the Plague Sage Rosemary Honey-suckles and Plantane boyled in Wine or Water with Honey and Allum put thereto is an excellent Gargle to wash sore Mouths and Throats Cankers or the secret parts of Man or Woman A Medicine or Pills much commended for those that are in a Consumption Take of Spicknard and Ginger of each two drachms of the Seed of Sage toasted at the fire eight drachms of long-Pepper twelve drachms all these being brought into fine Powder put thereto so much Juice of Sage as may make them into a Mass for Pâ—lls taking a drachm of them every Morning fasting and so likewise at night drinking a little pure water after them It helpeth also the Falling-sickness the Lethargy the Palsie and all Defluxions of Rheum from the Head and for the diseases of the Chest or Breast also all pains of the Head and Joynts that come of cold Winter and Summer Savory Vertues and Vse THe Conserves and Syrups of these Herbs are a very good Remedy against the Chollick and Iliack passions expelling Wind in the Stomach and Bowels also it is a present help for the rising of the Mother procured by wind it cutteth tough Flegm in the Chest and Lungs and helpeth to expectorate it the more easily The Herbs are both of them hot and dry but the Summer Savory is more effectual to all the purposes aforesaid they are both of them very good Pot-herbs Saffron Vertues and Vse THis Herb is a very good Cordial and a notable expulsive Medicine against Epidemical Diseases as Pestilence Small-Pox and Measles an excellent Remedy for the Yellow-Jaundice it quickens the Brain helps difficulty of breathing Consumption of the Lungs and exceedingly strengthens the Heart but let not above ten grains of the dried Flowers be given at one time for an immoderate quantity may hurt the heart instead of helping it Scurvy-grass Vertues and Vse THe Herb tunned up in new Drink either by it self or with other things openth Obstructions evacuateth cold clammy and flegmatick humors both from the Liver and Spleen wasting and consuming both the swelling and hardness thereof The Juice of Dutch Scurvey-grass if to be had or else the English drunk in the Spring every morning fasting in a Cup of Drink or the Decoction thereof drunk is effectual for all the Diseases before mentioned also to purge and cleanse the Blood the Liver and the Spleen and especially for those that have the Scurvey Sorrel Vertues and Vse THe Roots of Sorrel in a Decoction or in Powder is good in all hot Diseases to cool any inflammation and heat of blood in Agues pestilential or cholletick or other Sicknesses and Faintings rising from heat and to quench Thirst and procure an Appetite in fainting or decayed Stomachs A Syrup made with the Juice of Sorrel and Fumitory is a soveraign help to kill those sharp humors that cause the Itch the Decoction of the Flowers made with Wine and drunck helpeth the Black Jaundice as also the inward Ulcers of the Body and Bowels The Seed and Herb is effectual in all the causes aforesaid Wood-sorrel serveth to all the purposes that the other or Garden Sorrel doth and more effectually Smallage Vertues and Vse THe Juice of this Herb taken but especially if made into a Syrup openeth obstructions of the Liver and Spleen rarifieth thick Flegm and cleanseth it and the blood and is singular good against the Yellow-Jaundice The Juice put to Hony of Roses and Barley-water is very good to gargle the Mouth and Throat of those that have Sores and Ulcers in them and healeth all other foul Ulcers and Cankers elsewhere if washed therewith The Decoction of the Root in Wine or the Juice thereof taken in Wine is held to be stronger in operation than the Herb to all the purposes aforesaid Smallage Potage eaten in the Spring is very effectual to purge and cleanse the Blood Succory Vertues and Vse THe Distilled Water of the Herb and Flowers is especial good for hot Stomachs and in Agues either Pestilential or of Long continuance for Swounings and Passions of the Heart for the Heat and Head-ach in Children A Decoction made in Wine and drunk or a drachm of the Seed in Powder drunk in Wine before the Fit of an Ague helpeth to drive it away A handful of the Leaves or Roots boyled in Wine or Water and a draught thereof drunk fasting driveth forth cholerick and flegmatick humors openeth obstructions of the Liver Gall and Spleen helpeth the Yellow Jaundice the heat of the Reins and of the Urin also the Dropsie English Tobacco Vertues and Vse THe Herb bruised and applyed to the place