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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. OF THE THE SECOND BOOKE 454 the fam founde aid aforef nde inyfrie where elmes Barne by as hathbeene fowen, i where , garden my for fome ht Kentin fundrie places, from whence broug h, portet Penate as faide, mafore by Chipna % The time. d September, Thefe flower for the moft part from Maie to %& The mames. in theitdefcriptionsfhall fufice, That which hath beenefaide oftheir feuerall names & The nature. They are coldein the feconde degree janddrie in the % Thetime. Itfowreth and flourifheth in Maic,Iune,lulic,and Auguft, thirde,aftringent and making thicke, The vertues. The inice ofKnotgrafle is good againft the {pitting ofbloude, rhza, iffues and fluxe ofbloud: it preuaileth againft the Gonor the piffing of bloud, andallother and the weakneffe of the backe, bes ingmadeina tanfie with egges. B 454 7 % The place. that lie wide open Itioyethin barren and fandic grounds ,andis hkewife founde in dankith places exceedingly. garden my in andprofper growe doth tothe inne,it aide, in as ample manner as theiiuice, and Thedecottion of Knotgrafle cureththe difeafe aforef th the vicers & inflammations ofthepriuie or fecretpartsot being boiled in honie andwine, itcure h fuchas piffe drop by drop whea Dioféorides faith that Knotgraffe prouoketh vrine, and helpet medicine made with Knavd, Here according to my promife I haue thought good to infert this 5 se Thenames. — Itiscalledofthe latter Herbariftes Hermiaria , and Herniola: taken fromthe effe& in curing the a, and Empetron: in French Boutonet: in Englifh Rupture woortand Burftwoort, ‘ se The temperature. Rupturewoort doth notably drie,and throughlyclofeth vptogither and faftneth. 2 % The vertues. 1 Itis reported, that being drunkeit is fingular goodfor ruptures, andthat very many that haue A beene burften,were reftoredto health by the vfeof this herbe : alfo the powder heereof taken with winedoth make aman to piffe that hath his water ftopt, andthat it wafteth awaie the ftonesin thekidneies,and expelleth them. man or woman. C the vrineis hot and fharpe. D ifImight withoutoffence, it fhoulde be which herbeis called (as Ifaide before)Pariley Piert; but was giuen by fome fimple man who Piert, y Parfle called Petra Pungens: for that barbarous worde th mutt be giuen inwatme whichfollowe had not well learned the true terme. The compofition ding to thé conftitution ofthe bodie which saccor more or es {crupl two ea dram,y a halfe white wine E Ofwilde Time. 1 Wilde Serpillumvulgare. Time Chap.164. 2 Serpillum vulgareflore albo. White wilde Time. is toreceiueit. e hetbesbedried, Baie bettts Theleaues ofParfley Piert, Moufeare,of eche one ounce whenth of Briere feedes in the berries of heppes Turmericke, Cloues,the feedes ofthe great Burre, the , the waight of 24.Barley cornes, of halfea Fenugrecke,of: eche one ounce,the ftone in the oxegall in mannet aforelaide, and drunke dram, made togither into a moft fine and fubtill powder, taken hath bene prooued moft fingular for the difeafe aforefaide. OfRupture woort. Hertiaria. Rupture woort, Ae SEey Be A) ai (hap.163. x The defeription. ¢ : Hereis alfo.a kinde of Knot grafle comms T ly called in Latin Herniaria: in Englifh : woott,or Rupture grafle. Itis abales ture fall fh . lowe creeping ‘herbe, having many braunches trailing vpon the grounde syetw ree tough and full of little: knots f{omewhbat whereupon do gtowe very {imall leaues likett Time;among which comefoorth liccle yell flowers which turneinto very finallfeede, a fmalnetee quantitie thereof, confidering the plant, growing thicke cluftering rogither) taine {paces. ‘The whole plant !s of ayanc” greene colour.The rooteis very {lender There-is another kinde of Hermiarig” . le granaor all feed,that groweth vpuig high, with manie {mall andtender braul but few nui : with leaueslike the former, im ; n10 m es anedino leau l fal two were uing tee a ris asit £ , cs _ whole plant feemeth as it were couered ouer with feedesor.graines like the feea or" muchleffer, ei ; eae xe The defeviption. » Sa Ne ga : ‘mie make twokindesof Serpillum, thatis, of creeping ot wilde Time, Beanies e Z re creeping T imewhich is fo well knowen,that it needeth ho Ore, this ye thal] vnderftand,that it beareth flowers of a purple colour,as euerie kinde I found anotherfore,with flowers as white as fnowe.and haueplanit becommeth anherbe of great beautie. 4 ; : flowers, differeth not fromthe other, but onely in bring eth foorth white tha bring ¢ Time ethat he dower and fatiour refernKinde of Serpillum , which growethin gardens, in finellbut fomewhat whiter, putting ah leaues like Organie, or wilde Matierome, er, and harder, The flowers xes,fer full ofleaues like Rue, but longer, narrow nich t{mell, The whole plant groweth vpright, whereas he otlier cree- ag hold where it groweth, and{preading ifelfe far Ff4 |