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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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t 4 This pretty plant hath fibrous and blackifh roots, from which rife vp many leaues like 
thofe of Borage, or Comfrey, bur much fmaller and greener, the ftalkes are fome eight inches hiuh 
and on their tops carry pretty floures like thofe of Borage, but not fo fharpe pointed, but of a mor 
pleafing blew colour. This floures in the fpring and is kept in fome choice Gardens. JLoieffcalU 
Symphytum pumilttm repens Borraginis facie, flue Borrago minima Herbariorum . t 
«ff The Place. 
Comfrey joyeth in watery ditches, in fat and fruitful! medowes , they grow all i n my Garden 
[ ^ The Time. 
They floure in Iur.e and Inly. 
[ «[ The Names. 
It is called in Grecke in Latine Symphytum, and SolicCdgo , in (hops. Ccnfclida mdor and 
1 Symphytum mam , of Scribonms Largus, Inula ruftica, and Ahts Galt,ca:o{oihcK,0(icoccllon • in hicrh 
I Dutch,l©aH»UEtJ t in low Dutch, tt©aclix>02telC : m Italian pconfiltda ma^iore .- in Snaniih Suefj, 
r rnaiore, and Conjiiclda mat or : in French, C»«/i«,and Oreille d’afne in Englifh, Comfrey Comfrev 
)' Confound; of fome, Knit backe, and Blackewoort. * ^ "v 
The Temperature. 
The root of Comfrey hath a cold quality, but yet not much : ic is alfo ofa clammie and o-hfi n 
, nioifture it cauferh no itch at all, neither is it ofa fharpe or biting tafte,vnfauory,and without 
I quahtie that may be rafted 5 fo far is the tough and gluing moifture from the fharpe clammine . 
J of the tea Onion, as that there is no comparifon betweene them. The leaues may caufe itchimr 
I: fc°4^^fcS e NE fi ^ ,b " t thr0U§htheirrUgSedne ‘ rei 33 VVC haue a l f eady written, yet 
f T& Vertues , 
. *"■*' " i,h >,ine ' h ' 1 P" h •>“ VM, , 
The fame bruifed and laid to in manner ofa plaifter, doth healeali frefh and greenpivnima. r 
and are fo glutenatiue, that it will fodder or glew together meate that is chopt inpeeces feet tuner’ 
inapot,andmakeitinone_lumpe. r ' reining 
The rootes boiled and <3rtinke, doe clenfe the bred from flegme, and cure the m-iefes nf 
; bmftincs CCially ‘ f they bC COnfC,ft WKh fL ' Sar and f y rru P5 lc P^Ieth much againft ruptures or C 
rTieT^ e i fllIr ‘ ie fub ? ance oftI . lc root made tnapoflet ofale,and giuen todrinke again ft the paine in n 
w/, kc ’ §0 r 4 i y any V ,!°r nt m ° t ! on > as wraftling, or ouermuch vfe ofwomen, doth in foure or D 
!l Perfcft l y CUrc the ftmeia! though the inuoluntary flowing of the feed in men be gotten 
The roots of Comfrey in number foure, KnotgrafTe and the leaues of Clarie ofeach an hand 
full, being ftamped, all together, and ftramed, and a quart of Mufcadell put thereto thevolkesof E 
and , thc pwder of three Nutmegs, drunke firft andlaft, is a mod excellent medicine 
a^ainft a Gonorrhea or runm ng of the remes, and all paines and confumptions of the backe 
■ T Wislikewifcafyrrup made : hereof to be vfed in this cafe, which ftaicth voiding ofblotid • r- 
empereth the heate of agues.-allaieth the fharpeneffe of flowing humors.-healeth vp vdeers of the F 
dungs and helpeth the cough : the reccit wbereofis this 1 Take two ounces ofthe rots ofteat 
Corley, °ne ounce of Liquorice ; two handfulls of Folefoot s roots and all, one ounce and an halfe 
of Pine-apple kernells ; twenty iuiubes , two drams ora quarterof an ounce of Mai low feed 
Aram of the heads of Poppy ; boilc all’in a fufficient quintitie of water, tilToneifei^ 
and l andad£ [ c to the liquor ftramed fix ounces of very white fugar, and as much of the 
e ^u°r^ an r ma ^ e t ^ lereo ^ fyrrup that mu ft be throughly boiled. 
,ai“ ,h ' °“ c ™' lch E '” in l rf tl ' fickenefle.taken ener, da, facer- H 
Orh, " B0fa " ,h ' «**“><** inward , 
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