough Leaves. 6. Hieracium Fc/ijs, 
& facia Chondritis Lobe/ij, Gum Succory like Hawk- 
weed of Lobel. 7. Hieracium Chondritis folio gla- 
brum , Smooth deep jagged Hawkweed. 8. Hiera- 
cium minus Radice prxmorfi Lobelij, Hieracium mi- 
nus Matthio/i, Tragi, Fucbfij, Gefneri, Tabernamon - 
1 uni, Gerardi , & aliorum, Hieracium. Leporinum, 
Succifa Tertia Tfagi, if LaUiica Leporine, Tier is 
Dalechampijs If Lugdunenfs ■ (becaufe of its bitter- 
nefsj Hieracium fbondrillx folio Radice Succifa. Bau- 
hini. Hares Hawkweed, or Yellow Devils-bit. 9. 
Hieracium fmuatum prof unde Fratenfe , Meadow 
Hawkweed with deep cut Leaves. 10. Hieracium 
Fratenfe non Jinuatum majus. Greater undented Mea- 
dow Hawkweed. 1 r. Hieracium Fratenfe non fi- 
nuatum minus. The lefler undented Meadow Hawk- 
l weed. This being faid, it is to be underttood, that 
the Hawkweeds Hand as in a medium between the 
1 Succories and the Sow-Thijlles , as in fome mealure 
partaking of them both. 
IV. The Defcriprions. The firft, or Great Hawk- 
weed, has a Root which is long , and fomewhat great, 
with many fmall f ibres thereat, from whence Jpnng 
