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are nursed up in the Gardens ot those who are lovers ot such varieties. Glad-rvin groweth wild in many places, as in woods and shaddowy places, near theSea here in England, and lo doth the Water Flowerdeluce in moist meddows ;and in the borders and brinks of rivers, ponds, and standing Lakes; butthough it be natural to such places, yet being planted in Gardens it proiperethwell. The dwarte kind of Flag Flowerdeluces, flower in April, the greater inMay, and the bulbous forts not until June, the Gladwin not till July . TheSeed is ripe in the end of August, or beginning of September • yet the husks af-ter they are ripe,will hold their feeds with them two or three moneths,and notshed them.

The Temperature

The Roots of the Flowerdeluce, when they are green and full of Juyce, arehot almost in the fourth degree; but when it is dry - it is hot only in the third;yet then it burneth the throat and mouth of such as tast thereof. It offendeththe stomach and caufeth blood to be voided, if given in too great a Dose, and toweak persons. It is not fate to be taken by Women with child, because itbringeth down the courses: yea a Pessary made of the Juyce with Honey, andput up into the body, bringeth away the birth ; therefore it is not safe to give italone but with good Correctives. Ingripings of the bowels give it with Ma-stick in the joynt gout with Castor, in the Dropsiewith Honey of Roses in di-lea.es of the Liver with Rubarbe, J uyce of Agrimony, &c.

The Signature and V'ertues.

The Juyce of the Root of the Common Fowerdeluce, being first extracted,af-terwards let a while to clear, and then put up into the Nostrills,provokethineesing, and thereby purgeth the head ot flegme ; so that though some onemay fay, this plant is not proper to the Nose, yet as long as it may be appropri-ated to the head, we are not quite out of our Sphear ; for it easeth the pain ofthe head, and procureth Rest ifit be applyed with Rose Cake and Vinegar : itcleanseth spots in the Eyes, andhelpeth watry Eyes by cleansing them. TheRoots are effectual to warm and comfort all cold Joynts and Sinewes, as also toease the Gout and Sciatica, and mollifieth, dissolveth, and confumeth all Scro-phulous tumours and swellings by Signature; especially made into an Oyl cal-led Oleum Irinum, which oyl also helpeth the Cramp and Convulsion,the rheumthat is cold and distilling from the head; and being nointed on the breast, ithelpeth to extenuate or make thin, tough and cold phlegm mak'mg k more easyto spit out: it helpeth the stench of the Nostrils, the pain and noise in the Ears,and much easeth the painful Piles. The root it self,green or in powder, dothcleanse, heal, and incarnate wounds, and covers with flesh the naked boneswhich Ulcers have made bare ; and is also good to cleanse and heal up Fistulaesand Cancers that are hard to be cured. It helpeth the pains and swellings ofthe Cods,if it be thus uied ; Take of the roots in powder half an ounce, Cina-mom and Dill of each two drachms, Saffron a scruple, mix them well together,lay them on a Scarlet Cloth moistned in White wine, and apply it warm to theCods. The green roots bruised, and applyed to black and blew marks in theskin taketh them away, and all other discolouring of the skin, whether Mor-phevv or the like ; but it is better to apply it with red Rose water, and a littleLin-Seed Oyl, ot oyl of Parmacity in manner of a Pultis. Moreover a decoctionof the roots gargled in the Mouth easeth the Tooth-ach, and helpeth a strong orstinking breath ; . Being mixed with a little Honey, and drunk, it purgeth andcleanseth the stomach of gross and tough phlegme and choler therein ; it like-wise helpeth the Jaundice and the Dropsie, by evacuating those humours bothupward and downwards: it easeth also the paines of the belly and sides, the fha-