Chap. 528* Englijb Herbs , fqi 
Inflamations in Wounds, reprefs the flux of Hu- 
mors, and eafe their pain and anguilh : and are 
excellent good againl! felons, Whitlows, and the. 
like happening to the Fingers ends and Nails of 
thole parts. They Suppurate or Ripen Apoliems 
and make them break, or fit to be opened in a lit- 
tle time. 
XVII. The Calaplafm of the green Leaves. It 
is effetlual to cure fimple Contufions, and to heal 
Green Wounds, cleanfe and dry old running Sores, 
and putrid Ulcers, abate Inflamations, difcufsTu- 
mors, and to eafe the Gout, and any other kind 
of pain in any part of the Body, being duly ap- 
plyed : It alio is good again!! an Ophthalmy, 
ati’d heals all Inflamations and Sorenels of the 
Eyes, eating their Pain almoli upon the fpot. 
XVIII. The Diftil/ed Water. Being put into 
the Eyes it cools Inflamations therein, eafes their 
Pains, and takes away their Sorenefs and rednefs, 
more'efpecially if alfo Cloaths two or three times 
double, be dipt therein and applyed. But the 
Juice or EJfence of the Herb , performs this yet 
more effectually. 
XIX. The Spirituous Tindureof Leaves , Roots 
and Berries. Being taken from one Dram to two 
Drams in any proper V chicle , it alleviates the 
pains of the Colic!;, gives eafe in the griping of 
the Guts, comforts the Stomach, and obtunds 
Iharp Humors, caufing Heavinels and Melan- 
choly. 
XX. The Acid Tintlure. It may be given to a 
pleafing Acidity 3, 4, 5, or 6 times a Day in 
Water Gruel , or in the white DecoSion , or other 
like Vehicle again!! the Purples, Spotted Fever, 
all forts of Malign and Peftilential Fevers, and the 
Plague it felt : it deltroys the malignity and Poi- 
fon of theDifeafe, and in a lhorc time fecures the 
Life of the Patient againlt all dangers accrewing 
from the fame. 
CHAP. DXXVIII. 
Of ONE BLADE. 
O R, 
M O N O P H Y L. 
I. HP H E Names. It fcarcely appears that 
JL this Plant was known to the Ancient 
Greeks. But it may be called in Greek 
Monophylon , after the Latin Name Unifolium ; 
from whence it is called in Eng/ijh, One Blade. 
II. T he Kinds. This is P/anta fmgularis fui 
generis , unlefs you would have OphioglojJum or Ad- 
ders Tongue , to be a Species of it, which no Au- 
thor that* I know of has ever yet admitted. Dale- 
cbampius upon Diofcorides , fuppofes it may be the 
Cyclaminus Plinij. in lib. 25. chap. 19. but doubt- 
lefs this is a miftake. Tragus calls this Plant (be- 
fides \Jni folium ) Cotyledon Sy be ft re : but mol! of 
our latter Writers call it Monophyllon , or Unifo/i- 
um ; but Bauhinus referring it to the Lilium Con- 
y allium , calls it, Lilium Convallittm minus , or 
lelier Lilly of Vally-, I will not difpute the point 
with him, but rather give him his way. 
IT he Defcriplions. 
III. This J mall Plant , has a very J. 'mall Root of 
the bigriefs of a Rufh , lying and creeping under 
the upper Cruft of the Earth , having feveral hibrrs 
or fmall Threads adjoining to it , which Jhoot forth 
out of the Earth again in feveral places. Prom this 
One-Blade. 
Root firings forth one Stalky which never bears 
more than one Leaf , but only when it rifes up with 
its Stalky above that Leaf in order to the bearing 
a Head of Blowers , and then it bears another Leaf 
feldom any more , which are of a blewifh green color 
and therein very like unto the Lef of the Lilly 
Convally, but Jbmthing broader at the bottom , ha- 
ving many Ribs or Veins in />, and pointed at the 
end , not much unlike to a Plantain Leaf. At the 
top of the Staff grow many fmall white Flowers^ 
Star fafhion , f melling fame what fweet • after 
which come fmall reddifh Berries when they are 
ripe. 
IV. Gerard deferibes it after this manner. Its Root 
is fmall , tender , and creeping far abroad under the 
upper face of the Earth. Its Leaf is not much unlike 
the great ejt Leaf of Ivy, with many Nerves or 
Ribs , like thofe of the Plantain Leaf which fingle 
Leaf does always fpring forth of the Earth alone, but 
when the Stalk rifes up , it brings upon its fides 
two Leaves , the latter ut fafhion like the former. 
At the top of which /lender Stalky come forth fine 
fmall Flowers like P/rola, which being faded avoay^ 
fmall red Berries fucceed. 
V. The P laces. It grows in moift, (hadowy 
and Grallie places of Woods and Groves or Copfes, 
in many parts of England. Gerard fays it grows 
in Uincafhire in Dinglywood , fix miles from Prefion 
in Aldernefs-j and in Harwood near t'o Blackburn 
likewife. 
VI. The Times. It Flowers about May, and the 
Berries are ripe in June , and then it quickly 
perifhes untill the next Year, it fptinging afrefti, 
Irom the fame Root again. 
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