Chap. 680. ILngUjh Herbs, 
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VI. The Places. The hilt grows in many places 
of England , as well as in Brabant and Flanders , 
and ocher places beyond Sea, and therefore Lobe/ 
might as well have call’d it Anglic a as Brabanticd , 
it being truly a Native of our Country, tho’ pof- 
fibly he might not know lb much. It grows in 
Hartjordjhire , Kent, Sujfex, Cole brook, and near 
Old Windfor-P ark Corner • asalfo in feveral Marfhy, 
Plafhy, Moift and Fenny Grounds, as in Bedford- 
J, hire , Cambridgeshire , Ifle of Ely , Lincolnfhire , 
and the Fenny Countries thereabouts-, of which 
there is fuch ftore, that they make Faggots, Brulh- 
es or Sheaves thereof, to burn and heat their 
Ovens, and kindle Fires withal, as they do of Sedge. 
It is alfo found growing inmoft places where Sedge 
grows for which reafon it is commonly found 
bound up promifcuoufly in Sedge (heaves, which 
Bakers uie to heat their Ovens with at Lynin Nor- 
folk , and other great Towns and Market-Places 
where it can be conveniently carried by Water, Efc. 
The fecond is a Native in feveral Countries in the 
Levant and Mediterranean Sea, as the South parts 
of France, Italy , Sicily , &c. but with us it is on- 
ly Nurlt up in Gardens. This is that of Pliny , 
lib. 24. cap. 1 1 . 
VII. The Times. They Flower in May and June , 
and their Seed is ripe in July and Auguft. 
VIII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in 
the fecond degree, Abfterfive, Aftringent, Aultere 
and Styptick^ difcufling Wind, Cephalick, Neu- 
rotick-, and as fome think Narcotick. 
IX. The Specification. The firlt kind is only or 
chiefly ufed: It is good to dry up Humors in the 
Belly and Stomach, to kill Worms in thofe parts, 
to (Lengthen the Brain and Nerves, and to in- 
duce Sleep. 
X. The Preparations. The firft of the two Spe- 
cies being only in ufe, the Preparations will chiefly 
have reference to that j and there is a peculiar ufe 
of it in 1. Ale or Beer , which in fome places are 
Brewed with it, as with Hops. 2. A Dccofiion in 
Water or Wine. 3. An Infufion in Wine. 4. A 
T Mure of Leaves and Fruit in Spirit of Wine , 
5. A Pouder of the Leaves or Seed. 
left off 1 takIng haVC With fome difficulty 
„ XII /\ Tb? in Wine. It has all the Vir- 
rr°” he n f T er P ecoaio ^ 3nd ma f be taken in 
the lame Dofe and manner; but as it is only a cold 
inruiion, fo it is much more grateful to the Sto- 
mach and Bowels, refitting Poifon, and itrenmh- 
n,n | «® after an admirable manner, 
c i'T^ e T ,nau r‘<f. ‘be Leaves and fruit, or 
seed. This is much better in a cold Scurvy, than 
either of the former, and more potent Vgainft 
Cy.nlficwB, Palfies, and other cold and 
moift D^eafes of the Head, Brain, Nerves, Joints 
and Vifcera-. It alfo prevails againft Poifon, ve- 
hement pains in the Bowels, or any extream parr 
of the Body, Coughs, Colds, Afthma’s, Phthificks, 
Hoarienefs, Wheezing and (hortnefs ot Breath ; 
“°P S Vomiting, and gives relief-in extream Heart- 
sicKneiles Palptrattons, Faimings, Swooningsand 
ri e r k fiP° fe 2 > 3 ’ 01 4 Spoontiils in a fmall 
Glals ot Wine. 
XV. Tie Pouder of the Leaves or Seed. It is 
given from half a Dram to Dram, for all the pur- 
poles aforementioned, being an excellent Stoma- 
ttek : but its chiefeft ufe is for killing Worms in 
Children; asalfo in Elder Perfons. 
XVI. Nota 1. In rhofe places where it plenti- 
rully grows, as alio in other places to which it is 
earned, the Country People lay it in Wardrobes, 
Chelts, Trunks, Prefles, and the like, to keep 
Woollen Cloths fromMoths, Worms, ©V. and to 
give them a good feent and pleaiant Smell. 
XVII. Nota 2. The Rhus Plinij Myrtifolia , or 
fecond Species ; tho’ we make little or no ufe of ir, 
(becaufe we have it no great plenty) yet Pliny fays 
ir kills Moths, and refills Poifon. 
CHAP. DCLXXX. 
Of SWALLOW-WORT; 
T he Virtues. 
XI. The Ale or Beer. It ptefelves the Drink 
from fpoiling, or growing fowre like Hops, and 
makes it Drink very ftrong ; and by reafon of its 
pleafing Bitternefs, gives it a pleafanr Talte or 
Farwel. As it makes the Drink to be ftronger, fo 
it may be more apt to get into the Head, and make 
People Drunk; but it only affects the Brain by its 
Strength, not by any ill Quality which is in it, as 
fome Authors feetn to hint, it being a true ftrength- 
ner of the Stomach and Nerves. And fo far it is an 
Antifcorbutick, asallStomachicksare; the Scurvy 
being called by the Greeks the Stomach Difeafe, 
and tor which they have no other name. 
XII. T be Decoflion in Water or Wine. It 
warms, comforts and ftfengthens cold, moift and 
weak Heads, Brains, Nerves and Stomachs; refills 
the Scurvy in its beginning, and cures it when Con. 
Rim’d, a quarter of a Pint or more, being taken 
in the’Morning failing, half an Hour before Din- 
ner, and laft at Night going ro Bed. . It is Angular 
good alfo againlt Palfies, Convulfions, Gouts, 
Jaundice, Collick, and other like Difeafes of the 
Brain Nerves and Vifcera. It kills Worms in the 
Bowels, refills Poifon, and caufes pleafant Reft 
and Sleep, not much unlike to the manner of 
Opiates ; infomuch that fome who have been long 
OR, 
SILK-WORT. 
I-T 'HE Names. It is called in Greek, 
X (ab JEfculapio ) alfo Murmov quafi Hede- 
rula ■, and Kts-n<p(!\rov, Hederkfolium ; and fo Ruel- 
lius calls it Heder alls : and yet the Leaf is not at all 
like Ivy, but are rather like unto Bay-Leaves, La- 
ving that thefe are (harper pointed. In Latine 
Afclepias alfo, and Vincetoxicum , (which is a ge- 
neral Word for any Counter- Poifon • ioi Vincetox- 
icum quafi A l exipbarmeum d ilium, & quod illi 
infignis adverfus venena vis infit. It was alfo an- 
tiently called Hirundinaria, (as were alfo Chelido- 
nium majus & minus ) becaufe the pointed Cods 
when they are open, and the Silk appears out of 
them, do fomewhat refemble a Swallow Flying. 
In Englifh, Swallow-Wort, Silk-Wort, and by fome 
Silken Cifley. 
II. The Kinds. It is doubtlefs the true Afclepi- 
as of Diof cor ides, tho’ Anguilara doubts of it, and 
Matthiolus denys it • yet Dodonaus and Fuch fins 
affirm ir, and that it is the true Vincetoxicum. 
We have with us, 1. Afclepias five Vincetoxicum 
Flore albo. Swallow- Wort white Flower’d. 2. Af- 
clepias feu Vincetoxicum Flore nigra, Swallow- 
Wort black Flower’d- 3: Afclepias Cretica, Swal- 
0 low 
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