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Show THE SECOND BOOKE' OF THE HISTORIE Of PL ANTS % The de[cription, 1 Pilix mas, Male Ferne, 3 nis {mall Gall‘wm or ladies little red bedftrowe, hath beene taken for akinde of wilde Madders neuerth¢leffe itisakindeof Ladies bed{trowor cheeftenning, as appecreth both by his veteuesia tutning for cheefé , as alfo byhis forme being in each refpectlike vntoyellowGadiam, and ; 1milke inthe colour of the flowers ,which are of a darke red colour witha yellowe pointleinthe confifting of fowerfimall leaues : the feede wherofwas fent me from Argentine, or Strawf: ighin Germany. 4 There islikewifeanother fortof Galliamfor diftinG@tion fake called Mollugo,which hath ftalkes that neede not to be propped vp,but ofit felfe ftandeth vpright,andis like vato the commonwhite ereceiuedfromacitizen of Strawsborough the feedes ofakind ofGaléamwith red flowers, ¢feenein thefe parts beforethis time. % The place. The firft groweth ypon funnybankes neere to the borders of fieldes,in finitfull foiles almofteue- rie where. The fecond growethin hedges among bufhes in moft places. The third groweth in marifh grounds, andother moitt places. The fourth groweth vpon mountaines andhilly places,andis not yet found in England. % Thetime. wer moft ofthe fommer moneths. %& The names. | is called in Greeke> :ithath that name ofmilke, calledin Greeke 24a, into which tis put as Cheefe renning: in Latine likewife Gadiwm:in high Dutch Wemerkrauit, Wall utch U@Halftrag:in French Petit Aduguet: in Italian Gee: in Spanilh Coasa leche yerua: ith our Ladies Bedftraw,Cheefe renning, Maides Haire,and petie Mugwet. ; e others are Species Lappagznis,akindeof{mall Burre,fo taken ofthe ancients, of the { othnes of the leaues,andis commonlycalled AzZclago: diuers take them for kinds dder,namingit Rubia fylueftris, or wilde Madder: bur Madderthat groweth ofitfelfe ditteret not fromthe plantedor tame Madder,wherofwe haue found none in England,thatl canlearnof, % Thetemperature. ; Thefe herbes efpecially that with yellow flowers, is dry and fomthing binding, as Galen faith, % The vertues. ; . A The flowers ofyellow Maides Haire,as Dio/corides writeth,is yfed in ointments againft burni ngs, andit ftanchethbloud: it is put into the Cerote or Cerecloth of Rofes: it isfeta funning n4§alle withoile Oliuetill it be white:it is good to annoint the weariedtraueiler: the roote thereof drunke in wine ftirreth vp bodily Iuft : and the flowers finelled vnto workeththe fame effed., ‘he B_ Theherbe thereofis vied for Rennet to make cheefe, as ALathiolus reporteth, fayings us He people of Thufcaneor Hetruria ,do vie it to turne their milke , thatthe Cheefe whichtheym of fheepes and Goates milke might be the fweeter and more pleafantintafte , and alfo more na fome,efpecially to breake the ftone, asit is reported. : to vit C_ The people in Chefhire,efpecially about Namptwich where the beft Cheefeis made, ao We in their Rennet,efteeming greatlyof that Cheefe aboue other made without it. D bit «Linde. 0 Wefinde nothing extantin ancient writers ofthe vertues andfacultiesof th ne white kinde, are as lierbes neuer had in vfe,either for Phificke or Chirurgerie. I Hemale Ferne bri n gethfoorthprefently fromthe roote broad | hard,eafieto be br oken,of fpred abroad like wings a ight greene colour,and{trong {mell,more compounded as it were of a great nt ber ft deri eue ty one wh lereofis like a feather, and nicked in the edges, ¢ Sttwete with a verie fi he eartite coloured‘duft or{pots \ s which whic many "etoorecon fif teth mwhat then ite long, pon one of a number oftufts or threds,andis thicke and “and feede,an d altogi ther barren. The erfer emnal ale Ferne hatl r ineitherflowers norfeed, but one tinge, j Sedeed hanis onely ft: a pith within Cer ofdiuers colours, thewhich bei le forme of this ftande very many le; “all:es of th aipred Bagle:about ' ~~ et al € Fern in 7 : ag €sbut Jefler: the rootei.s long and| "Wand th acke,and: creep e en ai ninch thicke,or fomew hat thinner; this alfo of aftrong{inel Lasist % The place. 2 tc the Fetnes are de] ighted Of Ferne. 1 ‘ ; = ‘ : : Chap.4.49. % The kindes. : . é . . 1 recorth there De Here: bediners forts of Ferne, differing as well in forme as place ofgrowing, eae ycall 5 ; e twoforts according tothe old writers, the Maleand the Female, and thefe be propprope’) Feme: the others hauetheir proper names asfhall be declared, to gtowe in barren, dri¢, and défert placess andas Xechitis vrend,flix inn afeitur agrts. I therneth Not y Pin mannred and dunged places D9 C2 ap. , for if itbedungedas Theophraftusin his8, aPter reporterh 1 Fis z Tey wr ; 41IN Open 3 1S often foun , ; j s Itwithereth away. and champion places,on mountaines and flonie grounds as Dioftorides E 3 5 J d about the bordersoffields vnderthornes andin fhadowie woods, % The |