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Dane’-wort growes in vntoiled places neere I10 commonwayes, and in the bordersoffiel 5- b '5 groweth plentifully in the lane at Kilbury

by London : alfo in a field by S’. loam neer D3” ford in Kent ; and in the highway at old Braflfol townes end next London , and in many othei P “’

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E5~ulu:,firuc Saméams /mmilrz. Dane—wort,or dwarfe Elder.

q The Time. The floures are perfeéted in Summer, and the berries in Autumne. q; ‘Tie Names. '. - It is called in Greeke m,,.:m, that is 9 H”"”[” s4m6urm,or low Elder: in Latine, Eéulrmand ' éulum .~ in high-Dutch , alttm; : in low:Dl"‘.h’ ihabitb 2 in Italian, E51110 .- in French: HM!“ In Spanifhjczgas .- in Englifh, Wall-Wort» Dane‘ wort,and dwarfe Elder. {I Tb: Temperature. in Wall-woort is of temperature hot and dfl’ _ the third degree , and Gale» doth attribute 3 5”

gular qualitie vnto it to wafle and confum€- .~

hath alfo a ftrange and fpeciall facultie to Purg by the floole :the._roots be of greatefi force 5‘ leaues haue chiefeft flrength to digefl and 50"’ fume.

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The roots of Wall-woort boiled i“ win‘: am)!’ i

drunken are good againfi the dropfie, for the _ 4 _ M A purge downwards watery humors. CL

_ _ 9 Ag _ _ y . T _ _ , The leaues con-fume and mike way hard {W lmgs,rf they be applied pult1fwr{'e,or in a fomenration orbath.

Diafcoride: faith,-that the roots of Wall-woort doe {often and open the matrix and alfo coma the ibnfirmitieS'theteof,if they be boiled in abarh to at in 5 and dmalue ti“? fwellihgs and pains o the elly’.""” " "y ' ,.

The juice of the root of Danewort maketh the haife byacke, ,

. The Yong and Wild“! leaf‘? Clufincheth hot inflammations,applied with Barley meale. It is Wltb g°°d fi‘¢¢-fimilaid l’P°l1_ blllningsfcaldiflgsrand the bitings of mad dogs ~ and with Buls tall0W Goats fuet it IS a remedie for the gout. T <

The feed of Wall-wortdrunke in the quantitie of a dram is the mofl excellent ur 6! 0f WM‘ rielhfumors in the world,and therefore molt fingular againfl the dropfie. P g ed,

one fcruple of the feed be bruxfed and taken with fyrrup ofliofes and a little Seckc,il1 C“:; C 3

ggeigopfie “d Cafiith the goufrmightil y purging downwards watery humors, being taken 0“

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HefirfikindeofL/ina%gyrrJrior'La6urmrm rowethl'k to f 11 he , iflredwilb . . many fmall branches like the {hOOtsOf()gziars, retlfutl1V3fp:Ie[§:e¢;r:iffi,r;, alwayes

I 7 threetogether,lil<e the Low: or medow Trefo'il,or rather like the leaués ofrittgiollgzz ' ' ' vn _ c r’9'°‘

Cytiilus bath 5- among which comeforth many tufts of floures of a yellow colour, not muc the Hours ofBroom :.Wl‘l€IT thefe floures be gon there fueceed fmallflat Cods,whercin are ned feeds like Galega or the C ytrfus bu(h.The whole plant hath little or no {auor at all ;."

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Stinlting Treloile is a {htub like toua little tree,rifing vp to the heightoffix or eight cubité 9r fomrimes hiirher: it fendeth forth of the {talks very many {lender branches, the barke whereof 1301f a acepe grime colour: the leaues fiand alwayes three together, like thofe ofLorm or medow

de : the flames be long,as yellow as gold,vety like to

.le'r”oiie,yetofali0hter green on the vpper Ii _ t 1013: or ";room tsiio or three alfo joined together: after them come vp the C0dSa Whflfeln 11° hard

Wit like Kidny bcans,but lefFer,at the firfi white,afterwards tending to 3 purflierandlafi Ofall Ofa blackilh blew. The leaues and floures haue a filthy fmell like tllofi‘ Of fiinkiflg Gladdoflr and f0

“1f1kewithall,as euen the paffers by are anoyed therewith.

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Bean Treloile.‘

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1 Of /(lflcj/l£€.y"[:5 there are foure kinds; iwowith mnkinigi lealles ; the one with longilh lea’uesi,the*’ Olher with rounder.

A M_Two other whofe leaues do not'_{_kin_lt 5' the one ofthefe hath fomtimes loure or fine leaues ypon one f¥alke,ancl the leaties are long and large. Th; other hath them leffer and narrower. t

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Thefe ‘row ofthemfelues in molt places of Languedoc and Spain, and in other CO_ufltrle9 8”‘?

l>y1~;igr,.wa3'es,as in the Ifle ofCanc_ly,a5 Bellomus wrrteth.The firfl I haue in_ my garden5the 0th“.

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‘S a lh-ang‘e1-ff] Engkmd. 1; M‘ T radefcmt nath two {bits hereof in his ga‘rden.~ at

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They Home in Iune,and the feed is ripe September. b q TbeName5. M V The Bean Trefoile is called in Greeke A'v«7~'e«r. which name _1' 30 this day : in Latine alfo Anag-yrir,and Laéarmtm.-ofthe p€0P_ _ is referred vnto L4éerm¢m,wl1erofPliny writetlgliév. 1 6.1417. 18. 1nEn5mhI

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emaineth vneorriuptin Candyleueni le ofAnagni in Italy,Egbelo,which _ Bean Trefoile,or the pa;

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Bean Tr_efoile,as Galen writeghrhfifh an hat a‘n§l_ glrgcfléne .1