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Of the Hiﬂorie of Plants,-.

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2 The fmall Billort gioweth in great aboundance in VVellmerland, at C_r osby Rauenfwaith, It at the head of a Parke belonging to one Mr Pickering 5 from whence it hath bin difperfed into ma ny gardens,and alfo fent vnto me for my garden.

_ qr ‘Tbe Time. They ﬂoure in May,and the feed is ripe in lune.

V , ,_ , The Names. d Bzﬂorm is called in Engli{h,Snal<e-weed : in fome places,Oifterloit: in Chelhire, Pafﬁonsaa” Snakeweed,and there vfed for an excellent pot-herbe. It is called Bxjlorta of his writhed roots; 9“ alfo C0lu5rimi,Serfmtari;z,BritMi2ita,Dr4£a71tioﬂ Pling/,Dr4runcalw Dodoiw, and Limazemm G I’/37” ’ '

‘ L The Temperature. Biflort doth coole and dry in the third degree.

qr Tbs Vmues.

A The juice of Biflort put into the note preuaileth much againﬂ the difeafe called Polypmﬁi ‘be

biting offerpents or any other venomous beafhbeing drunke in wine or the water of Angelica-

B The root boiled in wine and drunke ﬂtoppeth the Iask and bloudy ﬂirt 5 it Ptayeth alfo the 00°" .

much ﬂowing of womens monethly ﬁckneﬂes.

_C The root taken as aforefaid Itaieth vomiting,and healeth the inﬂammation and foreneflé Om”

mouth and throat : it likewife faﬁneth loofe teeth,being holden in the mouth for a certaine fpac and at fundry times?

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C H A 1». 86. Scumyagra/je or Spoonwort.

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Ound leaned Scuruy-grafle is a low or bale herb‘: it bringeth forth leaues vpon (“'33 ﬂems or foot (talks of a mean length,comming immediatly from the toot,very in number,of a fhining green colout,fomwhat broad,thicke,hollow like a little {P9311 but of no great depth, vneuen or cornered about the edges : among which leaues fpring vp {mm ﬂralkes of a F pan high, whereon grow many little white ﬂoures 5 after which comes the fecdafll,’ d_ and rcddilh,c0ntained in little ‘round pouches or feed-vellels : the roots be fmall,white, and Ill“ die: the whole‘ plant is ofa hot and fpicy taile. A _,_ be 2 The common Sctiruy-gralle or Spoonwort hath leauesfomewhat like 8 fpoon, hollow 19‘ middlc,but altogether vnlike the former : the leaues hereof are bluntly toothed about the edge 3’ fharpe pointed and lomewhat long : the lialks rife vp among the leaues , of the length of hi!‘ re foot,whereon do grow white ﬂoures with lome yﬁllowneﬂe in the middle : which being pails‘ ébe fucceed {mall feed-vefi‘els like vnto a pouch,not vnlike to thofe of S'hepheatds uife, green 3” l firflz,next yellowitlnand laftly when they be ripe of a browne colour,or like a ﬁl etd nut,Th€ 7° ,. is fmall and tendegcompaét of a number of threddy firings very thicke thruft together in main“ ofa little turfe. i ii; The Place, . y The firfl groweth by the fea lide at Hull,at Bollon,and Lynne,and in many other plaCCS of L111’ colnfhire neoere vnto the fea,as in Whapload and Holbeek marfhes in 1-101 [and in the fame cfltlmli, It hath bin round of: late growing many miles from the fea ﬁde,vpon a great hil in Lanes fhifﬂcc led Ingleborotigh hill 3Wl]1Cl] may feem Ptrange to thofe that do not know that it W in bet: C23”: fit with any foile,pl3C€_s_0F clyme Whatfoeuer. For proofe whereoﬂmy felfe haue fowne the R3905 (1: 6 i; in my garden, and green them vnto others, with whom they ﬂoure, ﬂourifh, and bring forthfthat feed as naturally as by tliesnfeaeﬁde,-and lik-ewife retain the fame hot fpicy ta-It : which proilcl they refufe no culture,contrary to many other fea plants, H at $5 0 The fecond ,which is our common Sctiruy-grallhgroweth in diuei-st places vpon the bZ‘lfI1m”.Orc the famous riuer Thames,as at VVOOIWICILE“-thsGreenhitl1e,Grauefend,aswel on the Effcx lb [0, as the Kentilh ;'at P0rtfm0utl3;BriflOW;31'1d many other places alongfi the VV‘el‘tern mall :51“ ward the North I haue not heard that any ofthis kind hath grownc, f. The

