l 31 3 ‘ Of the Hiflorie of Plants. L 1 . 2.

called fragium Gernmm'rum,and Atriplexfwtidagzzrum olem,by Penn and .La5el hf<§_it fmlelleth inge making tharlilthie ragmi1fl‘3bm&1lekC_ioat1xj[wtl;1ereupon fome by a figure haue ca e it 7» warm . ' b ' ’ , ‘n inc 0 er-wort. It may 6 Ca C m “g I 1 0 qt The Nanzrc and-Vertues. .~ _ There hath bin nothing fet downeby the Antients,eirher ofhis nature or vertiies,notwiIt]hfia; ding it is thought pr0fitable,by reafon of his flinking frnell,for fuch as are troubled with t e d ther .- for as Hippocrates fai'th,when the mother doth Rifle or mangle, fuck things are to be app 16 vnto the nofe as haue a ranke and Ptinking fmell,

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C H A P.'i47_.: Of-§00fi»fo0t.

1; The Defiription.

Oofe— foot is a common herbe, and thought to be a kinde of Orach : it rifeth vp with -3 fialkc a cubit high or higherjomewhat chamfered and branched: the leaues be broad: ‘fmooth,(harpe pointed, ihining, hauing certaine deepe cuts about the edges , refemr bling the foot of a goofe : the Homes be fmall, fomerhing red : the feed fiandeth in clufters vp0“ the top of the branches,being very like the feed of wild Orach,and the root is diuided in.to fundfl’ firin s. l ;t g 2 This differs from the lafi defcribed,in that the leaues are fharper cut, and more diuided: the feed fomewhat l'maller,and the colour of the whole plant isa deeper or darker greene. ;t

1: 1 vitriplexfylug/iris latz’folz'a,fiuc P65 Anferinhai’ , 4: 2 Atr:}2lex/ylmj/iris latifolizmlrera. Goofe-foot. ‘ The other Goofe-foot.

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‘ ,r k;' i q] ‘The Place.

1; gg-owcs plcntiftllly in fat moifi places,as vpon dang-hils and by high wakm ‘T he ‘Tzme. ~

V 1: flourifheth when the Orach doth,whereof this is a wilde kinde, q The Names.

g The later Herbarifls haue called it Per arzferinwgand Chenopo_a’irmz,0f the Likcneffe thatthe lcaues haue with the toot ofa Goofe : in Eng1i{li,Goofe-_foor,and wildc Orach. ' ’ " ' TM

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q; The ’I‘empemmre. This herb is cold and moifhanclithat no leife than Orach,but as it a ppeareth more eoid .

The I/ertzm.

as EfiIY;§§I;g:rhat it lrilleth l'wine~,ifthey do eat thereof: it is not vfed in phyfick, 8: much leffe

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C H 43:; I 1 0fEnglz]h Mercau.

__ Bmm Hwriwr. 1; The De[c'ri1;tz'm.: E“{-311111 Mercur or . y g Ood Henry,called T om ham, {'0 named of the later Herbarifis,is accounted oftherri to be one of the Docks,but not properly. This bringeth forth very many thick {talks fer with leaues two foot high 5 on the branches whereof toward the top fiand greene Homes in cluiiers thicke thruft together. The feed is flat like that of the Orach, whereof this is a kinde. The leaues be faflned to long footftalks, broad behind and fharpe pointed , fafhioned like the leaues of Aron or Wake-robin, white or gray- ilh ofcolour,and as it were couered ouer with a fine mealc : in handling it is fort and oleous, with a very thick root,and parted into many di- uifions,ofa yellow colour within,like the {harp pointed Docke.

qr The Place.

It is commonly found in vntilled places,and among rubbifh neere common waies, old wals, and by hedges in fields.

_ an The Time. It floureth in lune and I uly efpecially.

1]’ The Names. ._ It is called offome, Per L/fhfiarimzr, and Tom lnpambfid em, _ _ “' Bomuin Engli1‘h,All—good,an_d Good Henric: tame good 9. ire it 18 called Good King Harry : the Germans call it qsum: igeinttck, ofa cer-

emy. It §1S"t";1I:;‘;“ haltih. As they alfo name another perniciousherb, wlalas Henrzms , or bad. er . _ _ or a i Curie either in lb

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E the belly mic or qualitie, except yec will call euery herbe Mercury that hath power to

1] The Temperature. rclenfing and fcouring withall.

The leaues boiled W 17 The I/ertzm.

The fa b . M1 Other pot-herbs and eaten make the bod foluble. heale theihf mired and lay‘-‘l Vpon green wounds or ioulc and old v}l,cers,doe (CQLlf€9mLlfldlfi€3 and

TI‘ . r iis plant is rnoderatly hot and dry

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ndc of Mercurie, but vnproperly, for that it hath no participation with r