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_C The afhes are lilrewife tempered with thofe medicines that ferue to take away fcabs and 5

F Of the Hiftorierof Plants. ( LIB. z.

. 11' The Temferataxe. d Glaffewort is hot and dry »: the allies are both dr_ier and hotter , and that cum to the fourth 5' gree : the allies haue a caufiicke or burning facultie.

- ' l . ‘T/2: Kertuer. _ _ A A little quantit-ie of the herb taken inwardly doth not only mightily p1’0I.!Ol(C vrinc,but in llll:¢ fort cafieth forththedead childe. It draweth forth by fiege waterie humors,and purgeth away I 5 dropfie. _ . _ . B A great quantitie taken is mifchieuous and deadly : the fmel and frnolre alfo of this herb bélng burnt driucs away ferpents. ‘ “h

of the shin. It ealily confumeth proud and fuperfluous flelh that groweth in poifonfome vlc€f5a'*“ Aajcen and Scrape report. ‘ We reade in the Copies of Serapio, That Kali is a tree .fo great that a man may (land vndef R

fliadow thereof: but it is very like that this errour proceeds rather frdm the interpreter, than {TOW the Author himfelfe. V _ _ I V

E The floure of Qryflall,or as they commonly tetme it Sandeuer,doth wonderfully dry rt: call! taketh away fcabs and mangineife, if the foule parts be wafhed and bathed with the water wlicfi?‘

‘ it is boiled. ’ - a

p pr Chirp. 156. Of?)/2orow—Wax.

a .Perfoll1'4ta filiquqfir.

_.;r Perfiliam rwilgarilt. * - Codded Thorow-war.

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cfir T/ie Defiriptiov.

‘ I '* T‘ Horouhwax or T Iiorow leafe,hath a round,flender, and brittle flalke, diuided into ma— Hy final branches, which pafle or go thorow the leaues,as though they had been drawri king them 111 thorow,and to make it more plain,euery branch grows thorow euery leafirna- blackim The How or laucers. The feed groweth in fpoky tufts or rundles like Dill,long 2 Cgddved Thooures are ofa faint yellowdcolour. The root is fingle,white and threddy King 52. a kind {her 0rforv.rvCz1ix rlelclroiiecl by per alnieua among/the l3rallickes or C_olewoo_rts, hee ma. realbnkgggg, it hath‘; _ ,1 anfhca ingffft _b’i*:zfl’}c:i]2c7:fg mm .(tfl‘](i]ugh in mine opinion without mart mfike up eit ier ape, a nitie,nor i e e e wit any 0 t e COIew0OrtS,but.alt0gethe: {mm {C d sic embling very well the common Thorow-wax 5wherennto I ratherrefer it. -Ithath a er,and brittle Pcalkes two foot high,bearing leaues, which wrap and inclofe thcmfelués

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V ‘ .,out, although they do not run thorow as the other do, yet they grow in fuch manner that gggafflltilfiiddlen view thereof_,they feeme to palfe thorow as the other:vpon the fmall branches "do mpg or V: ite Homes 5 which being palhthere fucceed {lender and long cods like thole of "fur. name N; If Zervegwhofe leaues and cods do fomewhat refemble the fame,from whence it bath the and 1.et1i:’w0ht4,t_ rat is,Thorow-wax with leaues like vnto the Nauew.The root is long and fingle, er _ en_it hath brought forth his feed . in each reeifs a wilde kinde hereof growing in Kent in many places among the corn, like the former yer}, fame.Pe&sbUt altogether leffe : the which no doubt brought into the gardenwould proue the 1: Th H . q)’ T/ye Place.

and Ainsftfm defcribed growes plentifully in many_pl_aces about Kent,and between Farningharn on the to S oflthgrtilwes in fuch quantitie(as I haue bin inform_e<_1 by M” Bowles) in the corn fields 1 e lalger t e 1llS,th'at it may well be termed the infirmitie of them.

mntrafie i growes not wilde with vs, that euerI could firide; though Label feemes to affirme the

9}’ grow in the gardens of Herbari{ts,and in my garden likewife.

Ty ; _ _ qfbefime. he} foure in May and Iunc,and their feed is ripe in Auguft.

I thb ' 11 T12: Names. . i pyeafe. _ yecn called from the beginning Perfiiliam, becaufe the {talk doth paffe through the‘ leafs’. I O ‘ °.»W;’“g.‘h€ fignification of the fame. We call it in Engliihffhorow-wax,and “thorow-

is it 2fit1Tlii5 by the molt and belt part of Writers ( though our Author be of another opinion) _}Bmfi7 "‘?f°."€d to the wilde Coleworts,and called Brzzjfica campeflm by C/ufim and by Camera-I

437%? by Trrtgm .- yet Loéel calls it Perfoliata 2\Qzpifi/id Anglorumfiliqmifiz, 1:

_ g Q1‘ T11eTem1>cr4t:are. ‘0uW‘_"‘W3X 15 Of a dry complexion.

P Thedecofiion of Th Tl TL: P'erme.r., . . Q H 1:01-wounds made eith orow.wax made of water or wine healeth wounds. The }ul'C€ is excellent A e greénc Ieaues Er into oile or vnguent. _ . . guenr or one toinCama=itmped,b_oiled with vf/axe, oile,rofin,and turpentine, make an excellent Vn- B 6,0: bring vp flefh in deep wounds.

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X _ . O‘ H°_“Y-WOII tifeth forth of the ground after the fowing 0f 1115 fC9d=‘Vil13f5V€5 fmootgaues like thofe of Bali“; between the which leaues com_meth forth a thick fat

ches, which am) te‘_‘d_€r and brittle {talke ful of juice,that diuides it felfe into many other bran- towayd th are dlmded Into fundry other armes or branches likewife , crambling or leaning C gr°und'b°"‘S not able without props to fultain it felfe,by reafon of the great weight 0f

Y y 3 leau'es,~