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Of the Hifiorie of Plahts. L1 3- 7"

to come neere vnto the temperature of the common Mallow, and to be of_a mollifying faculti 6' his vfe in Phyficke is not yet knowne,and therefore can there be no certainty afiirme -

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CHAP. 356. Of Cranepéi//.

q The Kinder.

'1‘ Here be many kindes of C ranes-bil,whereo{' two were known to Diofcm'de:,one with the knob‘ , by root,the other with the Mallow leafe.

Geranium Celaméiaam.

qt Tae Defcription. Doues foot,or Cranes.bill.

Oues-foot hath many hairy {iall<S,€f‘t*)’rlg$vg_ or leaning toward the grounda°_f 3 me 5 nifh colour, fomewhat kneed or }0Yrw wherupon do grow rough leaues of an Oiled lik green color,round,cut about the 6dg°5= 3“ mg, vnto thofe of the common Malloilf’ “maxi?!” which come forth the floures sofa bflgllt Pr “kc colour :alter which is the fee_d,fet $053116 . the head and bill ofa bird;wherupOfl ltlvafi the led C ranes-bill,or Storlrs-bill,as are 511:0 “me other of his kind. The root is flendefswflhy , fibres annexed thereto. .- with El: 2 There is another kindc Of ‘ms m 5 lzfger {lalkes and leaues,illfo~the Ieaues 34" re 61. deepely cut in or diuided, aridthc floures amo ther of the fame colour as thoffe of the C0‘? ma kinde,or elfe fomewhat more whiti{h..T fly. ,«mw,.|i . y_ g be called Geranium eoluméimrm majw “Qffi ’ ti‘ \ '7“. fly!’ / g _ f y H , y _g _ . 15, Great Doues foot. _ referred ‘ ‘ ’\ ,, e -2 3 To this kinde may alfo fitly 93 is {ml the Geranium Saxatile ofT/1alim:Cbe ‘O0: cdder, and threddy, the leaues are fmoothcfa ranfpa, more bluntly cut about the edges, and "cm, , rent than thofe of the firfl defcribedflct I {mall and otherwife like them : the floures farmer." and red, and the bills like thofe offhcl on the M‘ Goadyer found it growing plelfllful éilford bankes by the high way leading 50"’ h _ towards London,neere vnto the towflcs C

’_ _ _ qr The Place. . n mu It is found neere to common high waies,defart places,vntilled grounds, and fpeciall)’ VP° walls almofi euery where. q] The T ime. .

It fpringeth VP in March and Aprill: floureth in May, and bringeth his feed E0 ii lune.

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_ _ _ 11 Tee Names. . in Low It is commonly called in Latine,Pe: colameiaw .- in High Dutch, scatter: 1:rant- 5. W,- Dutcl1,Ell19ll2fl X10?“ lfl F|'€DCh. Ptedde Pzgeon : hereupon it may be called Geramrm 6'01"” -

. _ . an » y in Eng1i{h,Doues-foot, and Pigeons foot : of Dzofcorzdes, Geramam altemm : of fome l’f«'1’”"””’

Graiera. p The Temperature. Doues foot is cold and fomewhat due, with lome altriétion or binding, haumg

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q]' The Verrzm. 9 ith in It feemeth,faith my Author, to be good for greene and bleeding wound s,aI_?d “(W356 7 mati9e§9s!39s£vi9!!ings- r e ’

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LI is. 2. T ‘Of the Hiitorie of Plantsi A \

The her

Ehgrhke ‘l“*1_Utitie to bedwards in red wine,or old clatetifor the f pace of one and twenty daies toge- croggule mlraculouily ruptures or burflings,as my felfe haue often proued,whereby I hane gotten erdfes and credit : if the ruptures be in aged perfons,it_ {hall be need full to addethereto the pow- in fucfifi fnailes (thofe without fhels)dried in an ouen in number nine,which fortifierh the herbes wk 3": that it neuer faileth, although the rupture be great and of long continuance: it like— inelgo teth much thofe that are wounded into the body, and the decoéhon of the herbe made in

teuaileth mightily in healing inward wou'nds,as my felfe haue likewife proued. k g. I V V C H A P. 55 7; Of Herée flfiéert.

Geranium Reéertiammz.

Herbeaobem p q} fI5eDefm'ptioa.

HErbe Robert bringeth forth {lender weake and brittle fialksfomewhat hairie,and of ti reddifh color.-rr,as are oftentimes the leaues al- fo,which are jagged and deepely cut, like vnto thofe of Cheruile, of a molt loathfome (‘tin- king fmell.The flours are of a molt bright put‘. ple colour-,which being pal}, there fol low cer- taine fmal heads, with lharpe beaks or bils like ‘L ._ . r . thofe of birds : the root is fmalland threcldy. 9 :3 ""‘ ,a L‘ 3 V 4 ‘ qf _T/re Place.

‘ "“’-i‘ '."'.‘». - i ‘W Herb Robertgroweth VPOD Old Wails.as wel thofe made of brick and {tone, as ‘thofe of mud or earth:it groweth likewife among rubbi (h,in the bodies of trees that are cut downe, and in moift and lhadowie ditch banks.

The Time. It floureth from Aprill till Summer be al. molt {pent : the herbe is green in Winter alfo, and is hardly hurt with cold . qr Tfie Names. A g It is called in high DLJ£Ch,i3l!1J3¢tl)t§ hffllitt in low Dutch, fiobgecbtg ktliitiand theteu p- on it is named in Latine, Raberta, and Roémz‘ éeréa.-Ruellim calleth it Robertiana; and we Ra- émianam : of Taécrnamontaaaa,Rapertiamm2 : in Engli{h,l_ierbe Robert.He that Conferrcth this Cranes-bill with Diefeorides his third sz‘a'erirz'a {hall plainely perceiue,that they are both one, ojzm-dé_ ‘ ' ‘and that this is moit apparantly Sideritrk 3,01. with th 5 for Diafiorides fettcth downe three Szderztzder, one with the leafe of Horehound ; the next Rober eleafe ofFearne 5and the third groweth in walls and Vineyards : the natiue foile of Herbe 0i‘ go _agree thereunto, and likevvife the leau_es,_being like vnto Cheruile, and not vnlike to thofc an ers,according to Diofcorides defcription, Herb qr ‘I/Je T emperatare. . _ pamci *3 Robert is of temperature fomewhat cold : and yet both {coming and fomewhat binding) mung Ofmixt qualities . 5 - T e Vertaes. whi§;‘,‘t’39°d for wounds and vlcers of theqdugs and fecret parts; it is thought to flfmch b_1°'-15. heale v i mg b“’f‘0Wl='S doth attribute to his third Sidermlsr the VCYI‘-U6 Ofthlsafmh he!” applied to

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be and roots dried,beaten into molt fine pouder,and giuen halfea f poonfull failing, and B