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q; The Place? Ffgnch Mercurie is I'ow_en rn Krtchen garclens a;r1:lonBg'}[)It1>t-hc1r‘l(>)e9[; 1n?‘71ne]ya{;-ds,fand1:)v1t1I::‘I’l‘ce‘ Ihadowie places : Ifouncl ll: vnder the dropprng I<1)_ the 1 Iops L; eigt oc E erfgwrom ~ 1 bflmght 3 plant or two mto my garderyfinccqyw 7.1;‘ can 0 1‘ my gar en _ III it, They floure and flourifh all the Summer long; _ \ qr Tée Names. _ can if eIc is caflgd in Gfeekealxfifwai, and rte? 92¢-:u'ua1,(:)r Mcrcurie hrs herbe;whereupon the Latrnes Ml,’ Mem,,,'a;,;, _. it is Called in 1tal,an,Mmm[14 : m En§:l,rfl1,French Mercurre: In French, Marc: Fl”: rig-no5le,and 1~‘om1[e,qm‘,; rluzdam laxamve alwmz re :t,Gallo£elg.e emmfozzc &- _faz{_eus, vmtr

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Mercury is hot and drie,yet not aboue the fecond degree: it hath a cleanfing faculty," and (35

Galen writeth)a digefling quality alfo. qr fie Vmlm: -

. . t? A It is vfgd in our age In cli{l:ers,and thought very good to clenfe and fcour away the excr€’”°n =

. . a « . - I‘: 0 he, filth contamed m the g;uts.It ferueth to purgethe belly, bemg eaten or otherwxffi “kc

32:11 i fig out of the belly not only the excrements,but alfo flegme and choler.Dz'ofcorzde: rep0““

that the decoélion hereofpurgflh Watmfl‘ “.“‘“°“{] d and the

B The Ieaues fiampcd w1thbutter,and apphed tot e fun atnent, prouoke to the lloole; don.‘ herbe bruifed and madevp rn manner ofa pellary,cleanfeth the mother, and helpeth conccl’

C 5,14,,“ in his booke Ofthg nature of plants faith,that the juice of Mercury,HolIihocks, 63:1?! “ft

fla ne mixed together,and the hands bathed thereinfiefendeth them from burningjftheyib 91 §9_to boyling Ieagl, ' __ I l ' chaps

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Ogs Mercurie fx')?.‘.!?.€1Vll£l'€lll§C vnto the garden ry, farting the leaues hereofare greater, and the {lalkenot fo tencler_,an-d yet very brittle, growing to the height ofa cubit,withc_lut any branches at all, wrth {mall yellow rrouresx. The feed islilte the female Mercurie. i it is alfo found like the male Mercurie, as you fee them both expreft in the figure 5 and lb» there

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2 Male childrens Mercury hath three or foure f‘tall<es,0r moe: the leaues be fomewhazi long, not much vnlike the leaues ofthe Oline tree, couered oucr with a (bf: downe or wooll gray ofcolours and the feed alfo like thofi; 0t"Spt1rgc,”gr0vving two together, being, Hffi ofan aflr-cc,-hmr, but a€ter turns to ft b VCW.

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