grieved with the Kings Evil helpeth it effectually in nine or ten dayes it also cureth any fresh wound or cut and the Juice put into old sores both cleanseth and healeth them The Juice made into a Syrup or the Distilled Water of the Herb drunk with some Sugar or the Smoke taken by a Pipe but only fasting The same helpeth to expel Worms in the Stomach and Belly and to ease the pains in the Head and the griping pains in the Bowels It is good to provoke Urin and expel Gravel and the Stone in the Kidneys also to expel Windiness and other Humors which cause the Strangurie or the Mother Tansie Vertues and Vse THe Herb bruised and often smelled unto as also applied to the Navil is very profitable for such Women as are given to miscarry in Child-bearing or the Herb boiled in ordinary Beer and the Decoction drunk doth the like let those Women that desire Children make use of this Herb for if their Womb be not as they would have it this Decoction will make it as it should be The Decoction or the Juice drunk in Wine helpeth the Strangury and those that have weak Reins and Kidneys it also expels wind in the Stomach Belly or Bowels and is good to procuâ—e Womens Courses A Tansie made with the Herb and Eggs helpeth to digest and carry downward those bad humors that trouble the stomach Violets Vertues and Vse THe Syrup of Violets is effectual in the Plurisie and all Diseases of the Lungs to lenifie the sharpness of hot Rheums and the hoarsness of the Throat the heat also and sharpness of Urin and all pains of the Back Reins and Bladder it is good also for the Liver and Jaundice and to cool the heat and quench the thirst in hot Agues and if a little of the Juice of Lemmons be put to it or a few drops of the Oyl of Vitriol it is made thereby the more powerful to cool the heat and quench the thirst A Decoction of the Leaves or Flowers made with Water or Wine and drunk or to ayply them Poultis wise to the grieved place easeth the pains also the pains in the Head A drachm weight of the dried Leaves of the Flowers of Violets taken in Wine or any other Drink a draught in a morning fasting doth strongly purge the Body of cholerick humors and asswageth the
Watering of them as also for the Pin and Web Skins and Films growing over the sight it helpeth Beasts also Garden Beans Vertues and Vse BEans eaten are extreme windy meat but if eaten with Bacon they are good food and useful in a Family and if after the Dutch fashion when they are half boyled you husk them and then stew them with sweet Butter they are wholsomer food The Flower of Beans and Fenugreek mixed with Hony and applyed to Fellons Boyles Bruises or blue marks by blows or the Imposthumes in the Kernels of the Ears helpeth them all and with Rose-leaves Frankincense and the White of an Egg being applyed to the Eyes helpeth them that are swoln or do water or have received any blow upon them if used with Wine The Ashes of the Husks made up with old Hogs-grease helpeth the old Pains Contusions and Wounds of the Sinews the Sciatica and Gout The Water distilled from the green Husks is held to be very effectual against the Stone and to provoke Urin. Bean Flower is used in Poultisses to asswage Inflammations rising upon Wounds and the Swelling of Womens Breast French-Beans Vertues and Vse THe ordinary French or Kidney-Beans are much in use being sold in every Market and commonly boyled and eaten with the Husk they are of an easie digestion they move the Belly provoke Urin enlarge the Breast that is straitned with shortness of breath engender Sperm and incite Venery Balm Vertues and Vse A Syrup with the Juice of this Herb and Sugar would be kept in every Gentlewomans House to relieve the weak Stomachs and sick Bodies of their poor sickly Neighbours as also the Herb kept dry in the House that so with other convenient Simples you may make it into an Electuary with Honey according as the Disease is The Herb bruised and boyled in a little Wine and Oil and laid warm on a Boil will ripen and break it The Leaves with a little Nitre taken in Drink are good against a Surfet of Mushromes helps the griping pains of the Belly and being made into an Electuary is good for them that cannot fetch their breath A Tansie or Cawdle made with Eggs and the Juice thereof while it is young putting to it some Sugar and Rose-water is good for Women in Childbed when the After-birth is not throughly avoided and for their faintings upon or after their sore Travel This is an excellent Herb to revive