564. Of the Hifcorie of Plants; L I B-i 1'

6 The ﬁxt Milkwort is like vnro the relt in each refpeéhfauing that _the_floures are ofan OW" worne ilfauored colour,which maketh it to differ from all the other of his kinde.

5 Polygala ymrpurea. 1] T59 P[”""» Purple Milkwort. _ I in Thefe plants or Milke-worts grow common Y

euery wood or fertil pafiure wherefoeuer I haue tra-

uelled. [1] The Time. They ﬂoure from May to Auguﬂ. T/ac Names. 1.

Milkwort is called by Doa’0mcu4,Fla.r Amz’m"“’ ‘i; becaufe it doth efpecially floure in the Croife °s

Gang weeke , or Rogation weeke : of which ﬂ0k“'§e

the maidens which vfe in the countries to walkc f{

Procefﬁon do make themfelues garlands and N0 6'

gaies :in Englifh wee may call it Croffe-ﬂow‘: O '

Proceﬂion ﬂoure,Gang-ﬁoure,Rogation-ﬂoureﬁne

Milkwort,of their vertues in procuring milk?!“

brefis of nurfes. Hieronymm ‘Tragus as alfo DI0_f"’” ‘C

ole: call it Polygalan. 1: Gefncr calls this Cruc'é5_ﬂ”’5a" ’

in his Epiﬁles he nameth it Amara/la : it is vulgar 6

- » ~, . e ~- knowne in Cheapeiide to the herbe women bi’ ‘. M

N « -‘__.- _ name of hedge Hyffop ; for they take it for G"“”"n: ' . . or hedge Hyfibp , and fell it to fuch as are igﬂ°‘“

‘ v. r «hs.sg5t:v§~;x.'s.-‘~'» for the fame. 1:

T be Vertaes; nt; Galen, Diofaarider, and T/mpbraﬂu: doe 395°“

thefe for Milke-woorts, and that they may Without .

errour be vfed for thofe purpofcs whereunto G/‘W

ferueth. 1.4;. It I doubt that this is not the Palygalon Of Daft ﬁorider .- for Gefner afﬁrmes, That an handfull 1195‘ fteeped all night in wine,and drunk in the tnO1"“pg' faﬁing,will purge choler elfeétually by iioole without any dangenas he himfelfe had tried- 1:

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C H A Pi. 1701 0flQ2ot»gmﬂ"e.i

qr TlzeDtfcrz"_p:z‘m.

He common male Knoegraﬂe creepes along vpon the ground,with long {lender wait: branches fullof joints or knots,whereof it tooke his name. The leaues grow V90“ 5, weake branches like thofe of fmall S.Iohns wort,but longer and narrower.The ﬂ‘?‘."f,. are maruellousllittlerand grow out of the knots,of an hearby colour 3 in their places come vp ” ‘ gala; feed : the root is long,flender,and fullof ﬁrings. - rt ; 2 The fecond differeth not from the f_ormer,but only that it is altogether leffegwherein cap; cially conﬁﬁeth the difference; It Becaule the difference is no otherwife I haue thought g0° omit the ﬁgure. '

. . “ G a. The Authors of the Aduerﬂzrza mention another larger Knoegtaffe, which growes in di ope

places of the coalt of the Mediterranian fea,hauing longer and larger branches and leaues,8€ :1 of a white fhining colour. The feeds grow.at the joints in chaﬂie white husk s,and the whale 9 ' is of a falt and aﬁringent tafie. They call it Palygommz marirmm maximum :1: ' — {I The Place. Thefe Knot-graflesgrow in barren and Peony places almoﬂ: euery where; The Time. . _ Tliey are in floure and feed all the Mswurnmer longs Q 19:

Of ti1CM'HlﬁOri€ of Piantst

I P”‘Pf.€"077trﬁa mar rvukare. 1] Tlje Names‘. Common K.not—gralfe..

