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Show THEr FIRST BOOKE OF THE 42 niet haan oe oe Iase @ fi : . thicke {ee.,andtht RRtogi. foft, thicke and finooth, feeming to be nothing elfe but a deale of flocks ther,whichbeing tips turneth into a downe,andis caried away wit h the whnsie: lhe kootes be liard, thicke and white, full offtrings and good to burne,where there is plentie thereof to be had. Tp 43 HISTORIE OF PLANTS. in ene of : a islike the formerinfhapeofleqnesand flowers,which are fet » The fecond by couples two togither, ring ofaw ie | the leaues are orderly placed, andin good proportion fallowe the feedes which are inclote colour,declining to.crimfon: whenthe flowers be vaded ,then in rourid bullets like the feede of flaxe, Catstaile. % Theplace. It groweth in pooles, atid fuch like ftanding wa. ters,andfometimes in running {treames, Thaue fotund.a {mnaller kinde heerof growingin the ditches and marfhie grounds in the Ifle ofShe. 2 Gramen Lencanthemum alterutm, 1 Gramen Leucauthemun. Small Stitchwoort, Stitchwoort pey,going from Sherlandhoufe to Feugrfham, se The tame. Theyflower'and \beate their mace or torch, in Tuly and\Augutt, j % The names. They arecalledin Greeke xign, in Latine Typha: of fome Ceffram Morionts : in French WVartem, Maffes :in Durch Lifehyapen, and Danley in Ttalan (Mazza forda : in Spanith Behordo, and Junto amacorodaco : in Englifh Cats taile, and Reede mace, Of this Cats taile Avistophimes maketh mention in his Dialog of Frogs, wherehe bringeth them foorth\one talking with another, being veryglad that theyhad{pent the wholeday in skipping & leaping inter Cyperum and Phlewm, among Galingale and Cats taile. oud feemethto namethis plane Scirpus, for he termeth the mats made ofthe leaues, Cats taile mats, asin his fixt booke Fastorum, tt Dominus, difcedite,ait »plaustrog, morantes Sustulit, in plauft ro feirpea mattafut. % The nature. Itis cold anddrie ofcomplexion, A & The vertues. SLID : ! e { ofttdow ne ftam P ie d with {wir cs d 1 g r eafe Wi Cla W afhed hea > A ¢ t h burnin £ sor 0 fealdin gs ” helaofBetnheceeeeete famashat the downeoftheCatstalle eae with theichieseitwernn: yelks ofegshard fodden ee andfo. c,andthe leanes ofaHippogloffon isk powderand mixed p gota moft perfecinto medicine, againft the into thecods, This medicine muftbe feta = oe aene anesomes — quantitie whereof to be miniftred.at one hetimeis ti sai euery for the {pace of thirtie daies, : 1.3. day Thisfafting being vied, as before is {pecified, doth not tone o 3 ly helt ic child en a nd ftripl Ipln i gs > bt DUT gto Wi en men en ¢ conuenient ligature or tr uffing s > and fit confoun ) i f 11 n time i n of €1£ i CULe, th J ding plai : ; - to * os forthat purpofe oe j , " in chiturgerie Srepeeepesiteied os uls downe in fome places 7 ofthe Ile ofoe Ely i red andwell fold,to make ioini i mattreffes of‘i for oe : aes D It : hath been alfo plie d to them,either and poore ise te peop le,shins oe c > e kit ¢ d dled hee € ey are te ea before or aftert 1¢ skini s ‘Ogee i “a i" a Pr Of Stitchwoort, : chwoort, Tit 0 or (as Rye/M3 ee — : white compact of man be i § P : % The place. Theygrowein the borders offields vponbankfides and hedges, almoft cuery where, %& Thetime. ‘Theyflourifhvall thefommer,efpecially in Mayand Iune, %& The names. The Grecians call this plant stor: in Latine ‘Tata offéa » in Englifh All-bonie: whereof I fee no reafon,exceprit be by thefigure Antonomia, aswhien we fay in Englifh, Heis an honeft man, our meaning is, that he is aknane. For,vndoubtedlythis isa tender herbe, lightly braied or pound, ha- uing nofiich bonie ortough fab{taneein-him, accordingtothe fignification ofhis Grecke name, Wherefore take it to be fo called by-contraries :eommonly in Englith Stitchwoort, %. The natures The feede ofStitchwoort , as Ga/ewwriteth;is fharpe orbiting to himthat tafterhit:and to him that viech it, verylike to Mill, : Theyare woont todrinke it in wine with the powder of Atores, againft the paine ih the fide, A ftitches,and fuch like. , Is of twokindes, and hath round rondet Ateueryioint grow two leaues one 2gam y ‘mall leaues,{erin the maner ofa {tat he c DYS %e Thevertues, ee Chap.332. 2 termeth it) Hol oite Ui. i ALK kS > Srv ] of 10) Omnts, 5 lea é ning tow i ard the gtound, another, The flowers be ei SLT a? . z ni Diuers report, faith Dsofeorédes, that the feede of Stitchwoorrbeing drunke, canfeth awoman B to bring foorth a man childe,ifafter.the purgatiom of hirficknes before the conceiue, fhe do drinke it fafting thrife ina day halfe a dram ata time ja three ounces ofwater many daies togither, of |