a fainting Heart and drive away all troublesome cares and thoughts out of the mind arising from Melancholly or black Choller it is very good to help Digestion and open the Obstructions of the Brain and causeth the Mind and Heart to become merry Wood-Betony Vertues and Vse THis is a very precious Herb most fitting to be kept in a Mans House both in Syrup Conserve Oyl Ointment and Plaister The Flowers are usually conserved The Green Herb bruised or the Juice applyed to any inward Hurt or outward green Wound in the Head or Body will quickly heal and close it up as also any broken Bone Splinter Thorn or other thing gotten into the Flesh and old Sores or filthy Ulcers The Powder of Betony mixed with pure Honey is very good for all sorts of Coughs or Colds Wheesing or Shortness of Breath Distillations of thin Rheum upon the Lungs which causeth Consumptions The Herb the Root or the Flâ—wers in Broth drunk or made into Conserve Syruâ— Electuary Water or Powder either of these wayes taken helpeth the Palsie Falling-sickness Jaundice Convulsions Gout or Shrinking of the Sinews Dropsies and Pains in the Head The Decoction of the Herb made with Mead and a little Penyroyal is good for those that are troubled with putrid Agues The Decoction made in Wine killeth the Worms in the Belly openeth Obstructions both of Spleen and Liver cureth Stitches and Pains in the Back or Sides the Torments and gripâ—ng of Pains of the Bowels and the Wind-Chollick and mixed with Honey purgeth the Belly A Drachm of the Powder of Betony taken with a little Honey in some Vinegar doth wonderfully refresh those that are oveâ—wearied by travail and helpeth those that piss or spit blood or that are Bursten or have a Rupture The Juice dropped into the Ears destroyeth the Worms easeth the Pains and cureth the running Sores in them The Leaves and Flowers are comfortable both in Meat and Medicine and helpeth those that cannot digest their meat or sowre Belchings or continual Rising in their stomach using them either green or dry Burnet Vertues and Vse THis Herb is little inferior to Betony for it is a most precious herb the continual use of it preserves the Body in health The Juice taken in some Drink and the Party laid to sweat is a special help to defend the heart from noisom Vapours and from infection of the Pestilence The distilled Water the Juyce or Decoction of the Herb or the Powder of the Root or Herb they are available in all manner of Fluxes of blood or humors to stanch bleeding inward or outward Lasks Scourings the Bloody-flux Womens too aboundant Courses the Whites and the chollerick belchings and castings of the Stomach and is a singular good Wound-herb for all sorts of Wounds either inward or outward Burrage and Bugloss Vertues and Vse THese are both great Cordials great Strengthners of Nature exceeding good Pot-herbs good for Bees and most comfortable for the heart and stomach The Flowers candied or made into a Conserve is good for those that are weak with long sickness and to comfort the heart and spirits of those that are in a Consumption or troubled with often swoonings or passions of the Heart The Distilled Water is effectual to all the purposes aforesaid and helpeth the redness and inflammation of the Eyes being washed therewith The Juice of the Herb made into a Syrup and taken is good to defend the Heart and help to resist and expel Poyson also good to expel Pensiveness and Melancholly it helpeth to clarifie the blood and mitigate heat in Feveâ—s The Root Seed and Leaves are good to all the purposes aforesaid The Seed and Leaves are good to encrease Milk in Womens Breasts The Leaves Flowers and Seed all or any of them are put with other cooling opening cleansing herbs to open Obstructions help the yellow Jaundice and mixed with Fumitory to cool cleanse and temper the Blood thereby it helpeth all spreading Scabs or Sores Carrets Vertues and Vse THey are useful in a Family and that Powder-beef Eaters do well know Carrets break Wind and remove Stitches in the Sides provoke Urin and Womens Courses and help to break and expel the Stone the wild kind is most effectual to the purposes aforesaid the Seed is good for the Dropsie helpeth the Chollick the Stone in the Kidneys and helpeth Conception being taken in Wine Cabbages and Coleworts Vertues and Vse THese are our Country Housewifes Pot-herbs they are much commended being eaten before meat to keep one from suâ—fetting as also from being drunk with Wine The often
