Chap. 6 1 6. ‘Englijh Herbs, i oo 
6br iibky or Woody kind of fubjlance , having many I 
Stalks rifing up from one Root, which are freight j 
or upnght , a little cnclining towards their Tops , I 
«// are replenijhed with many Leaves Jet 
round about them , by /paces or distances as it were 
.Joints, many Leaves rifing together from one Stock 
or Footfinlk which are a little long , and thick of 
Jubfance , having a fait if) Tafe. Underneath the 
fpringings forth of thefe Leaves , come forth other 
fugle Leaves of nearly twice the length of the o- 
ther. The blowers grow at the Tops of the Stalks , 
and are round , and hairy or downy , and of a pale 
whit if) red Color. 
VJ. The fourth, or Thorny Sampire, or Sea 
rarfnep. Its Root is long and white , fomewhat 
like unto a Rarfnep, but more divided into parts. 
Thorny Sampire. 
and is of a good relifh , fomewhat ref entiling that 
afo of a Rarfnep. This is very like the two firft 
kinds of Sampire , but it grows greater and higher , 
with Jhorter and narrower Leaves, much more divi- 
ded, and fharp and pricking at the ends. The 
Stalks are more fappy, and of a frefher green color, 
breaking into 3 or 4 Branches, towards the Tops, 
where * grow large Umbles of white Flowers, and 
afterwards Fennel like Seed in prickly Husks. 
VII. The fifth, or Golden Flower’d Sampire. 
Its Root is pretty thick, divided into, fever el Branch- 
es, having many firings adjoining thereto. It rifes 
up with feveral hard round Stalks , very thickly 
covered or replenijhed with very narrow , long, and 
fomewhat thick Leaves cut in at the ends. At 
the Tops of the Stalks fiand fingle Flowers like un- 
to After, or Cbryfanthemum , wholly Fellow, both 
Sampire Golden F 'lovoerd. 
the Border and the Thrum in the middle , in 
which lyes the Seed when they are ripe , and 
are blown away with the Wind. 
VIII. The Places. The firft and fecond grows 
upon Rocks and Clifts near the Sea ; The third 
Najcitur in littori Maris , locis plants, non els', 
vofis: grows not on Rocks and Clifts as the 
fortfier two do, but upon the Sea fhore, on plain 
Ground. The firft and lecond grow on the 
Rocky Clifts at Dover. Wmchelfcy by Rie, a- 
hout Southampton, the 1/le of Wight and Pur - 
beck, and molt Rocks about the Weft and North 
parts of England-, more efpecially on fuch Rocks 
as are often moiftned at the leart, if not over- 
flown with the Sea Water. The third, fourth 
and fifth in other grounds not far from the 
lhore -, The fourth or Thorny kind, grows upon 
the Sands and Beaches, between Whttftable and 
the IJle of Tenet by Sandwich ; and by the Sea 
near Weft Cbefter. The Fifth and laft grows 
in the Muddy Marlh in the 1/le of Sheppy, going 
from Kings-t'erry to Shctland-houfe. 
IX. The Times. Rock Sampire is faid to Flower 
in May, June and July ; and matt be gathered 
to be kept in Pickle in the beginning of Augu/l • 
all the others Flower in July, ai*l their Seed 
is ripe in Auguft. 
X. The Vitalities. Sampire is hot and dry in 
the end of the firft degree ; Abfterfive, Aperitive 
Digeltive, Diuretick, Stomatick, Splenetick Ne- 
phritick, Hylterick, Emmenagogick, Analeptick 
and Spermatogenetick. 
XI. The Specification. It is ufed to provoke 
Urine, give eafein the Strangury, open obftruftion 
of the Vrfcera, chiefly of the Spleen and Womb, 
d M 2 provoke 
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