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and flegme from the Head and Brain, the Lungs and Heart, the Liver and Spleen,cleansing all those parts of such evill humours, as by possessing them,ire causes ofthose Dileases incident unto them, if a dram thereof be taken m Wine or Ale, orBroth falling: It sirengtheneth the fences both of fight and hearing, and procu-reth mirth, by taking away the inward humour, and is useful in madness, thePhrensie, 8tc. It is given also in all Head-aches,and Palsies, the Falling-sicknefs,and foul Diseases of the Skin, as the Scab,Itch, Leprosie, &c. It is very profitablein the Obstructions of the Spleen, and Hypochonders, and against hard swellingthereof: as also in Chronicall Agues, whether Quartan, or Quotidian. It caui-ethafrelh, quick, and lively habit of the Body, and cleanfeth, and purifieththeBlood. The Lye wherein Sena and Camomile Flowers have been boyled, is com-mended for weak Brains, to comfort and strengthen them, if the Head be waslh-ed therewith: the fame Lie is very profitable for the Sinews that are stiff withcold, or shrunk with the Cramp. Sena likewise is a special! Ingredient among o-ther things put into a bag, to make purging Ale or Beer, fit to be taken in theSpring of the year, not only for the Diteales aforementioned, but also to cleansethe blood from all sharp humours,mixed or runningti^sewith.The Bastard Senapurgeth vehemently, both upwards and downwards, cioc without great troubleto the Stomack and Bowels, avoiding tough Flegm and Choler: the Seed is moreforcible in each of those qualities; and therefore is said, to avail in pains of thejoynts, yet it is seldom given but to strong Bodies, when no better purgers are achand. - Theophrastus faith, it fatten et h Sheep wonderfully, and therefore much u-

sed in those Countries Where he lived, but as seldom proved in ours.

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CHAP. CLV.

Of ‘Daffodills.

The Names.

I T is called in Greek in Latine Narcissus, from their Narcotick qua-

lity, which in Greek is calledor of the Filh Torpedo, called in GreekNajjoj j which benumeth the hands of them that touch him, as being hurtfulto the Sinews, and bringing dulnefs to the Head, which property belongethto the Narcissuses, or <2)affbdills, whose smell causeth drousmels, as Tliny andTlutarch affirme. And this I take to be the right Etymology of the word, thoughlam nor ignorant of what the Poets have written hereof, especially Ovid, whodescribeth the transformation of the fair Boy Narcisus,mto a Flower of his ownName, faying,

’Hufquam corpus crat , croceum fro corf ore floremInvcniunt, foliis medium cingenttbus albis ,

As for his Body none remain’d, instead whereof they soundA yellow Flower with milk-white Leaves,new sprung out of the ground.

The Kinds.

(yfrdrdreckoneth up fifteen Sorts of Dafodills, as i. Purple circled Daffodil!.2. Timely Purple-ringed Daffodil).s.More timely Purple-ringed Daffodil. 4 -Thevery hasty flooring Daffodill, j. The late Sow ring small DaffoLll. 6 , Primrose