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SalmonV Herbal. Lib. I. 
Peafe Heart. 
large , long , thin , and very green Leaves on all 
fidcs, upon long foot Stalks, being divided either 
into three or five parts, each of which is much rent 
or cut in on the edges. At the Joints with the 
Leaves from the middle of the Stalks almofl up- 
wards, and at their tops afio, come forth fever al 
fmall whit ifh Flowers, fct together upon a foot 
Stalk , each con fifing of five fmall Leaves apiece, 
which being pafi away, fmall Bladders fucceed in 
their places, in which are contained the Grains or 
Peafe : thefc Bladders grow whit if) as they ripen, ha- 
ving Six Ridges, of which three are the more emi- 
nent, and open into three parts . in each whereof 
lies one round, hard , blackifh Seed , of the bignej's 
of a great Pea, fpotted on the out fide with a mark, 
■much of the form of a Heart, as it is painted on 
Cards, whence came the Name. 
VII. The V laces. A 11 thefefeveral forts of Peafe 
grow with us only inGardens,zi\d the worfer fort of 
them in Manured Fields, for the profit of the Huf- 
hand-Man. The tenth is only Sown in Gardens 
ahd fo alfo the eleventh, being firlt brought to us 
out of Italy and other places, being originally (as 
is fuppofed) a Plant of Indian growth. 
VIII. The Times. They are all Sown in the 
Spring : The firft ten Kinds Flower in June, July, 
and Augufi, and the Grain, or Peafe ripen in the 
mean Seafon. The eleventh Flowers in Augufi or 
September and the Grain or Peafe is ripe in Sep- 
tember or October. 
_ IX. The Qualities. We fpeak now of the firft 
nine or ten Kinds of Peafe: they are hot andmoift 
in the firft Degree, Aperitive, Abfterfive, and 
Diuretick-, Stomatick, Nephritick, and Arthri- 
tick ^ Chylifick, Analeptick and Spermatogene- 
tick. 
X. The Specification. They are peculiar againft 
the Strangury, or ftoppage of Urine, Sand, Gra- 
vel, Stones and Tartarous Mucilage or Slime in 
the Reins , Ureters , and Bladder : Breed good 
Chyle , nourifh much, and reftore in Confump 
tions. 
XI. Hippocrates fays, That Peafe are left windy 
than Beans, and pafs fooner thro’ the Belly. And 
Galen fays, That Peafe in their whole fubftance 
are like unto Beans , and are eaten after the fame 
manner, but that they differ in two things, viz. 
That they are not fo windy as Beans, nor altoge- 
ther of fo cleanfing a faculty ^ and that they are in 
a mean between thofe things which nourifh much, 
and nourifh little j and which are windy, and not 
windy. 
XII. The Preparations, i. An £ (fence of the 
Leaves and green Cods. 2. A Meal or Flower of 
the dry ed Peafe. 3. A Decotlion of Peafe. 4. A 
firong Broth or Pottage. 5. A Cataplafm of Peafe 
Meal. 6. The Afhes of Peafe Strata and Cods. 7. 
A Difiilled Water from Peafe Bloffoms, or from the 
whole Plant. 8. A Volatile Spirit, Oil and Salt 
Difilled by Retort from dryed Peafe. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Effencoof the Leaves and green Cods. 
It is highly Aperitive, Abfterfive and Diuretick 
opens Obftru&ions of the Reins, Ureters and Blad- 
der, breaks Gritty Stones, and expels from the Reins 
and Bladder, Stones, Gravel, Sand, and Slimy 
Humors in great quantities. Dole 2, 3, or 4 
Spoonfuls or more in a Glafs of White Port or 
Lisbon Wine. 
XIV. The Meal or Flower of Peafe. Made into 
a Pudding with Milk and Eggs, tho* it is Abfter- 
five and Diuretick, yet it nourifhes very much 
and being much or long eaten, it reftores in Con- 
fumptions, the Patients Drink being every Day 
new Milk. Bread made thereof, or Cakes, and 
eaten while they are new, are alfo reftorative; 
they very much ftrengthen the whole Body, pro- 
voke Luft and encreafe Seed. 
XV. The Decoftion of the Peafe either green 
alone, or with the Cods, or dryed. It is a famous 
thing againft the Strangury and all ftoppages of 
Urine, Stone Gravel, Sand, Slimy Mat- 
ter, tfic. It opens all obftruefions of the Urinary 
parts, expels the obftruHing matter, and eafes 
the Pain. Dofe 6 or 8 Ounces fweetned with 
Honey. 
XVI. The firong Broth or Pottage. It is 'of 
great nourifhment; and if it is made good and 
ltrong with Knuckles of Veal, and Legs of Pork, 
and {trained from the Hulls of the Peafe, and then 
be eaten as daily Food, it wonderfully reftores 
in Confumprions, Cherifhes Languifhing Nature, 
increafes Seed, and provokes Luft extreamly. It 
ftrengthens the Bowels, and ttops all forts of Lasks 
or Fluxes: and has fuch. a Power in it as to cure 
Impotency in the Male Kind, whether it be from 
a weaknefs in the Inftruments of Generation, or 
from a defeat of Seed. It may be made pleafant 
and favory with a little Pepper and Salt, Juice 
of an Orange or Linton, and a little Sweet 
Butter. 
XVII. The Cataplafm of the Meal. If it is 
made with Vinegar , 'with a little Oil, it repreffes 
and Difcuffes Tumors in Womens Breafts,. proceed- 
ing from too great a quantity of Milk, or from its 
Curdling therein: applyed to the Tefticles which 
are Swoln, it difcuffes the Tumor, and eafes the 
pain. If it A made with Wine and Folks of Eggs , 
and applyed to weak Joints it ftrengthens them : 
applyed 
