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Full Title
Botanologia
Author
Salmon, William, 1644-1713. Other Author(s): Dawks, Ichabod, 1661-1730, Rhodes, Henry, Taylor, John, bookseller.
Date Added
10 January 2014
Language
English
Publish Date
1710
Publisher
London : Printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes ... and J. Taylor ...
Source
Botanologia
Alternate Title
the English Herbal, or, History of Plants : containing ... : Adorned with Exquisite Icons or Figures, of the most Considerable Species, Representing to the Life, the True Forms of Those Several Plants : the Whole in Alphabetical Order
Topic
Botany > Pre-Linnean works. Botany, Medical > Early works to 1800. Plants > Dictionaries > Early works to 1800.
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dantzi‘,‘ Tahtrmwonlani, Mann)! 0:ch Alpiai,
111mm S friars , zit] Crrtita Buubirri , Syrian or
Candy Marum, or Herb Maltich.
III. The Defcriptions. The frjl , or Common
Herb Maltich, bra a yibram or tbrcacly Root, whirl)
fend: up grealer and more wotdy Stalk: than 479%]
1b.: Marjorams, it rifes up to be two Feet or more
high in fome places, where the Ground is agreeable,
to it, and the Air warm and clear, it branches it fell
out on all fides towards the u r‘er, parts, leaving the
Stem bare below, ,if it is 0 dr', other'wif'e if it is
young, thinly furnilhing the Branches from the bot.-
tom-with fmall green Leaves, larger than the Leaves!
of any Thyme, and near to the largenefsof the Leage’s
of [llarjaram Gentle; at the‘ tops of the Branches
Rand fmall Flowers enaHead , which afterwdrds
turn into a 10012: Tuft ofa long, white, hoary: 'fuh-
Rance‘, 'like unto foft down,- wrth mee Leayes un--
. der and about them, which abide not long on the
Stalks, but are blown away: with gthc Wi. x, :the
Seed is.fo very, fmall,'that-it is fdtrcely‘ to he obfer-
, ve'd; the whole Plant is of a fweet relinous fmell ,
. Rronger than Marjoram,‘ and abides our Wintersif
"it is carefully planted and look’d‘after.v -; J"
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i ' Herb Maltich; the Leaves are many; and fmaller
than thofe'of Mother of Thyme, growing at feveral
diltances upon the Branches; tlieAI-‘lowers are fmall
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be: a very fibrom or thread) Root, like unto the flrjl,
from whence fpring up feveral upright Stalks about
half: Yard high , not Afo woody as ', th fitlt Herb
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Majlicb, but more tender and llender, on which
grow many fmall whitilh green Lewes, veiv like
to the Small fine Szvrt’z illurjorttm, but fomev.'li;t
tougher up to the very tops, which heir ilnallet
Heads orf (nots than [hole ofSWt’t’f Allarfc‘rtm, and
white, Flowers out of them; all the Herb is of a
molt fragrant Tweet fmell, which endures a long
time after it has been dried; .it is very tender to
keep, and will not endure out cold Nights, which
come in Augujl, or Scptmacr, but is quickly deittoya
ed-byuthem. ’
' VI. The Placer. They all grow Wild on the
Mountains ofszzin, Candid, and Syrizz, bitr with us
they are all nurs’d up in Gardens, the luff inde:
with fame difficulty.
VII: The Times. The)‘’ Flower about Atqg'uff with
'us, and: fometimes later, if" the Summer Senior)
pfr‘ove's ,cold, and the Seed is petfeE’tetl no: long
a ter.‘ a '
VIII. Tb: Qualities. Hrrlz Mafiicb is hot-and dry
in the‘beginning of the fourth degree, it attenuates,
opens, is ‘Abfterfive, Allringem, Anodyn, Carmina-
Cephalick,‘ Neurotick, Stomatick, Hyllerigk,‘ Ar-
thritlclg, Emmenagogick, and Alexipharmick.
.,.IX. The Specijz'mrian. ‘ It is good againlt Poyfon,
the bi‘tings ofMad Dogs, Serpents, and ‘other Ve-
ndrtfe’us Bealts, Convullions, Cramps, Lethargies;
Pal es',‘Epilepftes, Hyllerick Fits, l'apors, and
:Other Diftempets of the Womb.
X. Tl): Preparations-J, You may have thetelrbm,
I. A Liquid fame. 2. ’11); Ejfmcc. 3t '11” Inth‘
1m 02’; Daemon in Wine". 1 4.31 Dream-dip). Ihjkgjiul
Oil; '5? >111"D1]?illed Water] :6.‘ A-Sftijit.",7. A
bemiml Oil. 8. A22 Aritl Tinmtre. ‘95)1 Spiro
mom Tinqtgrc. 10. .1171 Oil) Tizzfltn'e. ,‘Il. A
Pande‘i'.’ "n. AComp'amiJ Diwflion. ' '
LTbe Wrtwr. , ,
XI. The Liquid fillet. Given 'f'romzone Spooni
ful to two in a 61an of Wine, or other proper Vei
hide, it 'pre'vails againlt Convullions , E ilepfies ,
‘ Lethargies ,‘Headachs, Pallies, and difa eElions of
3 the Womb,‘it.attenuates tough Flegm, opens o'bllrh-
Etions of the Womb and Reins, provokes Urine and
the Terms, and digells crude Hunters. f '
‘ XII,‘ TheEJg’me. ',It'”is good againll Coughs ,
;: Colds, Wheezings,,Hoarlenefs, Ihortnefs of Breath,
. diliicultyrofhreathing ,i and other Dife‘afes of‘the
, ’l'borizx;fitj0pen‘s oblttuEtions'of Liver and Spleen,
; and frees them from themorbiijck mattet which oh
1 fends’thet‘n;'it has indeed all the Virtues ‘of the Li;
uid Initefnforeiaid, halides which it opens, clean-
es, jltrengtheris,‘ and Confirms the‘Womb, ’correEls
the windinefs'thereof‘, or of any otheripart ,“ivhich
3 are commonl called Vapo'rSLsndisibeneiicial’for ‘
’ fdlling into a, Dro'pfie, and helps the leis
fuch 'as'ate 4 L
of Speech, by the refolution of the Tongue, it pro.
.itokes Urine,,‘and cafes the Colickg .. , I
‘f XIII. ‘Tbc'bg’wm ar' Drc’otlim mle‘. It has
all the Virtites of the Liquid Juicelattd Ellence, it is
very Stomatick, powerfully provokes thine, eafes
the Strangur'y, and all painstand, torments of the
'Bell "Dol'e to fix‘ Ounces.‘ ' ’ L '
IV. The, Oil by lafuhm or De‘mWM. it warms
, and comforts‘the outward parts, pbe’ing‘hlorning ard‘
Evening anointed upon the fame , it is ’go’od againlt
the Gout, cafes pains of theJOints , Nerves," Ien-
dons, and Mufcles‘, difculles Tumors, is good aga nit
Convulfions, Cramps, Lamenel‘s,-Numbednefs, and-
the Pallie', and anointed upon the lower Region or
' ' thof'e arts. “a
gives cafe topatns of . )2 x x 2 X V. The
tive, Digellive, Dilculhve, and Strengthninv- it is ’
the Belly ,it hel 3 cold griefs of the Womb, anl .