Of the Hiﬂorie of Pia-nts.

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. Lot-Burre bringeth forth broad leaues and hairy,sfar bigger than the leaues of Gourd‘: and of greater com paii'e,thicker alfo,and blacker, which on the vpper {ide are of a dgrﬁie greene colour, and on the neither tide fomewhat white : the ﬂalkc is cornerefis ‘h’‘ ‘,7;

befet with like leaues, but farre lefl‘e,diuided intovery many wings and branches, bringing f°’.‘ _ rear Bl-ll'l‘€S round like bullets or balls,which are rough all ouer, and full of fharpe crooked price kles, taking hold on mens garments as they paife by ;out of the to s whereof growcth 3 ﬂﬁuft thrummedpr all of thred s, of colour purple : the feed is perfeéted within the round ball or bu «:3 and this feed when the burres open, and the wind bloweth, is carried away with the winde : the ‘° . is long,white within, and blacke without. , , I S ; :1: There is another kinde hereof which hath leffer and foftet heads, with weakcrrﬁrlck 5.“; thefe heads are alfo hairy or downy, and the leaues and whole lantfomewhat leffe, yet_otherwi like the fore defcribed 5 Loéel calls this ulrfiian marmmms, an L4}: at minor Galmi : it IS 3 b Lappa minor altcra of Matt/Jiolm. Laéel found this growing in Sornerlhtrhire three miles from B“ ’ neere the houfe of one M’.Io/m Colt: r .1“, 2 The le fler Burre hath leaues Farre {mall than the former, of a grayifh ouerworne colout_lI lg to thofe of Orach, nicked round about the edges :the iialke is a foot and halfc high. full of 11“ _ blacke fpots, diuiding it felfe into many branches:the ﬂours before the Bus res come forth do 5°‘; pail}: the fmall ilalkes round about ; they are but little, and quickely vade away: then f01i°W ts Burres or the fruit out of the bofome of the leaues, in forme long, on the tops of the branches: 6 big as an Oliue or at Cornell berry,rough like the balls o? the Plane tree,and being touched 619‘; ,. falt vnto mens garments : they do not open at all, but being kept clofc (‘hut bring forth 1038 [cc " The root is faiined with very many firings, and growcth not decpe. q: The Place. . _ 0 The Hill: groweth euery where : the fecond I found in the high way leading from Drarton t S Iuer,two miles from Colbrooke,ﬁnce which time I haue found it in the high way between 553“; and Egham. i i It alfo groweth plentifully in Southwicke thee: in Harupfhire, as Ihau¢ b“ ” enformed by M'.G0oa'ycr. 1: . V 1] The Time. Their fcafon is inluly and Auguli. 1}’ 2:11: Names. _ 5* The great Burre is called in Gteekc, «W-‘ow -' In Latine,Perﬂm4t4,peg/Tmatimand tadrcium : ID 0309b: B4rdamr,and Lafpa maior .~ in high Dutch, ﬁggfgkuum : in low Dutch, ago” gmfm gin Ftwﬁfo Glauteron .- in Englill-l,Great Burre,Burre Docke, or Clot Burre : utpuleim beﬁdes thefc doth 3 ll; fer downe certaine other names belonging to C lot Burre, as Dardma, Bate/rion, Elcplzanto/i5,N‘Ih ’ rm, uwamfolzm. _The lclfer Burre Docke is called of the Gfgecians, 5a,u9m= in Latine, Xamlzium : in (I10 9:523,- mt”0’sL‘PP45W€Iﬁz,and of diners, stmmria : G4/tn faith it is alfo called, P/mgzznion, and I’. ‘if!’ (5 or herbe viétory, being but baﬂard names, and therefore not properly fo called : in Engliib: 0“ Burre, Ditch Burre, and leifer Burre Doclce : it feemeth to be called Xantbium of the etfcaa Burre orfruit before it be fully withered, being ﬂamped and put into an earthen veﬂell, 3 Ward W116“ Deed requireth the weight of two ounces thereof and fomewhat more, being 3‘ in Wafmc W3“? afldtubbed on, maketh the haires of the head red : yet the head isﬁrﬂ to 133 ‘i’ or rubbedwith niter, as Dggﬁaridg, mitcgh, , ». - .. T/.rc Tem mmtre. , . ’ ,; ' This leaues of Clot Burre are of terqriperature riioderately dry and waiting .3;the root is fame’ thing rot. ' ‘

