: itcooletll and Pcrengthneth it nota little.

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LIB- 2-‘

Of the Hifiorie of Plants.

_ Q] The Vermes. _ _ ufc .' ” 1 is reported tobe good againfl the weakenelfe of the liuer which proceed eth of an llol ca ’

f _ . . . . - - ’ v oonfull 0 Ty gram.-ejla bzzrdm commendeth it,and writeth that the chiefe vertue is in the root , iffeibilboth it Pro. the he-titler thereof be giuen certaine dares together with wine,or with fome kinde 0 - J fitcill much againf! the difeafe called Ememcle.

C H A P. 505. OfMeli/at, or [ling/£6’? Clazzer.

11]‘ T5eDcfcri1>tz'o:¢§

, d gy branches» an E! be!» hree I0 r llow C0 _

He firfl kinde ofMelilot hath great plenty of fmall tough and twig

{taikes full of joynts or knees, in height two cubits, fet full of leaues I ve

likevnto Burgondy hay. The flours grow at the top of the {lzalk,of a pale y fianding thieltely {er and compaét together,in order or rowes,very like the floures 0 _ a r4.-which being vadecl there follow certaine crooked cods bending or turning; vpwal Wtke but flar- point,in faihion not much vnlike a Pa1'l'CtS bill,wherein is contained feed like Eenuglcc d’V€ ter and flenderer : the whole plant is of a reafonable good fmell, much like vnto l10llY>an

of j uyce : the root is very tough and pliant. ’

A3 Melilot»: Italian ('5' P:2t4Wl”'

1 Melilotm Syrian: adorn; Italian Clauer.

Afiyrian Clauer.

‘ . . ' . - rid lows’ E The fecond kinde of Melilot hath {mall and tender vpright flalkes, a crxblt lélfft’ aha edge‘ Mm mo‘-3,01’-‘a reddjfh ¢o1our,fet full of round leaues three together, not fnipt a d full of juyceci ' like the other Trefoiles 5 and they are of a very ‘l€€P‘3 gleene COW“; th}£l<°a la“ $0 rm, r0"”e_ The floures grow alorigfl the {CPS Olllle llalkfisaola Yellow Colour, which turtle‘; of 11-any, and P feeds as big as a Tare, and of a pale colou_r.- The whole plant hath alfo the W0‘

is_i!1is=!l!!Vl3¢9éF hash bcrnrhis feed». is Tl‘

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one Hiflorie ofPlanrs. no; ‘

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mg The third kind of Melilot hath round {talks and jagged lea_ues fet roundabout, not much mg

me theleaues or" Fenugreelce, alwaies three growing together like the Trefoiles, and oftentimes “fired ouer with an hoaririe{l'e,as though rneale had been firewed vpon them. The floures he yel-

yow and fmall, growing thiclce together in a tllft3\Vl)lCl1tul'll€lllt0 little cods,«,wherein the feed is

“maimed : the root is f mall, tough, and pliant. .

C04 The fourth kinde o'f,Melilot growes to thelieight oifthree cubits, fer fullof leaueslike the

coylmon Melilot, and of the fame fauour : the Homes grow alongit the top of the Ptalkespr a tvhir.e_

f °“TsWhich turne into {mall foft huske-s, wherein 15 C0l?!Wfl€<l little blaclfllh feed :the root is al-I ‘Web and pliant. ‘

Meiilotw Gcrmanim.

3 Melilot»; Coromtag Germane Clauer.

Kings Clauerr

Although our Author intended this la_ft defcription for our ordinary Melilot, yet hee made’ “Other which is three times larger,growing in fome gardens (where it is onely fowne) aboue yards high, W 1;}; white Homes and many branches : the whole {hape thereof is like the com-' 0 kinda, as fa; as I remember. The common Melilot hath weake cornered greene flalkes fome ts foot and better high 5 whereon grow longiflr lCi_allC‘S\l‘[llpt and oftentimes eaten about the ed. 10”“) r it frefh greene colour :out of the bofomes of the leaues come little flalkes fome handfull floug. et thicke on their tops with little yellow floures hanging downe and turning Vp againe, each vnd Elng corn pofed of two little yellow leaues, whereof the vppermoll turries vp againe,ancl_tl1_e theE:l0fi¢feemes to be parted into three.~ The floures pafi, there fucceed little cods‘ wherein is

. it ltofa two

Th I The Place... ‘ g , - ~ _ , Chm Elle Plants grow in my garden 2 the common Englifh Melilot Pemifetteth forth for tmeldorm “”1€4_.- but for certainty no part of the VVOrld‘dOth enjoy fo great pleat)’ ‘lllileof ‘"5 E “%l_&nd, C1ae.fl’°°18lly E ffexgfor I‘ haue feene betvveene Sudbury in'Suffolke,;anCl Clam ll‘ E ll¢Xs3D§l front earab ‘O Heningham, and from thence to Ouendon, Bulmare, and Pedmallllsvell’ many aeers of r e le Palture ouergrowne with the fame 5 itifomuch that it doth not 01161)’ fpoyle their I and, but“ Shiilgrne alfo,.as Cockle or Darnel, and is a weed that generally fpreadeth ouet thaecorner of the‘

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