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Show b THE THE SECOND BOOKE OF es HISTORIE 4. Pilofellaflore carulee, Blewe Moufeare, Pehla. Pilofella minor latifolia Broad leafed Moufeare. OF PLANTS. OfCotton weéde,or Cudweede. nod Chap.195. 2 Gnaphalinm vulgare. 1 Gnaphalinm Anglictim, Englifh Cudweede, Common Cudweede, |yeie TW : j > maive ANS % Theplace. Thefe plants do growe vponfandie bankes,and vntoiled placesthatlie opento theaire. & The time. Theyflower in Mate and Iune. ricula muris: in Dutch Mageleeutjt,and Wypytang, of fome Holoftivm lacuna: in French Oreileé rat ou fourés:inItalian Pelofima: in Englifh great Moufeare{mall Moufeare,and blewe Mouleate, % The temperature. They are hot and drie of temperature , of an excellent aftringent facultie, withacertaime™ tenuitie admixed, i % The vertues. A te The deco&tionofP#lofella drunke, doth cure and heale all wounds,both inwatde and outwalts itcureth hernies,ruptures orburftings. se B ‘Theleaues dried and madeinto powder,profite muchin healing woundes being ftrawed ttt vpon. c The decottionor theiuiceisof fach excellencie, that if fteele edged tooles glowi drenched and cooled thereinoftentimes it maketh themfo hard, that theywill cut {tone or itneuerfo hard withoutturning the edge or waxing dull, D_ © Thisherbebeing vfedin gargacifines cureththeloofenefle ofthe Vuula. Being taken in dtinke it healeth the fluxes of the wombe , as alfo the difeafes called Dy) % * The defcription ¢p . . flender andvprightftalks, J . Ante é hathfundrie diuidedintomany branches, and ; o : highas common Wormwood, whofe colour and fhape it doth much refem@Willow leafeb, rae fhoote from the bottomeofthe turfefull of hairés, int fhape fomewhatlike or Fleawoorts which d clowe, but aboue they be narrower,Ni andlike: the leaues among Lye : of P/ylium, be, lo Stowfinall y eee pale colouredflowers;like thole of the fall Cowiza or Fleabane : the I % The names. Great Moufeareis called ofthe later Herbarifts Pilo/éla : the {maller likewife Pilofella, and Me Jol: Nol Nett est : The tisof a bitter tafte, » Hlecond be; ‘ ; cheslong aes our commonGraphalinm, or Cudweede, is ‘ a bafe ot lowe herbe, nine or ten me hani ‘ ‘white ng many {mall ftalkes or tender= branches, and little leares, coueredall: ouer with © White c = tOPPoftheofthe ai ftalkes, fine wool,andveryJ thicke. The flowers be yellow,afid } saggrowelike buttons tde kin z _ tg de of Cudweede, or Cotton weedebeing ofthe fea,isFielike vnto the other Cud- alrogitherfmaller andlower, feldome and: white cottonleaues, but is han if ~ge Ngan S4thand ‘ am “Olour and fa(hi ullhigh, The flowers groweat the\top of the ftalkes in {mall roundbuttons, of he Sitchbet like the other Cudweede. . ; . ; be 4 Z cing 3 dha. thseon Cotton weéde 6f the hils ‘and ftonie mountaines, is fo exceeding white DY hye Pidere soi * would thinke iets bea plant nade of wooll, which may verycafily be kriowen hefifekinde Ome other defcription: : “latthat this oo a Weede hath leaties and ftalkes like the other ofhiskinde, anddifferech : ountries makea fyrupe of the iuice of this herbe, W™ » confumption, andprificke, Thefixt;s have eareth a buth ortuft ofpurple flowers,otherwife itis very like. Slike yr : e 4 voy dof an a+, itothe laft recited; but gteater: the flowers are of an excceding bright red co- » tomaticall fweete finell Kk 2 3 Graphalinm |