Chap. 4 11 - ‘EngUJh Herhs. 
Child it opens ohilructions of the Liver and Spleen, 
and difcuffes the hardnels thereof; it gives eafe in 
the Strangury, and expels Sand Gravel, Stones, &c. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Herb. It has all the for- 
mer Virtues of the Juice, but not full out lo effeflu- 
al as ir, and may he given from half a Dram to a 
Dram and half in White Port Wine, or other pro- 
per Vehicle, it is fometimes mixed with thofe things 
which are ufed as Corrofives, to confume fuperflu- 
ous, proud, or lpongy Fleflt, which grows in foul 
and virulent Ulcers, if it is taken in too great a 
quantity it is mifchievous and deadly, as Gerard 
lays. 
'XV. Per Afhes. They have all the Virtues ol 
the Juice and Pouder, and are equivolent in opera- 
tion to the Allies of Tartar -, they are powerfully 
aperient, provoke Urine in the laft degree, and car- 
ry off a Dropfie by Urine, being made into a Lixi- 
vium with Water, and given in Wine; they are ve- 
ry (harp and biting, like a Cauftick, and the Lye 
which is made thereof is fo ftrong, that it will fetch 
off the Skin from the Hands, or any other parts ol 
the Body it is applied to, and therefore if any ufe 
it to deanfe the Skin from Spots, Freckles, Lentils, 
Yellownefs, Sunburning, Tanning, Scurf, or Mor- 
phew, or other like Defilements, they ought to be 
cautious in ufing of it, and apply it very fparingly, 
or ufe it not made too ltrong, and lo it may do 
much good. How thefe Allies are made fee in our 
Seplajium, or Druggifls Shop , Lib. i. Cap. 4. Self. 
1 1 . and 1 2. where, and in the other Seftions of the 
fame Chapter, you may find abundant fatisfaflion, 
and you may alfo fee to what Mechanick Ufes they 
are to be applied, as alfo in Self. 22. oi the fame 
the relt of their Medical Ufes ; fo alfo our Polygra- 
phice Lib. 10. Cap. r. of the Eighth Edition. 
XVI. The Salt , or Sal Alkali. This Salt'is made 
out of the Pot Allies, and has all the Virtues of Salt 
of Tartar, and almoft in the fame degree of good- 
nefs ; how this Salt is made in perfection fee in our 
Polygraphice Lib. 10. Cap. 1. Self. 12, 13, 14, 15, 
16. Thofe Allies which come from Spain and the 
Levant are good, where, by reafon of the heat of 
the Climate, Kali grows in great quantities, and is 
green all the Winter; but thofe Allies which come 
Horn j T.gypt, where there is never any Rain, are the 
ftrongeft, and make the ftrongeft and fharpelt Salt. 
The Allies coming from the Levant are called Pul- 
verine , becaufe they are in Pouder, and have no 
fuch Preparation as Soda and R ochetta have, for the 
Herb is only burn’d on Iron Grates, and afterwards 
when cold the Allies are gathered up and kept in 
proper Veflels for ufe-, thefe Allies have indeed lefs 
Salt than R ochetta and Soda, but for the quantity it 
is nothing inferior in virtue and goodneis. Our Dutch 
Pot Allies, which are purely white, and in great 
hard lumps, are the bell in the World, yield molt 
and pureft Salt, and of the ftrongelt kind, and there- 
fore of excellent ufe in making Soap, Glafs, 0 Y. 
This Salt prevails agaiuft the Jaundice, Dropfie, 
Scurvy, and Gout. Dofe a Scruple or half a Dram 
in a Glafs of White Port Wine. 
XVII. T he Soap. If it is fpread upon a piece of 
courfe thick brown Paper and applied to the Soles 
of the Feet of thofe who are taken Speechlefs, it 
brings them to their Speech again in a little time, 
if there be any hopes of reftoration ; anointed over 
the Face of one who has Lentils or Freckles thereon 
it obliterates or takes them away, but it is by a gen- 
tle taking away of the Skin, after the manner of a 
Scurf as it were ; fpread upon Leather and applied 
to the Hips in a Sciatica it cures it, being renewed 
as need requires; the fame it does being applied to 
places pained with the Gout, and repeated accord- 
ingly. 
