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Show Crap. 13, choller and flegme, and bei Lheatrum Botanicum yled inwine, it i inft the a Tripe 4, inineeilScorpione.iks as laidM HM mad e placeGa that ;Ban? ie re againft the itingings of Scorpions, tobelp as well drunke r Bsci Kidniene n aad Speedy bach, when they mein eo a ee with Cummin and drunke, helpeth themchat are Bi : n oh €r, provoketh urine and womenscourfes, ieee caufeth an Say ee eth the Wormesof the belly both long and round, if the hati The TheaterofPlantes. 3+ Vit ca media fylueftria, The middle wild Nettle, Cuar.t3, 4, Vitiea minor. The leffer wild Nertle., held this opinion, (idle as manyother his i Hope, Crefles, and Nitar, Pliny faith that the Aferi in his ti : S wine,an o houre abefore e ofthe wilbethe are) thatfoure graines or feedes of his Turnefole disonicei lpeacceff de er Ser - Lee qnwt ine ague doth cure it, and that three eraine s drunke 4 ect hen, it, and be. : 3 2 ch eafe, asalfo for ch rethedife : ake leat Kinde ranicl e a3 ie upon warts,(iWe and the caitiei the feed eehecsF the parts aboutth fwolles me eo of the wens,ae snd other rnani catan,Suraeheoae ee a nie alfo being rubbed witha little fale body, will take them away, by confum €, witho S ring — ften nfingi e eee a t : The is - goodagainft all venemous creatu e¢ or colon. res and chiefly againft that great Spider dying int o caufeen the ae Phalanginm,and ftingo on ions Petvitho ad ange r Or paine, s being i applyed thereto + it is faid crutte Gute inp ai <a alfo that if one 9 corpion witha branch ofthis Turnefole, it fhall not be able ie pig hee pete etek dee ese detee or caft any of the herbe upon it, it fhall prefently any other fach things which are frequ entin many great eee es r an pean ae Ni Hs Kt\ Cuap. XIIL, Vrtict, WS Nettles, 7@ Shallin chi & Taber seonely Sow you thofe Nettles that are flinging, as peculiar pursed for this Claffis ae . = ee compacted hiftory together, which the method I ee 3 would then in this asinall others, joyne all and thew under one <genus, eelyou all che diverfities of the them, aswell thofeé that are fharpe the/pecies ut called Dead Nettl and ftincine 3 yr oY 1 es, and in them {ich as {nell well, aca fiche: oor as are without {pots ae il , and folikaf ewiife their ir Vari v aflatiion ofc 0: lours inth iC. ir i I floy Vers, ers,vV Wvhich i becaufe é iE G} . 1, Vrtica Romana. ‘The great Romane Nettle groweth up with many aeei pete Netwl e, upright, fomctimesrifing to be offoure or five f Five Pore sping Comins then Lomdi eS Withee Romine Tlive xoote long,, {prea ding into manybranches, whereonat the joyntngs The Romane Nettle, 2+ Untica major v4lgaris, Thegreaterwilde Nettle. are two leaves fet together, very rough, andalthough it hath no (harpé prickles,yet ic hatha hairy downethere= on, that will fting the skinne moft cruelly ifit be touched therewith, “and raifeit fill ofblifters,as if it were burne withfire,and dented at the edges fomewhat deepely ; at divers places of the branches comeforth {mall ftalkes of reddifh andyellowith flowers, made ofthreds, which fall away without bearing any thing elfe; but at the ¢ » h the leaves in other places, from the middle of the branches upwards, come forth {mall, round, rough, prickly pellets or buttons, wherein is contained divers flat browne fhining feede, fomewhat like unto Line, or Flax feede, but {maller and rounder: the roote is yellowith and {preadethdivers long {trings,and {mall fibres, whereby it raketh faft hold in the ground, yet perifheth every yeare, requiring a new fowing every Spring, 2. Urtica major[ylveftris. Thegreater wild Nettle. i This’ othér whichis the greater ofthe wild forts, hatha pale yellow roote, {preading very deepe into the ground, with long ftrings,and fmall fibres, and the branches alfo lying on the groundtake roote againe, and i agreat deale of ground, the leaves are ofa darker colour, and fometimes brownifhor red, aslarge,rough ind {tinging’as the former, but not fo deepely dentedat the edges ; atthe toppes of the branches, andlikewife Yay N i iY WINES SN YF NA Wee ie yyie SaSek Dy from the joynts with the leaves underneath, come forth {mall long branches of Howersand feedésafter them, in fafhionverylike the branches of the female Mercury, whereiniscontained fmall flat whitith feede, the roote perifheth notlike the former,but abideth the winter with fome greene leaves uponit, ifit be not too extreame, 3. Vrticamediafylveftris, The middle wild Nettle. ny by Themiddle fort ofNettle, is thoughtby divers to be but oneand the fame with thé former, anddiffering onely the place ofgrowing,and not growingfully fo great ¢ fot it hath the like {talkes and branches, with the like leaves, but lower and {maller, and thinnerfet uponthe branches, otherwife in feede or creeping rootes,it diftetech not from thelaft. Urtica minor fylveftvis, ‘ The leffer wild Nettle. he lefferor lealt Nettle, is in moft things like the laft, but rifeth feldome above halfea yatd high, and_ little t branched, the leaves alfoare much {maller, and ofa frefher greene colour, but little lee Ringing then the former ; the feed is white likeuntoit, but the rootes are {maller and perifh every yeare, yea twife or thric eevery yeare, for I have obferved it tothed it felfe wife in a hot yeare, and {pring upagaine the third rime ime of of ¢ the fhedde feede, which being neere winter, perifheth with the firlt frofts; but rifech againe the next The Place. it is mot nfually (owen in Gardens whereit is defired, as it is alfo both inthe upper and tower Germany; " Ifo, but it hath beene found naturally growing time out ofminde; bothatthe towne the ftreetes of the towne of Romncyin Kent, whereit lsrecorded [éling Cefar landed bode for a certaine time, which itis likely was by them called Romania and cot- or Romny, andforthe growingof itin that place, it is reported that the fouldiers brought |