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Show THE FIRST BOOKE OF HISTORTE OF PLANT. THE ip \Spareaninn. Butte Reede. %& The defcription. ; 2’ Spareaninm latifolinm, Great Watér Burrey Amelshaie hath leaues verylike vnto Cyperus, his rootes are many, in quantitie meane, full of{mall haires or threds, proceeding fromthe bigger roote deepely growing) in the pround, hauing divers long ftalks like Cyperus grafle, {et w ith fomefmalles leaues, even ynto the top:where do grow many {mall chafhie tufts or pannicles like vnto thofe of the wildeOres, of areafonable goodfmell and fauour whentheyare broken, of the fauourof the Rofe, with acet: { taine biting andnipping ofthe toong, 2 The baftard Camels haie hath long crambling rootes 5 creeping vaderthe vpper face ofthe earthin manerof the Couchgrafle; the ftalkes atelike to Cyperus, fet with long. wheaten leanes,at cuery knot one, and towardthe ground mo, by equall diftances: the {pikic éare ot creft is chaflie, not vnlike tothe Foxetaile grafle , but longer and bigger, fomewhat refembling barley, without {mell. % The place. Theygrow in Aftica,Nabathza,and Arabia,theyare ftrangersin thefe northerneregions, %& The time, ‘Their time anfwereth the other reedes and flags. % Thenames. Camels haie is calledin Greeke sciv@- dpoudmus : in Latin Juncus odoratus, and Scamantlwn, i fhops Squinanthum, thatis, Flos Junci:in French Paftear de Chammean : in Englifh Camels haie, and Squinant. ; se The nature. Theydo heate moderately, and are aftringent. a se The vertues. er 3 a vrine,mooueth the tearmes, and breaketh winde about the ftomacke, At caueth axing and heauines ofthe head: Galem yeeldeththis reafonthereof, bicaufe it heateth i > C moderately and bindeth withtenuitie ofparts. A ccordins to Dia/corides iicovidet his ioniudgement,itit diffolueth According diftc ; and hard lumps in i any part ofthe knottie bodie. D ; The ava or pepe a profitable in drinke, for them that pifle blood any waies: itis gle en In Medicines, that are suiear eet miniftred tto oF o cure cure the pains { and griefes iefe of the guts,ftomacke,lung s, liner, < inet Lraines thy S, othiomnes, and other defects ofthe ftomacke = the dropfie convulfions ot fhrinkingof finewes, : ‘ E _ TheThe fameboiled wi helpeth the inflammation of the matr ix if the woman dofit ouerthe iledinin wine fa : a Oh Hime theteof,and athhifelfe often withit alfo, OF Bi ys ae Reede. Chap. 30. ; ants hath il a both fides with a fharpe creft iigtenee? ae are double edged, OF Pe ree ane sanee 4p, thet phe te long, being diuided into many branches, sarnith e wv ne the leaues, and are two or three 100 " ofa nut. The rooteis full ofhaitie fringe. laces, in the ditches about Saint George his fields, andin the ditch right againft the place of exe- cution,at the end of Southwatke neere London,called Saint Thomas Waterings. . % The time. They bring foorththeir burrie bullets,or feedic knots imAuguft. Y; % The names. Thefe plants of fomeare called. Spargamium. Theophrastus in his fourth booke andeighteenth chapter callech themBatomus:of fome Platanaria.Matter Lyte hath called them Reede Mace;which name.is notveryproper in mine opinion’:I rathercall them Butre Reede.Inthe Arabian toong they are called S¢ farhe Bamon: in Italian Sparsass ofDodoneusCarex. vis Theyare cold and drie ofcomplexion. oie Hefit of thefe plants hath | He be triangled or three {quare. The {talks tow % Theplace. Both thefe kindesarevety common throughout Englana, anddo growe in moift medowes,and {uch like neere vntowater courfes.They plentifilly growinthe fennie grounds of Lincolnfhire,and % The nature. vivts I WE ERRORS s The vertues. Some write, that theknops or rough burres ofthefe plants boiled in wine, are good againft the A bitings ofvenemous beatts,ifeither they be drunke,or the wound wafhed therewith, €d with manyprickly husks orknops, of the bigné 2 The great Water Burre differeth Soni ything fromthe firftkinde in rootes or Jeaues, faué “gs firft hath his leaues rifin De fromthe tuft or knop of the roote : but this kinde § immediately en commi ftalke long a 1ath Wehocadshoal alkefuccctinakwow eteupon (alittle aboue the earth ) the leaues {hoote the ftalke, and fromthe Bb flicant y, omeleaues ftill growing aboge others, eventothe top? : i w : ; _—_ 0 : : 5s with maby g ere ar by rou diftances, downwards dthcertaine Feol nd wh arles or rou eteamong the faidItis whagarnifhed rl ne fingl fh t | co 1 c i EERE GS I ni § 1 coronets hauin o h é eso Of Cats taile. inion d lik oor I Spargan “id Chap.31. was sta _# The defeription, wis endads city Ars taile hath long, rough, thicke andflaggie leaues, full of a pungious matter, like marrow,among whichleaues,groweth vp long {mooth nakedftalke, withour knot or joint, faf 0. firr O. fu {tan > h ung he to broy ne Kno a f ? : . : oy ‘ |