The iced Of til‘? 15 fr“ Blm‘€a38‘G4len faith, hath power to digeihtherefore it ishot and CW‘

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The roots being taken with the kernels of Pine Apples: 35 Di‘W’i"” Witﬂeireth, are goo them that fpit bloud and corruptmatter. . V

A uleiw faith that the fame. being ﬁamped with a little {alt and a lied to the biting 0“ dogﬁureth the famt:,and fo fpeedrly fetteth free the ﬁcke man‘: PP . ‘H,

He alfo teacheth that the juyce ofthe leaues gruen to drinlre with hony, procuteth V““¢’ an keth away the paines of the bladder 5 and that the fame drunke with old wine doth W034‘ helpe againfi the bitings offerpents; . "

Calzmzella declareth,that the herbe beaten with (‘alt and laid vpon the fcarifying, .Whi°h. with the launcet or rafer, draweth out the poy {on of the viper :and that alfo the root be‘ ped Iis more auaileable againﬁ: ferpcnts,and that the root in like manner is good again Cu“ 0 - Thc

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, Of the Hifiorie of Plants. II

The flzallte of Clot-Burre before the burres come forth,the rinde pilled ofﬁbeing eaten ravvwith alt and pepper, or boyled in the broth of fat meate, is pleafant to be eaten : being t-akenlin that manner it rncreafeth feed and fiirreth vp lull. _ _ _

dd l o it is a good nourifhment, efpecially boyled : if the kernell of the Pine Apple be lrkewrfe ihajﬁlitels the better,ancl is no leile auailable agarnli the vlcers of the lungs,and {pitting of bloud, root is. ' ' I "

Wmdlﬁ Or cold liomacke.

Treacle of Andromachus-,and the whites ofegges, of each a like quantitie, laboured in a leazlen it

ortar,and fpred vpon the Burre leafe,and lb applied to the gout, haue beene proued many times

m°&.mi.ractilo:rQ.y to appeale the paine thereof.

Dwfcorzder commendeth the dec0€ti0D oithe foot-Ofufrtion, togetherwith the f‘eed,againl't the t°°"“3°h.ifir be holden a while in the mouth : alfothat it is good to foment therewith both bur- gépis and kibed heeles,and aﬂirmeth that it may be drunke in wine againft the ftrangury,and paine

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Dinfcor. dz’: reporteth that the fruit is very good to be laid vnto hard fwellings;

e rernes,the whites in women,and iirengtheneth the backe, if there be added thereto the yelks of eggesaihe ponder of acomcs and nutmegs brued or mixed together,and drunke ﬁri’t and lafi.

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1 Tuﬂilaginia ﬁrlia. Colts-loot in ﬂoure;

The leaues of,C,olts-foot.‘

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_T1_e root llamped and {trained with a good draught of Ale is a molt approued medicine for a "

A K h The root cleane picked, walhed, (iamped, and (trained with Malmefey,helpeth the running of L

"ﬂ’ilago or Fole-foot hath many white and long creeping T003» f°_m°“’h3t F“; {T055 Which rife vp naked lialkes (in the beginning of March 3“d\AP1'1”) -‘=lb0ut 3 fpaflﬂe ‘

M L _ long,bearing at the top yellow ﬂoures, which change into downe and are caried away

the: W}ndc:when the ﬂzalkc and feed is perilhed,there appeate ipriﬂglflg 0i0l—»1t til? Eﬁﬂb many

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