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n nipped away, a quantitie according to the quantitie of the fyrrup, to your ovvne diferetion where- 
in let them infufe or fteepe loure and twenty houres, and fet vpon a few vvarme embers • then drain 
i it, and put more V icilcts into the fame fyrrup : thus do three or foure times, the oftner the fetter • 
Ii then ft: them vpon a gentle fire to fimper,but not to boyle in any wife : fo haue you it limply made 
i of a molt perfeft purple colour, and of the fmellofthe floures themfelues. Some do adde thereto 
a little oftheiuyceofthe floures in the boyling, which maketh if of better force and vertue Like- 
wife fome do put a little quantitie of the iuyee of Lymons in theboylmg, which doth greatly en- 
1 creafe the beauty thereof, but nothing at all the vertue. ^ J 
There is likevvife made of Violets and lugar certain plates called Sugar Vioiet,of Violet tables | 
» or Plate, which is moftpleafant and vvholeforne,efpecially it comforteth the heartand theother 
i inward parts. 
The decoftion ofViolets is good againft hot feuers, and the inflammation ofthe liner and all K 
J other inward parts : the like propertiehath the iuyee, fyrrup, or conferueof the fame. 
Syrrup ofViolets is good againft the inflammation of the lungs and breft, againft the pleurifie £, 
and cough, againft feuers and agues in yong children, efpecially if you putvntoan ounceof Syr- 
m p eight or nine drops of oy le of Vitrioll, and mix it together, and giue it to the childe a lpoone- 
3 full at once. 
Thefamegiuen in manner aforefaid is of great efficacie in burning feuers and pcftilentdifea- jvj 
| fes, greatly cooling the inward parts : and it may feeme ftrange to fome, that fo fharpe a corroiiue 
: as oyle of Vitriol fliould begiuen into the body ; yet being delayed and giuen as aforefaid, fuck- 
i ing children may take it without any. perill. 
The fame taken as aforefaid cureth all inflammations ofthe throat, mouth, uvula, fquinancie w 
s and the falling euill in children. 
| Sugar-Violet hath power to ceafe inflammations, roughndfe of the throat, and comforteth the Q 
• li.eart,alfivageth the paines of the head, and caufeth (leepe. 
Theleaues ofViolets arevfed in cooling plaifters,oy!es, and comfortable cataplafmes or pul- p 
I tefles •, and are of greater efficacie among other herbes, as Mercurie, Mallowcs, and fuch like , in 
1 differs, for the purpofes aforefaid. 
Chap. 313. Of Heart s-eafe, or Tanfies. 
«[ The Defcripion, 
x ''T* He Hearts-eafe or Paunfie hath many round leaues at the firft commiiig vp ; afterward 
they grow fomewhat longer, fleightly cut about the edges, trailing or creeping vpon 
theground. The ftalkes are weake and tender, whereupon do grow floures in forme 
1 and figure like the Violet, and for the moftpart ofthe fame bigneffe, of three fundry colours; 
whereofit tooke the fyrname Tricolor is to fay, purple, yellow, and white or blew : by reafon 
) ofthe beauty and brauerie of which colours they are very pleafing to the eye, for fmell they haue 
! little or none at all. The feed is contained in little knaps, ofthe bignefle of a Tare, which come 
^ forth after the floures be fallen, and do open of themfelues when the feed is ripe. The root is no- 
| thing elfe but as it were a bundle of threddy firings. 
2 The vpright Paunfie bringeth forth long leaues deepely cut in the edges, fharpe pointed,of 
2 ableake or pale greene colour, fet vpon flender vpright ftalkes, cornered, ioynted, or kneed a foot 
l high or higher ; whereupon do grow very faire floures of three colours, of purple , blew , and 
^ yellow, in lhape like the common Hearts-eafe, but greater and fairer : which colours are fo excel- 
!i lently and orderly placed, char they bring great delegation to the beholders, though they haue 
- little or no fmell at all. For oftentimes it hapneth, that the vppermoft floures are differing from 
1 thofe that grow vpon the middle of the plant, and rhofe varie from the lowermoft, as Nature lift 
'I to dally with things of fuch beauty. The feed is like the precedent. 
3 The vvilde Paunfie differeth from that ofthe garden, in leaues, roots, and tender branches : 
the floures of this wilde one are of a bleake and pale colour, far inferiour in beauty to that of the 
j garden, wherein confifteth the difference. 
4 Stony Hearts-eafe is a bafe and low plant : The leaues are rounder, and not fo much cut a- 
! bout the edges as the others :The branches are weake and feeble, trailing vpon the ground .-The 
1 floures are likevvife ofthree colours, that is to fay, white, blew, and yellow, void of fmell. The root 
j perifheth when it hath perfefted his feed. 
f There is found in fundry places of England a wilde kinde hereof, bringing floures of a faint 
j yellow colour, without mixtute of any other colour, yet hauing a deeper yellow fpot in the lowed- 
leafe. 
