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Show abaaallil ak naan SECOND BOOKE THE 1 Anarallisfen Becabunga. Brook HISTORDE OF PLANTS.© 117 OFI THE a Anag allis Aguatscé, : 497 % The place. ditches, The yellow Pimpernel I They gtoweby titers fides fmall running brookes,and waterie fond rowingin Hampfteed wood neere Li yndon,and in many other woods and copfes, Thetime. Theybring forth their flowers aridfeedein Iuine,luly and Auguft, ¥ The names. f the WaterPimpernellis called Anagallis aquatica ; of molt Becabunga, which is borrowedo fome wherupon Ber/e, in’French t ghen Beeckpur Diitch inlowe t Germaneword Bachpiuahert call Greciaas the which that is Berula that reporteth Marcellus nding notwithfta docall it Berulas s uotrather Crefles’: it is thotightto be epee, tharis to fay, of thegarden; which Diofcoride well agree. But ifit be there writethto be like vnto Purflaine,whereunto this Brookelime dothvery moft partsthis Pimpernel forthe r gardens,o onelyin either groweth it fe zwmulebicau be to forelaid being altoosBrookelime fhall notbelike vnto it, which growethno whereleffe thanin gardens, rofhisowne nature wilde, defiring to growin waterie places,and{uch as be continually ouerfowen: in Englith the firftis called Brookelime,andthe reft by noe generall name; VVater Pimpernélor Water Chickweede,beinglikewife a kinde thereo f, The temperature. Brookelitieis oftemperature hot anddric like Water Crefles,yet not fo much. se The vertues. Brookelime is eaten'in fallads, as Water Creflesis, andis good againft thatémpcec malwm, of A fuchasdivell neeré the Germaine feas;whichthey call Scuerbupeke,or as we termeit the Scuruie «Shtbie, being vfed after the fame manerthat Water Creffesand Scutuie grafleis vied, yetis it g - 3 Anagallis aquatica minor. Small water Pimpernell. 4 Anagallis aquatica miner Pale flowred water Pimp nototfo great operation atid vertue: : Theheibeboiled maketh a sod fomeritation forfwollen legs,and the dropfie. B Theleaues boiled, ftrained; andftamped in a {tone mortar withthe powderof Fenugreeke, Line- C feede, the rootes of marfh Mallowes, and foie hogs greace, ynto the formeof a Cataplafma or pults, taketh away any {welling inleg or arine, woundesalfo that ate ready tofallinto apoftema=; itdefendeth mightily thatno humornoraccident fhall happen ynto it. I leauesofBrookelime ftampedyftrained, and ginento drinkein wine, helpeth theftrangutie D softhe bladder, eeine, andthe tendrelsofApparagus, eaten withojle, vineger and pepper, E pe tanguriednd ftone, Chap.185. Offinking Growid Pine. x: The kindes. Hete mibe ¢ didivers fortes of Ground Pines growing neere vntothe fea, the which may be num“amongthe wildekindes ofSea Chickweedes. % Thede/cription. Here hath beene much adoe among writers about the certaine knowledge of the that plant,which ofall others es Aathyllis ofDiofeorides: Iwill therefore fet downe ofioints, not £|isfound moft agreeable thereunto. It hath many finall branches full with {mall leanes ofa pale colour, Theflowers of Ing Lenticula, otrather Aline minima, the fall Chickweede. atthe ton mar Poredeabice high, cteeping findry waies, befer minus ; it fotteseep ot the ftalke, far fafhion, ofan hetbie colour like Boxes or Sedum Simall feedes tlenaer, knottic,; and long, what long,flender; comeréd huske, ‘The toote is fomewhat Ythruft in inathree : plantis faltith,bitcenin tafte, and fome- ! 9 nto the ground like Soldaeda : all the whole veapag kind ofAnthylis; that hath been taken for Chamafice ofancient wtiters, w hich i s agteewith truth, bicanfe thar this plant yeeldethno milkie iuice at all} and: chamiefice ticof milke like the Tithymales ; fothat of neceffitie chismauft needes be (as Thaue The : wert or Sea Pine, whichin thewrefembleth Heraiaria, or chamefice. and videt colours purple white ofa fmall, flowers the ; heat: and fharpe in tafte “edeis inclofedinlittle huskes,much lefler than C4vopedsem,or the baftard Bafill. ita. Aathylis |