Chap. 740. 
has divers large, long , and Something broad. Leaves, 
not much unlike to thofe of Ribwort Plant ane, but 
larger , thicker , and of a darker blewifh green colot. 
from among which rife up, one or twoftrong Stalks 
3 or 4 Feet high , and J ome times more, with divers 
fuel) Leaves Jet thereon, but fmaller as they ap- 
proach up to the top-, where they fpread them f elves 
out into many Branches: at the ends whereof grow 
[mail yellow Flowers -, in whofe places come long 
flattifh Cods or Pods like Tongues, black when they 
are ripe, and pendulous, or hanging downwards 
wherein lye the Seed, which if it be a little chewed 
or broken with moiflure , will give a blew color. 
IV. The Second, orWiidWoad. It is very like 
unto the former, in its Root, Stalks, Leaves, man- 
ner and fajhion of growing, faving that the Stalk is 
Woad Wild. 
(tenderer, tenderer , and browner, the Leaves lef- 
Jer, and the Husks or Cods not fo great, and nar- 
rower, and the whole Plant fmaller. 
V. The Places. The Manured Woad is Sown 
in Gardens , and whole Fields are Sown with it 
in England , Prance , Germany , Italy, and Spain, 
as alio in the Illands of T erceras, belonging to 
Spain. The Wild in Fields andllntill’d Places in 
England, Germany , &c. where the Manured has 
been Sown. 
VI. The Times. They Flower in June and July, 
and the Seed is late Ripe, viz. in September or 
Ollober. . 
VII. The Qualities. The Manured Woad 
is hot in the firlt Degree, and dry in the fecond, 
bitter withal, but not (harp. The Wild is as hot, 
but more drying, viz. in the third Degree, and is 
more fharp and biting, exceeding the Manured in 
all its properties : they are Abfterfive, Aflttngent, 
and Vulnerary. 
VIII. The Specification. It is good againlt the 
Obltruftion, Pain, and Tumor of the Spleen ; and 
is proper for the Cure of limple Green Wounds, 
and Ulcers. 
IX. The Preparations. You may have there- 
from, viz. from the Herb, 1. A Liquid Juice. 
2. A Decoition in Wine or Water. 5. A Balfam. 
4. A Dfii/led Water. 5. A Ponder of the Herb. 
The Virtues. 
X. The Liquid Juice. Ir is binding and very 
drying, refills Putrefaction, Hops Bleedings ot all 
forts, whether inward or outward, by rhe Mouth, 
Nofe, Fundament, or private Parts ; and therefore 
is profirable to flop the overflowing ol the Terms 
and Loches in Women : uled to Green Wounds, it 
fodders up their Lips and quickly heals them ; and 
is no lefs profitable to cleanfe and correct the pu- 
tridity and malignity of old running Sores, and 
eating Ulcers, rebellious Filtula’s, pernicious Can- 
cers, and the like, being outwardly applyed and 
inwardly taken, from 1 Spoonful to 6, (according 
to the Advice of the Phyfician) Morning and 
Nighr, mixt with a little Wine, or Wine and 
Water, or other fit Vehicle; and fo taken, it is 
good to open the Spleen, eafe its Pain, and to dif- 
cufs all hot Tumors thereof. 
XL The Decoffion in Wine. It has all the for- 
mer Virtues, tho’ not altogether fo powerful, and 
therefore may be taken Morning and Night, from 
y to 6 Ounces ; and outwardly applyed to fimple 
Green Wounds, old running Sores, foul Ulcers 
and Fiftula’s, to wafh and foment them therewith, 
it Abfterges or cleanfes, and induces their healing : 
but particularly helps the hsrdneis of the Spleen 
being Drank, and the Region thereof being alfo 
fomented therewith. 
XII. The Balfam. It is of lingular ufe (being 
applyed) for the Curing of fimple Green Wounds, 
and cleaniing, incarnating, drying and healing, of 
old running Sores, malign and putrid Ulcers, and 
rebellious biftula’s, (Jc. 
XIII. The Dfii/led Water. It has all the Vir- 
tues of the Juice or Decoftion ; but as it is much 
weaker, fo it mull be taken in much greater quan- 
tities, and is belt to be ufed mixed with either 
the Juice or Decoction. 
XIV. The Pouder of the Herb. It may be given 
from half a Dram to a Dram, Morning and Even- 
ing in a Glafs of Wine, or Wine mixed with the 
Diltilled Water, or in the DecoUion aforementi- 
oned, to all the putpofes faid. It is good againlt 
the Bloody-Flux, as alfo all other Fluxes of the 
Belly, or Defluxions of Humors upon any parr, 
vehement Catarrhs, and the like. 
XV. The DecoHion in Water. It is ufed by 
Dyers to Dye Cloth, Wooll, Yam, Hfc. of a blew 
color, by Boiling the matter to be Dyed therein. 
OZ-WOODROOF: 
0 R, 
WOODRO WEL; Common , 
Blew, and Breah^Stone. 
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