6i6 Adam in Eden; Or,

Vertaes doe make it good, for this very herbe without the mixture of any otherIngredient,.befog onely bruised and wrought with the point of a Knife upon aTrencher, or the like, will be brought into the forme of a Salve, which will healany green Wound, even in the first intention, that is, as I have said, without bring-ing it to suppuration, or suffering any Matter to arise therein, and particularlyWotnens Nipples when they are bitten by their sucking Children, after a verywonderfull manner. It is also a very excellent remedy for that Disease which theCermanes call die Brtten, .which is common co Soldien when they lye long inCamp, but especially in Garrisons, coming with an extraordinary inflammationor smelling, as well in the Mouth as Throat , the Tongue being also rough or ruggedand black & hot fierce continual Feaver accompanying it, the very Signature of theThroat, which the form of the Flowers do represent, signifying as muchjyet it willbe necessary also for the perfect cure of this Disease, that besides the drinking efthe Decoction of this herb, and the wasting of the Mouth therewith, the partybe let Blond Under the Tmgue. It is likewise effectual for those that have receivedany great hurt by any bruise or fall, or any such griefes, especially if a decoctionbe made thereof, as also of Sanicle, Bugle and such other Wound-herbes, and thenit will be more effectual to inject into the Vlcers of the outward parts ; beside thatthe inward taking thereof will reprejfe the sharpnesse of such humors, as doe com-monly follow any Sore, Ulcer, Inflammation , Swelling or the like. The juicehereof used With the Oyiof Roses, to annoint the Temples and Forehead, is veryeffectual to remove the Head-Ache, and the fame juice mixed with a little Honeyof Roses, cleanseth and healeth the Vlcers and Sores of the Mouth and Throat , asalso those of the secret parts. It is, to speak generally, good for all those pur-poses where Bugle is not at hand, that Bugle is prescribed for, and if they be bothput together, they help broken bones so much the better.

CHAP. cccxxxvir.:

Of Saracens Confound.

The Names',

I T is uncertaine whether this Herbe were known 'to the Ancients^ there be-ing no Greek.'name for it upon Record,it having fared with this as with a greatmany other Wound htrhes of great Excellency, Sat are not to be found in theCatalogue of any Greek Author. It is called in Latine Selidago, and Con-solida', d Consolidando , from sodering, closing or glewing up the Lipt ofWounds ; for so that obsolete word signifies, to which the Epithets Saracenicais added, not onely to distinguish it from the former Confounds, but also to denotethe great opinion that the Turks and Saracens who were accounted great Chi-rurgions, and of wonderful skill, had of it to heale the hurts and wounds of theirSoldiers, which the Christians taking notice of, made use of it also, and foundthe vertues of it answerable to the estimation they put upon it: Others havecalled it Her ba fort is, from the strong scent and taste as it is supposed; in English,Saracens Confeund , and Saracens Woand-wort.

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