Salmon '$ Herbal . 
Lib. I, 
Scaldings with Fire, Water, Oil, or other things, ’ 
as alfo Cankers, running Sores, fretting Ulcers, 
Pimples, Leprofy, and other like Breakings out ot 
the Skin. They give eafe in the Gout, and all 
other pains Droceeding from heat, and hot folding 
or lharp Humors, in what part of the Bodyloever: 
and have all the Virtues of the Liquid Juice , as 
to outward applications. Anointed on the Fore- 
Head, Temples, and Crown ol the Head, it eales 
the Head-ach, Megrim, and allays the diltcmpered 
heat of the Brain. 
XVII. The Cataplafnt. Applyed to Inflamanons, 
F.mple Contufions or Bruifes, Anthony's. Fire, or 
other hot and fiery eruptions in the Skin, it allevi- 
ates the heat, and cures them , fo alfo applyed in 
the Gout it gives eafe to the parr, and applyed 
to the Crown of the Head and Temples, it is good 
againft Frenzies, Deliriums, and Mrdnefs, eales 
the pains of thofe parts, and cools and allays the 
preternatural heat of the fame, and has indeed 
all the Virtues of the Juice , Oil and Ointment , as 
to external Applications. 
XVIII. The Dijlil/ed Water. Drank Inwardly, 
it has all the Virtues of the Juice and Syrup, tho’ 
not altogether fo powerful; it quenches Third, 
allays inward Heats and InHamations, and abates 
the fharpnefs of Humors in the Siomach. Out 
wardly, it has all the Virtues of th t Juice, Oil and 
Ointment , and in efpecial is an incomparable thing 
againft an Eryfipelas, and all External Hears, Pim- 
ples, eruptions of the Skin , and other detodati- 
ons and deformities thereof. The Dijii/led Water, 
or th t Juice, being bathed on any place flung with 
Nettles, Bees, or Wafps, or bitten with any Ve- 
nomous Creature, it prefently gives eafe, and takes 
away the pain thereof! 
CHAP.' DLXXIX. 
Of PRIMROSE. 
I, np h e ’Names. It is called in Latine , Pri- 
JL muld veris (for I know no Greek Name 
it has) which Name I fuppofe it has obtained, be- 
caufe it is one of the firft of thofe Planrs which 
Flower in the Springy alfo, Alifma Sylvarum 
Column#: and in Engltfh, Primrofe. 
II. The Kinds. The Primrofe is faid to be a 
Species of Herb a Paralyfis , or Ccwflip : and of 
this Species, there are two principal Kinds, viz. 
I. Primula Veris , or Primrofe, fpecially fo called, 
of which we fhall treat in this Chapter. II. Pri- 
mula Veris pachyphyllos Lugdunenfis, Auricula Ur Ji , 
The Bears Ear Primrofe, of which we fhall treat, 
God willing, in the next Chapter following. 
III. The Kinds of the Primrofe fpecially fo cal- 
led. Of this there are thefe following Species, 
viz. i . Primula veris Plore albo , The fingle white 
Primrofe. 2. Primula veris Plore viride fimplici , 
The fingle green Primrofe. 2. Primula veris Plore 
viridante & albo fimplici -, The fingle green and 
white Primrofe. 4. Primula veris More viridi du- 
plici , The double green Primrofe. 5. Primula veris 
hesketi Plore multiplici Jeparatim Divifo , Heskets 
double Primrofe. 6. Primula Hortenfs Plore pleno 
vulgaris , The common double Garden Primrofe. 
7. Primula veris minor Plore duplici , The fmall 
double Primrofe. 8. Primula veris Turcica Plore 
furpureo Tradefcanti , The Turky purple Primrofe. 
9‘ Primula veri* Plore chermejino Turcica , The [ 
Turky crimlou Primrofe. 1 o. Primula veris rubra , 
The red Primrofe. 1 1. Primula veris rubra , The 
fair red Primrofe. 12. Primula veris Phcenicea 
The leader Primrofe. n. Primula veris plore 
geminate rubro , The red Primrofe Hofe in Hofe. 
1 4. Primula veris rubra Plore duplici , The double 
red Primrofe. 
The Defer iptiottf* 
I Va The firft, or Single white Primrofe. It bos 
a long , Jlnngv , fibrous and bujby Root, from the 
Head of which rife up many Leaves, almojl all in 
a cluficr , which are femetime s 2, 3, or 4 Inches 
long , and fome times i or 2 broad, rough, full of 
Veins, and unevenly waved about the edges , narroii 
Primrofe. 
at the bottom, and from thence gradually entreating 
in breadth till they come to their jull bteadth near 
the top, after which, they prefently grow narrow, 
and end in a fontething obtuje point. From among 
thefe Leaves fpring up feveral fmall ahitijh yellow 
Stalks , about 3, 4, or 5 Inches in height, at the 
tops of which the Flowers grow in a fmall rough 
whitijh Hus It, and of a pale or whitifh ye/ low color 
having five rouniijh Leaves dented about the middle 
of their edges , and of a pleafant fweet color. 
There is another Kind hereof, which is fame what 
f mailer, and bears Milk white Flowers, without 
any foe to of yellotanefs in them, which are ufuully 
brought into Gardens for their rarity, and differ not 
from thofe juft now deferibed , either m Root , or 
Leaf , or any thing elfe , but having thofe yellow 
Spots [mailer, and not fo deep, as in the other 
Wild Kinds 
V: The fccond, or fingle green Pr mrofe. This 
hus its Leaves very like umo the G eater double 
Primrofe, but Jin filler, and of a Judder green color* 
And 
