The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ The Vertues.

Fox-gloue boiled in water or wine, and drunken, doth cut and consume the thicke toughnesse of [ A] grosse and slimie flegme and naughtie humours; it openeth also the stopping of the liuer, spleene, and milt, and of other inward parts.

The same taken in like manner, or boiled with honied water or sugar, doth scoure and clense the [ B] brest, ripeneth and bringeth forth tough and clammie flegme.

They serue for the same purposes whereunto Gentian doth tend, and hath beene vsed in stead [ C] thereof, as Galen saith.

‡ Where or by what name Galen either mentions, or 〈◊〉〈◊〉 this which our Authour cites [ D] him for, I must confesse I am ignorant. But I probably coniecture that our Authour would haue said Fuchsius: for I onely finde him to haue these words set downe by our Authour, in the end of his Chapter of Digitalis.

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