eating of them well boyled helpeth those that are entring into a Consumption The Pulp of the middle ribs of Colewort boyled in Almond-milk and made up into an Electuary with Honey being taken often is very profitable for those that are pursie and short-winded The Decoction of Coleworts taketh away the Pain and Ach and allayeth the Swelling of swoln and gouty Legs and Knees wherein many gross and watery humors are fallen the place being bathed therewith warm Caraway Vertues and Vse THe Roots of Caraways eaten as men eat Parsnips strengthen the Stomach of Ancient People exceedingly Caraway Comfects once only dipped in Sugar and half a spoonful of them eaten in the Morning fasting and as many after each Meal are a most admirable Remedy for such as are troubled with Wind The seed is conducing to all the cold Griefs of head and stomach Sweet Cicely Vertues and Vse THis is an excellent Sallet Herb the candied Roots hereof are held as effectual as Angelica to preserve from Infection in the time of a Plague and to warm and comfort a cold weak Stomach The Root boyled and eaten with Oil and Vinegar doth much please and refresh an old cold Stomach oppressed with Wind or Flegm or those that have the Phthisick or Consumption of the Lungs the same drunk with Wine is a Preservative from the Plague expelleth Wind and procureth an Appetite to meat Chamomel Vertues and Vse THe Oyl made of the Flowers is much used against all hard swelling Pains or Aches Shrinking of the Sinews or Cramps or Pains in the Joynts or any other part of the Body The bathing with a Decoction of Chamomel taketh away Weariness easeth Pains to what part of the Body soever they be applyed it comforteth the Sinews that are over-strained mollifieth all Swellings it moderately comforteth all parts that have need of warmth digesteth and dissolveth whatsoever hath need thereof by a wonderful speedy property it easeth all the Pains of the Chollick and Stone and all Pains and Torments of the Belly and provoketh Urin A Syrup made of the Juice taken with Sugar is excellent for the Spleen also it most wonderfully breaks the Stone The Flowers boyled in Posset-drink provoke Sweat and helpe to expel Colds Aches and Pains A Syrup made of the Juice of Chamomel with the Flowers and White-wine is a Remedy against the Jaundice and Dropsie The Flowers boyled in Lye are good to wash the Head and comfort both it and the Brain Clary Vertues and Vse THe fresh Leaves dipped in a Batter of Flower Eggs and a little Milk and fried in Butter and served to the Table are not unpleasant to any but exceeding profitable for them that are troubled with weak Backs and the effects thereof The Seed or Leaves taken in Wine provoketh to Venery it is of much use both for Men and Women that have weak Backs to help to strengthen the Reins used either by it self or with other Herbs conducing to the same effect and in Tansies often Costmary Vertues vnd Vse THis Herb is very profitable taken when fasting in the Morning for the Pains in the head that are continual and to stay dry up and consume all thin Rheums or Distillations from the Head into the Stomach and helpeth much to digest raw humors that are gathered therein It is very profitable for those that are fallen into a continual evil disposition of the whole Body called Cachexia being taken especially in the beginning of the Disease It is an especial friend and help to evil weak and cold Livers Comfry Vertues and Vse THe Roots of Comfry being bruised and laid unto fresh Wounds or Cuts immediately healeth them and is especially for Ruptures and broken Bones It is said to be so powerful to consolidate and knit together that if it be boyled with dissevered pieces of flesh in a Pot it will joyn them together again The Root boyled in Water or Wine and the Decoction drunk helpeth all inward Hurts Bruises and Wounds and the Ulcers of the Lungs causing the Flegm that oppresseth them to be easily spit forth It stayeth the defluxion of Rheum from the Head upon the Lungs the Fluxes of Blood or Humors by the Belly Womens immoderate Courses A Syrup made thereof is very effectual for all those inward griefs and hurts and the Distilled Water for the same purpose The Roots taken fresh beaten small and spread upon Leather and laid upon any place troubled with the Gout do presently give ease of the Pains also give ease to pained Joynts and are good to be applyed to Womens Breasts that grow sore by the aboundance of Milk coming into them Cowslips Vertues and