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Salmon ' s Herbal. Lib, I, 
: j. Ounces) it will fpeedily cure the Gonorrhea or 
running of the Reins. , 
XVII. The Lye e/ixivtated jrom the Afhes 0) 
t l :c whole Plant. Camerarius fays, that being 
drink lor Rome time (I fuppofe it malt be made 
of fuch a ftrength that it may be drinkable) it 
cures Rich as are troubled with the Spleen : I am 
lure it is of good ufe again!! the Strangury, Stone, 
Gravel , and Tartarous matter, the in R.eirls, 
Ureters, and Bladder, and is profitable againft the 
Yellow Jaundice. 
XVIII. The Dillilled Water. Camerarius fays, 
that being given (to half a Pint or more) is very 
effectual againft the Stone and Gravel, in both 
Reins and Bladder. 1 fuppofe that if it be mixed 
with an equal part of White Wine and a Scruple 
of the Salt of S p/eenmrr, or 2 Drams of the former 
Lyc, it will be much more effectual to all the pur- 
pofes intended thereby. 
XIX. The Louder of the Drycd Leaves of the 
leffer rough Splecmwrr , or Lonchitis, given to a 
.Dram in White Wine Vinegar morning and night 
for fome time, it is held to be very good to dif- 
folve the hardnefs of the Spleen. 
XX. The Cataplafm of the Green Leaves. Ap- 
plied to Ample Green Wounds, it prevents Infia- 
mations and f lux of Humors, and induces their 
healing. 
SPOON-WORT, fee Scurvigrafs. Chap. 
CHAP. DCLIII. 
Of SPONGE. 
I, it 'HE Karnes. It is called in Greek Smyy&: 
j. in Latine, Sponga : and in Englifh, Sponge : 
from the Greek Name. 
II. The Kinds. It was the opinion of fome that 
Sponges were Zoophyte , i. e. P lent anim antes vel 
Plantanimalia. , viz. Animal or Scnfihle Plants : 
and tho’ this was the thoughts of fome in Arilio- 
tlcs time, yet he feems not to lie of that Opinion, 
for in his hit form Animalium , Lib. 5. Cap. 16. 
He fays, that tho ’ divers did think and fay in his 
time that Sponges had Senfe in them , for that as 
they fay , they would Jhrink if any did pluck them , 
and were hard to be pull’d up, and that they do fo 
hkewife , when the Surges of the Sea would break 
them off from their Seats or Rrfidence ; yet (fays 
ho') divers did doubt of the truth of that Rela- 
tion. ’Tis doubtlefs a foolilh and falfe Opinion, 
for a Sponge is no more a Senfitive fubjhmce than 
a Mujhroom, and is nothing elfe, but a Plant like 
F. xcrefcence, bred from the matter it grows upon, 
as Agarick is from the Larch-Tree , and Jcws-Ears 
f rom the Elder. We have no more to Treat of 
here, but of the Common or Ordinary Sponges 
which are daily in ufe, of which fome are greater, 
fome are Idler, fome round, fome cornered, fome 
Rat, fome Tuberous : fome clofe and hard, others 
more loofe and open, fome of a fine and thin 
fubftance, others of a courfer and thicker : fome 
of a brown yellow color, others of a pale yellow, 
or almoft white. And Baubinus fays, that fome 
were called. 1. Hircina , Goar Sponges, from a 
hairyuefs they had upon them. 2. Velaria, from 
the fmaltnefs of their holes, being almoft as clofe 
and narrow as thofe in Vails. 3. Ramofapiftulofa , 
| from their being branched with a great Pipe-like 
hollownefs. 
The Descriptions. 
III. Sponge is of a light , hollow, foft fubfiance, 
neither Stony, Woody, nor Herb-like, but rather 
like a hollow matted fubftance made of fine Woo! or 
Cotton wrought together by nature, full (in all 
parts of it) of j mall holes, fome greater , fome lef- 
fer, which are ready to receive and hold much Wa- 
ter, and by pr effing or wringing it hard, toyeili 
it out again ; but as it encreafes in the Water , viz. 
in its place of Growth, it fomtimes gathers into it 
or elfe there is driven into its holes fever al fmalL 
gritty Stones , which are commonly found therein 
which Jhcw the breeding and growth thereof, is up- 
on fome Rocky, or Gravelly Places, or not far 
from the Earth. 
IV. The Places. It is ufually found in the Sea 
and upon fome (hoars, after it has been by fome 
accident broken off from the place on which it had 
Grown, which polfibly might have been on the 
fide of fome Stone, or Rock, or Gravelly or Rocky 
Creek, or hole near the bottom of the Sea or Sea 
(hoar, which lyes always covered with Water. 
V'. The Times. The Seafons of its flourifhing 
and Age is unknown, its poffible it may equally 
grow through all the parts and days of the Year 
the external Air not penetrating, or much ope- 
rating upon the bottom of the Sea, or thofe parts 
which are always pretty deeply covered with Wa- 
ter, fo as to caufe any difference in the times of 
the flourifhing of fuch things as grow, and are 
always overwhelmed with the Waters of the 
Deep. 
VI. The Qualities. It is temperate in refpeft to 
heat or coldnefs, drynefs or moifture. Aperitive, 
Abfterfive, Diuretick, and Nephritick. 
VII. The Specification. It is faid to be a pecu- 
liar Remedy for the Kings Evil, Sand, Gravel, 
Stone, or any Tartarous matter in the Reins or 
Bladder: Profitable againft Blains, Botches, Boils, 
Pufhes, and other breakings out in the Face and 
Skin, and to clear the Eye-fight. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may make there- 
from , 1. A Decotfion 2. A ftmple Pouder of 
Sponge. 3. Helmonts Ponder. 4. Afhes. ;. Pou- 
der oj the fmall Stones in Sponges. 6 . Volatile 
Spirit, Salt and Oil of Sponge. 7. A Compound 
Pouder. 8. Tents of the fubftance thereof. 
The Virtues. 
IX. The TtccoUion in Wine or Water. It is 
ufed for a Fomentation or Bathing; it eafes pain 
difcufles recent Tumors, and foftens fuch as are’ 
hard : after Bathing the Sponge it felf may be ap- 
plied as hot as it may be well endured and fo 
bound on. 
X. The ftmple Pouder of Sponge. It is made by 
drying the Sponge throughly by the Fire, or in 
an Oven, almoft to fcorching it, and then beating 
it to pouder in an Iron Mortar. Dofe a Dram 
in any fit Vehicle ; taken in Wine, it is faid to 
Purge like Cremor Tartari, cutting thick, grofs 
and Vifcous humors; it eafes pains of the Sto- 
mach, Griping of the Guts. Colick, Straneurv 
Stone, Gravel, £ %c. ” 
XI. Helmonts Pouder of Sponge. Take Sea 
Sponge 
