Chap. 346. ‘EngUfb Herbs. 491 
Flowers. 7. A Diftilled Water. 8. An Acid Tin- 
Sure. 
The Virtues. 
Xlt. T he Juice or EJJence. They are very vif- 
cous , and emollient , good again!!: hot Difeafes of 
the Breaft and Lungs, and againft Agues, being ta- 
ken three Hours before the coming of the Fit, as al- 
fo againft Convulfions, and the Falling-Sicknefs in 
Children ; it is alfo good to bath the places troubled 
with the Itch , Tertars , Scabs , or other breakings 
out in the Skin, and to cleanfe old Sores and foetid 
Ulcers, being waftied therewith : You may take from 
three to fix Spoonfuls at a time in the Morning fall- 
ing , and lalt at Night going to Bed , either alone 
by it felf, or mixed with fome fit Vehicle. 
XIII. 'The Decoction in Water or Wine. It has all 
the Virtues of the Juice or Eflence, but not altoge- 
ther fo powerful , but is fomething better ro wnlh 
old Sores and Ulcers withal , becaufe it cleanfes 
more , dries and heals ; inwardly it may be given 
from four to eight, or ten Ounces, according to the 
Age and Condition of the Patient. Eugduncnfis 
fays that many Sacks full of the Herb and Flowers 
are Yearly Tranfported from Marfei/les in b anco 
unto Alexandria , and other parts of JEgypt, where 
they ufe them boiled in Water, which only (by their 
Religion) they are enjoined to drink ; and this they 
do not only thereby ro make the Water the more 
wholfom to be drunk , blit are alfo perfwaded that 
it helps againft Difeafes of the Breaft and Lungs. 
XIV. T be Syrup. It may be made of the Juice or 
EJJence, with honey , or of the Flowers , cxaltly in the 
fame manner as you make Syrup of Violets. They 
are both admirable Peftorals, caufe eafie Expeblora- 
tion, and cleanfe the Thorax , or Breaft, Lungs, and 
Stomach, from crude fait Flegm, frothy and vifeous 
Humors , and other like Tartarous Matter , which 
caufes Coughs, Wheezing, Hoarfenefs, fhortnefs of 
Breath difficulty of Breathing , and other like Dif- 
eafes ofthofe parts; it is alfo faid to heal a Phthi- 
f,s or Ulceration of the Lungs, being timely and 
affiduoufly taken. The Syrup of the Flowers mixed 
with fair Water, and the Juice of Limons, and fo 
made as it may be freely potable, being largely drank, 
it quenches Third, abates preternatural heat , and 
extinguifttes burning Fevers. 
XV. The Catap/ajm. It is good to be applied to 
iimple Contufions, as alfo to places broken out with 
the Itch, Scabs, Tettars, Pimples, ScurfF, Mor- 
phew, t?Y. for it difeufles, opens the Pores, clean- 
ly and abl'orbs the Iharpnefs of the Humor. 
XVI. The Ointment or Balfam. They may be 
made of the Liquid Juice, or Green Herb, according 
to the ufual Method ; they digeft, cleanfe, dry and 
heal Wounds, and ill conditioned Ulcers; the Bal- 
iam many times heals a fimple gretn Wound at once 
or twice dreffing; it is alfo a very good thing to be 
applied in the extremities of the Goat, giving eafe 
in a very fhort time. 
XVII. The Pender of Herb and Flowers. It is 
Vulnerary, being applied dry Upon Ulcers, it fucks 
up their moifture , cleanfes, incarnates, and dries, 
thereby inducing a fpeedy healing, more especially 
if the Sore or Ulcer be every time, before it is ap- 
plied, well waftied with the Juice or Eflence. 
XV 1 I 1 . The Diftilled Water. Cojhrus in his Book 
of the Nature of Plants fays, that the Diftilled Wa- 
ter of Hcaris-Eafe is commended in the French Dif- 
eafe to be profitable , being taken for nine days, or 
more, and Sweating upon it ; how true this is I will 
not fay , but wtfti that by Experience it might be 
confirmed ; if the Diftilled Water can have fuch Vir- 
tues, whan may the Liquid Juice or Eflence be able 
to do in the fame Cafe ? I doubt noc but they exceed 
the Diftilled Water ten times at lead in their Power 
and Effefls; but the Diftilled Water mixed with 
the Juice Liquid, or Infpiflate, becomes an excellent 
thing for the conglutinating and healing of fimple 
green Wpunds. 
XIX. T[ic Acid TinSure. It is a Angular thing 
to abate the burning Fit of Agues, and extinguish 
the moft vehement heat, even of malign Fevers; :r 
is good againft all malign Difeafes, and refills the 
Plague or Peltilence it felf. Dofe fo many drops as 
,to make the Vehicle gratefully fliarp and plealanr, 
and to be taken in all that the Patient drinks ; it al- 
fo quenches Thirlt admirably. 
C H A P. CCCXLVII. / 
Of H E A R T S-E A S E- Wild, 
O R, 
HERB TRINITY Wild. 
I.np FI E Names. Ir is called in Greek zroy-.t 
X X 1A0 in Latine Viola Flammed Sylveliris , 
Herba Trinitatis Nemoralis , Flos Tnnitatis Nemo- 
rofus , vet Sylveftris , and in Englifh Wild hearts- 
Eafe , Wild Panjies. 
II. The Kinds. There are four Species of this 
Plant, viz. 1. Viola Tricolor Sylveftris communis , 
The Common Wild Hearts-Eafe. 1. Viola Tricolor 
affitrgens, Uprighr Wild Hearts Eafe. 9. Viola Tri- 
color lutea Sylveftris, Wild yellow Hearts-Eafe. 4. 
Viola Tricolor Petrxa, Stoney Hearts-Eafe. 
