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grow v on the fialkes are lot: ,btoad,rou ll: . prickinlg withall, fomttthingghairy, andélcﬁzlrlgt handled make the hands itch,vety like 111 9° er and roughneife to thofe of Borage, but l°”g and {harp pointed as bee the leaues of E1 pane: from out the wings of the {tallies 3?. the Flames orderly placed, long, hollow of alight red colounafter them growe_5 which is black": the root is long and thick: without, white within, liauing in it aclam juice,in which root eonﬁ lleth the venue. 2 The great Comfrey hath. rough ﬁalks and long rough leaues much like den Bugloffe, but greater and blackerithe ‘ilite be round and hollow like little bﬁllsaof 3 llvbm. colour: the root is black withou.t,white W mg and very flimy. ;t This differs no way ffom - former but only in the colour of the ﬂQ“"aW is_ yellowilh or white, when as the other 15 , dilh or purple. it high 3 There is another kind ofCOII4f“’y W ‘bee hath leaues like the formenfauing that they leflier 2 the {talks are rough and tend be like the former , but that they bf? _°f 3“ , worn yellow colour : the roots are tl_1‘°k_e’ he 5. blacke without,and tuberous, 1? Whlch mgr, as gure are not exprelled fo large 3 ‘id km Y the y ought to haue i" 4 This

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This pretty plant hath ﬁbrous and blackiih roots, from which rife vp_many leaues -like and of Borage or Corri€rey,but much {mallet and greener,t1ie (talks are fome eight lllCl‘lCSl’.llgl),, I 013 their tops carry ptetv ﬂoures like tliofe of Boragemot fofharp pointed,but of a more plea- “§ brew colour. This ﬂours in the Spring,and is kept in fome choice gardens : Loécl calls it Sji7'$« y I./z7;‘.’;‘P;;i=r9».-ilrlzo.-*7..,J rt, . , . . . - A “ * « v I pair: Bﬂrrdglﬁti acre ﬁne B07'7"i‘l’70 mzmmzz Her arlomm. C P n l '17 T713 Place. _ Omlrey iciyctli in warerie ditches, in fat and fruitfull medowes : they grow all in my gatclern 45] The Time. ‘

“my Home in lune and luly. H, Y ‘ _ T/1eN4mc.r. V _ g I I V A S’):}>;;§75C3ilCd in Greefqe zmuniz inrLatine, Sym}2;9ymm,and Salzdaga : in (hops, Confo/zdzz majar, and gbuéc’-lytzrm mzajm : of Scri/xanius Largus, Imrlzi mﬁic.z,and A/as Ga//264 .: Ofothers,-0/5.61160//on .V- in high ,;4m1.‘jﬂB31mutt3: in low- Dntclimaaelmogtele : in ltallan,C0ﬁf0./la/4 maggzarc‘: in S panifh, Sue.’- «C0“%”"’a3|I1d C 052/its/an 72z.izSor .- in French,Cmifz‘rc, and oreiﬁe d’afm': in Englilh,LOmfrey, Cornfrey ‘ Omiu : of l’ome,Knit-backe,and Blackwort. '

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Di ‘ ‘0f3t0f Comfrey hath a cold qualitie,but yet not much : it is alfo of a clamm_,y and g_lU1ng~

V LEE)" cauleth no itch at all, neither is it of a {harpe or biting talie, but vnfauorie or withou :- than; 0 fa_rre is the tough and gluing moiflzurc from the {harpe clatnminelfe of the fea Onion, as: ‘ etc is no comparifon betweene them. ’ The leaues may caufe itching not through heate or

N::lr’1€TeFiCllC,bllt through their ruggedneffe, as we haue already written, yet leffe than thofe of the

Th qr The Vermes. _ , and h e roots of Comftey ltamped,arid the iuyce drunke with wine,helpeth thofe that fpit blond, At Ealcth all inward wounds and burftings. _ ‘ ,_ ie fame bruifed and layd to in manner ofa pIai{ler,doth heale all frefh and green wounds,and BF and °§kutiuatiue,that it wil {oder or glew together meat that is chopt in pieces,feething in a pot, 3 cit in one lum e. _ .. 6 PL; roots boiled ancl)drunke,do clenfe the breit from ﬁegr_ne,and cure the griefes of the lungs, ﬁinggfllly If they be confeét with fugar and fyrrup : it preuaileth much 9.%‘“"ﬂ “’P“"“ O‘ bu“ 21, he ﬁlmy fubftance of the root made in a poffet ofale,and giuen to dfillke agamﬁ ‘lm Pal“? 3“ ﬁucebd ° C gotten by any violent motion,as wre{tling,ot ouermuch vfc of women_,d0th in foure or- gtﬁéreggf Plefently cure the farne,although the involunrarie ﬂowingof the feed in man be gotten ‘ he roots of Comfry in number f'oure,Knot-grafle and the leaues of Clary °f€3°l1 an handillll, E‘ H t0gether,{trained,and a quart of Mufcadel put thel'etOathe Yelks Oftlllee eggaand the _ three nutmcgs drunke ﬁrﬂ and lair», is a molt excellent medicine againil a Gonorrhxa Th “lg Of the reins,and all paines and confumptions of the back_C. _ _ l . vl ere 13 likewife a {yri-up made hereof to be vfed in th1S_C3l'€s Whlch ﬁaYeth"°‘d1”g of blouds F Iuglpﬁfﬁtll the beam ofaguegallayeth the (harpnelfe of ﬂowing hurnors,healeth vp vlcers of the‘ CO‘:-’,5,&n helpeth the cough. The receit whereof is this : Take two ounces of the roots of great pinru rey,one ounce of Liquoricc,two handfulls ofliolefoot roots and all,one ounce and halfe of %'aPPle kernels,twenty Iuiubes,two drains ora quarter of an ounce of Mallow feed, one drain adde: .l€8.ClS ‘of P0ppy;boilc an in a (‘uﬂicient quantitie of water till one pint remain,l’train it,and a {mu ‘ 9 liquor ﬁx ounces of very white fugar,and as much of the bell: hony, and make thereo h P that mull be throughly boiled. ' ‘ pm 3 ﬁme fyrrup cureth the vlcers of the kidnies,thougl1 they haue bin of long Contiﬂuancfaand G . ppm‘ the blond that commeth from thence. ‘ tai °r;°°"er,it ﬂrayeth the ouermuch ﬂowing of the monethl y ﬁcl~:nelI'e,taken conltantly for cer- H [1 clams together.

iljgésls highly commended for wounds or hurts of all the intrales and inward parts , and for but. I °1' ruptures. ' -

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