Chap. 545. ‘Englijh 'Herbs. 
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XIV. T be twelfth, or Spanilh Baftard Parfly. 
The Root pcrijhes after Seed time , and tho this is 
a Milky Plant yet being cut or broken , it gives 
no Milk. Prom this Root rife up J'cvcral crefted 
rough Stalks, and heaves very like to the firft 
Common Baftard Parfly; but the Umbels of 
while Viewers are fmaller , and grow more 
round together , as it were into the form of 
round head: and the Seed which follows 
greater , very much ftriped , and rough, but not 
prickly. The herb being broken in any part, it 
yields a facet Milk. 
XV". The Places. Thefe feveral Baftard Par flies 
grow Wild in feveral Countries of Auftria, Eng- 
land, prance, Germany, Italy , Spain, & c. The 
firft is common almoft every where in our Country.. 
The fecond was found in Ltncoln-fhire , on the 
North Defcent of the North Field of Witham nigh 
to Bourn : it was alfo found growing in the Corn 
Fields about Bath. The third and fourth grows 
about Hedges, and in Plow’d Fields, almoft every 
where. The fifth grows Wild with us in feveral 
places : Gerard fays it grew upon the Banks 
in the Fields about St. James's and Bickadil- 
ly , which was before thefe places were Built 
upon, and made into Streets, Efc. The reft 
Naturally grow upon Rocks and Stoney Grounds, 
and thole which grow not Wild with us, are 
many times to be found in the Gardens of the 
more Curious. 
XVI. The Times. They all Flower and Seed 
very well in England, from the beginning of 
June to the end of Auguft. The fecond and third 
Lower in Jttnc\, or July , and the Seed is ripe in 
July or Auguft. If the Seed is Sown in Sep- 
tember, it will come up and continue green all the 
Winter. 
XVII. The Vitalities, Specification, Prepara- 
tions and Vertues of thefe Ballard Barflies, are 
the fame with thofe of our Common Garden Par- 
fly in Chap. 539. aforegoing, to which you are 
refetx’d. 
XVIII. Not a. 1. The Juice of Baftard Parfly , 
not only provokes Urine and the Terms, but as 
Matthiolus fays, is comfortable to the Heart, opens 
obttruftions of the Liver and Spleen, deanfes the 
Reins of Stones , Gravel , and Tartarous Muci- 
lage; and therefore mult be profitable againlt all 
Dileafes of thofe parts, excites Lull, and ftrengthens 
the Inftruments of Generation. 
XIX. Nota. 1. The green Herb. According to 
Diofcorides, it was a familiar Sallet Herb, and 
therefore uled in his time more for Meat than Me- 
dicine : but later Phylicians have found it to be 
good for many other Dileafes, even for all that the 
Common Garden Parfly is good for, as is before ex- 
preffed : if the whole Herb is eaten with Vinegar, 
alter a Vomit, it cleanfes the Belly, and caufes a 
good Appetite, taking away loathing of Meat, and 
Indigeftion. 
XX. Nota. 3. The EJfence. It jhas the Vir- 
tues of the Juice, befides which it prevailsjagainft 
Hypochondriac^ Melancholy, is good againft 
Quartan Agues, Scabs, Itch, and French Difeafe, 
being given 2 Ounces at a time Morning and 
Evening either in a Glafs of Wine, or other fit 
Vehicle. 
XXI. Nota. 4. The P ouder of the Seed. Given 
to a Dram, more or lefs in a Glafs of White Port, 
or Lisbon Wine, it is faid to clear and_ lharpen 
the Eye Sight, and provoke Lull exceedingly in 
both Sexes, as alfo the Terms in Women. It is 
likewife given with Ceterach or Spleen-wort, and 
Seeds of Agnus Caftus, againft the Running of the 
Reins. The Ponder being drank alfo in Wine, 
caufes Fruitfulnefs in Barren Women, and is good 
agiinlt the, Bitings of Venomous Beads, more 
elpecially if a Cataplafmnf the green Herb be alfo 
applyed to the Wound. 
CHAP. DXLIil. 
Of P A R S L Y Laughing; 
0 R, 
PASQ.U E-FLOWER. 
I. Hp H E Nantes. I know no Greek Name 
X that this Plant has; but it is called in La- 
tine, Pu/fatilla , APo Aptum R/fus, Apmm Sardoni- 
um , Herba Sardonic, & Herb a Venti: in Englijh, 
Laughing Parfly, by fome, and Pafque-Plower, or 
Pu/Je-Flower, by others, becaufe of their Flower- 
ing about Eafter , or time of the Palchal Solem- 
nity. 
II. The Kinds. This Plant is no Species of the 
Parfly’s, tho’ (through Cuftom) it has obtained 
the Name of Aptunt rifts. Nor do I think it any 
Species of the Anemonigs , tho’ fome Learned Men 
are of that Opinion ; nor yet a Kind of Crowfoot, 
which fome would have it to be, but rather a Genres 
of its own , not related to any other. Of this 
Pafque-Plower there are feveral Kinds, as, 1. Pitl- 
fatilla Anglica purpurea, Pulfatilla Vulgaris, Ane- 
mone Limoni a Da/efchampij ; Santo! us P/inij ; Our 
Englilh purple Pafque Flower. 3. Pu/fatilla p/ere 
rubro, Pulfatilla rubra Gerardi, The red Pafque 
Flower. 3. Pulfatilla Plore luteo , The yellow 
Pafque Flower. 4. Pulfatilla plore a/bo. The 
white Pafque Flower. 5. Pulfatilla Daniel ’ The 
Danilh Pafque Flower. 6 . Pulfatilla Daniel plore 
dtiplici. The double Danilh Paique Flower. 
the Defcriptions. 
III. T ‘he firft , or Our Englilh purple Pafque 
Flower. The Root is pretty thick and long, running 
downwards, or deep into the Ground, and not Ivina 
m . Jer J ,he t «PPf Cruft thereof, as the 
Wild Anemomes do^ having at the top of the fniA 
Root a Tuft of Hair, or kindof haryWardadjoZ 
ed thereto. Prom this Root rifes up many winced 
Leaves lying upon the Ground, fomewhat rough or 
hairy, hard tn feeling, and finely cut into many Email 
Leaves of a dark green color, in form almoft like 
to thofe s/ Carrots, but finer and fmaller. Prom, 
among thefe Leaves, rife up naked Stalks, rough 
and hatry. Jet about the middle thereof, with fome 
fmall divided Leaves comparing them-, the faid 
Stalks rife above thofe Leaves, about a Span high 
bearing at the top of -every one of them one pendu- 
lous Viewer Bell fajhwned as Gerard fays, and 
very beaut, ful of a bright delayed purple color, or 
confifting of fix Leaves of a fine Violet purple co- 
!or, and fometmes deep withal. In the middle 
thereof ts a tuft of many yellow Threads or Thrums 
Jet about a mtdile purple Point el. When the wholl 
Flower is paft , there Succeeds a bufhy Knob or 
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