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crumpled or waved on the edges ; the farther end 
cf it Jhewing fomethirig like a Plantain Leaf. The 
bottom of the Leaf hat oh each fide thereof , a Large 
piece a 1 it were lorn from it , but yet growing to 
it, which are likewife crumpled and waved , and 
each of them J. hewing themfelves in the form of a 
Plantain Leaf , its TaJIe eilfo being not unlike to 
Plantain; Jo that the whole Leaf ferns .is if divers 
great large Leaves were joined together to make 
one. This Leaf perifhing the frji Tear , there 
rifes up the next Spring , fever al Leaves clofe 
together , not formed into one , as the former , 
but as if divers Leaves were joined together , 
each having a Plantain form , but fomething 
a little rounder , and a little crumpled or wa- 
ved as the fanner was. The Stalk rifes up 
in the middle of thefe Leaves , about half a 
Tari high, bearing thick and Jhort fpiked flat- 
tijh heads , with Seed therein , much like to the 
others. 
IX. The Places. The firft grows almoft every 
where in Fields, and in watte and untilled places, 
and in Path ways generally. The fecond grows in 
trance, Italy, Carolina , Stc. and/ with us in fome 
Cardens. The third Clufirn fays, grows in Spain ; 
I found it growing plentifully in m*ift places 'of 
the South Carolina: and it has been round grow- 
ing in l’everal other colder Climates, as 1 alfo in 
fome places in England. The fourth, tho’ it is 
called a Strange or Exotick Plantain, in Clufirn his 
Country, yet it is found growing Naturally in Eng- 
land, and is thought to rife from the third fort, 
and is now brought out of the Fields, and in 
tnany places Planted in Gardens. The fifth and 
laft was fent in Seed from Pelliterius of 
lAompelier to Lobe!, who fowing the Seed, it 
grew with him in his Garden many Years. John- 
fon in Gerard fays that he found the fourth 
Kind growing in fome places in the Ifle of 
Tenet. 
X. The Times. They fpring up from the 
beginning of April to the end of September. 
They are in their Beauty and fiourilhing 
State, from the end of May to the end 
of Augttft , their Seed ripening in the in- 
termediate times , and not long after their 
Flowering. 
XI. The Vitalities. Plantain is cold and dry in 
the end of the firft Degree, Gerard fays in the 
fecond Degree. It is dry without biting, and 
cold without benumming : the Root is laid to 
be dry in the fame Degree, but not fo cold as 
the Leaves. The Seed is of Subtil parts , and 
lefs cold yet than the Roots. It is Aperitive , 
Abfterfive, Aftringent, Anodyn, and Traumatick 
or Vulnerary. 
XII. The Specification. It cures the [Scur- 
vy in a hot habit of Body, Heals the excori- 
ations of the Stomach and other Bowels; flops 
Catarrhs, and all forts of Fluxes in Man or 
Woman. It flops alfo all forts of Hatmorrha- 
ges . whether Internal or External , the over- 
flowing of the Courfes in Women, Spitting 
and Pilling of Blood , and therefore is of 
excellent ufe in the Curing of a Phthifis , 
or Ulceration of the Lungs. Diofcorides fays’ 
It cures Agues, flops Vomiting, and is good 
againft the Epilepfy and yellow Jaundice. It 
allays Inflamations of the Eyes, deanfes and 
heals old Ulcers, whether in the Mouth , 
Throat, or other parts, gives eafe in the Piles’ 
Kills Worms in the Belly , and gives eafe in 
the Gout , and cures all forts of (imple Green 
Wounds , as alfo old Sores , whether inward or 
outward. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may have from 
thefe Plants, 1. A Liquid Juice. 1. An EJJence. 
3. A DecoQwn. 4. A Ponder of the Leaves. 
;. A Ponder of the Root. 6. A Pouder cf the 
Seed. 7. A Cofmetick. 8. A Lotion. 9. A Li- 
niment. 10. A Cataftlafm. u. A Di filled Wa- 
ter. li. A Diet Drink. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. The Liquid Juice. Being Depurated ot 
Clarified, and drank for feveral Days together, 
prevails Wonderfully againft all Torments and Ex- 
coriations of the Guts or Bowels, helps diftillati- 
ons of Rheum upon the Throat , Glands , Lungs, 
tfc. and flops all manner of Fluxes in Manor 
Woman, and the overflowing of the Terms in 
Women.'* Qofe from 3 to 8 Spoonfuls or more, 
either or mixt with fome Stypcick red 
Wine, v ' , 
XV. J.if EjJehcg) It has all the Virtues of the 
Liquid JJuiee , befides which it is good to cure 
Spitring ajf Blood , and all other Bleedings by the 
Mouth , ' alio Pilling Blood, and is profitable to 
help a bloody or loul Water, occafioned by any 
Ulcer in thl Reins or Bladder, as alfo to flop the 
free bleeding of Wounds; it is likewife an efpecial 
Remedy againft a Phthifis or Ulceration of the 
Lungs, and a Vehement Cough arifing from the 
fame. It is faid to be good againft che Falling- 
ficknefs, Dropfie and Jaundice, and opens Ob- 
ftruftions of the Liver, Spleen, and Reins. 
It cools Inflammations of the Eyes, and takes 
away the Pin and Web (fo called) in them. 
Dropt into the Ears, it eafes their Pains, and re- 
ftores Heating much decayed. Dofe from 3 to 6 
Spoonfuls more ot lefs , either alone or with 
fome fit Vehicle, Morning and Night, or 
oftener. 
XVI. The D ecoSion. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice and EJfenee, but ought to be given in a much 
larger Dofe , as to half or three quarters of a 
Pint. The Decoflion of the Roots in Wine , (accor- 
ding to Diofcorides) is good to cure Quotidian, 
Tertian and Quartan Agues: and this is probable 
enough, for I am apt to believe it performs that 
Cure, by Vertueof its Natural Stypticity. It may 
be given an hour or two before the Fit. 
XVII. T he Pouder of the Leaves. It has the 
Virtues of the Juice and EJfenee, yet is not alto- 
gether fo effeftual as they , in the Droply, Epi- 
lepfy and Jaundice: put upon old putrid and run- 
ning Sores, it deanfes and dtys up themoifture, 
and in fome meafure incarnates. Taken in Drink 
to_ a Dram or Dram and half, it is faid to kill 
Worms in the Belly: and ftrewed upon old Ulcers 
which have Worms in them, it kills them, more 
efpecially if white Wine Vinegar be fprinkled upon 
the fame. 
XVIII. The Pouder of the Root. Given Ifom 1 
to 2 Drams, it is faid to Cute Agues, to flop Vo- 
miting and Fluxes, and to ftfengthen the Stomach. 
Mixed with equal parts of Pouder of Pellitory of 
Spain, and put into a hollow Tooth, it is faid to 
eafe the pain thereof : put into Wounds and Ulcers, 
it dtys and heals them. 
XIX. The Pouder of the Seed. Taken every day 
Morning and Night, from 1 to 2 Drams in any tit 
Vehicle, as in the Yolk of an Egg, Pulp of a Roafted 
Apple , or in Mithriiate , or lome proper Syrup , 
it is faid to heal Ulcers of the Lungs, flop 
Coughs , and all forts of Fluxes of the Bow- 
els, Catarrhs, and helps weaknefs of the Sto- 
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