698 
SalmonV Herbal. 
Lib. I. 
Belly, and Hypochonders, mightily eafing tlie Pams 
of thofe Parts. , , 
* XVI. T be Infvhtiei Oil ■ It mollifies hard 1 u- 
rnors and Inflamations, difculfes Swellings m the 
privy parts of Man, or Woman; it is a molt Sove 
reign thing both for green Wounds, and Ud Sores, 
for Tumors, Cramps, ConvulGons, 1 ains and Aches 
in any part of the Body ,whatfoever, whether 111 
the Mufculous or Hefoy parts, or among the 
Nerves, Tendons, Veins Arteries &c. It is made 
of the F 'lovers ami Herb w:th Ot Olive Injolatcd, 
or boiled in Balneo , and then flramed forth re- 
flating litis with frefh Herbs ami towers three 
'"xvil. The ftmple Emplafter. It is thus made. 
Take green Mehhte cut Small 5 Pounds ; pure 
Re fin 8 Pounds-, yellow Wax 4 Pounds-, Sheeps 
fuel 1 Pounds; Turpentine 1 Pound- mx, boilj 
llrai n out, and make an Employer according to Art. 
It ripens Tumors, breaks and cures them, draws, 
cleanies and heals Wounds admirably in any part 
of the Body; only be cautious of applying it to 
Wounds of the Legs, or other depending parts, 
for fear it Ihould caufe a flux ot Humors, not 
eafily to be diverted. , 
XVIII. The Compound Emp/ajler. Take t/owei 
of Meli/ot 6 Ounces : Camomil blowers, fenugreek 
Seed Bay Berries, husked, Althea Roots, logs of 
Wormwood and Marjerom , of each 3 Drams : Seeds 
of Partly, Bi/hops- weed and Cardans, Roots of Urnce, 
Cyperus and Spicknard, Caffiahgnea, of each a Dram 
and half-. Ammomacum 10 Drams -. St or ax Cal, 1- 
mita, Bdellium, of each ; Drams : Turpentine an 
Ounce and half: Pulp of fat tigs, N xij : Goats 
Suet, Rofin, of each 2 Ounces and half: Wax 6 
Ounces : Oils of Sweet Margerom and Spicknard, 
of each 3 Ounces: Beat thofe things which are to be 
beaten = Extratt thofe things which are to be ex- 
jraSed, or the Pulp of figs, Altbta Roots, and 
fenugreek He. Diffo/ve the Ammomacum and 
■Bdellium in Vinegar, to. Then mix and make the 
Emp/afier according to Art, aiding the Oils of Sweet 
Marjerom and Spicknard, towards the end of the 
Operation. It is Maturanve, Emo lent and Ano- 
dyn draws , cleanfes and heals, ltrengthens the 
Stomach , Liver, Spleen, and Bowels difculfes 
Wind and Tumors, helps Hypochondria* Melan- 
choly, Vomiting, Indigeltion, Rickets, t he. 
XIX. The Balfam. It is made by boiling the 
green Herb brufedi Pounds, inOi/Ohve 3 Pounds, 
to Crfpnejs, then framing out , and renewing this 
Work three limes: at length to every Pound of the 
framed Liquor add Bees Wax half a Found: Cbto 
Turpentine, Balfam Capivi /, Gum Elemi ExtraSei, 
Balfam of Peru, of each 4 Ounces : mix and corn- 
pleat the Balfam. It heals green Wounds common- 
ly at the firtt intention, and many times at one 
(faffing: It digefts eating Ulcers, cleanfes putrid 
running Sores, incarnates drys and heals; eafes 
Pains in any parts, chiefly of the Nerves and 
Tendons, and cures the Gout, being fitly ap- 
P 'xx. The Giuplafm. It is made of the flowers 
and Leaves boded in I Vine, and brought to aCon- 
figlency with Meals of Unugreek and Lin Seed, or 
Bar ly flower, or Poppy Seed beaten /oft anijmll 
or folks of Eggs boded hard. It ioftens all hard 
Tumors and Inflamations in the Eyes, Nerves, Ten- 
dons, Mufcles, 13 c. in any partot the Body Fun- 
dament, Tefticles, or private parts of Main 
Woman*, ripens and breaks Apoftems, ftops the 
courfe of eating and fpreading Ulcers refills the 
putridity, digelts and eafes the Pam, t c. 
XXI The Ditt died Water. It is made of the 
Herb and flowers, by an AUmbick with a naked 
fire, or in Balneo. Some ufe it as a Perfume : 
but ’mixt with an equal quantity of common Spi- 
rit of Wine, it makes a CoHyrium, which dropt 
into the Eyes, cools, takes away Inflamations, 
and hot Rheums , clears rhe Sight , eafes the 
Pain, and ltrengthens the parr, thereby prevent- 
ing any new ot fiiture Fluxion of Humors to 
rhe fame. 
CHAP. CCCCLXXXII. 
Of MELON Garden : 
0 R, 
P O M P I O N Garden* 
1. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek , nim. : 
1 in Latine, Pepo : and in Englijh, Melon, 
Million, and Pompion. 
II. The Kinds. There are four principal forts 
of this Plant, viz. 1 . Pepo Hortenjis , the Garden 
Melon or Pompion, of which in this Chapter. 
2. Pepo Sylveftris , the Wild Melon, or Pompion, 
of which in Chap. 483. 3. Melopepo, Melo mof- 
chatus , the Musk Melon , of which in Chap. 4841 
4. Melo vel Pepo aquations, GtrullUs. , the Citrul 
or Water Melon, of which in Chap. 48;. follow- 
ing. 
III. The Kinds of the Garden Melon or Pompion . 
There are thefe following Species, viz. 1. Pepo 
maximus oblongm, the great long Melon or Pompi- 
on. 2. Pepo maximus rotundas , the great round 
Melon or Pompion. 3. Pepo maximus comprcffus, 
the great flat bottomed Melon or Pompion.’ 4. 
Pepo maximus clypeatus , the great Buckler-like 
Melon or Pompion. y. Pepo minor, five Virginia . 
nus, the fmaller or Virginian Melon or Pompion, 
called alfo Virginian Macock. 
The Defcriptionf. 
IV. The frft, or Great long Melon or Pompion. 
Its Root is of the bignefs of a Mans Thumb, or 
larger, difperfed under Ground, with many fmall 
fibres thereto adjoined. From this Roof come 
forth thick and rough prickly Stalks or Branches, 
which creep upon the Ground, if nothing is near 
it to take hold of, otherwife with its clafping 
Tendrels, it climbs upon Rich tilings as are near to 
it, as Poles, Arbors, Pales, Hedges, Shrubs, 13 c. 
upon which great, ribbed, rough Branches, grow 
very large, rough Leaves , cut in on the edges 
with deep gaihes, and dented alfo round about 
like a Saw , with many Clafpers, which winde 
about every thing they meet witliall. The Flowers 
