H2 4, Salmon ' s Herbal . Lib, I 
Species, fame have thought them to be the fame ; 
their difference arifing chiefly from the Soil. The 
third grows in rough, dry, and Sunny places in 
plain 1 -icids, and upon Mountains. , C/ufius fays 
he foui d it upon the highell Alps or Mountains 
of Arijirid and Stiria ; and as forne think, is the 
firlt here del'cribed, which is the moll ufual fort 
growing in Englan !. 
IX. T be Times. They all Flower in the Sum- 
mer Months, from the beginning of July to the 
end of Auguft ; but the Flowers foon fade, feidom 
enduring aboVe a day or two, perfect ing their Seed 
in fome l'mall time after. 
X. T be Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
firft Degree, Ablterfive, Allringent, V ulnerary and 
Arthriftck. 
XI. The Specification. They Hop Fluxes of all 
forts. Catarrhs, or Deflexions of Rheum, all 
Bleedings whether inward or outward. Spitting 
or Pilling of Blood, Btoody-Flux, Overflowing of 
the Terms, Whites, & T V. cure Sore Mouths, and 
Ulcers in what part of the Body foever, heal green 
Wounds, and helps the Biting or Stinging of any 
CHAP. DCLXXIX. 
Of S W E E T-G A U L. 
fnptfE Karnes. It may be called in Greek, ’PS«, id 
X in Latine, Rhus Sy/veilris: 
ana in Englifh Sweet -Gaul. 
II. The Kinds. It feehis to be a lingular Species 
Jut generis ; yet Authors deferibe the two follow- 
ing, viz. r. Rhus Sylveflris Anglicus , Myrt^p Att- 
Aiyrtus Brabant tea Lobc/ij - T feudomyrfine 
Gerardt Rhus Sydveflris altera Liigduncnfis- 
R hus Herba P/i nijClufio-, Dryopbonon Tlinij Ruel- 
1,0 '■> Aiyrtus Aemora/is ; kUagnusCordi-, EUar- 
mts Theophrafii Beilonio ; ChMeUagnus Dodonui , 
Aiyrtus Be/garum Lobc/ij ; Our Common Sweet- 
Caul. 2. Rhus Syhefins Tlinij Dodoneo -, Rhus 
Thmj Myrtifolia Lobelia ; Dryophomn Tlinij qui- 
bujdam: The Myrtle-Leav’d Sweet-Gaul 
V enomous Creature. 
XII. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, i . A Liquid Juice or EJJcnce. 2. A Dc- 
cctfion in Wine. 3. A half am. or Ointment. 4. A 
Cataplafm. 5. A Dijlilled Water. 
The Virtues. 
XIII. The Liquid Juice or E (fence. Taken from 
two Spoonfuls to three or more, in any proper 
Vehicle, as Barabar Wine, or any other Styptick 
red Wine, they Hop all Bleedings whether inward 
or outward^ Spitting or Pifling of Blood, Bloody- 
Flux, the Overflowing of the Terms and Whites, 
Catarrhs, or Defluxions of Rheum, and all other 
Fluxes of the Bowels whatfoever. Mixt with 
Wine, they are profitable to wafh, cleanfe and 
heal Sore and Ulcerated Mouths, Throats; as 
alfo Ulcers in the private Parts of Man or Woman, 
or in the Legs, Thighs, or in any other part of 
the Body. Green W'ounds being wafht with them, 
it flops the Blood, difpofes them to a fpeedy heal- 
ing, and conglutinates their Lips, Confolidating, 
Binding and Screngthning the part, or any other 
place weakned by any Accident. And Cloths dipt 
into them, and applyed to Wounds made by the 
Stinging or Biting of any Poifonous Creature, it 
hinders the Poifon from fpreading, and draws it 
forth-, more efpecially if they betaken inwardly at 
the fame time. 
XIV. T be De colli on in Wine. It has all the for- 
mer Virtues, and may well be ufed to all the fame 
Intentions, but as it is weaker, fo it is to be given in 
a larger Dofe, as to 4, 6 , or 8 Ounces. This as 
well as the Juice and Effence, being taken inwardly 
for fome confiderable time, is faid to be profita- 
ble in Curing Ruptures of the Bowels. 
XV. T be Balfam or Ointment. It is Vulnerary, 
eleanfes and heals Ulcers, Confolidates Wounds, 
and quickly heals them ; ftrengthning all the parts 
it is applyed to. 
XVI. The Cat apis fm. Applyed to the Biting or 
Stinging of any Venomous Creature, it draws out 
the Poifon ; and applyed to the Gout, or any weak- 
ned Limb or Joint, iteafes thepain, and ftrengthens 
the part afflitted. 
XVII. TheDiJUlled Wdter. It foftens and whi- 
tens the Skin, and Beautifies the Face and other 
parts to which It is applyed, being ufed feveral 
times a day, 
The Dcfcriptions. 
III. The firft, or our Common Sweet Gaul. Its 
Root is hard and woody -, from zohence rifes up a 
low Shrub or woody Buff), not above a lard high 
J'preading /lender Branches , with many brown yel- 
lowiJJ? green Leaves , fomewhat long , narrow , thick 
fattifh and roundifh pointed , refcmbhng in fome fort 
both Box and Myrtle Leaves, but fmclhng Jlron* 
and fweet. The Flowers are yellow , and Jland up- 
on Jhort Jlalks, coming forth at the Joints, with 
the Leaves in /mail Tufts, many Jet together - 
which being pajl, the /aid Stalks are plentifully 
fiorei with yeltotmfh cornered Seed, bedewed with 
a clammy Aloifture, of a very bitter unpleafing 
Taflc, but ft rang fweet Smell. s 
IV. Gerard delcribes ir after this manner. Its 
Root is of a hard and woody Subfiance, which pro- 
duces a low and little Shrub or woody Tlant , having 
many brown and hard Branches, upon wbteh grout 
Leaves fomething long , hard, thick , and Oleous of 
an hot or Aromalick Savour or Smell, fomething 
like that of Myrtle. From among the Branches 
come forth other little ones, on which do grout ma 
ny Spoky Ears or Tufts, full of f. mall Flowers ■ af- 
tcr winch, come great fiore of fquare or cornered 
Seed cluttering together, of a firong and bitter Take 
V. Thefecond or Myrtle- Leav’d Sweec-Gaui. 
1 his has alfo a hard and woody Root, fpread many 
ways in the Ground, with many Fibres adjoining to 
it : from whence fpnngt up a low Jhrubby fan of 
Tlant, having many J. lender Branches with Leaves 
fet thereon, every one of the largenefs of the broad 
Myrtle-Lea/, and ftanding by couples but not fo 
clofely, or always juft oppofite one to another nor 
fo many together, fmooth or even , and not dented 
about the edges. At the ends of which, come forth 
many fmall purplifh rcdThrcads, Jet upon , or flick- 
ing out of a fmall head, fet one above 'another - 
which afterwards turn into a round and fomewhat 
flat c refled black Berry, containing therein, fmall 
white, and rough Seed, not much unlike to Grape- 
Stones. This Tlant in feme places dyes every Lear 
down to the Ground, Springing again the next Tear 
for which caufc in thefe places it never Seeds nor 
Flowers : A 'or here in England does it ever flower 
from its firft Tears Jhootmg, but the next Tear it 
Flowers in many places of this Land, the? Jetdom 
perf oiling its Seed. 
VI The 
