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Show aaae aaa ae,Sd Ofthe Hittorie of Plants. ter 6 Stitchwort. fome Ceflrum Merionis : in French Marteaw Majjes : i offea : in Englith, All-Bones:, whereof I {ee nc exceptit be bythe figure Astonomza 5 as when in Englith, He is an honeft man, our meanin he is a knaue:for this is a tender herbe haut bony fubftance. + Dodoneus queftions , whe plant be not Crateogonon and he calls it G canthemum, or White-floured Graffe. Th here noted with B. is by Dioftorides giuen to Cratzog to -In forda : in Spanifh Behordo ) and Iunc 0 amatoroda Englith, Cats Tailc,and Reed-Mace: Of this Cats Tatle Ariftophanes maketh mention inhis Comedy of Frogs, where hebringeth themforth onetalking with another,being very glad that they had {pent the whole dayin skipping and leaping imter Cyperum ce Phleum, among Galingale and Cats Taile. Ovid feemeth to namethis plant Sczrpus; for he termeth the mats made ofthe leaues, Catftaile Mats, as in his fixth Booke Faftorum, ‘At Dominus, difcedite, ait, planftroque morantes Suftulit, in planftro {cirpea mattauit. non ; but it is withhis tp4my vevmer, (that is) Some 12 or report fo much : which phrafe of fpeech hee ofte vfeth when as he writes faculties by heare-fay, doubts himfelfe of the truth ofthem. + @ The nature. Sos SS q The nature. It is cold and dry of complexion. q The vertues. The foft Downe ftamped withfwines greafe well wathed , healeth burnings or fealdings 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 of Gladiole,and the leaues of Hippogloffon into powder, and mixed with the yelks ofegges hard fodden,and fo eaten, is a moft perfe@ medicine again{tthe difeafe in children called in Grecke emexdns, whichis,when the gutcalled Inte/tinum cecum is fallen intothe cods.. This medicine muft be miniftred euery day fafting for the fpace of thirtie dayes, the quantitie thereof to be miniftred at Onetimeis 1.3. This being vfed as before is {pecified doth not onély helpe children andftriplings, but growne men alfo, if in time of their cure theyvfe conuenient ligature or truffings, and fit confounding plaifters vpon the gtieued place, according to art appointedfor that purpofe in Chirurgerie. 3 This Downe in fome places ofthe [fle of Elie, and the low countries adioyning thereto, is gathered andwell fold to make mattreffes of, for plowmenand poore people. z oem It hath beene alfo often prouedto heale kibed or humbled heeles (as they are termed) being applied to them,either before or after the skinne is broken. Cuar. 38. : Of Stitchyort. @| The defcription. twee as Ruellins termethit Holofteum, is of twokindes, and hath round tendet alkes full of joints leaning toward the ground ; at every ioynt growtwo leaues ihedeeeee eThe flowers vel bewhite,confitting , confifting of of many leaues fet inthe oneagainftanother. m fos {mall fiadil \edgiaetemiarc Se aereeeac eroots ate fimall, jointed, and threddy. The feed is:contained in fmall ee oe fharpe at the vpper end, and whenit is ripeit is very fmalland browne. econd is like the former in fhape of leaues and flowers, whichare fet in forme of 2 bucrh ftarte leaues Ord n { in £ oodp Ware Order ly Pp aced 5 and é arre oe ut thees LUCS f ‘Opo 10n,b y c oup | es twotogether,being f awhiti colour. hent ie f Owers be vaded then followne feeds,whichare inclofedin bul- lets the feedvata of flax, but oe nor foround. Thect uiues or threds in the middle of the floure are a like tccite oosmaambe a a eee colour. } There are more differences of th his plant, or ta»as differing little but in the largeneffe ofthele aues,floures,or ftalkes. £ G The place. Theygrowin the bordersoffields v pon bankefides and hedges,almoft euery where? Secs ate Wike ly > , toa FA r @ Thetime, ‘ey flourifh all the Sommer, efpeciallyin Mayand Tune, Some(as Ruellivs for one) haue thought thi the plant which the Grecians call «ee: 1n Lats Durch, Lifehdodett, and onten 2 In Tralian Maxta ‘a q Thenames. Gramen Lencanthemum, 4q PheMAMEE INTL P Theyare called in Greeke wen: in'Latine Typh- Typha. Cats Taile. Of the Hiftorie ofPlants: bres ts The feed of Stitchwort, as Galen writeth, is thar andbiting to him that tafteth it, and to himthae vfethit very like to Mull. G The vertues. Theyare wont todrinkeit in Wine with the pwo- A der of Acornes, againft the paine in the fide, ftitches, and fuchlike. Diuers report, faith Dioftorides, That the Seed of B Stitchwort being drunke caufetha womanto bring forth a man childe, if after the purgation ofher Sick- neffe, before fhe conceiue, fhe do drinke it fafting thrice in a day, halfe adram ata time,in three ounces of water many dayes together, Cuar.39. Of Spiderwort. q] The defiription. Pliny haue {et downe for Phalangium, Heobfeuredefcriptionwhich Disftorides and rs. This plant Phalanginmhath leaues hath bred much contention amonglate Write thicker andfatter , and of a more muchlike CouchGraffe, but they are fomewhat height of acubit. The top of the ftalke is hefet whitifh greenecolour. The ftalkes grow to the leaues. The manylittlewhite flowers, compact of fix little with {mall branches, garnifhed with a faire yellow, which being fallen, there threds or thrumsin the middle are whitith, mixed with h bethree cornered. The roots are many, whic , knobs followblacke feeds, inclofed in {mall round tough, and white ofcolour. is not branched as the firft, and floureth a 2 The fecondislikethe fir, bur thathis ftalke i moncethbeforetheother. a root h Carolus Clufius nameth Ajphodelus minor, hath 3. Thethird kinde of Spiderwort, whic s , narrow and fharpe leaue c graffi vp y rife iatel immed which the ofmany threddy ftrings, from into rth diners naked ftrait ftalkes diuided towards the top pointed : among thewhich comefo a ire ftarre-like flowers, of colour white with fundrybranches, garnifhed on eucry fide withfa : they haue alfocertaine chiues or threds in them. ft midde the in leafe each ing diuid eveine purpl the kindes or Afphodils, hi Thefeed followeth inclofed in three {quare heads like vnto itefibers, confifting of many thicke, long, andwh t 4 This Spiderwort hath a root e and firme grech {ix ot fiue fome forth fends t muchvnlike the precedent, out of whichi th luing each otherat the root: among fomewhat hollowedin the middle,and mutuallyinuo nineor ten floures, mor 2 ng atthe top thereof fome thererifeth vpa round greene ftalke, beari I nermon leaues are pee ie ; white(the th lour e,ofco apiec leaues Iefle. thefe confit of fix ) Fhe whose floar n greene at the with tipt are st outmo three he dsandt and moréctirle |