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to be brufcd being bruifed -, /# ;/;m be Jieeped 
in a G la Jed . clofe fhut 8 afterwards 
boil them in a double Veffel, till the Juice is 
aim oft confumed . , /fovz pre/s out the Liquor , 
dijjolve therein Yellow Wax five Ounces : and 
whiljt warm mix with it Saga pen urn dijjolve d in 
Vinegar , B#//r Gd// abjtratted to the thicknefs 
of Honey , tf/z Ounce : 'Then put in thefe 
things following in Louder, Sc ammo ny, Turbith , 
Coloquintida , Mezereon Berries or Leaves , 
tf/w, 7 Drams: Sal Gem half an Ounce: Eu- 
pborbium, long Pepper , Myrrh , Ginger , Camomil 
flowers , 9 Drams mix and make an Oint- 
ment. It purges by anointing it upon the Sto- 
mach and Belly, and therefore is good for fuch 
as cannot take Purges by the Mouthy and fo 
ufed it is good againlt the Dropfy, becaufe it plen- 
tifully evacuates the Watery Humor. So anoint- 
ed it alfo Kills Worms, and drives them out. 
Anointed upwards to the Pit of theStomach it caufes 
Vomiting. It is a ftrong kind of Purge, and 
doubtlels is of extraordinary fervice in curing 
fuch as have the Dropfy, for the reafon before 
Specified. 
XL. The Pejfary. Ir is made either of the 
Green Root, or of the Pouder of the Root. It 
itrongly provokes the Terms, endangers mifear- 
riage, facilitates the Birth, brings away the After- 
Birth, and forces away the Dead Child. 
XLI. The Cataplafm. The Root made into a 
Cataplafm with a little Honey, and applyed, 
draws forth Splinters and 1 horns out of the 
Flefh, and gives eafe in the Pains of the Gout. 
XL II. The DiJUlled Water from the Roots. 
Matthiolus fays, that being Snufft up the No- 
ftrils it wonderfully flays their Bleeding * and 
that if fix Ounces of it be drank fweetned with an 
Ounce of fine Sugary it will flop any Flux of 
Blood from the Vifcera , as Stomach, Lungs, 
Liver, &c. after an admirable manner, yea tho’ 
fome Veffel or Vein be broken. If two Ounces 
of the Water is mixed with four Ounces of 
the Juice, and the Skin be Bathed therewith, 
and fuffer’d to dry in, it cleanfes ir, takes away 
Freckles, Pimples, Scurff, Tanning, Sunburning, 
and all other deformities thereof 
CHAP. DCXLIV. 
Of SOW - THISTLE. 
I. r TfHE Names. It is called in Greek 2o^©- 
X (anrin mtv yj.av t quod Salubrem fundat Suc- 
cum:) in Latine, Sonchus: and in Englifh, Sow- 
Thifile. 
II. The Kinds. We make but two principal 
kinds of this Plant, viz. i. Sonchus Levis , The 
Smooth Sow-Thiftle. 2. Sonchus afper / The 
Prickly Sow-Thiftle. Of the firfi Specie's there 
are feveral forts, of which thefe are chief, viz. 
1. Sonchus Lxvis vulgaris , Latluca Leporina A- 
puleij, Brajjica Leporina , Lailucclla being ac- 
counted by fome as a kind of Wild Lettice.) 
Intybus Sylvejiris Jive erratica Tertia Tragi -, 
Endivia Sylvejiris Loniceri -, An dry ala minor Da- 
lechampij -, Sonchus Lcnis feu Lavis Cordi , Son- 
chus non afper , Sonchus vulgaris , Sonchus folijs 
Laciniatis Our Common Smooth Sow-Thiftle. 
2. Sonchus Levis alter , Sonchus Levis floribus 
parvis , Sonchus alter profundis Lacinijs Sinuato 
hederaceo Lobelij -, Sonchus Levis vulgaris fecun- 
dus O/ufii -, Sonchus Sylvaticus quart us Taber- 
namontani Scar tola Sylvejiris Latluca Species 
Galem Anguilara Latluca Sylveftris flore luteo 
Gefneri in hortis Germania , Latluca Murorum 
Offal pint \ Sonchus Levis Laciniatus Mur alls 
floribus parvis Bauhini -, Our Leffer Common 
Smooth Sow-Thiftle. 9. Sonchus Ltevis latifolius 
flore albo Gerardi & Tabernamontani ; Sonchus 
Lavis Minor paucioribus Laciniis Bauhini -, Broad 
Leav’d Sow-Thiftle with White Flowers. 4. 
Sonchus Lav is Anguftifolius Bauhini , Sonchus 
Lavis Matthioli Lobelio -, Sonchi genus terra Crifpa 
Gefneri in hortis Terra Orepola Oafalpini -, Ore- 
pis Dalechampij Lugdunenfe •, Narrow Leav’d 
Sow-Thiftle. 5. Sonchus arborefeens -, Sonchus 
quint us Olufl] ■ Sonchus Lavior altijfvtius , Great 
or Tree Sow-Thiftle. 6. Sonchus Dendroides 
Dalechampij , Sow-Thiftle Tree not Branched. 
III. Of the fccond Species , or prickly Sow- 
Thiftle , there are alfo feveral forts of which 
thefe are chief, viz. 1. Sonchus major afper 
non laciniatus , Intybus Sylveftris feu erratic us 
folijs acutis Tragi-, Sonchus afper major Oordi -, 
Sonchus tenerior aculeis afperior, aut horridiuf- 
cula Lobelij-, Sonchus afperior Dodonfi Lf Lug- 
dunenfis -, Sonchus afper non Laciniatus Bauhini-, 
Sonchus alter in ruderibus Oafalpini-, The Greater 
Prickly Sow-Thiftle with whole Leaves. 2. Son- 
chus afper minor non laciniatus \ Sonchus afper 
minor Oordi , The leffer prickly Sow-Thiftle. 9. 
Sonchus afper Laciniatus , Sonchus afper vulgaris - 
Sonchus afper Puchflj, Gefneri , Matthioli, alio- 
r unique-, Oicerbita afperior Ericij Oordi -, Sonchus 
Spinofus Anguilara -, Andryala major Lugdunenfts , 
Our Common prickly Sow-Thiftle. 4. Sonchus 
afper Laciniatus Oreticus Bauhini, Cretick prick- 
ly Sow-Thiftle. 
Sow-Tbifile Smooth Common. 
The 
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