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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46303	New-Englands rarities discovered in birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country : together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores : also a perfect description of an Indian squa ... with a poem not improperly conferr'd upon her : lastly, a chronological table of the most remarkable passages in that country amongst the English : illustrated with cuts / by John Josselyn, Gent.	Josselyn, John, fl. 1630-1675.	1672 (1672)	Wing J1093; ESTC R20038	31,976	126

fasten to a Bow or build it round about a low Bush a Foot from the ground The flying Gloworm The flying Gloworm flying in dark Summer Nights like sparks of Fire in great number they are common liewise in Palestina Fifthly Of Plants AND 1. Of such Plants as are common with us in ENGLAND HEdghog-grass Mattweed Cats-tail Stichwort commonly taken here by ignorant People for Eyebright it blows in Iune Blew Flower-de-luce the roots are not knobby but long and streight and very white with a multitude of strings To provoke Vomit and for Bruises It is excellent for to provoke Vomiting and for Bruises on the Feet or Face They Flower in Iune and grow upon dry sandy Hills as well as in low wet Grounds Yellow bastard Daffodill it flowereth in May the green leaves are spotted with black spots Dogstones a kind of Satyrion whereof there are several kinds groweth in our Salt Marshes To procure Love I once took notice of a wanton Womans compounding the solid Roots of this Plant with Wine for an Amorous Cup which wrought the desired effect Watercresses Red Lillies grow all over the Country innumerably amongst the small Bushes and flower in Iune Wild Sorrel Alders Tongue comes not up till Iune I have found it upon dry hilly grounds in places where the water hath stood all Winter in August and did then make Oyntment of the Herb new gathered the fairest Leaves grow amongst short Hawthorn Bushes that are plentifully growing in such hollow places One Blade Lilly Convallie with the yellow Flowers grows upon rocky banks by the Sea Water Plantane here called Watersuck-leaves For Burns and Scalds and to draw Ater out of swell'd Legs It is much used for Burns and Scalds and to draw water out of swell'd Legs Bears feed much upon this Plant so do the Moose Deer Sea Plantane three kinds Small-water Archer Autumn Bell Flower White Hellibore which is the first Plant that springs up in this Country and the first that withers it grows in deep black Mould and Wet in such abundance that you may in a small compass gather whole Cart-loads of it Wounds and Aches Cured by the Indians For the Tooth-ach For Herpes milliares The Indians Cure their Wounds with it annointing the Wound first with Raccoons greese or Wild-Cats greese and strewing upon it the powder of the Roots and for Aches they scarifie the grieved part and annoint it with one of the foresaid Oyls then strew upon it the powder The powder of the Root put into a hollow Tooth is good for the Tooth-ach The Root sliced thin and boyled in Vineager is very good against Herpes Milliaris Arsmart both kinds Spurge Time it grows upon dry sandy Sea Banks and is very like to Rupter-wort it is full of Milk Rupter-wort with the white flower Jagged Rose-penny-wort Soda bariglia or massacote the Ashes of Soda of which they make Glasses Glass-wort here called Berrelia it grows abundantly in Salt Marshes St. John ' s-Wort St. Peter ' s Wort. Speed-well Chick-weed Male fluellin or Speed-well Upright Peniroyal Wild-Mint Cat-Mint Egrimony The lesser Clot-Bur Water Lilly with yellow Flowers the Indians Eat the Roots which are long a boiling they tast like the Liver of a Sheep the Moose Deer feed much upon them at which time the Indians kill them when their heads are under water Dragons their leaves differ from all the kinds with us they come up in Iune Violets of three kinds the White Violet which is sweet but not so strong as our Blew Violets Blew Violets without sent and a Reddish Violet without sent they do not blow till I●…ne For swell'd Legs Wood-bine good for hot swellings of the Legs fomenting with the decoction and applying the Feces in the form of a Cataplasme Salomons-Seal of which there is three kinds the first common in England the second Virginia Salomons-Seal and the third differing from both is called Treacle Berries having the perfect ●…ast of Treacle when they are ripe and will keep good along while certainly a very wholsome Berry and medicinable Doves-Foot Herb Robert Knobby Cranes Bill For Agues Ravens-Claw which flowers in May and is admirable for Agues Cinkfoil Tormentile Avens with the leaf of Mounta●…e-Avens the flower and root of English Avens Strawberries Wild Angelica majoris and minoris Alexanders which grow upon Rocks by the Sea shore Yarrow with the white Flower Columbines of a flesh colour growing upon Rocks Oak of Hierusalem Achariston is an excellent Medicine for stopping of the Lungs upon Cold Ptisick c. Oak of Cappadocia both much of a nature but Oak of Hierusalem is stronger in operation excellent for stuffing of the Lungs upon Colds shortness of Wind and the Ptisick maladies that the Natives are often troubled with I helped several of the Indians with a Drink made of two Gallons of Molosses wort for in that part of the Country where I abode we made our Beer of Molosses Water Bran chips of Sassafras Root and a little Wormwood well boiled into which I put of Oak of Hierusalem Cat mint Sowthistle of each one handful of Enula Campana Root one Ounce Liquorice scrap'd brused and cut in peices one Ounce Sassafras Root cut into thin chips one Ounce Anny-seed and sweet Fennel-seed of each one Spoonful bruised boil these in a close Pot upon a soft Fire to the consumption of one Gallon then take it off and strein it gently you may if you will boil the streined liquor with Sugar to a Syrup then when it is Cold put it up into Glass Bottles and take thereof three or four spoonfuls at a time letting it run down your throat as leasurely as possibly you can do thus in the morning in the Afternoon and at Night going to bed Goose-Grass or Clivers Fearn Brakes Wood sorrel with the yellow flower Elm. Line Tree both kinds A way to draw out Oyl of Akrons or the like c. Maple of the Ashes of this Tree the Indians make a lye with which they force out Oyl from Oak Akorns that is highly esteemed by the Indians Dew-Grass Earth-Nut which are of divers kinds one bearing very beautiful Flowers Fuss-Balls very large Mushrooms some long and no bigger than ones finger others jagged flat round none like our great Mushrooms in England of these some are of a Scarlet colour others a deep Yellow c. Blew flowered Pimpernel Noble Liver-wort one sort with white flowers the other with blew Black-Berry Dew-Berry Rasp-Berry here called Mul-berry Goose-Berries of a deep red Colour H●… ho●…n the Haws being as big as Services and very good to eat and not so astringent as the Haws in England ●…oad flax Pellamount or Mountain time Mouse 〈◊〉 Minor The making of Oyl of Akrons To strengthe●… weak Members ●…or Scall'd-heads There is Oak of three kinds white red and black the white is excellent to make Canoes of Shallopes Ships and other Vessels for the Sea and for Claw-board and Pipe-staves the black is good to make Waynscot of and out