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B. 2. Of the Hirtorieof Plants.

I q] The T me. I ﬂoureth and ﬂour-ifheth in May. The feed is ripe in Iune.

I Cac/aleairia rotzmdiﬁoiia.

2 CocbleariaBrit4mzic4. Round leafed Scuruie-gra{IE:;~‘

Common Engliih Scuruie-grafiier

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‘ l..VVeareno ' - I V ’ ' ’ ’ ' ‘ ‘ it: true Britant 1.g“°fant that in low Germany, this hath feemed to. fome of the bet} learned to H \. ﬁn‘? and namely to thofe next the Ocean in Frieﬂand and Holland. The Get; allld h;1[9‘,v~n C {re ohhgﬁllelt: that ,is,CocMMr_ia or Spoe0newo,,,by:reafon of the compaffed xoundnes , 6 “dc mm the fa . ‘W95, likea l'po_one ,.and_ haue thought it to be Plirties Brzmnnim, bccaufe §’13Iitc,efm.'fOidierSE?viP13C€ growing, and endued with the fame qualities. Which cxceuen; ﬁre Friﬁanshad taught igltlhtlleyremooued their camps beyond the _Rhene) found to preuaile (as dY.ewes,ca1]ed‘ the SC“ Q. em) aga-inf’: t_hat.plague and hurtfulldifeafeof the t.eeth;gums,and Fri’, called Seorémum . iguéifleiag ahd€§)l'lLlat_lOI1 (if gllgl gtood blond and moiﬁure, in the whole bpf.

3 1 . ‘ . Qftherrnen) and he ﬂ1_water?0uld,igr:: aggrpyeflan d Hyrhtyxa fdifgalfe happening at the {ca among “heir bodies;an gf ed M 3 l c as _ e g L to itl i 1 without labour andyexercile 3 read from the ﬂouiie a y 350"“ the tell of the caul‘es,whcn they make notcleane their bif- Citees not with P/z'm'Ver‘de{? ~'“°?““e‘l"€ ‘ha? 15 V900 the .fame,w'hich doth fpoile many.Bgut fith this ‘ ies umxite, and {ac Othersfiyﬁion, and that there be many other water plants, as Nzyirirtfzzm, Sima, in ag-amﬁ the difeafes fa e_ln taf’te,and not vnlike in proportion and vertues, which are reme- 0 mmma. For itorefaid, there can_ be no certaine argument drawne tlierefrom to prooue’ , . tongue, fogne 3 ﬁe r°lf{0l:':1au<=i]s at ttheir firﬁ comming forth are fomewhat long like Pyrala or i -t . _ _ V e ‘ , , . : ‘

m g,.ea,meﬂ.e like Sdddnevlyé tdicyker, and hollow like a’n_,ai1ell,,after the manner of Sill. . E Homes White anti in due c‘l7f!‘('Pafl‘e somewhat cornered, in faﬂrirzin ﬂi;OflIl1C{lV lat is not to bae {eencm go i C the Ctickow lloures : the feectl, rcgéor; i cGt re . sscurufie rag- I A _rztfzs;f2zta, which is rather holden to e i or gr, 8 €- 0 Enghih it is ca'lled,Spoonewort, Scruby gralfe and Scuruie

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