, Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants. LIBs 2.

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The V ertues.

A The feed OfPl>€:.IWOl’t boiled in water or infufed,and the decoétion or infuﬁon drunke, purgcﬁh

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downwards adult and cholericke humors,cooleth the heate of the inward parts,hot feuers,burn1D:‘5 agues,and fuch like difeafes proceeding of heate,and quencheth drowth and thirﬁ.

The feed {lamped ,and boiled in water to the form of a plai{’ter,and applied, takes away all fwd‘ lings o: the jﬂllltsjﬁlpcclally if you boile the fame with vineger and oile of rofes,and apply it as a- forefai ..

The fame applied in manner aforefaid,vnto any burning heate called S .A»t/ionic: ﬁre,or any 110‘ and violent irnpoftiiine,a{Ywagetl1 the farne,and bringeth it to ripeneﬂe.

Some hold,Tliat the herb ftrewed in the chamber where any fleas be,wil1 driue them away 5 for which caufe it toolte the name Fleawort : but I thinke it is rather becaufe the feed doth refemblc 3 ﬂea fo l11LlCl1,tl1a£ it is hard to difcetn the one from the other.

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Too much Fleawiort feed taken inwardly is hurtfull to mans nature : {'0 that Iwilh you not t0 follow the minde ofovilm and Diofcorides in this point,being a medicine rather bringing a maladly’ than taking away the griefe : remembring the old prouerb, A man may buy gold too deare,aﬂd “e hony is too deare that is lickt from thcrms. _

$ Diofcoride: nor Galen mention no vfe of this inwardly : but on the contrary, Diqraaridesi 1’ 5 ' 6' which treats wholly of the curing and preuenting poifons,mentions this in the tenth chaptel 0‘ 3

poifomand there fets down the fymptomes which it caufes,and refers you to the foregoing Chap‘ ter for the remedies.

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Of the Hiftorie of Plants.

in their £l:::;§ry{m::lny kinds both of Gilloﬂoures,Pinl<es,and the like,which differvery little 0ft11EirVﬂ(jL1r3eSQW’1¢1Sel Reef, sf,or maner fofgrowingghough much in the colour, fhap‘e,and magnitude others fpmmd ism 2:100 olmle 0 one co_lour,other fome of moresand of them form: are llri ed ex-encesofphints - Ii yv“ ((10 _i_ng it athing not fo iitfor me to inﬁll; vpon thefe accidental dill [hefe Commendabgl JQLQX;-It) pccihque differences enouuh to treat of)refer fu_ch as are addiéted to fiend i\,—p._l,9/M Pdrbfyan naémﬁleffe delights, to furuey the late and oft mentioned j/Vorke ofm require further {at~iSg:z,_ W . Io ath accurately and pleritifully treated of thcfe varietiessand if they 1 M3011, €1f_t(§l1ein at thp time of the yeare repair to the garden of Millie lfe 'Tztg~ Varietieofthzfage Yeclea e friend M .R4lpli Tu y) in Welhninf’ter,which in the excelleircie Ceeded molt if no E} Q ‘§ }tS_€XCeedeth all that I haue feen:as.alfo he himfelfewhililt he lined ex». there plagts ax éafl of his time, in his care,induﬁry,and skil in raiﬁng,encrea{ing,and preferi.iing are gum of lag i pine 0thCfS5\’lIh0fC loffe therefore is the more robe lamented by all thofe that the ﬁngle onfwh txsﬁ will only giue you the figures of fome three or foure more,whereof one is of Pfodilccd y Eh {EC} therefore fome tearme a Pinke, though in mine opinion vnﬁtly, for that it is Varying {mm the Gui of molt of the double ones , and is of dilferent colour and fhape as they are, em only in the ﬁngleneffe of the ﬂoures. 1 '

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