XVIII. The Sandiver , or G/afs-Sa/t. It is ufed 
often being made into Pouder to be blown into the 
Eyes thro’ a Quill, or being difiblved in Water and 
fquirted into them, to take away the Skin which 
grows over the Sight; it takes away alfo Scabs and 
Manginels, if the parts affefted be often bathed 
therewith, and ferves to dry up running Sores and 
Scabs, helps againft the Itch, and kill Tettars, Ring, 
woifns, and the like, being often walhed therewith, 
and buffered to dry on; it ferves to make Metals 
run, and a little thereof put into Antimony and Ni- 
tre for making Crocus Aletaflorum , increales the 
quantity of the Crocus, and it will therewith the 
better feparate from the Scoria. Glafs being made 
with Pot Afhes and other Materials, as Sand, Cry- 
ftal, Lie. this Sandiver is that Salt which is feum- 
med off from the top of the Glafs in the making 
thereof ; fee more of it in my Seplajium , or Drug- 
gijls Shop , Lib. 2. Cap. t;. where you may have far- 
ther fatisfaclion. 
XIX. Tojindour the quantity of Sal Alkali which 
is contained in any quantity oj ' Pot AJhes. Take a 
Pound of Pot AJhes , diffoive them, by boiling in eight 
or ten Pounds of fair Water, more or lefs , then be- 
ing well fettled decant off the clear Lixivium from 
the Faeces, the Faxes dry either in the Sun or before 
a Lire, or in an Oven , or over a Sand heat , and then 
weigh them , for fo much' as they leant oj a Pound, fo 
much Salt is contained in each Pound of AJhes, and 
fo many Ounces of Salt you have in your Lixivium. 
In fome of your Oriental Pot Allies coming from 
Syria, JEgypt , &c. you may have about ten Ounces 
in a Pound, and in fome again not above nine, or 
eight Ounces, and fome of theworfer forts ol Allies 
do not contain above feven or fix Ounces in a Pound, 
fo great a difference is there in the goodnefs of the 
Allies, but out of a Pound of the bell, ftrongeft, and 
whiteft Dutch Pot Afhes we have obtained feveral 
times thirteen and fourteen Ounces of pure Salt, ve- 
ry rarely fo little as twelve Ounces; the ftrongeft 
and belt Allies are thofe which are in greateft lumps, 
very hard, and white, as it were of a blewilh white’ 
(which color arifes from the well burning) and fuch 
contain the greateft plenty of Salt. 
C H A P. CCCCXII. 
Of K E L P, SEA-LACES, 
0 R, 
S E A-T HONGS. 
I.'“| -V f/R Karnes. It is called in Greek W«Q- 
JL and tvx©- Saxarasc, in Laline Alga , 
and Alga Marina, alfo Alga Maris, and Phycos, or 
Pbycus, or incus Marinus, Marinus being added 
thereto to diltinguifh it from Yucus Herba, which 
is Anchufa, in EngliJh Kc/p, and Seaweed. 
II. The Kinds. Of Seaweeds there are feveral 
Kinds, vie. 1 . Alga Marina, incus Minims, Kelp, 
Sea-Laces, Sea-Thongs, or Sea-Girdles, of which 
in this Chapter. II. Mufcus Marinus, Lichen Ma- 
rinus, Sea Liverwort, and this is twofold, viz. 1. 
Ldltuea Marina, Lichen Marinus, Oilter greet]. 2. 
Opuntia Marina, Lichen Marinus rotundijoHus , 
Round Leaved Oilier green, or Round Leaved Sea 
Liverwort. III. Alga fficroina, incus ihicranin, 
Sea-Wrack, and this is lixfold, viz. 1. Sfuercus Ma- 
rina major. The Greater Sea-Oak, or Sea-Wrack. 
F f f f 2. ffiercus 
