and broader, they are green, and of a deeper : green 
in iomc places than in others, in forae places 
lighter green, fSc. the lecond grows in Greece, Ira- 
fy Partner/, Spain, trance, I/lyna, Sclavonic i, Sici- 
ly . ; slrZa, Corfica, EngUndffc. in divers pUces 
of /;,//>', Spain, and Fort usd, it is kept in Pots, as 
Clitfius %s, and carefully preferred l in Winter an 
in Lisbon ic grows on the tops of Houfes, a 
lo„n:, on KM does with us, but it does not very wel 
endure the cold of the more Northern Countries ot 
Fureee with all the care that can be, unlefs kept in 
a Room with a Stove in it, yet .Label fays ^he found 
it growing in the Ifland ol Ho mes, near Bnflol; K 
grows in the lflands of the ^edttenanean Sea as 
aforenamed, as alfo in ^ Rhodes Cand a and 
in many Provinces of the Eaft, and of G/eecc, t 7c. 
the third grows by the Sea fide in many places of 
EnsZt and in the Ifland of Holmes not far from 
Bnllol- ’ it grows alfo in the Hie of Poitlmd, for 
which reafon it has obtained the Name of Seism 
P 1x.”t he Times. The firft flowers in the Sum- 
mer Solftice , which is in June , about the eleventh 
d iv and generally Flowers from that time thro all 
June and July, and now and then in the Month of 
aLh; it fpreads it felf into Heads from feyera 
Sprigs of the Root in April, which Sprigs or Strings 
oFthe Root are the Ground Work of the great Cir- 
cle, and of other Circles, by which it multiplies t 
felf and by which, being at length fill S' 0 ™; 1 , 1 
fpreads it lelf into many other Circles; the fecond 
flowers, as Clu/ius fays, in the warmer Climes, , as 
Spain, Portugal, 15 c. in A member and. December 
hut fcarcely ever with us ; the third, or Sedum Port- 
I anil cum, which grows by the Sea fide, Flowers m 
j u h and Augitft, whilft the Weather is warm. 
X. The Qualities. Houjleek is cold in the third 
degree, and drying in the firft, it is Anodyn, Altrm- 
genr, Repercuflive, and Arthrmck. 
XI The specification. It cures an Eryfipelas, or 
Anthonies Fire, fo called, and allays the heat otall 
Incarnations, Burnings, Scaldings, be. 
XII The Preparations. You may have therefrom, 
The green Leaves, a. A >'«; ?; -f 
4. An Oil. 5. A Cataplajm. 6. A Dijhlled Water. 
The Virtues. 
XIII Toe green Leaves. Applied twice a day 
upon Corns and Warts in the Hands and Feet it dtl- 
folves or confumes them, and takes them away , the 
Leaves btuiled and laid upon the Crown ot lore part 
of the Head, Hops the bleeding atNofe vent quick- 
ie ; and being applied to the Temples and Forehead 
ft eafes the Heudacb, and allays the heat and diftem- 
per of the Brain thro’ Fevers, Frenzies, or want of 
S1 X P lV The Liquid Juice. It is good againft all 
heats and intonations, as well inward as outmard-, 
dropped into the Ears ot Eyes, flops all hot defluxi 
ons ot' (harp fait Rheum into thole parts, arid being 
taken inwardly it is good to Hop all fluxes of humors 
upon the Vifcera, and the immoderate flux ot the 
Terms in Women; it kills alfo Worms in Young or 
Old, and is- profitable againlt the biting of the Fha- 
langium \ being often bathed upon Warts and Corns, 
it is laid to taka them away, the more el penally it 
the green Leaves be applied alfo over the fame; out- 
wardly it abates and allays all forts of inflamations 
in any part of the Body, as in an Eryfipelas, or A n- 
ihonies Fire, and all other hot Eruptions ot the Hein 
and Skin, Shingles , Pimples, Ringworms, Tettars, 
Pulhes, Cankers, fretting Ulcers, Burning Scald- 
ing Morphew, Scurf, and other the like detcedati- 
ons of the Flelh and Skin; and bathed upon the part 
warm it eafes the pain, and is very profitable againft 
^ XV. The Pojjet. It is made with the Juice, and 
has all the Virtues of the Juice, being inwardly gi- 
ven ; it is alfo Angularly good againlt the hot Fits 
of A’gues, fox it cools and attemperates the Blood, 
and Spirits, quenches third, and Hops Catarrhs; it 
may be given in a fourfold quantity to the Juice, foe 
as the Juice may be given from a Spoonful to two 
Spoonfuls in a Glafs of Wine, or other fit Vehicle, 
fo the Toilet may be given from four Spoonfuls to 
eight , a little fweetned with Sugar , for all the a- 
forefaid Intentions. . . c 
XVI. T he Oil. It is thus made, lake juice of 
Houjleek , choice thick Cream, of each a Quart, hod 
them aver a gentle fire till a Separation is made, and 
the Oil faints on the top , of a yellow or greenijh co- 
lor, which when cold take off, and keep it for life. In 
all external Cafes, (excepting an Eryfipelas) it has 
the Virtues of the Juice, and is good to anoint Pim- 
ples, Shingles, Tettars, Ringworms, Scurf, Mor- 
phew, &c. with, as alfo places pained with the 
Gout} given inwardly from half an Ounce to an 
Ounce in any convenient Vehicle it gives eafe in the 
Strangury, Stone, Gravel, heat and Raiding of U- 
rine, and cleanfes the Urinary palfages from tartar- 
ous mucilage. . , „ 
XVII. The Cataplajm. Being made with Hogs 
Lard and Barley Flower it is good againft all the 
Difeafes the Liquid Juice is ufed againft, except an 
Eryfipelas, becaufe experience has taught us that all 
greafie ot oily bodies tather exalperate than abate 
that Difeafe; applied in the Gout it gives fudden 
eafe and cure 
eaie anu. uuc. _ , , _ 
XVIII. The nijiil/ei Water. It is profitable for 
all the purpofes aforefaid, being in outward Diltem- 
pers bathed upon the parts affeSed, and in inward 
Difeafes given from two to four Ounces, fweetned 
with Syrup of Clovegilliflowers ; if it is bathed up- 
on any place flung with Nettles or Bees it preiently 
takes away the pain, fo alfo the Juice, being uled in 
like manner, as alfo the green Leaves, being rubbed 
upon the parts wounded or affected. 
XIX. Kota. If the Cataplafm of the Leaves is 
made with Vinegar and Barley Flower (inftead of 
Hogs Lard) it may profitably be applied to an Eryfi- 
pelas, or Anthonies Fite. 
CHAP. CCCLXXXV. 
O/HOUSLEEK Small. 
I.'-p H E Karnes. It lias no Greek Name that 
_L we know of, but it is called by Clufms in 
Latine Sedum Alpinum ajugat folio, and in his Hi- 
flory of Plants Sedum dectmum tertium, alfo Sedum 
lacwiatis E blips, in Englijh Jagged Houjleek, Houjleek 
with Jagged Leaves, and Small Mountain Houjleek 
with jagged Leaves. 
II. The Kinds. Authors make two Kinds hereof, 
viz. Sedum Alpinum laciniatis ajugx f'olijs , Small 
Mountain Houfleek with jagged Leaves, of which 
in this Chapter. 2. Sedum Monfpeltenfe fS Pyre- 
natum laciniatum, French jagged Mountain Houfleek, 
the which not growing in England we lhall lay no- 
thing of it in this Work. 
III. The Defcription. It hat a fmall blackifh Root, 
which fpreads much, from which Root it (hoots forth 
