1 1 12 
Salmon s ‘Herbal. Lib. I. 
XIV. The Specification . It cleanfes the Sto- 
mach of grofs and tough Flegm, and is faid to cure 
Quartan Agues, as alfo Struma, orScrophula, and 
the Sciatica, by external application. 
XV. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, I. A Liquid Juice. 2. jl Syrup, a. An 
Oil by EDecoflion or Infolation. a. A Cataplafm of 
the Herb. 
The Virtues. 
XVI. The Liquid Juice. Taken to a Spoonful 
or two, mixt with as much Vinegar, in fome pro- 
per Vehicle, it provokes Vomiting, and fo by edu- 
cing thick tough Flegm and other clammy Humors, 
it conduces to the Cure of old Quartan Agues, the 
Kings Evil, and the Sciatica, and other Chronick 
Difeafes, or fuch as have been of long continuance. 
And it is faid to expel Poifon, or the force of any 
Venomous Herbs, as of the Aconite, Lie. But 
Parkinfon fays, Caveat qui fumpferit , yet I know 
no reafon for that precaution, provided it be not 
taken in too great a Dofe. 
XVII. The Syrup of the Juice , or Green Herb , 
It is made with Vinegar and Honey, and has all 
the Virtues of the Liquid Juice. Dofe two or 
three fpoonfuls or more, according to Age and 
Strength, in the Morning falling. 
XVIII. The Oil by Decotlion or Infolat ion. It is 
good againft all cold and moift Difeafes of the 
Nerves and Joints, -as Aches or Pains, Gouts, Sci- 
atica, Over-ftrainings, Palfies, Convulfions, Cramps, 
Strumous Knots or Kernels in the Neck, Throat, 
and under the Chin or Jaws, or other parts of the 
Body -, and anointed upon the Piles it gives them 
prefent eafe, and in a (hort time cures them. 
XIX. The Cataplafm. Made of the Green Herb 
and applyed, it draws llrongly, raifes Blitters and 
exulcerates, and therefore is very profitable being 
applyed to any vehement or extream Gout or Sci- 
atica ; and cures thofe Difeafes by drawing forth 
the Morbifick Humor. If it is made into a Cata- 
plafm by boiling it with Hogs-Lard, adding a lit- 
tle Crumbs of Bread, and applyed to Scrophulous 
fwellings, knots and kernels in the Neck, or other 
parts, it is faid to difeufs, dilfolve, or take them 
away. 
CHAP. DCLXXII. 
Of STRAWBERRY. 
1 . Tp H E Names. It has no Greek Name that 
X we know of : but it is called in Latine, 
F ragaria: and in Englilh, Strawberry. The Fruit 
is called Eraga ; ( a jruttu fragrantia odor is Lf 
guftus : ) Strawberries. Pliny , lib. 2;. cap. 9. 
makes mention of Eraga ; and Scrvius calls them 
Mora terrefiria : yet it is no Species of the Morus , 
whether you underftand by it the Mulberry or 
Bramble. 
II. The Kinds. AuthorsmakemanyKindshere- 
of, but thofe which are molt common with us, are 
1. Eragaria Sylvefiris vel Ncmorenfis , Wood* 
Strawberry. 1. Eragaria vel Eraga Hortenfis, Gar- 
den Strawberry. 3. Eragaria vel Eraga Magna Lj 
A lba , Eraga maxima Lj Bohemica , The great white 
Strawberry. 4. Eragaria Viridis , The Green 
Strawberry. 7. Eragaria minima vefca , fixe Stern 
Us , The Wild, or Barren Strawberry. 
The Descriptions. 
III. The firft, or Wood-Strawberry. The De - 
feription of this Plant is the general Defcription cf 
all the Kinds , the material or chief difference being 
in the E'orm of the Emit : Its Root then is reddijb 
and long , with feveral fmall Eibres or Threads at it : 
which fends forth from the head thereof long red- 
dijh Strings, running upon the Ground , which fhoe/t 
forth Leaves in many places , by which it is much 
incrcafcd. Its Leaves are clofed together at firft 
Springing forth , which afterwards fpreai tliem- 
felves into three divided Parts or Leaves , every 
one ft an ding upon a fmall IcngEootftalk, green on the 
upper fide, grayijh underneath , and fnipped or den- 
ted about the edges : from among which , rife up 
fmall Stalks, bearing four or five F lowers at the 
tops, confifttng of five white round pointed Leaves ; 
Something yellowijh in the bottom, with fome yellow 
threads therein : After which, come the Emit , made 
cf feveral Jmall Grains fet together , in a Elefhy 
Sub fiance ( not much unlike in fubftance to a Mul- 
berry, R.tfpberry or Bramblebcrry ;) which are very 
red when they are ripe, and of a pleafant Winy 
tafte, ( eu an all the Kinds ) in which are enclofed 
many fmall blackijh Seed. The Berries of the Wood 
Kind are very red, andthe fmalleft of all the forts. 
Strawberry Garden Red. 
IV. The fecond, or Garden-Strawberry, (which 
is our moft Common Kind. This according to the 
Opinion of Parkinfon, is only the Wood-Plant TranJ- 
planted into our Gardens , where by the richnefs of 
the 
