Chap. 680 . Enghjh ‘tierbs„ ii 2 y 
[candy difcernable, unlefs one look very earnefily 
noon them. After which , come (more plentifully 
than in the former) fuch like Code, with a white 
Silver Down , like pure fine Silk , in which the Seed 
as in the former, are wrapped. This Plant nor its 
Root, [mells not fo fir eng cu the firft ; nor does 
it give any Milk, but a Watery Juice when broken. 
VI. The third, or Swallow-Wort of Candy. Its 
Root is not compofcd of fo many Strings as the laJI, 
but has as well as the refl of the Plant, a fining 
Smell, and as fame think, not much unlike to Box. 
It rifes up in the manner and fafhion as the others 
do, with many fender flexible green Branches, 
with Leaves fet by pairs at the Joints, on either 
fide, as the white kind has , and are very like unto 
them, but fomemhat of a paler green color. "The 
f lowers ftand in the fame manner, three or four 
together upon a Stalk , but are fometbing of apaler 
white Color, not full out fo white as they ; to whom 
fucceed fometimes but one , but mofi commonly two 
Pods together, which are thicker and fhorter than 
thofe of the White Kind', ftrakedalfo all-along, and 
double forked at the ends, which contain within 
them Seeds and Silk, as in the former. 
VII. The Places. They grow Wild in rough 
and untill’d Places, and on Mountains in Italy and 
the Southern parts of prance, and in other hot 
Countries ; and the lalt is found growing in Candy, 
from whence the Seed has been brought to us : 
But here in England they are only Nurft up in Gar 
dens, where they thrive admirably well. 
VIII. The Times. They all Flower in the Months 
of June and July, but fometimes (as the Seafon 
may be for Coldnefs) not till Augujl ; and their 
Cods with Seed, are ripe about a Month after- 
wards; the empty Husks abiding on the dry 
Branches, when the Silk and Seed are gone, being 
either fallen on the Ground, or blow away with 
the Wind. 
IX. The Qualities. The Roots of thefe Pia :s 
are only, or rather chiefly ufed. They are hot and 
dry in the fecond Degree, Aperitive, Abiterfive, 
Diuretick, VMnerary, Peftoral, Cardiack, Hyfte- 
ricK, and Alexipharmick. 
X. The Specification. They ate a Sovereign 
Cure for all forts of Vegetable and Animal Poifons, 
but in particular for the Poifon of Apocynum, or 
Dogs-Bane, (this being the Countet-Poifon or An- 
tidote againft it : ) as alfo the Bitings of Mad 
Dogs, (Ac . It cures alfo the Plague or Peftilence, 
and all forts of Peftilential Difeafes, Faintings, 
Swooning, Convulfions, Fits of the Mother, Coughs' 
Colds, Afthma’s, Phthificks, and all other Ob- 
ftruUions and Difeafes of the Lungs ; ObftruUions 
of Urine, Dropfy, Jaundice, F,pilepfy, Pains of 
the Mother ; provokes Urine and the Terms, ea- 
fes the Colick and Gripings of the Guts, kills 
Worms in the Belly, and is of goodufe tocleanfe 
and heal all Putrid, Filthy and rotten Ulcers in 
what part of the Body foever. 
XI. The Preparations. From the Roots are 
prepared, 1 . A Becottion in Wine. 2. A Ponder. 
3. Anointment or Bafam. 4. A TinSure. From 
the Leaves and Flowers are made, 5. A Cataplafm. 
From the Down, 6. Dry Pledgets. 
The Virtues. 
XII. The DccoBion of the Roots in Wine. It is a 
peculiar Cure again!! the Poifon of Apocynum, or 
Dogs-Bane , ot Woolf s-Bane , or any other Vegetable 
Poifon -, as alfo again It the Bitings of Mad Dogs, 
or the Biting or Stinging of any other Venomous 
Creature. It gtves eafb in the Collick, and the 
nrpi( 1 u° fthe r ims ' , ^prevails againft the Plague 
M^fi ' e o Ce ’ n P 0 ° tted FeVcr ’ Fur P lts > Calenture, 
a^d PeftiW 3 1 and aU ° ther fous ot ’ Ahli S" 
ftroi ft TOt.' 3 ro ften, P ers - The Decoaion made 
ltrong m White Wine, and taken for feverai days 
together, a Pint at a time, and Sweating prefentlv 
D«pfp, alfo the yellow Jaum 
• d CC u a " d ttoppage of Urine thro’ rartarous matter 
m the Rems, Ureters and Bladder. It helps alfo 
Coughs, Colds, Aftlima’s, Phthificks, Hoarfeiefs 
Wheezing, and other Difeafes of the Bred and 
Lungs. It is alfo profitable againft Vapors, Hyfte- 
rtek Fits, and provokes the Terms in Women. If 
it is made alfo with the addition of Comfey Roots 
Rnf#° m Sa !, nft Ruptures of the Bow *, inward 
Bruifes, Bleedings, and the like. 
XIII. The Pouder of the Roots. It has all the 
tamer Virtues, much excelling the DecoSion and 
maybe given to a Dram or Dram and half in Ca- 
nary or White Lisbon, Morning and Night It is 
good againft Fainting, Swooning, and other Paffions 
0 . E? : Taken with Peony-Seed it helps a- 
gamft the Falling-Sicknefs; with Pouder of White 
Dittany Roots, it kills Worms in the Belly and 
prevails againft Melancholy. 
XIV. The Ointment or Balfam. The Po'uder two 
Drams, mixed with fix Drams of any Vulnerary 
Ointment, or Bafam of Tobacco, &c. Cleanfes in- 
carnates and heals Wounds, and old Putrid’and 
Rotten Ulcers, beyond that of Birthwort-Roots or 
ot any other Vegetable whatfoever. 1 
X\L The Tin Bure. It has all the Virtues of 
Decoblion and Pouder, excelling them ten times 
m v m“ e m nd Goodnefs - Dofe a Spoonful. 
XVI - T} f c £ a,a ? la f' n °f Leaves aniPlowers. It 
cures hard Tumors in Womens Breafts as alfo 
rU yvFi o? / 0ut U > cers in the fame parts. 
XVII. Dry Pledgets of the Silk or Down. Ap- 
plyed to old running Sores and Ulcers after clean- 
ling, it drys them, and in a fhorc time after heals 
them. 
CHAP. DCLXXXI. 
Of T A N S I E Garden. 
L 'T' dIE Aarttes. It is called in Greek, ’ASW«- 
lifh Tonjt 1 ™' “Eng- 
.1 K l" is ' , A - uthors make many kinds of 
this Plant, but. thefe four ate thofe which are 
chiefly known to us, viz. 1. Athanafia Vulgaris 
Tanacetum \ ulgare , Our Common Garden Tanfie! 
r. Atbanafni Crifpa , Tanacetum Sativa Anelica - 
Tanacetum Crifpum , Crifped or Curled Tanfie’ 
3. Tanacetum Verficolor, Tanfie Party-Coloured' 
4. Tanacetum Lanugmofum, Woolly Tanfie. 
the Defcriptionsi 
III. The firft ot our Common Garden Tanfie 
Its Root h tough, and of a Woody Subdance, It 
grows up with many Stalks with WingedLeaves 
which are long, having many little Ones Jet by cou- 
ples upon a middle Rib, many of them upon one 
Pootfialk almofi hie thofe of Agrimony, and not 
much unlike to thofe of the Female Fern. The 
Mowers 
