Of the Hiftorie oi- H

q] ‘I/‘ac Names.

Itis called in Greckeffyp/ye .~ in Latiﬂe 3 T_l']’/74 ~‘ 9f fame, Cc,/irzmz M oriomlr : in Ff€ﬂCl],:7l1zl7fCzt{! tﬂlaﬂes : in Dutchjhifclfﬂobtlll and Zaoufeu : in 1tal1aD,M4.5§{flf0r- 4,7,; _- in Spariifh, Bebordo, and Irmro armrcorodnto .- in Eng- lilh, Cats-taile or Reed..mace. Of this Cats-taile Arz« ,//ojiéaircr makes mention in his Comedy ofFrogs,where he bringeth them forth one talking with another: being very glad that they had fpent the whole day in skipping and leapingimcr Cypemm (ﬁr I’/ylczma , .3m_011?, Gahrygale and Cats.t;1ile. Own’ feemes to name this plant Sczrpas; for hee termeth the mats made ofthe leaucs,Cats.tai1c mats : as in his lixt booke Fzﬂomm,

‘Typba. Catataile.

/It Domizzas,diﬂeditc3¢ir,plazﬂ?I’oqtf€ momma: iS‘uﬂm'z'z?’, inplizzzﬂ‘r'oﬁ'zrpea nmttaﬁrzt.

q] The N tltttﬂ’. it is cold and dry of complexion. _ 7/1-e I/emm. The fol t downe {humped with Swines greafe wel was {hed,healeth burnes or fcalds with fire or water. Some Practitioners by their experience haue found? = that the downe of the Cats taile beaten with the leaues *-‘ ofBetony, the roots ofG-ladiole, and the leaues ofﬂyp jzoglo/fim into pouder,and mixed with the yelks ofegges \/-'-"" hard fodden,& foeatetgis a molt perfect remedy againft the difeafe in children called ‘Evnyx.i'A-n, which is, when the _ gut called Inte/imam cwmm is fallen into the cods. This medicine muft be I11lﬂil)£I'CCliCLlCl‘y day failing for thirty 7 dayes (pace: the quantitie thereof to be niinifired at once is I. 3. This being vied as before is fpeciHed,doth not onely helpe children and Prriplings, but growne men alfo,ifin time oftheir cure they vfe conuetiieut ligature or truflings, and ﬁt con- founding plaiﬁers vpon the grieued place, according to art appointed for that purpofe in Chirur- gene. This downe in fome places of the Iﬂe of Ely and the Low-countries adioyning thereto, is ga- thered and well fold to make mattreiles thereof for plow-men and poore people. It hath been alfo often proned to heale kibed or humbled heeles,(as they are terrned)being ap- plied to them either beforeor after the skin is broken,

C H A P. 58. Of Stitc/9—w0rt. q[ The Defcriptioiz.

1 ‘ T‘ Titcll-woflf, or as Erie/[ms termeth it,I1oloﬁc;mz, is of two kindes, and hath round tender {talks full of joints leaning toward the ground : at euery joym grow [W0 lcaues one 3- L gainﬁ: another .'l" he floures be white,conﬁ{’ting of many {mall leaues {er in the manner of a liar. The roots are fmall, ioynted,and threddy. The feed is contained in iinall heads fome- what long,and {harp at the vpper end 5 and when it is ripe,it is very irnalhaiid browne. T 2 The fecond is like the former in ihape of leaues and ﬂOl.'lr€s>Vvhic}'; are fer in form of 3 ﬁar 5' but the leaues are orderly placed,and in good proportion,b y couples two togz;:tlier,being ofa whi- “Th mr‘O;;_;, ‘wlien the floures be vaded,then follow the feeds, which are iiielofed in bullets like the {egg gffiaii, but not fo round. The chines or threds in the middle of the ﬂoure are fometirnes of 21 redciiih or biaclrilh colour. 1 There are more ‘differences of this plant, or rather varieties, as (ill“l'i;‘i‘iI‘lg little but in the largenelle of the leaues, ﬂoures,and ﬂzalks-. 1: qt T/26 Place. They grow in the l)O:L‘ iers of fields vpon banke (ides and hedges almoft euery where. q] 712: Time. ‘};"‘.icy fioixriih am the S;m;;mer3 efpeclally in May and lune.

