Chap. 557* ‘Engltjb Herbs, 
Vepper-Wall Infipid. 
VII. T be 'Times. They both Flower in the 
Summer Months, in June and July , andfometimes 
fooner ; and the Leaves (if the Seafon is not very 
extream) continue green all the Winter. 
VIII. The Qualities. The firft of thefe is 
only ufed in Phyfick , and is hot and dry in 
the fourth Degree, very attraftive, lharp and 
biting: outwardly applyed it raifes Blifters, 
and at length exulcerates the part it is apply- 
ed to. 
IX. The Specification. It cures the Sciatica 
and Gout; prevails again!! the Kings Evil, is 
Alexipharmick or good againlt Poyfon, and 
cures Quartans and other Agues of long con- 
tinuance. 
X. T he Preparations. You may have there- 
from I. A Liquid Juice. 2. An Effence. 3. 
An Infolated or Decoded Oil. 4. A Balfam. 
5. ACatapldfm. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Liquid Juice. By reafon of its hot 
and attractive qualities, it is (being taken inward- 
ly) Emetick. Being taken with Vinegar, or fome 
other proper Vehicle, it educes thick and tough 
Flegm, and other tenacious and vifeous Humors in 
the Ventricle, by Vomit: it evacuates alfo Cho- 
lerick Humors, and thereby cures Quartan Agues, 
and other Agues inveterate, or of long continuance. 
And taken in the fame manner , it expels any fort 
of Poiloii, whether Vegetable, as of the Aconites, 
or Animal, from the fwallowing of any Poifonous 
Creature ; but, Caveat qui fumpferit , fays Parkin- 
fon , I fuppofe becaufe of its heat. 
XII. The Effence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid Juice, "being taken in the fame manner, or 
in the fame Vehicle: and may either of them be 
given, from a Spoonful to two Spoonfuls, more 
or lels, accoruing to the Prudence of the Phylician. 
It the Dole is given in a large quantity of th e 
Vehicle, it will certainly be lefs dangerous"; fo alfo 
if a good quantity of Poflet Drink , or Mutton 
Broth be Drank after it, if it is found to burn 
much : it much expels wind, and being given in a 
fmall quantity warms and comforts the Stomach, and 
gives eafe in the Colick. 
XIII. The Infolated or Decoded Oil. It eafes 
pains and difculfes Tumors proceeding from cold 
and moil! Humors, and is a very beneficial thing, 
in alleviating pains of the Gout. Anointed upon 
the spina Do/ji, and parts aft'efted with the Pally, 
it difculfes the Flatulent Humor , and cures that 
difeafe, if it is recent : Anointed on the Neck and 
Throat, it is good againlt the Quinly, fwellings 
ot the Almonds, and other Diftempers of thofe 
parts : Anointed on the Piles it cures them. 
XIV. The Balfam. It is made with Beef Suet , 
Strasburg Turpentine , with a little Frankincenfe . 
It is a potent tiling againlt the Gout, and all man- 
ner of Aches and Pains of the Joints being applyed, 
(univerfals alfo being at the fame time exhibited :) 
it is profitable againlt the Kings Evil ; taking away 
ot difeuffing Knots and Kernels in the Neck and 
Throat, before they are broken ; or if Ulcerated, 
digefting, cleanfing, and healing them in a Ihort 
time. 
XV. The Cataplafm. It is made by beating the 
Herb up with a little Hogs Lard. Applyed to the 
Hips, it cures the Sciatica; and to Joints affeaed 
with the Gout, it eafes the Pain and educes the 
Morbifick Matter , and this it does by drawing 
Blifters upon the parts affeaed. And applied to 
Kernels or Scrophulous Tumors in the Neck and 
Throat, commonly called the Kings-Evil, it re- 
moves or takes them away after a lingular 
manner. 
XVI. Nota. The feconi of thefe , is cold and 
moilt in the fecond Degree, and it is thought 
to be aftringent withal. And M (top Fluxes and 
diftillations of Rheum, inward Bleeding, and out- 
ward hot eruptions of the Skin, and to heal can- 
cerous and fretting Sores and Ulcers, and is fafely 
to be ufed , and efteftual tor all the purpofes for 
which our Common Honfe-Leek is ufed, its Quali- 
ties, Preparations , Virtues and Ufes , being much 
the fame, which lee Chap. 484. Sell. 10, ad 19, 
and Chap. 485. Sell. 6 . aforegoing of this Book. 
PEPPER-WORT, fee Dittander, Chap. 217. 
PEPPER-WATER, fee Arfmart Biting, Chap. 52. 
PEACH-WORT, fee Arfmart Biting, Chap. 22. 
PERCEPIER, fee Pailly Macedonian, Chap. 540. 
CHAP. DLVIII. 
Of PERWINCLE. 
OR, 
The CLIME R. 
I* # T' H E Names. It is called in Greek , 
A 77? J)i<tvoHj'ns i {Clematis 9 becaule it brings 
forth its Stalks which creep or climb like thofe of 
the Vine : Daphnoiedes , becaule its Leaves are like 
thofe of the Bay-Tree:) in Latine , Clematis , O’ 
Vinca 