Vse AN Ointment made of the Leaves and Hogs-grease taketh away Spots and Wrinkles of the skin Sun-burnings and Freckles The Distilled Water of the Flowers and Leaves works the same effect and adds Beauty exceedingly they remedy all infirmities of the Head coming of wind and heat The Flowers Preserved or Conserved and the quantity of a Nutmeg eaten every Morning is a sufficient Dose for inward diseases Cinkfoyl Vertues and Vse THe Powder of the Leaves taken in White-wine or White-wine Vinegar about the quantity of 20 grains at a time of the said Powder doth seldom miss the cure of any Ague The Decoction of the said herb is as effectual The Juice or Decoction taken in Honey helpeth the hoarseness of the Throat and is good for the Cough of the Lungs The Roots are effectual to help Ruptures or Burstings taken either inwardly or outwardly or both as also for Bruises Falls or the like Celandine Vertues and Vse THe Herb bruised and laid to the Rists cureth all sorts of Agues The Juice dropped into the Eyes cleanseth them from Films and Cloudiness which darkens the fight The Herb or Roots boyled in White-wine with a few Annise-seeds and drunk openeth the Obstructions of the Liver and Gall and helpeth the Yellow-Jaundice and the Dropsie The Juice taken fasting is of singular good use against the Pestilence The Herb with the Roots bruised and heated with Oil of Camomile and applyed to the Navel taketh away the griping pain in the Belly and Bowels and all the pains of the Mother The Powder of the dryed Root laid upon an aking hollow or loose Tooth will cause it to fall out An Oil or Ointment made of Celandine is a speedy and certain Cure for Sore-eyes they being anointed therewith Clowns Woundworth Vertues and Vse A Syrup made of this Herb and Comfry will to admiration cure all inward Wounds Ruptures Spitting Pissing or Vomiting Blood An Ointment or Plaister made of this Herb and Comfry will excellently and speedily cure any Vein swelled Muscle cut or a Rupture if a Plaister be applyed to the place and by taking now and then a little of the Syrup Dill Vertues and Vse THe Herb or Seed being bruised and boyled or the Decoction in White-wine and drunk is a gallant Expeller of VVind and Provoker of the Terms and is good to ease Swellings and
them to Powder and half as much Mastick in Powder and with Gum-Arabick dissolved in Rose-water make it up in Troches of which take about half a drachm weight an hour or two before Meals Motherwort Vertues and Vse THere is no better Herb to strengthen and drive melancholly Vapours from the heart and make a merry chearful blith soul than this herb it may be kept in Syrup or Conserve the Powder thereof to the quantity of a spoonful drunk in Wine is a wonderful help to Women in their sore Travails as also for the suffocation of the Mother it also cleanseth the Chest of cold Flegm and is of good use to dry up the cold humors to digest and disperse them that are settled in the Veins Joynts and Sinews of the Body Sweet-Maudlin Vertues and Vse THis Herb taken in Whey or the Decoction purgeth Choller and Flegm openeth Obstructions and healeth their evil effects and is a wonderful help to all sâ—rts of Day-Agues It is astringent to the Stomach and strengthneth the Liver and all other inward parts taken fasting in the Morning it is very profitable for the pains in the head that are continual it is an especial friend and help to evil weak and cold Livers and very profitable for those that are fallen into a continual evil disposition of the whole Body called Cachexia Mallows Vertues and Vse THe Roots and Seeds hereof boyled in Wine or Water is good for those that have Excoriations in the Guts or the Bloody-flux also for them that are troubled with Ruptures Cramps or Convulsions of the Sinews and boyled in White-wine for the Imposthumes of the Throat called the Kings-Evil and the Kernels that rise behind the Ears and Inflammations or Swellings in Womens Breasts The Juice of Mallows drunk in VVine or the Decoction of them therein doth help Vvomen to a speedy and easie Delivery and is special good for the Falling-sickness The Syrup and Conserve made of the Flowers are very effectual for the same Diseases and to open the Body being Costive the dried Roots boyled in Milk and drunk is special good for a Chine-cough The Marsh-Mallows are more effectual than the ordinary Onions Vertues and Vse TO eat Onions fasting with bread and salt hath been held with divers People a good Preservative against