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Show o eo Of the Hiftorieof Pla nts, " ee Lisa q The Names. Lr. 2. ieee Thelater age doe call them Serratula, and Serratula tinéforia,it differeth as we have faid fro Berony, whichis alfo called Serratula: other names if it haue any we know not: it is calledi Centauroides,or ep. Englith Sawewoort. + Cafalpinus calls it Cerretta and Serretta, and Thalize, tanrium. mains[ylvefire Germanicum. £ 4 The Temperature and Vertues, (Serratula is wonderfully commended tobe moft fingular for wounds, ruptures, burftings, and ‘A. ae Ff Sanicle. uch like temperature of ofSanicle the temperature vnto the referred vnto like:: and and isis referred fuuch . ® . Of the Hiftorieof Plants. it mitigateth paine in the kidtiies and blad belchings : it maket ha mantopiffe well: forth, keth ftones in the kidnies, and driueth them iLrt is a remedie againf E tt Itis alfo goodfor ruptures,cramps,and convulfions: it hurts, and i the to applied alfo and dtunke, dogs and venomous ferpeuts, being f : ; : gainft poy{on. huckle the of ache or Sciatica, ofthe paine the ft edagain Itis commend There isa Conferue madeofthe floures andfugar goodfor mat witl head-ache, A’dsam weight of the soot ofBetoniedried, and taken our agedoreport, procureth vomit, ane bringeth forth grofle and tough humors,as diuers of bloud,and cuThe pouder ofthe driedleaues drunke in wine is good for them that fpit orpiffe Cua Pe 242 Of Betony: q The Defcription . Etony groweth vp with long leaues and broad, of a darke grcené colour, fliglitlyin. dented about the edges likea faw.T heftalke is lender, foure {quare,fomewhatrough : a foorehigh more or leffe. It beareth eared floures, of a purplith colour, and fome. times reddith ; after the floures, commethin place long cornered feed. The: root confifteth of manyftrings. 2 ; Cuar.244. Betony with white floures is like the 1 Betonica. precedent in each refped, faving that the fous Betony. ofthis plant are white, and ofgreater beautie, and the others purpleorred,as aforefaid. q The Place. Betony loues fhadowie woods,hedge-rowes, and copfes,the borders ofpaftures,and fachlike places, Betonywith white flouresis feldomefeene. I foundit ina woodby a villagecalled Hampftead, neere vnto a worfhipfull Gentlemans houfe, one ofthe Clerkes of the Queenescounfell called M*. Wade, fromwhence I brought plants formygarden, wherethey flourifh as 10 their natural] place of growing. The Time. . They floure and flourith for the moft part Tune and July, Of Water-Betonp. q The Defiription: broad V4 ter Betony hath great {quare hollowand brown ftalks, whereonare fet very ’ notchéd about the edges like vntothofe of Nettles, of a {wart greene colour, themoft part by nwoandtwo as it were from one ioynt, oppofite, or ftanding one rig] litt! like other. The floures growat the top ofthe branches,of a darke purple colour,in fhape helmets. The feedis mall, contained in round bullets or buttons. The root is compact of many > and infinite ftrings. Betonica aquatica. Water Betony. q The Place, It groweth by brookes and running waters, byditchfides, andby the brinks ofriuers,and is feldome foundin dryplaces. @| The Time. It foureth in Tuly and Auguft ; and from that time the feed waxeth r @ The The Names. Soe, Betonyis called in Greeeke #7e" Latine, Betonica : of diuers V-etonica : but vaptopely. Thereis likewife another Betontca, which Paulus eigineta defcribed ; and Galen inhisfirkt booke of the gouernment of health fheweththats called xis, that is to fay, Betomca, Bee alfo Sarxiphagon : Diofcorides notwithftaneas dothdeferibe ariother Sarxiphaganq] The Temperature. e fecond degte’ Betony is hotand dry inth hathforce to cut,as Galen faith. WaterBetonie is called in Latine Betonic. : fomehaue thought it Déo{corides | enum : others, his Galeopfis hera of Di of Turner, Cl offome, Se/amoides minus, but not properl) others, Serpentaria : in Dutch, S, Antonies crltpd ¢ in Englith, Water Betonie : and by fome, Browne-wort : in Yorke-fhire, Bifhops leaues. q The Temperature. Water Betony is hotanddry. @ TheVertues. The leaues of Water Betonyare of a fcou- ringor cleanfing qualitic, andis very goodto mundifie foule and ftinkingvlcers, efpecially the iuyce boyled with honey, q The Vertues. fs . sethall inward wounds, efpecially the’greene leaucs boyledin wine andgiuen The poudertaken with meateloofeth the bellyvery gently,and helpeth them that hauc the falling ficknefle with madneffe:and head-ache. Itis fingular againft all paines ofthe head: it killeth wormes in thebells itcleanfeth the mother, and hathgreat vertue to heale the body, being hurt within by fuchlike. + haute It is reported, if the face be wafhed with B ¢ Betony is good for them tharbe fubje& to the falling fickeneffe,and for thofealfotl a ill heads vpona cold caufe. i milt,a° the iuyce thereof, it taketh away the yedneffe and deformitieof it. gall zit isSfgood againft yellowjaundife : si the Bs Ooo Irclenfeth the lungs and cheft,it taketh away obftruétions orftoppings ofthe lives, / 3 8 fone fone! aintt ; ; ; Itmaketh aman to hauea goodftomack and appetite to his meate:tt prevaileth 48elchings CHAP. |