. \. \ . Knobgralfe is called in Greeke, 'wvAo')c§tv eiﬁitv 2 ~\ \‘ '<<.;« ’\\ s that is to fay Polygommz mm‘ or male Knot oraffez ‘“‘ in Latl[l€)S€I?’1i774[l$,Saﬁguiﬂdhza .- of (,'o[ume/Z1 Sm- \ §\‘i‘...—.,*‘ . . . . _ ’ _

gmmzlts : in (hops, Cmtumrzoalar, and Carrzg/0/4 .- of

,\_\ ,-1'71‘ I ../Ipwleiu;,Pr0ji:rpimu:zi.~ in high Dutchrglﬁoagbgptg \»<“s; \ / §"1°W-_Dt1tC}1,‘011etk_tnS gusset iauufentxknnnt .;.,,_,&é/ - .\_\ in Italian,Pp%gro171/a.‘ in Spal1li’h,_Cd7'1l9/4:111 trench R€ﬂ0’U€€.‘ll'l a on Marialaine dc Curc.~in Enaliih Knot—graf.fe , and S,wines gralfe : in the Ngrth, Birds tongue.

4 qt The Temperature.

Knot—graffe, as Ga/en teacheth, is of a binding qualitie, yet is it cold in the fecond ifnot in the beginning of the third degree.

T/76 I/crtues.

_Tl_iejuice of Knot-graffe is good againft the fpitting of b1oud,the piﬂing of bloud,and al other iffues or ﬂuxes of blond, as Brafaua/In reporteth : and Camermm faith he hath cured many with the juice t.hereof,that haue vomited bloud, giuen in a little {tiptiek wine, It greatly preuaileth againll: the Gonorrhaea or running of the reines, and the weakeneffe of the back comming by means there- of,being {bred and made ina ranﬁe with eggs,and eaten.

The‘-decoétion of it cureth the difeafe afore-

4% ‘\ \’~. I ‘K\ 9'4 t’ -:3 . .~.a,..;...,, .5" 5-"§ W ‘l

faid inas’ ample manner as the juice:or giuen in '

pouderina reareegge it helpeth the backe very much. i '

manheh61'i3eb0liCd inwinc andhoney cureth the vlcers and inflammations of the fecret parts of C

. Woma d ‘ . V _ . A ‘D5?/50,246: 11,3 ding thereto a little allotn,and,the parts walhed therewith.

. 1'1 lie is hot and (ha;-p_ u t is ~P°n . . . . country P°0ple do call it Swines graffe,or Swines skir. _ ‘

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C H X Pi.‘ I71. Ofﬁmdry ﬂirtsqf Kgzobgmﬂei‘.

qr The Defcriptiorl.

3 l He fnowy white and leal’tkinde.of Polygomlm or Knot—gra{fe, called of Clz1fiz:5,P4r0i¢j?‘

o €51?! Hi]]7anz'ca,is a ftrange and worthy plant to behold,handle,and COIlﬁdC1‘,a-lltilougil it

and fun ‘be but fmall.It is feldome aboue a foot long,hauing fmall branclies,thick,rough,hard,

' ot 1°““5 sour of which the leauescorne forth like fmal tecth,leﬂe than the leaues of Her»

as It I T/symum tenuiﬁilium. At the top of the ﬁalks {land moit delicate floures,framed by nature

co1o:;e:§-with ﬁne Parchment Ieaues about themﬁanding in their ﬁngular whiteneffe and f BOW“?

oueﬂh’ d emblmg the perfeétwhite ﬁlke fo many in number at the top, and fo thicke, that ‘hey

is cougteciijst ‘ea Offhe plant beneath.>The root is {lender and of a wooddy fubﬂaﬂce ‘ the feed ‘ were with chafi'e,and is as fmall as dul’t or the motes in the fun.

2 Ant]?-Yb‘ Ofvalentia beinglikewifea kind of Knot-oralfe hath fmall leaues like Gltmx ext? b )

SW, Or rather l'k _ . - r _» ﬁmng of FOure1li€':tCl.‘fa1m.ef'y€e,fet orderly by couples at the Joints , amongwhlcil come floures con

Whltifh purple leaues,and other for all leaues like the ﬁrﬁ, hm 31‘0?.»€ii3€‘ id‘

mi T133 mot is fm3”>.b1aCke,and long,and of a wooddy fubﬂzance. ur Author’ ‘h°“§h hee meant to haue giuen vs the ﬁgure of Knawel in the third placﬁ ‘*5.

may be Perceiued bY ‘he title, yet he defcribed it in the fourth,‘ and in the third 91896 W5“: about ‘ l ‘ to

mu-jdso

faith that it prouoketh vrine,and helpeth fuch as do piffe drop after drop, when the D

glllen vnto Swine with good fucceffe,when they are ﬁcke and will not eat their nreanwhex. E