830 Salmons Herbal. Lib. L 
more effectual, both tor inward and outward Dil- 
eafes. It is good a gain It a Quinfy, Baftard Quin- 
ly, fcrophulous or Itrumous Tumors in the Neck 
jtnd other parts, comonly called the Kings-Evil, as 
alfo Swellings and Kernels behind the Ears : It 
gives eafe in the Strangury , helps fuch as are 
troubled with the Stone, Sand and Gravel, pro- 
vokes Urine , and is good for fuch as are troubled 
with dimnefs ot Sight. 
XV. The Pouder of the Roots Compound. Take 
Roots of Monks or Baftard Rhubarb in fne Pouder 
2 Drams: Re fi nous fa/ lap in fine Pouder 2 Scru- 
ples : be)} Scammony in fubtil Pouder a Scruple : 
Cloves in Pouder i Dram : mix them for 4 Dofes 
for a Man or Woman. It cures the Scurvy, Drbply, 
Gout, Rhumatifm, Jaundice, Kings-Evil, Pally, 
Scabs, Itch, and all forts of Puftules and other 
breakings out whatfoever; It prevails a gai nit Agues, 
Purges off Choler , Elegm , and watery Humors, 
cleanfes throughly the Stomach, and Bowels, and 
opens all obftruftions of the Liver, Spleen, Me- 
fentery, Reinsand Womb. 
XVI. The Pouder oj the Seed. That made of 
the Seed of Patience , cools, aftringes or binds, and is 
of extraordinary ufe in Hopping Fluxes of the 
Bowels, and in fpitting of Blood. The Seed of 
the Bafiard Rhubarb , is alfo manifeftly aftringent, 
and is faid to cure the Bloody Flux, given in a 
Glafs of Red Styptick Wine. It eafes the gnawing 
griping pains of the Stomach ; and takes away 
Naufeoufnefs, and loathing of Food : The Pouder 
of either of them may be given every Morning 
Fatting, and at Night at Bed time, from a Dram 
to two Drams, in a Glafs of Red Port, or Barcelo- 
na Wine. 
XVII. The Diftilled Water. Drawn from either 
of the Plants, it is good to cool and allay Infia- 
mations, cleanfes the Face and Skin from external 
Defcedations or Defilements, and is very profitable 
to heal running Sores, foul Ulcers, and Scabbinefs 
in what part of the Body foever. 
XVIII. Kota. Tho’ Monks Rhubarb is of the 
Nature of the True Rhubarb , yet the Bajlard 
Rhubarb approaches the nearelt thereto; and is 
much the itrongeft and beft of thefe two ; it has 
not only the fhape and proportion of the True Rhu- 
barb, but the fame color both within and without, 
with very little difference: they agree alfo as well 
in Tafte and Smell; and it colors the Spittle of a 
yellow color, when it is chewed in the Mouth, as 
Rhubarb does; and it Purges the Belly after the 
fame gentle manner as the right Rhubarb does ; only 
herein it differs, that this mutt be given in at leaft 
the double quantity to that. 
PASSIONS, fee Biftort, Chap. 76. 
PASTEL, fee Woad, Chap. 
PAUL’S BETONY, fee Speedwell, Chap. 
PEACH, fee Peach Tree, Lib. II. 
PEACH-BELLS, fee Bell-Flower, Chap. 64. 
PEACH-WORT, fee Arfmart Dead, Chap. 31, 
PF. ARE-TREE, fee Pear-Tree, Lib. II. 
PEAR PLANT, fee Gromwel, Chap. 328. 
CHAP. DXLVIH. 
Of PEASE Manured. 
T H ‘ E f T “!” es -. is - called in Creek. 
n* , lU °”\ $ u ‘° w T "' in Latine, Pifum 
in Enghjh Peafe, mi manured 
II. The Kinds. Of Peafe there are feveral forts 
,1. Pifum Cultatum Pifum Hortenfe, Manured 
Peafe , of which m this Chapter. 2. Pifum, vet 
rK L ‘" b fi us Annum, Annual Chich-Pealh 
or Chichings, ot which we have fpoken in Chat 
126 , aforegoing. 3. nU Pifum arreflc 
Pijum Syheftre , Wild Peafe of which in Chap 
549 - 4 - Cscer Satwmf? Syheftre , Chich Peafe 
Garden and Wild, of which in Chap. yyo. y ci- 
cenulafaihyrus, Pifum Perenne, Peafe Everlaffing" 
of which in Chap, yy i. following. 
III. The Kinds of the Manured Peafe. There 
are many forts of the Manured Peafe as i The 
Early Peafe or Pulham Peafe. 2. ’ The Green 
Hailing. 3. The White Hafttng. 4 . The Sugar 
Peafe. The Rouncmal 6 . The Gray Peafe 
7. The ■ Spotted Peafe. 8. Peafe without Skins. 9 
rujted, or Scotch Peafe. 10. Pifum rubrum Pi- 
! um quadratum, Lotus Siliquofus F lore rubella ’ Lo- 
tus tetragonolobus , Square Codded Peafe. 11. Pi- 
fim cordatum , Heart Peafe. Of thefe Species be 
caufe of their great likenefs one to another in their 
Stalks, Leaves, Flowers, and manner of growing 
we mall give you but one Defcription having the 
tenth and eleventh Kinds, which lhall be paftru- 
larly fpoken to. 
The Getter a l Defcriptio/i. 
IV. The Roots of all the forts of Manured Peafe are 
Jmall and fibrous , and quickly perilh after Sard 
time. Garden Peafe are for the moft fan the 
greatefi, and the f meet eft Kinds , and are fuHainrd 
with Stakes or Bufhes. The Field Peali 1 are not 
fo managed, becaufe of the almoft i„f mttc 
Labor, bejtdes Charge, and therefore grow as they 
naturally pleafe , without any fuch trouble. They 
(all of them) firing up with long weak, hollow 
and brittle ( while they are young and green ) 
whitifh green Stalks, branched out into many parts 
and at every Joint where it fireads out a Branch 
there is one round broad Leaf, encompajftng the 
Stalk about, fo that they come as it were through 
it. The Leaves are IVinged, made of feveral fmall 
Leaves, growing from a middle Rib, of a whitiftr 
green color, with Tendrels or Clafpers at the end. 
of the Leaves, by which it takes hold of whatfo- 
ever ft ends next to it. Between the Leaves and 
the Stalks, come forth the flowers, Jlanding two 
or three together , every one by it fell on its 
own feveral foot Stalk, which are either wholly white 
or purple, or mint white and purple, or purple and 
blew : The Cods are long, and fomewhat round or 
full and bunching out, of which fome are greater 
fame lejfer, fome thick and Jhort , fame plain and 
fmooth , others a little crooked at the ends in 
which are contained feveral forms of Peafe in 
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