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'tana , A trican great Rupture- wort. 3. Herni- 
aria minor * Millegrana minima Lobelij • Herm- 
aria altera Tbalij $ Herniola ^ "Polygonum mini- 
mum , /for Millegrana minima 'Bauhini The 
ffnall or ftnalleft Rupture-wort. 
T/?e Defcriptions . 
^ III. The firft, or Our common Rupture-wort ^ 
Greater Rupture-wort. 7 / has jj ^ry 
and. [mail , thrujhng it fe/f deep into the 
Ground : from which fpring up many /mail Branches 
or Stems , rwW ^ Ground. \ about a 
Rupture-wort Common. 
V. The third, or Small or 1 'maUer Rupture- 
wort. Us Root is fmall but not Jo long os 
the former: it rifes up with fmall thready 
Stalks , but with fewer Joints , having loig 
narrow Leaves , Jomelbing rough and hairy 
Jet at them ; fuller of Branches towards the 
tops , where the Blowers and Seed do grow , 
like as in the other , and in as plentiful a man- 
ner a/fo. 
VI. The firft of thefe Plants Gerard does thus 
delcribe. It has a Root which is Jlendcr and Jingle , 
a low creeping Herb , having many long l lender 
Branches trailing on the Ground , yet very tough 
and full of little knots , fomewhat reddijh ; upon 
which do grow many fmall Leaves like fhvfe of 
Time: among which come forth , little yellowijh 
F lowers, which turn into very fmajl Seed , and a 
great quantity thereof, ( conftdenng the fmallnefs of 
the Plant) growing thick and cluflering together by 
certain /paces. The whole plant is j a yf/lowijh 
green color. 
VII. The Places. The firft grows inmanit Coun- 
tries in England, as well as in feveral others, in 
dry Barren Grounds, where it will he fmall; and 
in the moifter Places alfo ; but not in Inch as are 
Boggle, or Moorilh which are not ihadowed. The 
fecond grows near Tunis in Africa, where Gujllame 
Boel gathered it, from whence it has been brought 
to us and tranfplanted into our Gardens. The third 
grows in dry Chalky and Sroney Grounds in Kent, 
and other Countries. Johnfon in Gerard lays, that 
h« found it in Kent , on a Heath not far Irom Chifte- 
hurjl , in the Month of July. 
VIII. The Times. They are frelh and green and 
Flower in May, June, July, and Augujl ; and per- 
fect their Seed in the mean time. 
IX. The Qualities. It is cold in the firft Degree, 
and dry in the lecond ; Styptick or Aftringenr Di- 
uretick and Nephritick. 
X. The Specification. It is faid to Cure Rup- 
tures of the Peritoneum , to (top all forrsof Fluxes 
of the Bowels and of the Womb , to give cafe in 
the Strangury, and provoke Urine. 
XI. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, 1. A Juice or E/fence. 2. A Decoffion m 
Wine or Water. 5. A Pouier of the Dryed Herb. 
4. A Catap/afm of the Green Herb. 
The Virtues. 
Span or more long , which are divided into many 
other f mailer and almoft thready parts, full 
of fmall Joints , fet very thick together ; where- 
at come forth likewife, a great number of exceed- 
ing fmall yellowijh Flowers , fcarcely to be dif- 
cerned from the Stalks and Leaves , which turn 
into Seed as fmall as the very Duft. This 
Plant has neither Smell nor Tafte at firft- 
but afterwards it has a little Styptick or 
Aftnngent Tafte, without any heat , yet a 
little bitter and Jharp withall. The Cut which 
we have given you here is from Matthiolus 
his Epitome, but the Cutter has not well re- 
prefented the vaft number of Flowers and Seed 
at every Joint with which this Plant is ufuallv 
replenifhed. 1 
IV. The fecond, or African great Rupture- 
wort Thu in its Roots , Stalks, Leaves 
Branches, Flowers , Seed, form and manner 
of growing, differs little from the former- 
Joying that this is fomething greater and 
l ? r & er ; grows more upright, and is fuller of 
branches. 
XII. The Juice or EJfence. They provoke Urine 
and are laid to break the Stone if it is compofed of 
a Gritty Subitance : yet they ftop all forts of Fluxes 
or the Belly and Womb ; and are profitable to con- 
glutmate Ruptures of the Bowels in young people 
bemg taken lor 40 Days together, the Patient lying 
all the time in Bed. Dofe 2 Spoonfhis at a time 
Morning, Noon and Night, in a Glafs of Red 
Styptick Wine; given in the fame Dofe in White 
Port or Lisbon, it provokes Urine, and is profita- 
ble again!! the Strangury. 
XIII. The Decollion of the Herb in Wine or 
Water. It has all Virtues of the Juice arid 
Effenee, and may be given at like times from a quar- 
ter ot a Pint to half a Pijjr. u 
XIV. The Pouder bflfie dried Herb. A Dram 
of it taken at a time , Morning and Evening in 
a Glafs of White Wine is good againlt the 
Strangury , and for fuch as are troubled with 
Gravel in the Reins or Bladder, cauling to make 
Urine plentifully. Taken in Red Styptick Wine 
it ftops Fluxes of the Bowels , and helps’ 
Ruptures. 
XVI. The 
