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Show ns 958 _ fain . Lisa, ~~Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, a It is a unprofitable weed among corne, andraifeth blifters vpon the bands of the weeders and . reapers. —_ Lis. 2 a : . . > 7 Of the Hiftorie of Pla high Alexandre, that is to fay, Pes Alexandrinus, ot Alexanders foot: in in Englith, Pellitorie of Spaine ; and of fome, Bertram, aft right Pyrerhrur, orPe llitorie of Spaine ; for that which ¢ and a ae 959 hASertrant é t right, is not fo, as I haue before noted. a @| The Temperature andVertues. Guar. 263. Of Pellitorie of Spaine. @ The Defcription, rrethram, in Englith, Pellitorie of Spaine (bythe name whereof fome doevnptoperly call another plant, whichis indeed thetrue mperatoria, or Matter-wort,and not Pelli. torie) hath great and fat leaues like vato Fennell, trailing vpon the ground : amongft which, immediately fromthe root rifeth vp a fat great ftem; bearing at the topa goodly floure, fathionedlike the great finglewhite Daifie,whofe bunchor knobin the midift is yellow like thae ofthe Daifie, and bordered about withapale of fmall leaues, exceeding white on the vppetfide, and vndetof afaire purple colour: the roct 1s long, of the bigneffe ofa finger, very hor, and ofa ; : burningtafte. of Cait 2 Thewilde Pellitorie growethvp like vnto wilde Cheruile, refembling theleaues lis, ofa quickeandnipping tatte,like the leaues of Dittander, or Pepper-wort: the floures grow at tlie top offlender ftalkes, in fmall tufts or fpoky vmbels, of a white colour: the rootis tough, and ofthe bigneffe ofa little finger, with fome threds thereto belonging, andof a quicke biting taite, a Pyrethrum fyluefire. WildePellitoric. The root ofPellitorie of Spaine is very hot and burning, by reafon whereofit taketh cold fhiueting of Agues, that haue been oflongcontinuance, andis goodfor thofe that aret withadeadpalfic, as D/ofcorides writeth. The fame is with goodfucceffe mixed with Antidotes or counterpoyfons which ferue againft the megrimor continuall paine ofthe head, the dizzineffe called Vertigo, the apoplexie,the falli fickneffe, the trembling of the finewes, andpalfies,for it is a fingular goodandeffectual! remedy forall cold and continuall infirmities ofthe head and finewes. Pyrethrumtaken with honeyis good againft all cold difeafes of the braine. The root chewed inthe mouth drawethforth great ftore of rlicume,flime,and filthy waterifh humors, and eafeth the paint oftheteeth, efpecially ifitbe ftampedwitha little Stauef-acre,and tied ina {mall bag, and put into the mouth, and there fuffered to remainea certaine {pace, Ifitbe boyled in Vineger, and kept warme in the mouthit haththefame effet. The oyle wherein Pellitorie hath been boyled is goodto anoint the bodyto procurefweating, and isexcellent goodto anoint any part that is btuifed and blacke,although the member be declining to mortification it is goodalfoforflichasate ftricken with thepal fie. Itismoft fingularfor the Surgeonsof the Hofpitals to put intotheir yntions contra Ne num morbune, and {uchother difeafes that be coufin germanes thereunto, eeee Cuar. 264. Of Leopards bane. t 2 Doronicum maius Officinarum. 1 1 Doronicum minus officinarums Great Leopards bane, Small Leopards bane. q The Place, Trgroweth ih my ¢ atden veryplentifully, «| The Time. It floureth and feedeth in Tuly and Au gut. ay J @ The Names. Ff i salPellitorie of Spaine is called in Greckewage, by reafon of his hotandfierie oe t SatAe x i ci 7. . tafte: i 70 , fo-Pyrethyam : Phein 4Latine, Salivarss ; in Italian » Pyrethro : in Spanifh, Pelitres i Frenchoo cunt x TE Z y DT ASN YN LIS 7 q The Defiription. 3 foute - DoO§ this Plant Doronicum there be fundry kindes, whereof I will onely touch the through’ hapned, hath which hes, pardaliaac donens vnproperlycalleth it Aconitum s ne c |