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1T 76¢ Names. _ . y_ " hat: I Butter-Buri_sca.lle.d. .5!..l_..§__l‘¢..€_l.‘¢.; ?r!**?"'"?'. aofthc hugweffe Qftbe We th=r**1"<° '0 W" fﬁamz tlic: Latines call it, Petaﬁte: .- in high-l?u_fCh» 19¢ﬁll§!_3t3mutt5§ 1!} low-Dutch, aanttteb d of mg in Engliﬂi it is named,Butter-Byurge g 55 lg yer y maniteft that this is like to Colts-100‘: 3“ lame kinde. W T " qf . e eiizperatxmfl Butter~BLlrre is hot and dry in the fecond de§ree,and oi thinne parts. ‘ . v t (I '1“ e Farmer. ; . _ . fa-A The roots ofButrer-Burre Ptamped with ale, and giuen to drinke in pelhlent and burﬂmg A uersﬂliightily coole and abate the heate thereof. _ _l _ ’ inﬁthe B ‘ The roots dried and beaten to poudcr,and drunke in wine,are a fouerargne medicine 3%!‘ ename the plague and peﬁilent feuers, becaufe they prouoke {weat,and driue from the heart 3.1 V _ and ill heate: it killeth wormes,and is of great force againfl the fuﬂbcation of the mothe" C The fame cureth all naughty ﬁlthyvlcers, if the pouder be flrewed therein. (e ‘D The fame kills wormes in the belly: it prouokes vrine,and brings downe the monethly

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His plant(which the moderne Writers haue referred to the Cacalizt of the 3“"_€?0O’t,for

to the kindes of Colts-‘foot) I haue thought good to name in Englifh, Holf“ of this

' that the leaues exceed Lolts.foot in bigneﬂe, yet are like them in fhapcfi ﬂue many 'plant Clujim (whom I here chiefely follow) hath defcribed two forts: the ﬁrﬂ of the 5 e gas’ 0 a leaues almoft like vnto thofe of Colts—fo0t, but larger, very round, and fmpt about the mg VP and ﬁght greehe cctom abougand hoarie vnderneath,hauing alfo many vcines or nerues runyii are downe them;and thefe leaues are of an vngratefull talle, and grow vpon long Pull’ fer ago at llalltes: The Ptemme is fome two cubits high,crel’ted likewife, and ofa purplifh C01°“” and more

. . . . cl certaine {paces with leaucs very like yiito the other,bu_t lell"er_than thole next I114» Slow‘ ’ comered

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il 1 Cacaliainczmo folio.

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ﬁglggrgd and lharper pointed;the tojis of the ﬁalkes and branches’ carry bunches of P“'Pl€ ﬂ0ii§5§;

Vmbell :and commonly in each bunch there are three little ﬂours conﬁﬁinﬁ °f £011“? lcaut‘-S a§§°°°a‘'“1d 6: forked pellle, and thefe are of a purple colour, and a weakﬁa bl“ 3°‘ VﬂPl€3faDt fmell, for ﬁhgy 3‘ lengthturne into downe, amongﬂ which lies hid a longlﬂl feed ‘ the ‘°°‘> ‘f °1‘la fend?

' I d‘“erSheads,as alfo {lore of long whitifh ﬁbres- nefil ‘lleleaues of this are more thin,tough and hard, and ofa d€€P€|' ETCCUE 011 the VPPCI M55; (wﬁ. cl ‘"3 they Whitifh below, nor come fo round or clofe whereas they are faflened to their (talks nicklCl1 are not crefled as thofe of the other, but round and fmooth_) they are alfofullofveines and mot about the edges,and of fomewhat an vngratefull hot and bitter tafte, The llalkcs are alfo Othelaand the ﬂoure of a lighter colour. B qr The Place. 1-uch°‘l1 thefe grow in the Aumian and Stirian Alpes vnder the ﬁdes ofwoocls,amongbufhes and t » ﬂladowie places ;but not in England,that I haue yet heard of, V ‘ Iﬁ _ qffhefime. ‘ '_ . foot dlgiiit not let downe when thele Home and feed, but iudge it about the fame time that Coltf;

. qt TbcNam:.r. v A _ D.‘ .d:3 by Cluﬁm-,L05el and others, hath beene called Cacalia, and referred to that delbribcjd 5)‘ I‘- . ,‘a 1_ .4..cap. 1 2 3. which is thought to be that fet forth by Galen by the name of Carmmm. ti 1%, $507“ L"gd-P4§- I 05 2 . The later ofthefe two here defcribed is ﬁgured by the Dﬂmﬁ Of 7%“. are not tﬁive montana, and the former is there, pug. I 3 98. by the name of gay:/gstlijﬁtféuﬁnlggsgfﬁ . . o o . “ ’ 1 Page Of the pgfnfgziﬁofatrhd l‘fmyllXud%1cm§ntf1‘:l’k2:Te ?‘?£}tbe'§,,g,:,n:,:V/ljflgancbes primum, is of no

51' thanthis vet lant I63 mbe ml‘. oIr’h Y t E tn e O f mmthc plant, I will not poﬁtiuely afa rme it “mt re'en_Y PI _ . ut_ _ecau e we not as yet _eene dcmious to know the lam that ralfed (“ch conéro e t fiisbmy opinion tothofe that are ludlc(l?lO;.l1S argfneither zcmmr r‘ mg BMW“ W 0 hath fetfonhusfrliteb etwee_n M attbzalm and Gefne/,3.“ w ere Y _ ba 21;: k ledge:

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