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273 Of the Hifiorieof Plants. T L I B-

q T/2c Names. R ket- . . . , - 3 o ‘ ' A C . The firfi is called ofPlzny,Reflm’a,Emc4 pereg;fzna,8c Erfwd C 477f457I€4- In Engllfih Itallafl Oman: The fecond is called Reféda maxima : of tJnguz!lara,Pzg;¢ocomon : whereof I finde nothing 6 worthy of memorie,either oftemperatu re or vertues.

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qr The Dej'crz'}>tz'o2:. _ 3 The 1 ' He ftalke of Groundfell is round, chamfered and diuided into many branches. like . leaues be green,long,and cut in the edges almofi like thofe of Succorie, but lelfes h is in a manner to the leaues of Rocket. The floures be yellow,and turn to down, whlc caried away with the wind. The root is full offlrings and threds.

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Gfgundféih Cotton Groundfell.

2 l Cotton Groundfelhath a liraight iialke ofa brown purplecolour,couered with a fine ‘Of: ton or downy bane of the height oftwocubits. The leaues are like thofe of S.'I4me: wort or 112%’ wort 5 and at the top of the ftalke grow fmall knops, from which come floures of a pale yellow ‘hp lour 5 which are no fooner opened and fpred ab_road,b_uc they change into down like that Ofthlel 3 d file,euen the fame houre of his flouting, and is carriedaway with the winde : the root 15 fma, tenden . . . y T . T . T T . .’-vd, (of: 1; 3 There is anotherwitli leaues more iaggedsand finelier‘c—u~t than the Jail defcribg: g,“ 0 alfé and downy: the floures are fewer, Iefle andpalerv than the ordinarie, but turne fpeed_1l.Y" down like as the-former. 1? . ‘ — — “

‘ " q]' 7716 Place. a . id .: Theft: herbs are very common throughout England,and do grow almofi euery whcrea QT The ‘Time,

They flourifh almofl: euery inoneth of the yearer

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+ -\ .' , ' '; - '- T 3, Er:gc:'ar2romcntofit7)a alitrum. . gr 2353 Z‘r.t/‘ms’.

The other Cotton Groundfell. l

Grounfel is called in Greelre, .:,i,.'m : in Latins,’ Senm'o,becaufe it waxeth old qui'ckly:b y a bafiard name Plerbumm : in Germany , fireufgmmtgg in low-Dutch, amps erupt, and attuvfken tttwt: in Span1fh,Terwi cam .- in Italian,C4rdancez7o,Spcli- ciafa .- in Engli{h,Groundfel.

Cotton Groundfel feerns to be all one with Tize-’ apbraflm his Apllmce : he malreth mention of/spéricc Lz'é.7. which is not onely a kinde of pulfe, but an herbe alfo, vnto which this kinds of Groundfell is very like. For as Tlieopbrzylux faith,The herbe L/I -

V/, V _ J i _ pbzzce is one of the pot-herbs & a kind of Succorie: y e adding further , Thatit floureth in liafie, but yet . M’ ’ ' ' foon is old,and turneth into down ;and inch a one is this kind ofGroundfell. But T660}/arziflm faith further,That it floureth all the winter, and fo long as the fpring lafieth 335 my felfe haue often feene

this Groundfell do.

1] T be Nature. ‘

Ground fel hath mixt faculties : it cooleth, and Withall digefleth,as Paul»: uflgincra writeth.

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Theleaues of Groundfel boiled in wine or wa- A ter,and drunke, heale the paine and ach of the R0- macke that proceeds of Choler.

The leaues and floures flamped with a little B hogs greafe ceafe the burning heat of the {tones and fundament. By adding to a little Saffron or

Thel _ _ falt it helpeth the Smmza or Kings euill. _ ‘ — dren eaues ftamped and firainedinto milke and drunke , helpe the red gums and frets in Chil- C

1i ,€i°f“’i"_"‘ {3i‘b,That with the fine ponder of Frankincenfe it healeth wounds in the finues.The D Operation hath the downe of the Homes mixed with vineger.

ole inalew-rh . V. ‘_ . ‘_.._ _ - E mt mo“ of Afimlmfdlittle hony and V ineger,it prouoketh vomit,efpecially if you a c thereto a E

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C H A P. 2; 8. Of Saint Iamer I113 Wort.

-5 The I<'ina’er. called Saint Ime: his Wort is not without eaufe thought to be a kind of Ground fel 2

THe herb fom0f which there be fundty forts,fome of the paiture,8c one of the {ea 5 fome {weer fmelling,and

° °“* loathfomc fauor.All which kinds I will fet downe.

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‘ S Aint Iamcs his wort or Rag—wort is very well known euery where, and btingeth forth at

the firfl broad leaues gafhed round about like to the leaues of common V\/'ormewood, vp aboue Eur bi-oac_ier,thicl<er,not whitifh or foft,ofa deep green colour,with a fialke which rifeth - lCUblt hig ,chamfered,blackifh,and fomwhat red withall. The armes or wlflgs 375 feli

celoufliire 331:: like thofe ofGroundfeIl or wilde Rocker. The floures at the top be ofa yellow

gutmhich cu _golds,as well the middle button,as the fmall floures that {tend in a‘ pale round a-

2 T rnfie into downe as doth Gr_oundfel_The rootis threddy. I _ . _ , Ieaues are th ath &‘“‘1k’5 Tome cubit high, crelied, and (‘er with long whitifh leaues ; the lower’ grow 1.0 » fe OYPGT; but the vppet leaues the longer , yet the narrower : at the top of the flalke‘ me Oure or fine floures as in an vmbell, which are of adarke red colour before they openf

th‘emfelu:es,;