ioi6 Salmon > 'Herbal Lib. I. 
ii'c' higher they grow upon the Stalks, the left di- 
vided they are ur.ro the Tops, which are branch- 
ed forth into many parts , bearing Sca/y Heads 
hie to the Knapweeds, (but not!. dug fo great d) 
round and herd . with divers Purple Thrums or 
Threads tn the middle, like unto them but Shorter. 
Sam -(Fort. 
The Seed is Jdmall and. black , like to that of the 
jacea but leper than it , and lying in Down, 
which JJ?eJs and falls away • 1 his plant when it 
is young has many, or moji, or all its firft and low- 
ed Leaves whole and not jagged or divided into 
parts-, but when it grows older, and higher the 
loaves which come faith afterwards higher upon 
the Stalks, are many, or ntofi of them divided 
into feveral parts. 
IV. The fecorrd or White Flowered Saw- 
wort. This in its Root, Stalks, Leaves , Branches, 
Viewers and Seed, and farm and manner of grow- 
ing is very like to the former ■, nor is there a- 
ny difference or diffmllion between this and that, 
but only in the color of the flower, or of the Threads 
in the middle of the Scaly Heads, which in this 
is White-, and the heads the mf elves, and the 
Stalks cf a frafh green color. 
V. The third or Red Flowered Saw-wort. 
This is alfo in all ref pells as to the form of its 
Root , Stalks, Branches, Leave s i Flowers, Seed, 
and manner of growing, like unto the two for- 
mer, the difference between them being chiefly in 
the flower, which is cf a deeper Red Color. 
This is more rare than any of the former, and 
not fo eafy to be found, or in fo many places, 
as the two aforegoing are. 
VI. The Places. They all grow in Woods and 
Shadowy places, and fometimes in Meadows. 
I The fiift is common in the corners of fields 
and Wood Tides, both open and Shadowed that 
with a White Flower has been found growing 
at the farther end of Hampfled Wood, near unto 
a Rill of Water, running by the fide of a Cottage 
there j as alfo upon Water Down Forrelt in Suf- 
fex, near unto the path which leads from Bridge 
unto Ivy Bridg by a Brook fide. The laft is not 
fo common to be met with. 
VII. The Times. They all Flower in July and 
Auguft, or towards the end of Summer, and the 
Seed is ripe not long after. 
VIII. The Qualities. Saw-wort is hot and dry 
in the end of the firft degree, or beginning of 
'the fecond* Abfterfive, Aftringenr, Anodyn, Vul- 
nerary, and Arthririck. 
IX. The Specification. It heals Contufions, 
Green Wounds, Old Ulcers, Hemori luges, Co- 
lick, and all inward Torments of the Bowels, 
Ruptures, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Lfc. 
X. The Preparations. You may make thereof, 
i. A Juice or Ejfence. 2. A DecoUion or In - 
fufwn in Wine. 3. A Pouder of the Leaves. 4, 
An Oil or Ointment of Herb and Root. y. A 
Cataplafm cf Herb and Root. 6 . A Fomenta- 
tion. 
The Virtues . 
XI. The Juice or Effence. They are Singu- 
larly good for fuch as' are Bruifed by a Fall, 
and have thereby any Vein broken within them 5 
or are much Bruifed by cruel Blows, or other- 
wife much hurt by any violence or over (training 
or liftings they eafe their Pains and Sorenefs, 
and flop the faid inward Bleeding, by congluti- 
nating the mouths of the Veflels. And for the fame 
reafon they are commended to heal Ruptures, 
or Burftennefs, being as well as taken inwardly, 
bathed warm outwardly upon the Place. They 
are good alfo for all Wounds new or old, to 
cleanfe, dry, heal, and confolidate them } or be- 
ing old and filthy Ulcers, to digeft, cleanfe, in- 
carnate and Cicatrize them , they being 
often wafht therewith, and after wafhing, the 
Ointment or Balfam of the fame Herb being 
applyed. 
XII. The DecoUion or Infujion in Wine. They 
have all the fame Virtues with the Juice and Ef- 
fence, but much Inferior, as being weaker in their 
effects, and therefore may be given from a quar- 
ter of a pint, to half a pint, morning and even- 
ing} befides which, they are of good ufe againlt 
the Colick or Gripings of the Guts, and all in- 
ward Pains and Torments of the Bowels pro* 
ceeding from Wind or fharp Humors. 
XIII. The Pouder of the Leaves. Inwardly 
given (in any fit Vehicle) to a dram at a rime, 
morning and evening, it has the Virtues of the 
Juice or Effence, but operates not with their 
fpeed, nor does ir pierce fo far, nor fo effectu- 
ally } but is an extraordinary thing for the pre- 
lent (topping or pilfing of Blood, or of a Bloody 
Flux. Outwardly, it (tops bleeding alfo, heals 
green wounds-, and cleanles, drys and heals old 
running Sores, and foul Ulcers though of long 
(landing. 
XIV. The Oil or Ointment of the Herb and 
Roots. They eafe pains in any external part, be- 
ing anointed upon the fame. And the Ointment 
is good to heal Green Wounds, they being firft 
wafht with the Effence or DecoUion, then (trew 
ed over with the Pouder, and after all rhe Oint- 
ment 
