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Ellow Yarrow is a {mall plant feldome aboue a fpan high: the Rallies _ uered with long leaues, very finely cut in the edges like feathers in the wings 0 r n birds : the tufts or fpokie rundles bring forth yellow ﬂoures, of the fame H13?“ fornne of the common Yarrow: the root conlifleth ofthreddy ﬁrings. here; 2 Achilles Yarrovvpr noble Milfoile,hath a thicke and tough root,with firings fallened I long to : from which immediatly rife vp diners {falkes,vety gr€€I7€ and Cfﬁﬂechwhereupon d0 Slow‘ e 0 ' leaues comp fed ofmany {mall jagges, cut euen to the middle rib: the ﬂoures {land 00 Eh‘: top the Praikes with fpokie vmbels or tufts,of a whitifh colour,and pleafant fmell, ’

- qr The Place. Thefe kinds of Yarrow are feldome found : they grow in a fat and fruitfull foile,and in medowes,and are {hangers in England. ‘

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They ﬁoure from May vntill Auguﬁ. T be N amer. ~ Diofcoridcs defcription doth fuﬂiciently declare, that this herbe is Stmtiotes at/I Creeke, rem’r=r xwésvmou the height of the herbe fheweth it, the forme of the leaues agree; ‘ . as forne ambiguitie or doubt in the colour of the Homes, which Dimoride: defcribeth :0 be Wh‘fe.’I - the vulgar copies haue 5 but L./Indrcm Lammz addeth out of the old booke of a yellow colour. low named of the later age,A1z/Jcfblzlwi mima, 0! little Yarrow, and Umllraﬁolmm IIIIEW77, y€1l°W Ya“ ’ or Nofoblced : the Apothecaries and common people know it not. , q The Temperamre. Yarrow is meanely cold and fomewhat binding. l q] The Vtrtmrr. ‘ « 6 It is a principall herbe for all kindc of bleedrngs, and to heale vp new and old Vlcefs and gree“ l H I

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I '~' ,5, . _ '/‘\'”f}.";~: ’ wounds :there be fome, faith Galezgthat vfe it for ﬁrlulaes. {his g ,W\\«._ This plant A092/lea 18 thought tobe the very iamew_he-rewith u!c/22'/le: cured the wounds 0 K ER!’/’/J(,\,\.//’;:l’l\-\; l V rt fouldrers,as before in the formercbapter. ‘ ’ r’/'\_/pg. I») _ ~ ~ -_ « he . ~ ' \ \ ' ~ . _ g. .‘ , _ h- gaokﬁbygh ~ _ - allosT¥li$$’;fJ‘;l§ff3Z'fZL?§‘ii§§§§?J2%‘Z§i§z33i‘i‘fr§l.’i°.;3Ziii‘£’f;€2§°&“£§w‘§lfi1.‘Z§‘i§l§aTfIl¥J,?g$°1.“,f§,‘:§,§;‘$,‘f;*;i:§§?.;§’;;f.‘fi§.‘i3ti3»4°*7"“"W . . Valmaﬂa pemea. rsfumewhatmorc cxquiﬁrqothcrwifc both the ﬁgurcand hrﬂory might in thisplac: hauc bean: omitted. . 3 Vdldfldﬂd minor. 1 1-ian . Stonﬁ 8 '5 - Small Valerian. e "

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«,1 Me Dqfcriptim. He tame or garden Valerian hath his ﬁrfl leaues long, broad frnooth,greeﬂ€a3“d Vpgg. uided 5 and the leaues vpon the ﬂalkes greater, longer, and hecpely gafhe on ert _ B ﬁde, like the leaues of the greater Parfencp, but yet leffer : the ﬂalke is ab°_”e . h1gh:ﬁ1100th,and hollow,with certaine joynts fa rte diftant one from another : out Ofwh grow fortha couple of leaues, and in the tops of the flalkes vpon fpokie rundles Prand 50 ped togethenwhich are fmall,opening themfelues out of a long little narrow necke 0 5°10 e Ulhsand fometime-Swithall of a light red : the root is an inch thicke,growing aﬂop,€: “ﬁned on t

_ f VPP" Pa" Ofthe earth by a multitude ofﬁrings, the molt part of it {landing out Of the ground“, ,5; pleafant fweet fmell when it is broken. hofc t

2 The greater Wilde Valerian hath leaues diuided and ' 0 e formefs about the fialke hereof are alfo fmooth, hollow, and joyntedi:i:1§le;lb:)SL1t:l: fcéucbfitthligh: the ﬂoures {land on fpokre rundles like to thofe of the former, but of a light purple colour: the r0015 3“: ﬂan‘ der,and full Ofﬁrings and {mail threds,not altogether without fmell. ‘ 3

(fer : £115 1:’

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3 The other wilde one is much like in forme to the garden Valerian but farre le leaues thereof be vndiuided, the other are parted and cut in funderrthe ﬁalkesa fpan long= 0' ﬂoures which {land on 1' pokie rundles are like to thofe of the others, of a light whitifh Pu’? C ' lour : the roots be ﬂender,growing aﬂope,creeping,and full ofﬁne {man [hredspf little {mell-

A} There is a {mall Valerian growing vpon rockes and {tony places,that is like vnto t1_l€ E‘ r If; fcrrbed,fauing it is altogether lefle. i The llalk is fome halfe foot high and ﬂraindiuidlﬂg 1‘ 6 into .b.“”‘¢h€S toward the top, and that alwaies by couples: the bottom; leaues are whole; ‘lg £103,

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