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. IJ Tfac Time. __ r mm. It flouriflrerh in Summer, as the former Ferries : the leaues decay in Winter _: the root rtoflfoﬂe, eth frerh and long laﬂing Swhich being brought into the Garden profpereth as in his natlué as my lelfe haue proued. , 1] ‘Tire Names. It is called in Larine, Oﬁmmdzr .- it is more truly named Filixpaluﬂrrlr, or aquatil by the name ofFz'lr'caj£mm : molt of the Alchimifts call it Lumzria major .- Valerzm Cardﬂé 1 it Fzlzx latifolm: it is named in high DutCh,(Eg0f§ jfatn : in low‘ Dutch, $300? mﬂtﬁll» mlbc 139?: indﬁnglifh, \/Vater- Eerne, Ofrnund the Water-man : of fome, Saint Chriﬂopllels ll“ ’ O mun . e -

qr Tb: Temperature; The root of this alfo is hot and dry,but lelfer than they of the former ones. 3

1}’ Tire I/crtuer.

A‘ The root and efpecially the heart or middle part thereof", boyled or elfe ﬂampedﬁnd “k6

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fome kinde ofliquot, is thqught to be good for thofe that are wounded, dry-beaten g”*“_ that haue fallen from fome high place: and for the fame caufe the Empericks do put It 1“ ons,which the later Phyﬁtians doe call wound-drinkes: fome take it to be fo el’f’c6’tuall, 0

great a ver.tue,as that it can diﬂblue cluttered bloud remaining in any inward part of thc

that it alfo can expell or driue it out by the wound . O. 3.

The tender fprigs thereof at their ﬂrfl: comrning forth are excellent good vnto tl_1€ Pulp“ 3

forefai_d,and are good to be put into balmes,oyles,and confblidatiuespr healing plat lets, 3 vnguents appropriate vnto wound s, pun €tures,and fuch like. ‘

C H A P- 467- Of Tolypodie or Wall»Ferne. A

1 Polypodirmz.

2 Polypadiuin quercimI”’- :Wall Ferne,or Polypodie of the wall.

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He learres 5ofPolypodie might be

. thought to be like thofe of male

_ Ferne , but that they are far leller;

.5 , and not nicked at all in the edges: thefe doe

P / It ' 77 ‘ prefentl y fprrng vp from the-root, being cut on

/3 //1 both the edges with many deepe games mm

/p / hard to the middle rib : on the vpper ﬁde they / i ‘ rlal rt“

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are fmooth,on the nether ﬁde they are lightly - /l pondered as it were with dtrﬂy mafkggthg root is long,not a ﬁnger thrckqcreeping aﬂope 5 on which are feen certain little buttons like thofe its and dents that appeare in the tailes ofcut- tle ﬁfhes : this hath in it a certaine fweetneﬂeg, with a‘ talle fomwhat harﬂr : this kind of Ferne likewife wanteth not only ﬂouresiand feed,but {talks alfo.

2 Polypodie of the oke is much like that of the wall,yet the leaues of it are more finely cut, {month on the vpper lide, of a pale greene colour, together with the ftalkes and middle ribs 5 on the nether tide rough like th {e of l Ferne.This Ferne alfo liueth without a alker» it groweth without fced = the root hath many ﬁrings faftned to it,one folded within another,’ ofa meane bigneﬂe,and fweet in talk: :;.it fen- deth forth here 8: there new dodltins or fprings v‘rhereb‘y it increafeth_. _ . V 9 ,

It 3 Cluﬁui in 1115 Ex0fZ6‘.k3,/Z5.4_c4pp_'7_gi_ ueth vs the hillorie of an_Ind.rau _Fern or Poly- E H Um! amonglt the papers of D‘ 2\L'colzw Colic a Dutch phyﬁtia_n,whod1ed in his return from lour all Indies : the root of it was ﬁx inches long,aud almolt one thrcke, or the fame lhape 85 co- Otheas the ordinarie one is : from this came vp three leaues, ofwhtch the third was l_elTer than the Vgr ”7“’0:tlre two larger were eleuen inches long,and their bredth from the middle rib (which was from tree) was on each lide almoft ﬂue inches; the edges were dru_rd_ed almolt like an oken leafe , fmaut G rrriddlc rib came other veins that ran to the ends of the drurlions, and betweene tlreﬁg be itwaf-lY_veirrcs variouﬂy divaricatcd and netted,wh1ch made the_leafe lhew prettprly : the colour of not . Ike that ofadrjy oken leafe. Where D‘ Calze gathered this it was vncertarne,for he had leﬁ; ' B3 111 writing; 1:

V p q T12: Place. a _ lik€I3:v$°lt~Dl*Ye3 on the bodies of old rotten treeffand algo rigor! {9ld Walliiﬁsaﬂgl the tops of hou Yes. It is new anzgtrnd among ruhbrfh neere tlreborr ers pg raenkgfngevgtﬁh Y 6:! trees and thornes , and: Strike a“d1¢}1 Itnwoods; mlforne places rtbrowe 1 a ma er lﬁ‘.af€,.‘.IlOtl1€l‘S not [0 = wit 1 a narrower eare. do W at which growes on the bodies of old olces IS preferred before the relt: in ftead of this molt lypofuglag which is found vnder the okes,wh1ch for all that is not to be termed ‘Qirczaum, or Po- O‘ the Oke. ' . 7/9 T" .

P0lypod“a" .. - r ‘ad 6 hm” 1 ' .* b ' o h forth new

eaues in th kﬁlsﬁgrseen all the 3 care ,.ong, an may 6 gar rered at any time . rt ringer E I prinv. D ql Tire Names.

in Lh°_ Gtecians call it wuKumd‘tu, of the holes of the ﬁlhes Polypi appearing in the roots : 1°55 Callédn

a 1:,-[-me P”/xP0=1i«m,after the Greek narne,and many times Filicrtldfls though the)’ mould f?YI’4{"- “*0? little Ferne : the Itaiians name it Polipodio .- the Spaniards,Ei1iporlw,and_{’05'P"d“’ -‘ II}

C _ “Ell, ﬁlﬁngelfufg, zsaumfarzrgmgopfoouctgz in 1ow-Dutch,2Bnnm naterr»; in French, Pa-

W ' and We Of England,Polypodie athat which groweth vpon the wall W63 Call Polypodre of

3‘ lsand that on theOke,Polypodie of the Oke. A

P «J The zrempmmz. ..

013’ E‘0die doth dry,but yet without biting, as Galen tcacheth.

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