Infection being rosted under the Embers and eaten with sugar and Oyl or honey much conduce to help an inveterate Cough and expectorate the tough Flegm Orpine Vertues and Vse A Syrup made of the Juice with Honey and Sugar and a spoonful or two taken at a time is a speedy Cure for a Quinsie The Leaf bruised and laid to any green wound in the hands or legs doth heal them quickly and being bound to the throat helpeth the Quinsie it helpeth also Ruptures and Burstings The Distilled VVater of the Herb being drunk for certain dayes together is profitable for Gnawings or Excoriations in the Stomach or Bowels or for Ulcers in the Lungs Liver or other inward parts Parsnip Vertues and Vse THe Root is very useful in a Family being good and wholsome Nourishment and fatneth the Body much the Seed hereof being drunk cleanseth the Belly from tough Flegmatick matter therein easeth them that are Liver-grown and VVomens passions of the Mother The Seed and Root of the VVild or Cow-parsnip boyled in Oyl and the head rubbed therewith helpeth those that are fallen into a Frenzy also Lethargie or Drowsie evil and the Headach Parsly Vertues and Vse An excellent Receipt or Medicine to open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen and expel the Dropsie and Jaundice by Urin. TAke of the Seeds of Parsley Fennel Annise and Caraways of each an ounce of the Roots of Parsley Burnet Saxifrage and Carawayes of each an ounce and an half let the Seed be bruised and the Roots washed and cut small let them lie all night in steep in a Pottle of VVhite-wine and in the Morning be boyled in a close earthen Vessel until a third part or more be wasted which being strained and cleared take 4 ounces thereof Morning and Evening first and last abstaining from drink after it for three hours this is also good against the Falling-sickness and the Stone in the Kidneys The Distilled Water of Parsley is good to give Children when they are troubled with Wind in the Stomach or Belly Pennyroyal Vertues and Vse THe Herb boyled in Milk and drunk is very effectual for the Cough and for Ulcers or Sores in the Mouth the Decoction thereof being drunk helpeth the Jaundice and Dropsie and all Pains of the Head and Sinews that come of a Cold cause and helpeth to clear and quicken the Eye-sight Penny-royal and Mint together put in Vinegar and put to the Nostrils to be smell'd unto or a little thereof put into the Mouth helpeth Faintings and Swounings and being drunk in Wine it easeth the Headach and the Pains of the Breast and Belly stayeth the Gnawing of the Stomach and inward Pains of the Bowels Pellitory of the Wall Vertues and Vse THe Juice clarified and boyled into a Syrup with Honey and a spoonful of it drunk in a Morning once a week is a certain Cure for those that are subject to the Dropsie The Decoction of the Herb being drunk easeth pains of the Mother it also easeth those griefs that arise from Obstructions of the Liver Spleen and Reins the same Decoction with a little Honey added thereto is good to gargle a sore Throat The Juice held a while in the Mouth easeth the pains in the Teeth The dried Herb made up into an Electuaâ—y with Honey or the Juice of the Herb or the Decoction made up with Sugar or Honey is a singular Remedy for any old or dry Cough the Shortnes of Breath and Wheesing in the Trhoat A Poultis made of the Herb with Mallows and boyled in Wine with Wheat Bran and Bean-flower and some Oyl put thereto and applied warm to any bruised Sinew Tendon or Muscle doth in a very short time restore them to their strength The green herb bruised and bound to any green wound for three dayes you shall need no other Medicine to heal it further Pepper-wort Vertues and Vse THe Leaves bruised and mixed with old Hogs-grease and applyed to the place and to continue threon four hours in Men and two hours in Women the place being afterwards bathed with Wine and Oyl and then wrapped with Wool or Skins is very effectual for the Sciatica or any other Gout or pain in the Joynts Purslan Vertues and Vse THis is a very good Sallet Herb to cool any heat in the Liver and in hot Agues nothing better it also cooleth the Blood Reins and Stomach The Herb bruised and applyed to the Forehead and Temples allayeth excessive heat therein hindring rest and sleep The Juice is good to stay Vomitings and taken with Sugar or Honey helpeth an old and dry Cough Shortness of Breath and the Phtisick and stayeth immoderate Thirst The Seed is more effectual than the Herb to