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as is alfo the Seed hereof. It has jeveral Shorter 
Stalks of finer cut Leaves by much than tbofe of the 
third and fourth kinds , every one Jet again/} a- 
noiher , being very narrow , and much cut in , or 
deeply denied shout the Edges, which makes the 
Lea f feetn as if it were made of many fine cut and 
jagged Leaves, Jet on both fides of a middle Rib , 
or Stalk , which f acet: ices grows Reddijh , and u 
very near of the fame frejh green color which is 
teen in the third or great German kind before de- 
feribed. The Stalks rife as ■ high aimo fl , and the 
Umbels of {■lowers arc white like tbofe: the Seed 
alfo is blackijh , but /mailer than the Seed of that 
third Species. 
VIII. An Obfervarion. Parkinfon fays, that 
there is growing at the Roots of thefe Saxifrages, 
in fame countries, certain Grains , which will give 
a Scarlet Die, as Lacuna and Anguilara have related, 
and by them called Coccus Radicum : but Amatus 
Luiitanus fayt that the like Grains are found at the 
Roots of many other Herbs. Tragus calls this Sax- 
ifrage Piper Germanicum, and Jays that no other 
Plant, can be more fitly referred to the Petrofeli- 
num Macedonicum Diofcoridis, than it, who com- 
pared the Seed to the Seed of Aroeos, yet to be 
fweeler, and in fmell like to Spice, being very 
Jharp and hot in T afte : and truly the Seed hereof 
is fo Aromalica! , and very Jharp and piercing 
withal!. Teat be bad Reafon to Jay as he did : And 
Gerard fays, it anfaers to the true Piiellandrium 
of Pliny, more than any other Plant. 
IX. The Places. The two firft are found grow- 
ing very plentifully in molt Medows throughout 
England, and are eafily feen of fuch as know them, 
and look for them, tho’ they lye hid among the 
Grafs, and often times fcarcely to be difeern’d. 
The other three grow in the Fields, in Germany, 
as alfo on their Mountains and Rocky Grounds, 
but very much in Sy/va Hircima, or the Hircinian 
Wildernefs or Woods, from which place it takes 
part of its Name: Yet notwithftanding, they 
have been found by divers, to grow as well in 
England as in thofe other places. 
X. The Times. They all flower from the end 
of June ro the end of Augujl, and their Seed ri- 
pens in the mean Seafon. 
XI. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in 
the end of the third degree, being indeed as hot 
as Pepper, and (as Tragus lays by his often experi- 
ence) more wholefome: They are of thin and lubtil 
parts, being Incifive, Aperitive, Ahfterfive, At- 
tractive, Carminative, Digeftive, Difcuff.ve, Diu- 
retick, Cofmetick, Neurotick, Stomatick, Nephri- 
tick , Hyfterick , Emmenagogick, Lichontripcick 
and Alexipharmick. 
XII. The Specification. They provoke Urine 
and the Terms, give eai'e in the Strangury, cure 
the Colick, expel. Wind from the Stomach and 
Bowels, are good againft pains and fits of the 
Mother , break or dinolve gritty Stones, in Reins 
and Bladder, and expel the lame, refill and expel 
Poifon, Itreiigtlien the Stomach, cauiing a good 
appetite and digeftion , and an Expectoration 
of cold Pituitous Humors from the Breft and 
Lungs. They are alfo Cofmetick, freeing the 
Skin from many Deformities. 
XIII. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from i. A Juice. 2. An E [fence. 3. An Infuft- 
on or DecoBion Wine or Water. 4. A Pouder of 
Seed, Leaves and Roots. ;. Comfits of the Seed. 
6 . A Cataplafm. 7. A Spirituous TinBure. 
S. An Acid TinBure. 9. An Oily TinBure. 
ic. A Saline TinBure. 11. cl Dijlil/cd Water. 
12. A Spirit. 
The Virtues. 
XIV. The Juice of Leaves and Roots. Il pro- 
vokes Urine and the Terms powerfully, facilitates 
the Birth and expels the Afterbirth, gives eafe in 
the Colick, and breaks or diffolves gritty Stones in 
the Reins and Bladder, fuppreffes Vapors, and helps 
fits of the Mother. Dofe from one Spoonful to 
three, Morning and Night, in a Glafs of white 
Port or Lisbon Wine, 
XV. The EJJence. It ftrengthens the Stomach, 
fortifies the natural faculties, caufes a good appe- 
tite and a ftrong Digeftion, and is an excellent 
thing againft Coughs, Colds, Afthma’s, fhortnefs 
of Breath, Hoarlhefs, Wheezing and other cold 
and mo:ft Difeafes of the Breft and Lungs, and 
has indeed all the other Virtues of the Juice. Dofe 
one or two Spoonfuls fweetned with Syrupus A>- 
phriticus, or with Honey, Morning and Nighr. 
XVI. The lnfufion or DecoBion in Wine or 
Water. They are given for all rile former purpo- 
fes, from a quarter to half a Pint, fweetned as a- 
forefaid ; befides which, they refill and expel 
Poifon, and if made with Wine, comfort the Hearr, 
expel Wind, and are good againft Fainting and 
Swooning Fits. 
XVII. The Pouder of the Seed, Leaves and 
Roots. It may be given to a Dram for all the a- 
forefaid Intentions , and if it is made into ah Ele- 
ftuary with Clarified Honey, it caufes Expeftoration 
of Vifcous tough Flegm flicking in the Stomach 
and Lungs, expels Wind, and abforbs acid and acri- 
monious Humors which yelficate the Bowels. 
XVIII. T he Comfits made of the Seed. They 
are made as Caraway Comfits, according to the 
Art of the ConfeUioner. They warm and com- 
fort a cold Stomach, caufe good Digeftion, take 
away naufeoufnefs and refill Vomiting. 
XIX. The Cat aplafm . Applyed to gteen Wounds, 
it flops their Bleeding, drys, confolidates and 
quickly heals them , more efpecially if the Wound 
was firft Waflied with the Juiceof the Herb or Root 
and this it does even in Wounds of the Head* 
where there is no frafture of the Scull. 
XX. The Spirituous TinBure. It is Cordial 
comforts the Heart, revives the Spirits, refrelhes 
Nature, warms the Scomach, Bowels and Womb 
potently expels Wind, and is good againft the 
Belly-ach, and gripings of the Guts. Dofe half a 
Spoonful or more in a glafs of Wine, elpecially 
if the Patient is Sick at Heart, or in any Fainting 
or Swooning Fir. 
XXI. The Acid TinBure. It refills the malig- 
nity and Poifon of the Plagne and all forts of Ma- 
lign and Peitilenrial Fevers, is good againft the 
hirings of Vipers, Rattle-fnakes, Mad Dogs, and 
other Venomous Creatures; ftrengthens the’ Sto- 
mach, caufes a good Appetite and an excellent 
Digeftion, and is a very potent Medicine againft 
Stone, Sand, Gravel, or Tartarous flime in the 
Urinary parts, provokes Urine, allays Vapors 
and refifts fits of the Mother : Dofe fo many 
Drops at a time as to give the Vehicle, Wine 
Ale, Broth, (Jc. a pleafing acidity. 
XXII. The Oily TinBure. Ic is ftrongly Diu- 
retick, gives prefent eafe in the Strangury, or 
pilling by Drops , breaks gritty Stones in the Reins 
or Bladder, and expels them, as alfo Sand, Gra- 
vel, (fie. Dofe from 15 to 30 Dtods firlt droptinto 
Sugar, and then mixt with Wine. 
XXIII. The Saline TinBure. It has the Vir- 
ues of the Oily Tin&ure, but is for the mod 
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