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from -.'oducing their Flowers; they ought a.lo 
to be kept warm, and Hous’d in Winter tor 
the Winters Cold is a Mortal Enemy to them 
in reflect both to its Flowers and Leaves.^ 
VX'IV. Obf. 7. The Spring Cyclamens ought 
tr, 'dwell in an Airy place, and where the Sun 
y , ns Hi ilte directly upon them, hecauie they 
1 - to bring forth (lowers at the end ot 
W aiter when the heat of the Sun is very feeble or 
fell, ’and has no great power on Vegetables. 
Bur the Amumn.il Cyclamen’s , are to- pined in 
a little (hade, becaufe they blow better, where 
the Sun Beams are not over piercing, than where 
they are expoled to greater hear. 
XXV. Obf. 8. If the Cyclamen thus put into 
a Pot (hoots out abundance o( new Branches, 
and you find it too dole therein, or that it 
begins to droop a little, you mull immediately 
change the Pot for a larger, full of new Earth, 
and abounding with Salts, and then it will cer- 
tainly thrive to your content. 
XXVI. Obf. 9. Always be fure alfo , when 
you diiphnt your Cyclamens, not to take away 
the Earth which is about their Roots * tor it 
it happens that their Fibrous Roots are put 
out of order , they will not grow , and their 
Roots will decay and rot: wherefore tne lutelt 
way will be, when you remove them, to take 
up Earth and all. _ . , , 
XXVI l. Obf. 10. Thefe Plants, tho they may 
be multiplyed by Seed; yet rhey ate former 
propagated by Roots (lipp’d of. One Stock is 
enough to produce a great many, hecauie it is 
a Vivacious Plant. , . . . . . 
XXV ill. Obf. 11. They are Multiplyed thus. 
As foon as the Leaves are fallen, pull up your 
Stocks, and cut them fo when you flit them, 
that there may be one good Bud upon each 
Stock; then put them into a cool dry place % 
and let them remain there, till they are dry d 
fo much, that there will appear a iort of Skin, 
on the part where you made the Incilion. 
XXIX. Obf 12. Then you mult cover the 
cut place with Turpentine, or fp anijk Wax, 
and fo replant them, taking care to fupply 
them at firft with lean Earth* hut afterwards, 
to fill the Pot, with a fatter fort of Earth, not 
watering them prefently, or for feme time, viz. 
till it begins to (hoot* and then it is to be 
lookt to, as before directed. 
XXX. T he £>.'/ alitics. Authors fay that Sow- 
Bread is hot and dry in the beginning of the 
third degree. Arid Galen lavs, it is Attenuating, 
Aperitive, and Abfterfive, AttraSive,. and Dige- 
ftive, and an opener of the Mouth ot the Veins, 
all which properties are mamfeft from the par- 
ticular operations thereof. It is alfo Cathartick, 
givt , by Ciylter, or external Application : And 
tho' it may and has been given inwardly, yet 
it ought to be given with Caution by reafon of 
its danger. 
XXXI. T he Specification. It opens Obitru- 
aions, provokes the Terms, eafes the Head-ach, 
helps the Spleen, gives eafe in the Colick and 
Torments of the Bowels, is profitable againft 
running Sores and Ulcers, and a Angular thing 
againft the Yellow Jaundice. 
XXXII. The Preparations. You may make 
therefrom, 1. A Liquid Juice < 2. A Decoffion. 
q. AGargarifm. 4. An Ophlhalmick. 5. An 0 - 
lalgick- 6. A Pouder of the Root. 7. An Oint- 
ment Compound. 8. A Peffary. 9. A Cataplafm. 
ic. A Di filled Water. 
The Virtues. 
XXXlil. The Liquid Juice of the Root or 
Herb. It opens the Hemorrhoids or Piles, and 
ftrongty moves to Stool, being put up with 
Wool or fome fuch like, as a fuppofitory. And 
Clyftervvife Mefues fays, it caufes tough Elegm 
to be avoided. It is alfo mixed with fuch Me- 
dicines as difeufs Swellings, Kernels, and other 
hard knots, in any part cf the Body* and Snuf- 
fed up the Noftrils as an Errhine , it purges 
fas the fame Mefues fays) the Head and Brain 
from evil humors which offend it * it eafes al- 
fb the Head-ach and the Megrim. Galen alfo 
farther fays, that if the Belly be Bathed with 
the Juice, it will torceably move it downwards 
and Kill the Child in the Womb. 
XXXIV. The Decoffion in Water. It has the 
former Virtues, but much weaker * It heals 
Wounds and running Sores in the head, eafes 
pains in the Bones, and ftrengthens Limbs out 
of Joint. It is faid alfo to cure Chilblains and 
Kibes, and give relief in the Gout. 
XXXV. The Gargarifm. It is made of the 
Juice , 4 Ounces mixed with Honey an Ounce , by 
diffolving or melting the Honey in it. It draws Rheum 
and Humors from the head and parts adjacent, 
gives eafe in the Tooth-ach, aad heals Sores in 
the Mouth and Throat. 
XXXVI. The Ophthalmic k. The Juice mixt 
with equal parts of Honey, it draws away the 
offending Humors in the Eyes by the Noftrils 
being Snufft up, and outwardly applied to them, 
it removes that difeafe of the byes called the 
Pin and Web. 
XXXVII. The Otalgick. Let the Root be 
Beaten with Peachftone Kernels, and Bitter Al- 
monds, and then fteeped in a little Brandy for 
three days, after which prefs out the Milk or 
Cream. Two or Three drops of this being put 
into the Ears which are Deaf, or have a great 
Noife in them, gives relief after a fhort time 
of ufing ir. 
XXXVIII. The Pouder of the Root. The Root 
either drank in Pouder, or ufed as a Peffary, 
provokes the Terms in Women, and is profi- 
table for fuch as have the Yellow Jaundice, 
driving the difeafe forth thro 5 the Pores of the 
Skin. It may be given from 2 Scruples to a 
Dram, or Dram and half, in Mead, or Honied- 
water, and fo it purges downwards tough and grofs 
Flegm* and other (harp Humors. Taken in Wine 
it is faid to be profitable againft all forts of 
Poifon, and the Bitings of Venomous Creatures, 
being alfo outwardly applyed to the Part, and 
taken inwardly in White Port Wine, it opens 
obftruflions of the Liver and Spleen, and helps 
fuch as are Purfy and fhort winded * but fome 
fay it ought to be correfled with Pouder of 
Maftich or Nutmeg, which hinders its Violence 
in purging* and thereby many have had help 
of rhe hardnefs and fwelling of the Spleen, which 
could find no Remedy by the ufe of other 
things. It gives eafe alfo in the Colick, Belly- 
Ach, and other Torments of the Bowels. 
XXXIX. The Ointment Compound , called Un- 
guentum de Artanita. Take Juice of Sow-Bread q 
Pounds: Oil of Or rice 2 Pounds , frefh fweet 
Butter , Juice of Wild Cucumbers , ana , 1 Pound: 
Polypodium 6 Ounces : Pulp of Coliquintida 4 
Ounces ; Euphorbium half an Ounce : The things 
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