Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants;

Crux P. 2.04. Ofo.-3\4‘oz§/Zueare.

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I “” “’* "He great Moufe-eare hath great and large leaues greater than our common P}/0/M".’::_r Moufe-eare,thicke,and full offubﬁance : the ftalkes and leaues bee hoary and W1“ ’

with a ﬁlken mofline {Tc in handling like ﬁlke,pleafant and faire in view : it bears three .

or foure qtiadrangle ﬁalkcs fomewh-at knotty,a foot long: the roots are hard, wooddy, and full. $7 ftrings; the ﬁoures come forth at the top of the fialk,like vnto the {mall Piffeabed or Dandcho ’ of a bright yellow colour. 1 , . , Y 2 The fecond kiride of Pylofella is that which we call Auriculzz murzlgor Mouf-eare, being 3 W 6): common herbe, but few more worthy of cotiﬁderation becaufe of his good eﬂ’e€r,and yet 170:.’ membred of the old writers. It is called Py[0ﬁ[[ﬁ,Of the rough hairy and whitiﬂq fubﬂancc gf0W"v"§ vpon the 1eaues,which are fomewhat long like the little Daifie,byt that they haue a {mall h_O11° W neﬂe in them refembling the care of a moufe : vpon which conﬁderation fome haue called 1! M7 .

. - ‘ - ' ' ‘ ' 0 0 n ' 5 ﬂaw 5 wherein they were greatly deceiued,for it is nothing like vnto the wtyofom of Dz0f69Wi"’ ‘ H -

fmall [talks are likewife hairy,ﬂender,and creeping vpon the ground 5his ﬂoures are dOllb15;and of a pale yellow colour, much like vnto Sam/M, or Hz'eracz'um,or Hawk-weed.

1 Pylofe/lzz major.

2 Pylofeﬂa repent. Great Moule eare.

Creeping Moufe-eare.

The { mall Moufe-eare with broad leaues hath a fmall tough root, from which rife vp many hairy andhoary broad leaues fpred vpon the grounctamong which growes vp a ﬂender ﬂﬂmgat ' i_ top whereof {land two or three fmall yellow floures,w.hich being ripe mine into down that 15 C” ed away with the winde. e 1} T In: Place. . , They grow vpori fandy banks and vntoiled places that lie open to the aire. 1} The Time. They ﬂoure in May and Inner.

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q} The Names. _ V H a

Great Moufe-eare is called of the later Herbarilts, Pyloﬁa//at: the {mallet Iikewifc Pkylofe/14 , and

jmcula nmriain Dutch, jaageicprrit, and g1gupfggg:Lac1m4 thinkes it Holqﬂium: in Franc-h,0rei_£’£

””>”"f0IW'5 I in I.taliaI1,Pc/ofé/i’a .- in En‘g1ifh,Moufe-care.

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, ,h°Y are hot and dry of temperature, of an excellent aftringent facultie, with a certaine hottea WW6 admixed . d i

. _ The Vcrtues. The deco cmeth hemi<?S,fU.ptLire‘s,or burftings. ->: . _ __ _ _ V t C lcaues dried and made into ponder, doe profit much in healing ofwounds, beeing flrewed ereu pon. , . i he decoélzion ofthe juice. is of fuch excellencie , that if PreeIe-edged_ toolesred hotbe dren- e s and cooled therein oftentimes, it makeththern ('0 hard, that they will cut {tone or iron,‘ bee 1°)’ flgeuergfo hard,without turning the edge or waxingdull. A V - _1s herbe being vfed in gargarifmes cureth the loofeneffe of the Vvula. . I e emg taken in drinke it healeth the fluxes of the wombe , as 3112) the difeafes called Dyﬁntm}; 3 d E29tcrocclc:it glueth and confoundeth wounds, ﬁaieth the fwelling of the fpleen, and the blou- 5’ eliilcfemetits procured thereby. __ _ g . for [b 9 Apothecaries of the Low-‘countries make a fyrrup of the juice of this herb, which the)’ V“? Jr ‘B gwghiconfumption and ptiﬁke. the nfgigpvter omitted two 1’-lgurefand one dclcription zzhc ﬁr-H; of the two omitted figures, which fhoiild haue becnthe third,di&':ri little from . . n

'“°f°trncrl}'i h * ﬁr‘ With": ﬂalkc, and fcwncrfc of the ﬂour-cs at the to? ‘hﬁcofz the othcr, Whkh W3‘ i“*h‘f°““h P“°°=W35ﬁ3"l¢“ and dcfciibcd by '” 3 fourth place’ of the 54 chapter of this bookc-

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I G2z4];liizii’irim Aﬂ«{iii(.';t7a2.'_ 5 Gngpbalium wulgaie: _ nglifh Cudéycedg V V Common Cudweed.‘

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Brion or-” P}/i0ﬁ>//4 drunke doth cure and heale allwounds, both inward and outward .4 it A.

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