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XVIII. The Syrup. It is generally made of 
the Juice, and is effectual in all the cafes aforefaid; 
and is profitable againft a hot Catarrh, or flux of 
Rheum falling upon the Throat, and Lungs, (fie. 
refills purrifadlion. 
XIX. The Cataplafm. It may he made either 
of the Cold Green Herb, a little hruifed : or of 
the Green Herb, Hewed by it felf without any 
addition in a Sawce-pan, or between two Pew- 
ter Dilhes; it is good againft Wounds and 
Ulcers made by PunSures, Thrufts, Cuts and 
the like. Hops their bleeding, cleanfes and heals 
them fpeediiy. It alfo eafes pains of the Gout, 
and cools the heat of Inflahtations, &c. It is 
good againft frettings and galling of the Skin, 
Ringworms, Tettars, E fe. The Leaves wrapped 
up in a Colewort Leaf, and fo roafted under 
the Embers, and then applied as a Cataplalrn 
to any hard Apoftem, Botch, Boil, or Plague 
Sore, it ripens and breaks them, and helps alfo 
to difcufs Strumous or l'crofulous fwellings in 
the Throat and other parts. 
XX. The D/j} died Water. It is good for all 
the purpoles aforefaid, but mull be taken in 
larger quantities, as lour or fix Ounces at a 
time, fweetned with the Syrup aforegoing. Take 
Juice of Sorrel fix Ounces: of the Diftil/ed 
Water tvio Ounces : Syrup of Sorrel one Ounce 
and a half mix them. Of this the Patient may 
take two or three Spoonfuls now and then, in 
any hot difeafe, or burning Fever: it cools In- 
flamation and heat of the Blood in Agues, re- 
fills pellilential difeafes , abates the heat and 
Boiling of Choler, teltores the Crafis of the 
Blood, revives the fainting Spirits, reprefles the 
violence and furious hot fits of Agues, quenches 
Thirlt, provokes Appetite., Kills Worms, and 
is truly Cordial; expells Gravel and Stone 
from the Reins and Bladder, and is profitable 
againft the Jaundice. 
XXL The Pouder of the Seed. Given to a 
Dram in any proper Vehicle, it chears the heart 
revives the Spirits, Kills Worms in the Body, 
Hops Catarrhs, and the Terms in Women, alfo 
the Bloody flux, and all other Huxes of the 
Bowels, Vomiting, OF. likewife being taken 2 or 
3 times a day, it is fuid to refill the Poifon 
of the Scorpion. 
CHAP. DCXLI. 
Of SORREL WOOD, 
OK, 
SOUR TREFOIL. 
I. HE Names. It is called in Greek : 
X and in Latine, Oxys, Oxys Pliniana Lib. 
27. Cap. 1 7. Oxytriphyl/um Tragi and Lacuna, 
(but Oxytriphillum, is a more proper Name for 
the (harp pointed Trefoil-.) Trifolium acetofum , 
Pattis Cuculi , (Cuckows meat) alfo Alleluja , 
(becaufe it was in flower, when in Ancient 
times , Alleluja was wont to be Sung in 
ChufcHtS:) and Lujula (a corrupted word from 
Juliola , as in Calabria in the Kingdom of Naples 
it is called:) in Friglxfb, Wood Sorrel, or Sour 
TrefoiL 
II. The Kinds. The chief forts common with 
us are, r. Oxys Plinij, Alleluja , Lujula , Oxys 
alba Communis , Trifolium acetofum Vutgare ; Our 
Common Wood Sorrel. 7. Oxys flore Luteo 
Clufy ; Oxys lutea corniculata repens Lobelij , 
Trifolium acetofum corniculatum Bauhini, Oxys 
Americana , Yellow Flower’d Wood Sorrel. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The firft, or Our Common Wood Sorrel 
Its Roots are nothing but Strings fa/ined to the 
end of a fmall long Piece , all of them being of 
a yellowijh color , not perifhing every year, but 
abiding with fome Leaves thereon in the Winter. 
It grows low upon the Ground without any Stalky 
rl fing from it , having a number of Leaves coming 
from the Root , which Leaves are made of three 
parts like a Trefoil [ but broad at the ends , and 
cut or dented in their middle (almoft in form 
df a Heart) of a faint yellowijh green color , 
each one Handing on a long Lootfialk , which at 
Sorrel Wood Common. 
the,r fir /I coming tip, are clofe folded together 
to the Stalk , but opening themfelves afterwards , 
and are of a plcafing four relijb , more grate- 
ful and p leafing than any of the former Sorrels , 
“nd. yielding a juice , which will turn red when 
it is clarified , and make a mojl delicate clear 
Syrup. Among thefe Leaves rife up divers 
J lender weak Fmtjia/ks, not growing higher than 
them , each one having a Flower at its Top , cori- 
fifimg of five fmall and pointed Leave! ] Star 
fajhion , of a white color in mojl places] or in 
fome dajht over with a fmall Jhow of blufii , and 
in fome (but on the backfide only ) of feme 0. 
ther colors. The flowers being paji, there Jo/low 
fmall round heads , with fmall yellowijh Seed in 
them. 
IV. Gerard deferihes it thus. Its Root is very 
Thready, and of a reddi/h color. It is a kind 
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