G\* 
Salmon s Herbal. Libi ‘1. 
an.l Pepper. It is a very grateful thing to the Sto- 
mach and Bowels. We find in Scripture, in ancient 
Times, as in the time of the Children of tf tael's be- 
ing in Eeypt, and probably a long time hetore, thcie 
K,iflern Nations fed. much upon Lech, and Omens , 
e. d Ga tiick, which poihbly they might either eat 
alone, or baked, or roalted, or boiled, in Water or 
in Broth with flefli and this fame manner ol 
feeding on them, deems to be in all Nations alike : 
in AUJ'covia and K ujfta they are commonly eaten, 
■uid the Turks (as Bcllonuts fays) have them ierved 
up .in their Diflies at Table, yea, to their Greateli 
Lords O' Baffa’s. They are eaten alfo much in Spam, 
and thro’ • all the Weft Miss, in all the SPaniJh. 
hash Dutch and Englijh Plantations, he u. 
England likewife univerftlly eat them, and they art 
a great and general Feeding in Wiles, even among 
the Gentry there ; and in Lew-time we almott every- 
where make Pottage of them, and it is a profitable 
Food for poor People in hard Times. 
XVIII. T he dijhl/ed Water. It is a Angular Diu- 
retick, good againft Gravel, Sand, Mucilaginous 
and Tartarous Matter -in the Reins, Ureters and 
Bladder. It has the Virtues of the Juice, Hence 
and Infufion •, but being much weaker, is to be gi- 
ven in greater quantity, and may ferve as a general 
Vehicle to give other Preparations of Leeks in. Dofe 
from four to eight Ounces. 
XIX. The Spirit. It is good to free the Thorax 
or Stomach,- Lungs, 0 V. from putrid or rotten 
Flegm, and prevails againft Coughs, Colds, Catarrhs, 
or Diftilladons of Rheum, by which many have 
been brought into a Confumption. It invigorates 
the Inftruments of Generation, warms and comforts 
"the Womb, provokes Urine and the Terms, and is 
profitable againft Barrennefs in both Sexes. Dofe 
two or three Drams, two or three times a Day. 
XX. T he Spirituous Tinliitrc. It has ail the 
Virtues of the Spirit, hut much more powerful to 
all the Intentions, being given from one Dram to 
three in any convenient Vehicle,* two, three or four 
times a Day, but chiefly every Morning lifting, and 
every Night going to Bed. 
XXI. The Acid Tint/ tire. It attenuates, cuts 
and incides tough blegm which flicks faft in the 
Bronchia of the Lungs, and trees them and the Parts 
adjacent from putrid or rotten Humors lodged there- 
in, which is otherwife difficult to be avoided. It 
reitores their Voice which hits been loltthio ilcuil- j 
pels j and after an admirable manner ftrengthens the 
Stomach and Bowels : and cures fucii as have been 
poyfoned, or furieited by eating of Mulhromes. 
I )ofe fo many Drops as to make the Wine or other 
Vehicle piealamly acid. 
XXII. The Oily Tinthirc. It is good againlt 
Lamenefs and Weaknefs of the Nerves, Joints and 
Limbs, and therefore is of lingular life againft the 
Pally, and Gout from a cold Oiuie, being anointed 
upon the Part.s aftecled. Inwardly taken from eight 
to twenty Drops, being fiilt dropt into White Su- 
gar, and mixed well with it, and fo given in White 
Port Wine, or in the diltilled Water, or lome other 
proper Vehicle, it gives prefent bale in the Stran- 
gury, opens Obftruttions of the Urinary Parts, and 
expels Gravel, Sand, Mucilage_ or Tartarous and 
Slimy Matter affecting thofe Baits. Given to a 
Woman in Labor, it facilitates the Birth, brings a- 
way the After-birth, and cauies a due Cleaniiiig. 
XXlll. The Ponder of the Seed. Lais Leek- 
Seed three Drams, Alirtle- Berries two Draws, make 
cash into a fine Louder, and mix them. This Mix- 
ture given fiotn one Dram to two in Red Porr, or 
Red Barcelona Wire, or ocher proper Vehicle, will 
flop any Spitting of BlooiL tho’ it has been of long 
Continuance. It is laid, that if theib Ingredients 
he put into Wine, they will kvep it from Sorweing ; 
and if it be already Sower, it will amend the fime. 
This Pouder will cut grols and tough Humors, and 
pure Fluxes of the Bowels, yea, the Bloody- flux it 
felt. 
XXIV. The Catap/afm. The Roots and Blades 
being boiled foft in Water, or Milk, or Wine, and 
fo made into a Pultice, and applied to fwoln He- 
morrhoids or Piles, it difeufles the Tumor, gives 
Fafe in the Pain, and in a fhort time after cures 
them. If die Cataplafm is made of the raw Roots, 
by beating them in a Mortar, adding a few Crumbs 
of While Bread, as you fee occaiion, and be applied 
10 any place bitten by a Mad Dog, Viper, Rattle- 
Snake, or other Venomous Creature ; it infallibly 
jtrra&s to, and draws out all the Poyfon ; and this 
it does by reai'on of its vehement attraffive Force, 
by which means it perfeUly frees the Patient from 
ail manner of Danger. 
c h a p. ccccxxvii. 
Of L E N T 1 L S: ' 
T v jj p Karnes. This Plant is called in Arabic /: , 
Hades : in Greek, mid *“», Phacos 
and Phase in Lanas, Lens and Lcnticu/a : in 
Englijh, Lentil and Lints Is. A - - 
ii. The Kinds. There are three Kinds hereof, 
viz. i. Inns major. The greater Lentil. 2. Lens 
minor. The leifer Lentil. 3. Lens, maculate. The 
fpotted Lentil. 
Great and Small Lentils. 
III. TheDefcriptions. The firft,or Greater Lentil, 
has a Root which is Jibrot/s , ani'pcrijbes every Tear. 
From this Root rife up feveral weak Branches, 
fomewhat hard, about two Feet long ; from whence 
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