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I Ti-iézilm aqzmticus. Water Caltrops.

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are like the former. This growefh 3 mp_ dantly in the riuer by Droxford in H‘ the fhire.It ﬂoures in I_n_ne and Iuly Whenoue, other cloth, and continueth coucred i

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— Cordm faith that it groweth in GU33; igiic in myrie lakes,and in city ditches the: i haue mud inthem : in Brabant an 0d Of. places ofthe Lowcountries it is Q““.ng¢,.. tentimes in ﬂanding waters and limo“; i Mat/aio/as writeth,that it grow€5_ “O2”-5 in lakes of {weer water,but alfo 11!“ ’ ditches by the tea neeie vnto Venice-

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Cit"ti1eHiﬁorieofPlantsi“= 825 J¥\L,Z;:* ‘~-~~~~a—~ ~ . Lgielffvﬁeh men,Macn'5 .~ in Enelifh it is named water Caltrops,Saligot,and water Nuts .2 molt do the iruit of this Ca1tYOE)s’(Eti¥£qﬂc£ AqIm!il£5,0l‘WatC1’ Chefnuts. ’ V I, ' any The ‘Temperature’. _ th ‘j3’i‘ci Caltrop is of a cold natrtrcjt conﬁﬁcth of a moiﬁ eﬂence, which in this is more waterie an in the land Caltrops,wh-erein an earthy cold is pre_dorninant,as Galen faith. _ A Q] The Vernier. _ A A h The herb vfed in manner ofa pultis,as Diofcoride: teacheth,is good againﬁ all inﬂammations or 0t fW°11iUgS:boiled with hony and water it perfeétly cureth cankers of the mouth,fore gums,and 9 almmlds of the throat. by _ _ _ y _ B and e Tliraciaiasfaitli 1>[,';;y,th3c dw‘e_1 in Scryrnonafatten their horfes with the leziues of Saligot, I my tliemleliies feed of the kernels,u-raking very {weet bread thereof, which bindes the belly. C are 9 green nuts or fruit of Trihzlw aqzmticm, or Saligot, drunlce in wine,are good for them that troubled with the {tone and grauell. ' _ D . h 9 ainedrunke in like manner, or laid outwardly to the place, helpeth thofe that are bitten 1:. any venomous beafhand reﬁfleth‘ all venome and poifon. _ E a_ ‘* 6 eaues of Saligot be giuen againft all inﬁammations and vlcers of the mouth. the putriFa- mn aﬂd corruption of the jawes,and againﬁ the Kings euill. » _ _ _ F dqh pouderonade of the nuts is giucn to-fuch as piffe blond and are troubled with grauellzlt bin- ‘ I e b ‘ ~ T i I elly very much“. . A . _ _ _ bl . tom er G im it: two leffer water Caltrops here defcribed are in my opinion much agreea e in ~_ P , . th°*§T€a‘t oneand are much ﬁtter Succidanea for it than Aron, which fame in the compoﬁtion of 72» I ' _ ‘<Mm“”"‘ dgrifpa haue appointed for it. :1:

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, Ciiitp. 299. y N 0fWater Sengreen, or Ereﬂvgwater Souldier.

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_ am Souldier or Water Houﬂeeke h{acit"ll11 lravaues like thofe of the Herb Aloe or smperw-,-Wm , bu; (‘hotter and leﬂer , felt

round about the edges with C5“3m° ﬁiffe and ﬂqort pricklcs :amongI’t which commeth forth diners cafes or husks very like to crabs Clawes; out of which when’ they open grow white ﬂog,-es, conﬁﬁingbofthﬁee leaues altogether like there of .Frogs- it , auin. in the middle little yellowiih threads : in fteaél of roots there belong {trings,round, white, very like to great harp ﬁrings or long worms,which falling down i from a fhort head that brought [forth the y _,,,”W I/,, leaues,go to the bottome of the water-,and yet -'””"" be they feldome there faﬁned : there grow alfo from the fame other ﬁrings aﬂope , by which the plant is‘ multiplied after the manner or .Fiogs.bit. i . ‘ ’ I; The Place. _ :t I found this growing plentifully in the ditches about Rotfey afmall 3111135312 1301‘ dernefTe:and my friend M’ WI/1l4”{ B”-_" 09%?‘ tied it in the fennes in Lincolnfblrf. '12 The leaues and flours grow VPO“ the mp Ofthe W3- ter, and the roots are 531“ down“ E1‘sI0ugh the water to the mud. i ‘ “ I o . q; The T im:. t HOUTCS In Iune,and fotnetimes in Auguﬁ. . .e ZZZ t p - T175