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Show THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE OfSnakeweede. Y Biforta maior. Snakeweede. Chap.81. 2 Bistorta minor. Small Snakeweede, 529 HISTORIES OPRTPLANTS. ersand feed, The roote is tuberous like the other,but fmaller,and not {o.much crooked; » Broadeleafed Snakeweede‘hath manylarge vneuen leaues, fmooth and very greene: among which rife vp Small bricele {talks of two handes high, bearing at the topa faire {pike of flowers, like vnto the eteatBiftort. Theroote is knobbie or bunched, crookedlyturned or wrythed this way and thatway,whereof ittooke his name Bestorta, ws The place. I Thegreat Biftort groweth in moift and waterieplaces,and in the darke fhadowie woods,andis very commonin moft gardens, 2 Thefmall Biftort eroweth in great abundance, in Weftmerland, at Crosby, Ratenfwaith, at thehead of a parke belonging to one MafterPickermg, from whenceit hath beene difperfed into many gardens,as alfo fent vnto me fromthence for mygarden, se The time. They flower in May,and the feedeis ripe in Iune, & The names. Bifortais called in Englifh Snakeweede; in otherplaces Oifterloit: in Chesfhire Pafshions.and Snakeweede, and there vied for an excellent potherbe., Itis called B/orta, of his writhedrootes, andallo Colubrina,Serpentaria Britantica, Dracontion PlingDracunculus Dedon. and Limonium Gefnet, : % The natures Biftort doth coole and drie,in the third degree. ui %& The vertues. A The ihice of Biftort put vp into the nofe, preuaileth muchagainft the difeafe called Polypws,and ~ tebiting offerpents,or any venemous beatt,being drunke in wine,or the water of Angelica. The tooteboiled in wine and drunke,ftoppeth the laske,and bloodieflixesit ftaiethalfo the ouermuch flowing ofwomens m onethlyficknefles, c Thetootetakenas aforefaid,{taieth vomiting, and healeth the inflammation, and forenes ofthe moth andthrote ? itlikewife faftenethloofe teeth, being holdenin the mouth for a certaine {pace andatfundrie times, ; %& The defeription. HegreatBiftort hath Jongleaues mm OfScuruiegrajfesor Spoonewoort. (hap.82. like Patience,but fnnaller &moren led or crumpled, onthe vpperiice fi datke greene, and vnderneath ofa blewilh gr colour, much like Woade.. The ftalkets fmoothe, aridtender, having at che topiaye” whitith flowets® knap or-eare, fet full of {mallrootei s all in lump clining to carhation,, The without fathion ; within of ated colout Tike vo fleflh,in tafte like the kernell ofanacomntun 2 The fimall Biftort hath leaues about i inches long; and.of the bredthof.a mae the vpperfide.is of a greene colour, ane” neath of an ouerworne ercenifh colour:4 whichtifech ypa ftalke,of the height ofp ofioints or knees, bearing at the top fachtors asthe great. Biftorcbeareth 5 which being the feedes appeere ofthe bignes ot a Tarts! dith of colour 3 euerie feede having OM greene leafe faftened thereunto, with many” 4 o leaues thruft-in among the| wholeshynch bunch % The defcription: ; I R Oundleafed Scurnie grafle is alowe orbafe herbe: it bringeth foorth leaues vport {mall aeke ofameane length scoimming inimediately fromthe roote, verie manié but ofno teat de a a uning greene cdlour,fomewhat broad,thicke,hollowe like'a little fpoone, takesofafan ne penis cornered about theedges: among whichIeanes {pring vp frnall lland reddith ea ne do grow manylittle white flowers after which commeth the feede, ‘Ootes be {mall white a inlitele flat pouches or feedeveffels likethofe of garden Creffes. The The isn ot tl ireddie. The whole plantis ofa hotand {picie afte. i les but dltogither sents or {pdonewoort,hath leaues fomwhat likea {poone,hollow in the Pointed ac if vnlike the former: the leaués heereof are bluntly toothed about the edges, siclomwhatlong: theftalks rife vpeamong thé Jeaues, of thelength ‘of hali¢ a flowers with fome yellownefle in the middle :whichbeing paft,there ant ke vato’a pouch not-vnliketo thofe of fheapherds purfe, greche at Xtyellowith Ther pu iand laftly,whenthey bexipe ofa browne colourorof the colour of afilberd mall and tender, compaét ofa numberof threddie ftrings verie thicke thriilt toin mar o nner of a little turffe, mS i Cothlearia |