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Show aackenedail aaa! os - 300 THE SECOND BOOKE OF HISTORIE 1 Peronicafamina Fuchsifie Elatine, THE x The defcription. : This Whitelowe gtaffehath {mall iaggedleaves deepelycut , lying fat vponthewall or exh OF PLANTS. 2 Elatine alters, The female Flucllen, oe where it groweth: among which rifech vpa {lender ftem, whereupondogrowefitchleauesasthof Sharpe pointed Fluellen, svaf next the ground, but leffe t. The flowers growe at the top like thofe of the laft defcribed, The feede and rootes are alfo like. The fourth kinde of Paronyehéashath fi nall,thicke, andfat leaues,cut intothree diuifions, much refembling the finall leaues of Rue,buta great deale {maller. The ftalks arelittle like the former, & theleauesalfo; but the cafes wherin the feedis contained, arc like vnto the feed vellelsofMyo he ae Scorpioides or Chickweede Scorpion gtaffe. ‘There is anotherfort of Whitlowgrafle or Naile woort,thatis likewife alow ot bafe herbhanin afinall tough roote,with fomethreddie ftrings annexed thereto : from whichrife vp divers flender Chickweedesrher tough ftalkes fetwithlittle narrowe leaves confufedly like thofe of the finalleft ofdoubtleffe thefe bekindes alongft the ftalkes do groweverylittle white flowers, after which come the {eedes infinall buttons,ofthe bigneffe of a pinnes head. % Theplace. Thefe finall,bafe, and lowe herbes growe vpon bricke and {tone wals, vponoldetiled houfes, which are growento haue much moffe vpon them, and vpon fome fhadowie and drie muddiewals, It growethplentifully ypon the bricke wall in Chauncerie Jane, belonging tothe Earle of Sov ton, in the fuburbes ofLondon,and fiundrie otherplaces, %& The time. Thefe ower manytimesin Tanuarie and Februaric, and when hot weather approcheth,theyae no moreto be feeneall the yeere after. %& The names. many The Grecians haue called thefe plants zevry'e, which Cicero calleth Reduuia. Therebe kindes ofplants,called by the faid name of Paronychia, which hath caufed manywriters to doubo! thetruckinde: but youmay very boldly take thefe plants for the fame, vntill time hath revealed or raifed yp fome newplant,approching neerer vnto the truth: whichI thinke will neuerbe,fothat we maycallthem in Englifh Naile woort,and Whitlowe grafle. ; %& The temperature and vertues. A Astou Shing the qualit ie hereof,we haue nothing to fet downe: onelyit hath beentaken toheadt the difeafe ofthe nailes ca lied a VVhitlowe,whereof it tooke his name. % Theplace. Both t fe ‘ iat ac plants I haue foundein fundrie places where corne hath growen, efpecially B aintiefieldes about Southfeete inKent,, where within fixe miles compaffe thereis no ft a whets; hetein it doth not gtow, Alire Of Fluellenthefemale,or Speedwell. ((bap.187. ‘ P ; hen apes ina fieldenext vnto the houfe fometime belonging to that Honorable gentl Bigeey ; aarcesWalfingham, ax Barne-elmes,andin fundrie places ofEffex; and in the nextfi elde i the churchyarde at Chefwicke neere London,towards the midft ofthe fielde. ; Auguft and September. % The time. The they flower in %& The kindes. There be twofortes offemale Fluellens, % The names. he Theiefenerall titles fet foorth their names as well in Latine as Englith, , % Thedefiriiption. Veronica femina, ot ft Hefirftkindeof Elstine, being of Fuch/ius 8 Mathioluscalled y male Fluellen, fhooteth froma {mall and fibrous rootman flexible andtend , difperfed flat vponthe ground, ramping 8 creeping with leaves like Wammmular the leaues ofElatine are ofan hoarie, hairie, and ouerwome greene colour ; among which foorth manyfmall flowers, of a yellowcolour mixed witha little purple, like ynto hele dragon,hauing a certaine taile or {pur faftened vnto euerie {uch flower,like the herbe cavee™* fpur. The loweriawe or chap of the floweris of a purple colour,and the vppet iawe ofa falle™ low ; which beingpaft,there fucceedeth finall blacke feede contained in round huskes) rootes, like the firlt, bas 2 Thefecondkindeof. latine hath ftalkes, braunches, flowers, and leaues are fafhioned like Evy ium ,and fomewhat refembling a broad arrowhead, ¥ mixed Ww a tne ome :but the {purreor taile ofthe floweris longer, and more purple t in the flower. se The nature and vertues. pha oe ofa fingular aftrin gent facultie,and therebyhelpe them that be gree- A {preading & eating ta. kers.& Bind le ite i on {welling; butof fuch fingularefficacie to heale fe proofe done ek hat their vertue ina manerpaflethall credit in thefe fretting fores vpoa Staten mot she a te perfons, & elpecially vpon aman whomPena reporteth to haue his +h atwerefanoufly y witha canker or eating fore, who fent for thePhifitions and ie i iti, * = en tobe the beft, & they with one confentconcluded tocut the fat shohad oe of his face :among thefe Surgeons andPhificions came a poore forie 10 more skill than he hadlearned bytradition , and yet vndertooke to cure the eat. Thisforefaide Ba uigll rbce arrftanding in the companie and hearing theit determination, def emightmake *Elatinethough , ‘ofan herbewhich he hadfeene his matter vie for the {ame purpofe, which En he were ignoranrof the name wherebyitwas called, yet he knewe wheteto Urtthis herbeheftamped, & gaue the ivice of it vato the patient to drinke, dndont¥ ‘ameplaifterwife,andin very fhort {pace perfectly cured the man,and {taied the tom further corruption,which was readic tofall into aleprofie, tt 3 |