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other running Sores and fpreading Scabs, it is Laid 
to dry and heal them. 
X. The DccoUwn. It may he made in Water oil 
Wine, according to the Nature of the Difeafe. It 1 
. has all the Virtues of the Juice orEflence, butmuclf 
weaker, and therefore is to be given in a greater 
quantity, as from a quarter of a Pint to half a Pint,j 
and that Morning and Evening. 
XL T he Syrup. It is made of the Juice with: 
Honey or Sugar. It has all the Virtues of the Juice,: 
but is chiefly made lor Children which have the; 
Rickets, by reafon it is pleafanter to take, and then 
they generally add to it Maiden-hair , llaifonsof the' 
Suit /toned, and tigs flit , and fo give it to the Child,, 
a Spoonful at a time, five or fix times a Day. 
XII. The Ointment. It is made of the Juice, or 
rather of the green Herb boiled in Hogs Lard, or in 
Beef Suet mixt with Oil Olive, of each equal parts, 
till the Herb is crifp •, then ftrair.ed out, and re- 
peated three times in like manner. It is good a- 
gainft Scabs, running Sores, old Ulcers, Tettars, 
the Ringworm, called in Greek , An'Xjb' Lichen , 
( whence the Name of the Plant for curing this Dif- 
eale) and other like Deformities of this kind. 
XIII. The Cataplajm. It cools and atlays Inflam- 
mations, and is prevalent again!! an Eryjipelas or 
Anthonies Fue, and has all the Virtues of the Oint- 
ment, ^nd may be ufed when that cannot be had. 
It is made by beating the green Plant in a Mortar, 
and applying it. Diofcorides fays, that being ap- 
plied to an ihemorrbage, or Flux of Blood, (llup- 
pofe he means in a Wound) that it will Hop the 
Bleeding : but Galen, doubts of this, tho’ fo great 
a Man as Diofcorides reports it. 
CHAP. CCCCXL. 
Of LIVE lt-w OUT Small. 
The Dejcriptions. 
Ill The firft, or Small Ground Liver-wort with 
round Heads. This differs ' not, 'from the Great Kind 
in the former Chapter , hut in its Stature, this being 
altogether left, and more fmooth or even : the Flow- 
ers on the tops of the flen'der Stems, .are not fo 
much laid open like a Star ; bur the efpecial Dif- 
ference confute in this one chief thing, vie. that 
this Kind being planted in a. Pot, and let in a Gar 
den above the Ground, yet will it fpread it felf 
round about, and increases in great plenty; where 
never any did grow before. 
Small Ground Liver-tbort Stany-JhmireJ- 
IV. The fecortd , or Small Ground Liver-wort 
Starry-flowered. This Small Liver-wort grows in 
like manner as the former, and fends forth Jitch like 
Starry flowers as the Great Kind in the former 
Chapter, hut is fmaller for the molt part in all 
places where it grows ; for fo as it grows in the 
Shadow, it will live in ’Pots, as well as on the 
Ground, if the place is not itirred or turned up. 
The Difference between this and the former is, that 
that has little tender Stalks about an Inch long, 
with round Pleads at their feveral tops ; whereas 
this Small Kind has like Stalks, of an Inch in 
Length , with a Star-fafhioned Flower or Flead 
at top. 
Stone Liver-wort. 
