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Of the Hiftorie of Plants.

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q The Temperature.

The Sow-thifiles, as Galmwriteth, are of a mix: temperature 5 for they confifl ofa watery and earthie {ub{tance,cold,and likewife binding. /

qr The Farmer.

Whileft they are yet young and tender they are eaten as other pot—herbes are:but whether tl1€Y be eaten,or outwardly applied in manner of a pulteffe,they do euidently coole : therefore they are good for all inflammations or hot fwe1lings,if they be laied thereon. 7

Sow-thiftle giuen in broth taketh away the gnawings of the fiomacke proceeding of an ho‘ caufe : and increafe milke in the brefts of Nurfes, caufing the children whom they nnrfe to hauea good colour :and of the fame vcrtue is the broth if it be drunken. ‘ »

The juyce of thefe herbes doth coole and temper the heat of the fundament and priuy parts

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C H A P. 34.: Of Hanvrgemveed.

fl TI/e Kinder.

Awkeweed is alfo a kinde of Succorie : of which Diofcorides maketh two forts, and the law‘

a’ Writers more : the which {hall be defcribed in this chapter following,where they {hall be di— fiinguifhed as well with feuerall titles as fundry defcriptions.

1 I Hieracium majm Diafioridgk,

2 H ieracium mifixmfiue Lcporimtm, Great Hawke-weed.

Small Hares Hawke-weed,or Yellow Diuels-hl‘

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qj T/zebefiription.

1 He great Hawl<e—weed hath large and long Ieaues fpred vpon the ground, in fliape lili“

thofe of Sow-thifile : the Ptalk groweth to the height of two cubits,bl'an ched into full’ ’

dry armes or diuifions,hollow within as the yo_ng Kexe, reddifh of colour : whereupon do El“

Yellow ll°“r€s thickc and doublewvhlch wme Into Down: that flieth away with the winde wlle“

the feed is _ripe.'1_l"he root is _thicl.<e,tough and threddy. The t 2

Of the Hiftorie of Plants.

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‘ages éléléc 1{1Tl3llHb3.Wl<C-W€Cd, which ofmoft writers hath beene taken ‘For Diuels-bit, hath long 1 alks andlfl Yucuta out the edges,with fome [harp roughneffe thereon likeynto Sow...th;{Hc,'1‘he: or as it Weréot hrefst are like the former 5 the too: 15 compact ofrriany {ma} flm.1gs)wu_-11 a {ma11mob, it took his ma 6 _ ui_np_ of an old root in the middle of thofe fittings, cut or bitten off; whereupon _‘ 1- me Diuels bit. horfine .Bl:<j?l§1€ ilalflfilc-W'€f.‘Cl hath very many long jagged leaues not much vnlike to thofc‘ of B_ucl<_s- Omtal(l3r0Or1i]a. an far abroad ypon the ground,which the préhrre cannot exprefle as is reqiiifithn yeuaw and ‘-re; acllnong which rife vp many ftalks,flender and weake,the flotrres growing at the top 0 y ouble : it hath alfo a threddy root. . _

which 1tl:1;"Author formerly gaue three figures and {'0 many defcriptions of this {mall Hienzmmfr, moms _ yr e contra éted into two; for the only difference that I can finde is,that the one hath the it VT ere bitten ofliwith the leaiies lefl‘e cut in : the other hath a root fomwhat longegand fl-

rons . . . . y t HE E“ the former :the leaues alfo in this are much more finely and deep cut lnzln other refpeéts is no dilference. 3;

eHz'er4cium z¢;:g—;»,mz

4 Hierzwium Aplmcoidcs. Black Hawk-weed.

S uccorie I-Iawkweed.

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gndlgofi-gltgglcorie Hawke.weed hath many long and large leaues fpred vpon the ground, deeply cut the lam: 113°‘ 3ll'I_10f-i to the middle rib ; from which rife vp {inall flzalkes and floures like thofe of S dandeliombnt leffer. The root confilteth of many {mall threddy firings. ' diuebutn iue Hawk-weed hath many broad leaues indented about the edges very like garden En- Oures a narrower : among which rife vp {talks a foot or more high,flender,hairy, and brittle : the 0 TC Y6lIow,and grow at the top double, and thicke fet in a fcaly huske like the Knapweed

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I'I . _ ¥vh11W’hau‘“g gleal tlllcke and threddy roots. 1: This hath a fialke fometimes more and other-

es - _ _ _ ' 16% ’°“8ll~rWlth the leaues fometimes more cut 1n,more long and narrow,and again 0fll“'

éesfilgre fhort and broad. zt lllfedry inggfiliited Hawk-weed hath many broad leaues fpred vpon the ground,fleigl1FlY aflfl C0n« tong and tone h about the edges, with fomwhat a bluntifh point : among which leaues pring vp like mm a Pifl’%_a'baeg‘s 3 R30‘ and llalfc h1gh,fet on the top with faire double yellow floutes much 7 Sharpe Hawke'wTl(l1°h"°°t ls VCYY l°llg.Whit:c,and tough. g “ferfim 3 about ch -dee ath leaues like tho_fe of Languebeefe or Ox—t0n9l1e,btrt much.narro-I like haul) b € C ges, and rough in the middle: the fialkes be long and (lender, fet with the-.' es: ll! leflerzthe floures grow at the top,double and yellowzthe root is tough 8: tliredtlie. B b 3 1 8 Crooked