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Show THE SECOND 388 HISTORTIE OF PLANTS. BOOKE OF: THE ,and thet ar ithe ‘Theiuice put into thenofe, ftoppeth the bleeding of thefame, falue, or vngaent an into made mightily clofethi andhealeth rhem,beiny ’ orie of wooleor co The fame taken in a mother {uppofit ‘ se The defeription. ofa cs Thewilde Willowe herbe hath fraileand verie brittle ftalkes slender, and ofthe height « fnipt abou the bite, fometimes higher: whereupon do growe fharpe pointed leaues fomew hat firtt long {lender coddes, whereinis edges , fer togither by: couples. There come foorth at the awaie with thewinde conteined {mall feede, wrapped in a cottonie ot cownte wooll, that is caried of a purplifh.colou, flower whenthe feedeis ripesat the ende of which commeth foorth a fmall en )ftaieth the inore theteofis very well knowneto wom mentermes. Itisreported,that the fume or fmokeof the herbe burned, doth allmaner ofvenemousbeafts, eere vnuillthecodbe whereuponit was called Filius ante Patrem, bicaule the flower doth notapp din the filled with his eede but there is another fonne before the father , as hath beene declare x4 e. chapter of meadowe Saffron.The rooteis fall and threddi OfBarren woort. braunches,wheron Thewoode Willow herbe hatha {lender ftalke divided iinto.other fmaller 8 The flowers growe are fer long leaues,toughand fharpe pointed, ofan ouerwome greene colour, ofa pale purplith colourten atthe tops ofthe braunches,confifting of foweror fiue fmalleaues, wrapped in a certaine white ding to whitenes,after which comelongs cods,wherin are little feeds Epimedium. Barren Woort. downejthatiis caried awaywith the winde, The rooteis threddic. % Theplace. % The defeription. His r are from rh the lly along the medowesas , The yellow Lyfimachia groweth plentifislly in moiftmedowes efpecia divel !il hout England, you go from Lambethto Batterfey neer London sand inmanyothetplaces throug h, neerethe ding waters , orhardeby them.“Itgroweth vider the Bithopshoufe wall at Lambet d. Englan cesof moftpla in t ditches iimmoif ,and Thaies of water The third growerhincerethe waters(butnotin the waters)inall places for the moft part. The fourth growethin Yorkthire ina place éalled the Hooke, neere ynto a clofe called the Cow goodly tobehold,for pafturesfrom whence had thefeplauts, which dogrow my garden very ' 1 my garaen, and in the } Dodonaus ia efeto ‘The fift ecowethhard by the Thames, as ye go from a place called the Diuels Neckerch es banke , among theplank Redreffe, neere yntoa ftilethat ftandeth inyour way vpon the Thames fromthe place of executiar, that do hold vp the fame banke.It groweth alfo in a ditchfide not farre called Saint Thomas Waterings. x The time. Thehierbes Aowerin Iuneand luly,and oftentimes vntill Auguft. % The names. it the edges, andturnin fomewhat as a manturneth his I felues flat k wardes when ceiueth money. V ftalks comef ‘00 leaues, whofe¢€outi : inner fide red, th vertue that ithathin Lifimachia , as Diofcorides and Plinie doe write, tooke hisname of a {peciall , if irbe putal t appeafing the ftrife snd vnrulinéffe which falleth our among. oxenat the plough their yokes: butir rather retaineth and keepeth the name Ly/machia, of King Lyfimachus th herbe, as Pl:wie faith : w of Agathocles,the firft finder out ofthe nature andvertues of this aoneus faith that it never bear ‘ booke,¢ taincth thenameofhimyntothis day, andis made famous of Era/istratus in his 25. r; of theL: it is called in French Cornelle and Corneola: in Greekeavapdyso Thecaufe maybe, fo fawethe {ame dothnot < ture of the plant,as our foile Ruellins vexiveth that ich: Eyfinachium : of Plinie Lyfimachia: of the later writers Salécaréa : i high Dutch Uarener Englifh Willowherbe,orherbe Willow,and Loofe {trife. rooteis finall, and éreepeth alm miott face of theearth, Itbez {mall cods like Saracens Confounc bs ChameneriwmiscalledofGe{nerus Epilobion : in EnglitaBay Willow, or Bay Willowher % The nature. : su The yellowLy/imachia,whichis thechiefe and beft for phificke vies, is colde and die, ance? aftringent. A Se The vertari: te inice according to Déoftorides,is good againft the bloodie ’ Alixe,being taken either bypot orglifter. Itisexcellent good for greene wounds,and ftancheth the blood:being alfoput into thenolt®s B .*. * it ftoppeth the bleedingat thenofe, aaa © 4a gnatsin an {mellof atthe awayand ofthe burned herbe driueth away ferpents, andkilleth craullflies Thefinoke Plinie {peaketh ofiu his 25-booke,chap.8. Gralewanthe which yellows which# ftrife. The fame author affirmethin his 26,booke, laft chap. that it dieth haire veryYY volike to be done byreafon the flowers are yellow, a Le notte D The others hauenot beene experimented, wherefore vntill {ome matter woorthy te M's ; =n ae 3 Soran. x r tetlth Pe doth offeritfelfe vnto our confideration,]will omit further todifcourfe hereof. E . I he inice ofyellow Lyfimachiataken inwardly, ftoppethall fluxe of blood, and the Dy!«# oodie flixe. % £ foorth ofthe grot crooked ftalkes: w pointed lear Sauce alone, or Iac on the decking vp ofhoufés and garderis, and itr head, inthe ftreete< lith, The end of the running {treames;and tan. So Thefecond erowethin places ofgreater moifture; yea almoft inthe : (hap.123. ich p. wh came mae: not to ri penelic inmy garden, by reafon that it was dried awayw Ynaccuftomed ut fhorter: extreme and heate ofthe fiunne, which happenedin the yeere 1590. fince w ich time from yeere toy toy etteir bringeth feedeto perfection, Further Djofcorides and P/inie eddoreport, that itis without tov "ct or feede eth i, Theplace. in the moify t medowe of ve s It alice about Bononia and Vincentia : it groweth in my *owtethin April an 4 3¢all 4 | % The time. d Maywlhen it hath taken fafthold, and ferledit felfe in the earth ayeere se Thenames. Epimedium:1 | haue thought goodto call ic Barren woort in Englifhs not bicaufe that rides faith ir ee sbatren both of flowers and fecdes, but bicaufe as fome authors afirme, being Sunke US. 4$8an0 enim enimi ie to con ception. affme ir th tharititiis % Thetemperature andvertues. mode rately cold, with a waterie moifture: we haueas yet no vie hereof Of |