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alone he was perfedly cured ; a ftrong Decodion or 
Intufion alio ot it in Water having been plentifully 
ufed Morning and Night by it felf, alfo boiled in 
Wine or Broth, and eaten as Food with the 'Wine 
or Broth for a Month or five Weeks fpace, has been 
found by Experience to cure an A/cites , and it cured 
this kind of Dropfie in two Young Maidens, the one 
of which lived in good Health many Years after it- 
another Woman was cured of a Dropfie of the 
Womb, as was fuppofed, with this Medicament, from 
whom it brought away with a kind of impetus or 
violence about ten Gallons of Water; a Decodion 
of this Root, Roots of the Blue Ylovserdeluce , and 
fennel Roots in Water or Wine being ufed for fome 
time has been found of admirable ufe for the cure of 
thele kind of Dropfies of the Belly, and Dodo nx us 
is not Iparing in its Praifes for this purpofe. 
XI. The Sallet made oj the young Sprouts. It is 
prepared as are thofe of Afparagus , and eaten in the 
fame manner, and fo eaten the faid Sprouts open 
Obftrudions of Liver, Spleen, Reins, Ureters, and 
Bladder, cleanfing thofe parts of Fceculencies, but 
they are nothing near fo eftedual as are the Juice, 
Effence, or Decodion of the Roots in Sed. 9. and 
10. aforegoing. 
XII. Brooms or Bcfoms. Formerly Hufwives made 
ufe of this Plant to make Befoms of to fweep the 
Houfe, from whence came the Name Scopa Regia , 
as being ufed alfo in Kings Chambers, but now thro' 
the Revolution of Times they are changed toBruflies, 
tor cleanfing Butchers Stalls, from whence came the 
Name of Butcbers-Broom. 
XIII. The Decoflitn of Leaves and Berries in 
Wine. This, according to Diojeoridcs , has all the 
tame Fffeds with the Decodion of the Ro.ots, but 
in my Opinion the Preparation of the Roots is much 
the more powerful. 
gonum Germanicum Bauhini , Knawel, of which we 
have already difeourfed in Chap. 416. aforegoing. 
C H A P. CCCCXVIII. 
Of KNOTGRASS, 
0 R , 
SWINESGRASS. 
T he ' fames. 
■£! Itod 7, 
It is called in Greek tlvuynv, 
midiis gcnubns crefcit, in Arabick Ba- 
lia Trahagj, in Latins Polygonum, Sanguinaria , Satie 
guinalk, Semi nahs , Profi rpinaca, in Englijh Knot- 
graft, Swinesgrafs, and Birdstonguc. 
JL The' Kinds. Authors make feven feveral forts 
of cius Plant, viz. i, notfiysvov appat, Polygonum Mas. 
Polygonum ■oulgare tnajusg Polygonum Mafculutn , 
Our Greater or Common Knotgrals. 2. Polygonum 
vulgar e minus. The I. offer Common Knotgrals. e 
Polygonum minus brcviorc Folio, Small Short Leaved 
Knotgrals, this Bauhinus in his Pinas c takes to be 
Polygonum Mafculum F'rinicofum Tbalijin his Har- 
cynia Sylva , alio the Sedum minimum Arborefcens 
VerniiculiUtm Lobelij. 4. Polygonum Saxatile Bau- 
htm , Stone or Rock Knotgrals. Polygonum Ma- 
rinum magus. & maximum Lobelij , Polygonum Mari- 
numprimum IjigiUnenfis & Dalechampij, Polygonum 
Mar mm Latifohum Bauhini , The Greater or Broad 
Leaved Sea Knotgtafs. ( 5 . Polygonum Marinum 
minus. Polygonum Marinum alter um Dalechampij, 
Polygonum Marttimtim AnguJI folium Bauhini , The 
LolLi ot Narrow Leaved Sea Knotgrals. p.'Poly- 
r III. The Defcriptions. The firjf, or Common 
Knotgrafs. It has a Root which Is reddijh , fmal! 
Short, and round , abiding all Winter , and' putting 
forth anew every Tear -, it comes up with many long 
(lender Branches, ful( of Joints, lying upon tire 
Ground, with many’long and narrow Leaves let 
thereon, one for the molt part at a Joint, on which 
Branches, efpecially from the middle upwards, 
come forth Flowers, which are fo fmal], that for 
the molt part they are not feen or difeerned hut 
in fome they are white, in others of a whitifh Pur- 
■ple Color, which afterwards turn into very fmal! 
fquare Seed, like unto Sorrel Seed, where note that 
the Joints have commonly a fmall white Skin, which 
covets them. 
IV. The fcccnd, or LelTer Common Knotgtafs. 
This in its Roots , Stalks , Joints, Leaves, Flowers, 
and Seed, grows like the former, faying that they 
are lefs, chiefly the Loaves, being neither fo broad 
nor Jo long , and the Hewers hereof are always white. 
\ . The third, or Small (hort Leaved Knotgrals. 
It has a Rom like to the former, from whence rife nr 
many fender jointed Branches, but more woody than 
■the other, fpread alfo into fome ether fmaller one - 
\on which grow fmall Jbort Leaves, lejjer than thofe 
\of the Small Johnswort, the Flowers an fmall and 
[white , like the other. 
VI. ThafoariM or Stone or Rock Knotgrals. fa 
has f nail, white, fibrous Roots, from whence fpri/ig 
■up many weak trailing Branches, lying upon the 
'Ground round about it, on which, grow Leaves which 
are fomewhat round, being an Inch in length, and 
about half an Inch in breadth, but growing Jmaller to 
the Slalkviard, green on the upper fide, and of 
whilijh mealy Color underneath, at the Joints come 
forth fmall, pale, reddijh Flowers, dike unto the 0- 
ther, and after them follows fitch like fmall Seed. 
VII. The fifth, or Greater broad Leaved Sea Knot 
grafs. It has a Root which is fomewhat great, thick 
black, long , and fomethmg woody, it runs out into 
many and much larger Branches than ihefirfl, fill l of 
Joints , and lying on the Ground, the Joint e Jet very 
cleft 
