. A Tormentill is not onely of like vertue with Cinkefoile, but alfo of greater elfieaeic=

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4/——/zt E l. The iuyce of the leaues drunken doth cure the jaundifc 3 and comforteth the flomackc 3“ iuet. ‘ . ’. The decoétion of the roots held in the mouth doth mitigate the paine of the reeth,fi31€‘hvP:‘;1 A fa6tion,and all putrified vlcers of the mouth,h~elpeth the inflammation: of the almonds,thf°3 the parts ad joyning,it flaieth the laske, and hclpeth the bloudy flix. , am} The root boyled in vinegre is good againll the ihingles,appea{'eth the rage of fretting mes’ cankerous vlcers. h uO_ It is reported that foure branches hereof cure quartaine agues,three tertians,and one br_3flC rélnot tidians :which things are molt vaine and friuolous, as likewife many other {uch like, Whlch 3 onely found in Diofcorzzlmgbutalfo in other Authors,which we willingly with (land; d fame Ortolpbo Morolta a learned Phyfition, commended the Ieaues being boyled with water,“ on the Ligmtm rvitd added thereto, againfi the falling fickeneffe, if the patient be caufed to {wear )7? taking thereof. He likewife commendeth the extraction of the roots againft the bloudy flix. W ~} Our Author formerly in his d:fCrI'r!ion,tltl¢, Ind place orgrowing mentioned tnat plantwhich be red, and is yet kept in the feoofl‘. Pu“ ‘l:;‘dd:::::¢°‘

placehe figured the common Cinke-foi e,and made mention of it, yet without defeription inrhc fecend. hat which formerly VII: in 85¢ fixtll Pl“_" Pmrapbyllun f«pinum,war the fame with that in the fifth place.

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C H A p. 383. 0fSeifoi/e, or ‘Tarmentill.

qr Y_‘lJc Defcriptim.

Tarmentilla. __ Setfoile. 1' T5: Defiription.

. - c. His herbe Tormentill 'or 5“f°dc ma ‘ of the Ciuke-foiles, it bring‘ fort liftit flalltes,flender,weake,{’carfe able tgoun

felfe vp,but rather lies down vpqfl the 5 .

the leaues be leflér than Cinkfoiltabl“

numbeigfometimes fine, but comm°_“1yWh' h

whereupon it tooke his name Seth?!" about

is feuen1eaues,andthofe fomwhat {MP3 flan. the edges:the floures grow on the ml’? of the der llalkes,ol a yellow colour,lik6 f_h° ‘in

Cinlrfoiles. The root is blacke w1'l;° ’

diih within,thicke,tuberous or limb 7'

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The Place. This plant loueth woods and “la .n ces,and is likewife found in paflufcs 17’ to the Sun,almofi euery where.

* T6 7" e. U; - It floureth frofn Milyszzznto the end Of A

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gull. i V . In The Names. , ~,,;; It is called of the later Hcfbwfls (nf ; E/. tilla: fome name it after the _nUm Cf; set- “. A leauesanmum-, and Septzfiliamzln Engh figfisa I’ forle and Tormentill:in high Du“: ’ hc'r¢'

L / t,,;.4,_I’’ ,/ " ’ '\\’§\ In . Q - ;, /bgmoflsw. /« . ~\ futt'5r.m;’) htaklf it to begfyfe dc mi puon. 0 Din tori as at made a tr: 1]‘ Tile Temperature.

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The root of Tormentill doth rnrghtilydry and_that in the third degree, and 15 °f ‘hm P“

bath in it very little heatc,and 1-s Ofa bmdmg quality.

1] TI): Vertuts. it is much“

riled againll peltilent difeafes 5 for ilrongl y refilteth purrifa étion, and procureth fweat. Th:

Of the Hifiorie of Plants.

The leaues and roots boiled in wine,o'r the juice thereof drunlgprouoke fvveat, 8c by that means nu? Wtsall venom from the l1eart,expell poifon, and preferue the body from infer‘/lion in timfi 05 De 1 ence,and from all other infedtious difeafes. _ V . C e roots dried. made into pouder,and drunke in wine,do the fame. Q D E Tame pgudéy taken as aforc1”aid,or in the water of a fmiths forge,or rather in water wherein L ‘. Cele hath bin often quenched of purpoi'e,curcth the laske and bloudy flix, yea although the ‘mfigll haue adioyning to his fcouriflg 3 gliemus feucn If f E . E 1 N‘ . V ‘ _ , ‘ - S .- I. 4' man. upped] rm fpmmg Ofbloud , pifling of bloud, and all otheri ue o bloud in man or wo

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0 The deeoélion ofthe 16331165 and W013, Or the juice thereof drunke, is good for all wounds both E, “Ward and inward - it all‘o openerh and healeth the {toppings of the liuer and lungs, and cureth E laundice . ‘ th -6 roorfbeaten into pouder,tempered or kneaded with the white of an egge and eaten, fiayeth G; ‘E d‘? are to vomit,and is good againil choler and melancholy.

’C H A P. 384.: Of wilde Tanfie or Siluer»-weed.’

Lxfrgcntina.

S’ . . uufifxweed, or Wilde Tanlie.

an Tizebtzfmpmn.

Ilde Tanfie creepeth along on the ground

Wuith fine {lender Ptalkes and clafping ten-4

drels: the leaues are long,made vp of ma-

, .. . U ny finall leaues like vnto thofe of the garden Tanfy,

7 "'5". 1 ' butlefler 5 on the vpper fidfi greene» and ‘/“def V5‘)? "A l white. The flours be yellow,afid fiend vpon {lender

» — ' '~ .- flems as do thofe of Cinkfoil€-

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_ q)‘ The Place. It groweth in moift places neere highvvayes and running brooks alrnoft euene where. The Time.

It floureth in Iune and Iul)’- -Tbg Names, _ 2

The later Herbarifts call it Argentina, of the lil- uer dro s that are to bee feene in the diftilled water thereo when it is put intoa glalfe, which you mall eafily fee rolling and tumbling vp and downe in the bottome. i Iiudge it rather fo called of the fine {hining filuer colored leaues. It It is likewife cal- led Pvtenti/Z4 : of diuers,Ag1rz' mom}: fy/ac/Zrzlc, A:.4_fc*rimz, and Ttzmzccmmfylueflre: in high-Durchglfiznfeticbt in low-Dutch, dfiantecick : in French, L.-17367151376 .~ in Englilh,wilde Tanlie,and Siluer-weed.

_ qt‘ The Temperature. . It is moderatly cold, and dry almofl: in the third dcgree,hauing withalla binding facultie‘.

. ’ Th 17 . V . b1;,’,‘c71‘.‘<le Tanfie boiled in wine and drunlflgfiocps :h:flce:sk and bloudy flix,and all orht‘-‘T fluxes OF A 10 manor ’ _ _ arch e fame boilgdtllnavtatcr and falt and drunk difiblues clotted and congealed bloud in fitch as 3. TE“ °’ bfuifed by falling from fome high place. 1 . P , and 31‘: 6-Coétion hereof made in water cures the vlcers and cankers of the mout 1; if '*0me money C — Pm be added thereto in the boiling. _ _ , we 1 °. Tanfie hath many other good vertues, efpecially agalnfl the flone, inward wounds, and D! lmd‘ Of the fecret parts, and clofeth vp all green and frefh wounds. _ . ' ' Op o 0 3 E