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’L’ I 3- I» ' Of the Hi{’to1‘ie0fPlant’s.

grftmm Lezmzzzt/iemrmi. . qjr 75¢» z\{',mg‘_;°- titch-wort.

S0m€ (38 Rite/km For one) hane thought this to be the plant which the Grecians call ’O7\s'9!nv 5 in Latine, T’amoﬂm .- in Englilh,All-bone.VV herof I fee no rea- i:on,vnIefi‘e it be by the ﬁgure Amanomia -, as when we lay in Engli'ih,he is an lionefi =.nan,our meaning is,he is a knaue: for this is a tender herbe, hauing no ﬁich bony ﬁlb{’£&f1CC‘- it Dodomew queliions whether this plant be not Cratozagozzon 5 and he calls it Gnzmm Leué mmixcrnrim, or White ﬂoured Graﬂe. The’ qualitie here noted with B,is by Di0fc'arz2z’es giuen to C7‘4fz€0{0—- mm, but it is with his I;vpP7'nx,' ‘C'w'a'7imv, that is) fame {afar report fo much. Which phrafe of fpeech hee often vfeth when as hee writes faculties by heare—fay , and doubts himfelfe of the truth of them.

q]' T/is Nature.»

The feed of Stitch-wort,as G4/en writeth, is fharpe’ and biting to him that talles it; and to him that vfeth it very like to Mill.

QT T56’ Vmzm.

They are wont to drinke it in wine with the ponder

of Acornes,againﬂ: the paine in the fidc, i‘titches,and fueh like.

Diuers report, faith Diofcaria/55, That the Seed of Stitchwort being drunke , can feth a woman to bring forth a man childe,if after the purgation of her {ick- neffe, before {he conceiue‘, {hee doe drinke it failing thrice in a day,halfe a‘ dram at a time, in three ounces of water many dayes together.

C H A P". 59. 0fS12icler»raoi't.

6]] 7"/Jc De_{2'rz"ption.

lie odb {cure defcription which Diafi'ori;_i/er and Pliny hane let down for P/mlmgz'¢i222’,hathv

I6 much contention among late writers. This plant hath leaues much like Couch

The ﬁalks rgraH‘e,btit they are {'omewhat‘thicker and fatter,arid of a more whitifh green colour. e Wit rig WIt_O tlhe height of a cubic. “I be top ofthe fialke is befetwith fmall branches, gami-

W ‘mm mix 3}’ fig 6 Wl_11tC ﬂ0UreS,C0r_npa€t_of{ix leaues.The threds or thrutns in the middle are

round kaobsﬁ Inn; at faire yellow: which being fallen, there follow blacke feeds inclofed in ﬁnal 2 he re‘: 113} be three cornered. Theroots be_tnany,tough,and white ofcolour.

new before thzrgtﬁiﬁfke the ﬁrﬁzbllt that his [ialke is not branched as the firl’t,aI1d ﬁoureth a mo«

thr2ddTl1e third kinde of S piderwort,which Cluﬂzar narneth /jzbodclur mimr, hath a root of many

V»'h' . elclollflizleerfoittjh diners naked ﬁraight {talks dinided toward the top into fundry br‘anches,garni- leafe in the nzﬁe. Whlth iaire {tarre-like.ﬂoure_s of colour white, with a purple vein diuiding Cach in three I. 1 - t e_y liaue alfo certaine chines or thrcds in them. The feed followeth 1I1Cl0l't-‘d

‘l“3YC_ heads like vnto the kindes of Afphodils. T

“Hike Elbe $213: ciplitclerworit lliilill a root conﬁfiing ofrnany thick long and white fibres,nOt much what hollow in the 3 933 105 W llch it Tends forth_fome fine or ﬁx greene and ﬁrme M31163, Tome» mhh VP at 1’Ound‘gl‘§€1ilC ﬁelliljdbmllwally Involving each Othcr 3? the root’ Amongﬁ there ‘We 6 econﬁft of ﬁx leaue: a ('3 = caufng it the top [hereof form mm or cell’: l1Oum)'mmC or 16% 5 an more curled alga h p1LC€,O co our_whit_c, ( the three innermo . canes are the broader, s I e t tee outmoit are tipt with greene at the tops.) The w hole ﬂours much

ljiifenibles

Y ﬁringssfrom the which immediatly rife vp graflie leaues narrow and {harp pointedmmong.