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Show 886 THE SECOND BOOKECOF/ THE fome forthe ftomacke, whether it be eattn rawe or boileds notwithftandingit is enident thatitis a medicine rather than a nourifhment, Asit is bitterand binding, {0 is itlikewife ofa temperate heate anddryneffe. The heateis not very apparant, butitis foundtobe drie in.the latterend of the fecond degree, as alfo the faid author alledgethinhis difcourfe ofthe faculties of fimple medicines, Diofcorides doth alfo write the {ame: This potherbe,faith he,is caten rawe,fodden,and preferued with great goodtothe ftomacke, it prouoketh vrine : and the decoction therof made with wineand drunke, is profitableto {cowre thie bladder, prouokethvrine, and is good againft the grauelland ftone. C Thehardquils whereon thefeedes did growe, are goodto clenfetheteeth and gums, anddoe way allfilth and baggage fticking in them, without anyhurt ynto the gums, as follow. ¢ eth ew after manyother Toothpicks,andleaugth a goodfent orfauour in the mouth. OfMedefweete,or Queene ofthe medowes. rina prati. Queene of the medowe, % The temperature, Medefveeteis cold and drie,withah evident bindingqualitie adio ined, % The vertues. Thetoote boiled,ormadeinto powd eranddrunke, nke, help helpeth eth thethe bloo bloodje die Ajdiv i andal llother fluxes of bloodin man or wv oma s n, pa Itisteported, that M the fowers boiled in y ine atid dtunke do take away the fi ra _ : rs o int ‘guesandmaketh the hare merrie, 4 vay the fits ofa Wastaine B Theleaues and flowers far excell a WLother ftrowing herbes. for to deck vs hen ; cham! bers,tials, and banketting houfes inthe fomn ad ; C35 oF to decke vp houfes, to ftrowe in Ee le tommer time; forthe finell thereof mitie,delighteth the fenfes ; 5neither the hart dott 1 it Caufe headach, ‘or Iothfomneffe maketh : meas, as fomeé x: other {weere {nelling herbes do. 9 Sthlomnefle tomeate, sedi Thediftilled water ofthe flowers ah cpr met ee Se dro pped into the eies, sig taketh away the burni ng and itching D theeof;and cleereth the &ght. Chap.4.02. OfYf Bur Burnenet t Sax Saify itage. : ve The defeription. His herbe hath leaues like thofe of Agrimonie,confifting ofdiuers leaues fetypon a middie rib, like thofe of the Athe tree, 1 Pimpinella Saxifraca Bitte Saxifiage, ‘5 , Chap 404, sail, ‘ 2 Bipinella, fue Saxifraca minor, Sniall Burnet Saxifiace, eucrie finall leafe flightly {niptabout the edges, white onthe inner fide, and on the vppet fide crumpled or wrinkled like thofe of thedlme tree, whereof it tooke the name ///maria, of the fimilirude or likeneffe that the leaves havewith the Eline leaues, The ftalke i foote high, rough and v e colour ; onthetop whereof are very manylittle flowers, clulte breake, of a reddifh pu and erowing togither, of a white colourte to yellownedle, and ofapleafant fweetfn ase the leaueslikewife : after which con feedes,fimall, crookedly turning or winding with another, madeinto a fine little head. ; roote hath a fweete fell, {preading far abtow, blacke without, & ofa darkithred colour witnn. & The place. rea ches Itgroweth in the brinkes of waterie . and riuers fides, andalfo in medowes: ae waterie and moift pl es, and groweth alimol euerie where. ee B HISTORIE OF PLANTS , se The time. It fowreth and Goutifheth in Tune; Iuly, 04 Avgouft, ko The wanes. Peer Imi (gniist Itis called of the later age Reginapratiand Barba Capriof{omein aria, afoltoriam V ist dime takenfromthelikeneffeit hath withthe Elmetree leafe: inbigh Dutch Seilgbaty led Barba Hirciwhich name belongeth tothe plant which the Grecians docall Tragopret willara,Potentillamatora: Uchathfome likenefle with Rhodora Pling, butyetwe canno be thefame. Ivis called in lowe Dutch §Retinettey in’ French Barbe d cheare, R Englifh Maidefweete, Medow{weete, and Queene of the medowes. € ¢ rootes, faith itis i Le irhackneyoe™ feeme to beeaten with wormes, I rathetfppofe they callitfo, bicaw erhe ancie! rhe botsa™ andhorfe leaches, doe giue'the deco¢tioi thereof to their horfes andafles, aga wormes, forthe whichitis greatly commended. 47H er aaahe defexiption. aarti His Steat kin A ikea Parfire, cof Pimpinell,or ratherSaxifrage, hath great andlong rootes , fa ithioinrs oot 2hot and biting taftelike Ginger;from whichrif With ioj ote cubits high) befee withlitgeIeaties, which do more neerelyreRegan tec Orrather the garden Part t fteth of many 0 the ftallg mmc sihiprordented abourthe ANd bitin oy zes like a fawe : the flowers do $1n white rourid tisfos. the fecdéis like the commonPaifley,fanitig that Binlis ike Pon the toong. a Heakinde of Burnet or Pimpinell,vpon which Pena hath beftowed thisadditiKkk 4 : on |