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des fpeaks of. It is called in Latins , Alcbimilla , by 
nioft Writers ; Stelkria Mattbio/i, LugdunenfisfSc. 
Pes Leonis , and Puts Leonis - Drojera, and Droji- 
tim Cordi ; Sanicula major , ( as much refembling 
Sanide : ) and in Eng/ijh,' Ladies-Mam Is, Lions- 
Loot, and Great Sanicle. 
II. Tbs Kinds. Authors make two forts hereof, 
viz. I.' Alcbimilla major vulgaris, Stelkria , Sanicu- 
la major , Common Ladies-Mantle. 2. Alcbimilla 
minor , vel Alpirn quinqucfoha , Five-leaved Ladies- 
Mantle, or Ladies-Mantle cinkfoil-leaved. 
Ladies- jHantle. 
III. The Defcriptions. TSc firft, or Common 
Ladies-Mantle, bar a Root which is fomcwhat long 
and black , with many Libre s , and Strings thereat. 
It is fomething like to our Common Sanide , having 
many Leaves rifing from the Root, ftanding upon 
long hairy Foot-ftalks, being almoft round, but a 
little cut in on the edges into eight or ten parts, 
more or lefs, making it l'eem like a Star, ( whence 
the Name Stellaria ) with fo many Corners and 
Points, and dented round about, of a light green 
Color ; fomething hard in handling, and as if it was 
folded or plaited at firft, and then crumpled in di- 
vers places, and a little hairy, as the Stalk is alfo, 
which riles up among them , which grows to the 
Height of two or three Feet, with a few fuch 
Leaves thereon, but linaller, and being weak, is not 
ahle to Hand upright, but bends fometimes down to 
the Ground, divided at the top into two or three 
fmall Branches , with finall yellowifh green Heads, 
and Flowers of a whitilh green Color, breaking out 
of them, which being paft, there comes finall 
yellowifh Seed, like unto Poppy Seed. 
IV. The feconi , or Five- leaved Ladies-Mantle. 
It has a fmall black fibrous Root, from which fpring 
a few f mailer and fmoother green Leaves, fet upon 
long Foot-ftalks, but divided at the edges into five 
Corners or Points, and fomething more deeply dent- 
ed about the Brims than the former : from among 
which come forth two or three fmall weak bending 
Stalks, about fix or feven Inches high. The Flow- 
ers which grow at tops, arefmaller, but like to the 
other, according to the Bigneis of the Plant, and of 
the fame Herby or green Color. 
V. The Places. The firft grows naturally in ma- 
ny Paftures and Wood-fides, both in Hartfordjhire 
and Wiltjhire ; as alfo in Kent, as in Kingwood near 
Feverjham, in the Paltures nigh Tiittam and Chep- 
ftom, and in other places of this Land. Gerard 
fays it grows of it lelf Wild in divers places, in the 
Paftuies at Andover, and in ocher parts of Hampfhire 
and Bark/hire, in their Clofes and Copfes, or low 
Woods ; as alio upon the Bank of a Moat which 
enclofes a Houle in Bujhy, called Bourn-Hall, four- 
teen Miles irom London ; and in the Highway from 
thence to Watford, a fmall Mile diifant from it. 
The fecond grows on Bernards Hill in Switzerland, 
but is to be found with us only in Gardens. 
VI. The Times. The firlt flowers in May and 
June. The fecond not till Auguft : but they both 
abide after Seed-time, and flourifh and keep green 
all Winter after, as well as in Summer. 
VII. The Qualities. It is hot and dry in the fe- 
cond Degree ; Abfterfive, Aftringent, Strengtlmine 
and Vulnerary. 
VIII. The Specification. It is peculiar to Hop 
Bleeding, whether inward or outward, all Fluxes 
of the Bowels in Man or Woman ; and the Whites, 
or Weaknels of the Womb. It cures Wounds after 
a molt lingular manner, being one of the molt no- 
ble Wound-Herbs, being extolied by the Germans 
with exceeding great Praife, who never cure any 
Wound, whether inward or outward, but they give 
of the Decoction hereof to drink. 
IX. The Preparations. You may make hereof, 
t. Jl liquid Juice. 2. An Effcnce. 3. A Deco&i- 
on or Infiufion. 4. A Pouder of the Leaves. 5. A 
Bafam or Ointment. 6. A Cataplafm. 7. A diftil- 
lei Water. 8. A Spirituous Tincture, q. An Acid 
Tint! are. 10. An Oily Tintfure. 
The Virtues. 
X. The liquid Juice. It is not fo hot as that of 
Sanicle , and therefore more fit tor thole Wounds, 
which are accompanied with Inflammation, and fo 
is more drying, altringent, or binding and cleanfing. 
It is effedlual againlt all forts of Bleedings both in- 
ward and outward, flops the Over-flowing of the 
Terms in Women, and cures the Bloody-flux, as 
alio all other Fluxes of the Bowels. Dofe from 
two to four or fix Spoonfuls Morning and Night in 
a Glafs of the diltilled Water, or in Ale or Wine. 
XI. The Efence. It has all the Virtues of the 
former befides which, it cures Bruifes by Falls or 
otherwife, whether inwards or outwards : it heals 
Ruptures of the Peritoneum, as alfo Ruptures of 
the Blood-V elfels, which caufe Spitting or Piffing 
of Blood ; and is a peculiar thing to flop the Whites 
in Women, being elteemed more powerful for this 
Purpofe than molt other things ; for which Intenti- 
on it is not only to be given inwardly by the 
Mouth, but is alfo outwardly to be applied as an 
Injeftion up the Womb, with a Womb-Syringe. 
Dofe three or four Spooniuls in Red Port Wine, or 
fome other proper Vehicle, two or three times a 
Day. Inwardly alfo taken, and outwardly applied 
to Womens Breafts, which ate great and over-much 
flag, it caufes them to grow lefler and hard. This 
Eflence being taken for twenty or thirty Days toge- 
ther, by fuch Women as are Barren, or have a Slip- 
perinefs of the Womb, it is faid to caufe them to 
Conceive, and to retain the Birtli after Conception ; 
for that it drys up the too great Humidity, ana flops 
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