'Englifb Herbs. 
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Chap. 63 1. 
in on both files, into fever al parts <?/ a Pale 
' green color. Prom among which rijes up , a 
fmall round Stalk , parted into fome Branches , 
having fmaller and lejfer divided Leaves on them , 
and towards the Tops not divided at all. At 
1 he Tops or upper ends of the Stalks and Branches 
Shepherds Purfe. 
grow many white flowers one above another , al- 
mojl in a f piked manner after which follow 
whuifh flat pouches or Seed. Vejjels, fmall at the 
Footftalk , and broad at the other end , almoft like a 
Triangular Purfe , Jove that it is a little dented 
in on the middle , almoft refembling a Heart : 
theje Purfes or Pods are parted like the Thlafpi •, 
in each jide of which lies fmall brownifh yellow 
Seed. There is no jharpnefs in this Plant, and 
but a very little Heat in it, or in its Seed, tho 7 
fome Authors Jay, it has fome little Acrimony -, 
but it is certainly Aftringent and drying. 
IV. The fecond, Or our fmaller Shepherds 
Purfe. Its hoot is like the former. It comes 
f rth of the Ground like the Cuckow Blower, or 
Ladies Smocks , having fmall Leaves , deeply 
jagged or indented about the Edges. Prom among 
which rife up many Jmall tender Stalks with Flow- 
ers at the Tops , as it were chaff : The Pods or 
Cafes and Seed are like the former before Aefcribed. 
It is in all things like to that, but that it is lefs 
in every part thereof. There is alfo Burfa 
Palloris minor folio inregro another fmall one, 
which is in all things like the other, faving that 
there is no divifions in the Leaves. 
V. The third, or great Shepherds Purfe with 
under ted or whole Leaves. It has a fmall Root 
with Fibres adjoin'd to it like the firfl, from whence 
ujually rijes up one fmall Stalk a Span long. 
Branched into two or three parts, wkofe lower 
Leaves are whole, without diviCion, having long 
Footftalks to them-, and thefe upon the Stalks, 
encompafs them at the bottoms the flowers are 
I flat-, and the Pods or Seed Veffels flat like to 
thofc firfl defer ibed. 
VI. The Places. The firfl: and fecond forts 
are found frequently in a great many places 
throughout the whole Kingdom * for the moft 
part near Common High ways, in defert and un- 
till’d places, and among Rubbifh, and near Old 
Walls: The third grows not in England but on- 
ly in Gardens. 
VII. The Times. They Flourifh, Flower, and 
Seed all the Summer long •, and fometimes they 
are fo early that they Flower and Seed twice in 
the fame Year. 
VIII. The Qualities. Dodomeus, Alat thiol us, 
and Ruellius fay, that Shepherds Purfe is cold 
and dry : But Label and Pena hold them to be 
hot and dry, judging fo from the tafte of the 
Seed, it having a little heat upon the tongue. 
Doubtlefs tho 5 the Seed may be hot and dry 
in the firfl: degree ^ yet the Plant it felf is tem- 
perate in refpefl to heat or cold, and dry in 
the fecond degree. It is Aftringent, Incraflating 
and Vulnerary. 
IX. The Specification. It flops all forts of 
bleeding whether inward, as Spitting, Vomiting, 
Pifling of Blood, or Overflowing of the Loches 
or Courfes in Women ; or outward, as that of 
Wounds i and Cures all forts of Fluxes of the 
Belly of what kind foever. It cools and re- 
preffes Inflamations and Anthonies Fire; cleanfes 
mattering or running Ears , and heals Green 
Wounds, conglutinating or clofmg their Lips * 
and is an efpecial thing for Wounds of the 
Head. 
X. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from. 1. A Juice. 2. An E [fence. 3. A De- 
c obi ion. 4. A Syrup. 5. A Balfam or Ointment. 
6 . A Cataplafm. 
The Virtues. 
XI. The Juice. Dropt into Sore or running 
Ears, it drys and heals them. Drank to 3 or 4 
Spoonfuls morning and night, either alone, or 
in fome Styptick Red Wine, it flops all forts 
of inward Bleeding, as by the Mouth, Nofe, 
Anus, Bladder and Womb, and cures all forts 
of Fluxes of the Belly, as Cceliaca, Diarrhea, Dy- 
fenteria and Lienteria, as alfo the Fluxus He- 
paticus. Bathed upon Anthonies Fire, or other 
Inflamations, it cools and reprefles them. 
XII. The EJJence. It has all the former Vir- 
tues with advantage, and Angular for healing 
the Bloody Flux, and Conglutinating the Lips 
of Green Wounds. And being mixed with a 
third part of Juice of Plantane, it powerfully 
fupprefles, the overflowing of the Loches, as alfo 
of the Terms in Women. Dofe 3 or 4 Spoon- 
fulls morning and night in a Glafs of the De- 
coction made in Smiths Forge Water. 
XIII. The Decotfion. It may be made in 
Styptick Red Wine, or rather in Smiths Forge 
Water, adding after the Boiling a quarter part 
of the faid Styptick Red Wine. It has all the 
Virtues of the Juice and Effence, being taken 
morning and night, 6 or 8 Ounces at a time, 
either alone orfweetned with the Syrup thereof: It 
is good alfo to heal inward Wounds, and Ruptures 
in Children. 
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XIV. The 
