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Show 1274: E Crardto Theatrum Botanicum, Tripe 14) oa tach wonder fully heipe the ditings of any ferpents,as alfoofamad dogge, and if the roote be beaten withalittle falt and laid on the place, it will fuddenlyeafe the patient of the paines the juyce of the leaves taken with hony provoketh urinc,and remedicth the paines of the bladder: the feede being drunke with wine,forty dayes together t etfully helpe the Sciatica: the leaves being bruifed with the white of anégge, and laid on any place with Gre,doth take out the fire, giveth fuddaine eafe, and healeth irup afterwards; thedecodtion of them ted on anyfretting fore or cancker, ftayeth the torroding quality, which after muft be annointed with an ent made withthe faid liquor 4xw#zgia, niter and vinegar boiled together. The rootes may be preferved var andtaken fafting, or at other timesfor the {aid purpofes,and for Confumptions,as alfo for thofe that ed with the ftone or laske : the feede is much commended tobteake the ftone; and cafeit tobeexpel led by Vrine,and is often ufed with other feedes and things for that purpofé : The lefler burre feedes as Galen faith have a digefting quality in them, and are hot and dry, and thereby good to aflwage tumours, the feede or the roote bruifed and often impofed on kernels or hard knotsin the fleth doth diffolve them: the decoétion alfo ofthe rootes made with wine, helpeth to confume the hardneffe ofthefpleene, being fomented warme on thé place : the burres being gathered before they be ripe, bruifed and laid to {teepe in warme water or wine,and thé haires moiftened therewith, after they have beene rubbed witha little niter doth make them yellow. Tr IBE 14. ~The Theater ofPlants. 40 Lapatiiry{glvoftre valgatins: 4 he ordinary wilde Docke, Cc HAPe Xe Lapathim. The Docké; ©AX He Dockcis of a largé extent comprifing within it fundty forts of herbés # forme whereof aré fittc ‘ie be planted in Gardens,as being rare and worthy plants,and therefore worthy tohave fome care and eas} painesbeltowed on them, which are entreated of in the fecond Claffis of this Workes othets belong uses co the Kitchin Garden, as fit for fawce and meate, and fuchare the Sorrets whichare called fowre > Dockes,fpoken of alfo beforein the fixth Claffis of this Worke,and fome are found inthe fieldes and wet places where they grow,which (hall be deferibed in this place, Vato thefealfo Imightadde all the forts of Spinage, if Thad not fetthem forth in my former Booke,or were of Bawbinns minde, that they belongedtothis family. ? 1. Lepathum acutum majws. The Red Docké. The red Docke from a great and long blackifh roote on the outfide,and fomewhatreddifh and yellowith with- in fendeth forth many long hard and narrowifh greene leaves,more pointed at the ends thenin other forts,among which rifeth upa fliffe hard flalké, three or foure foote high,fet with the like leaves, but fmaller ftill up to the top, 3, Lapathum_scutum majus. Tiered Docke, 3. Lapathum acuthm mintmun, The fmalleft pointed Dockes 7+ Hydrelapathans majus; The greater Water Docke, Canes 6. Lapathum unttiofum five B. onus Henricus, Englifo Mercury, |