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Show en anadeb Soa HISTORIE. OF PLANTS, THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE 524 1 Tanacetnre oe Theplace. They growe euety where in gardens, andare cherifhedfortheirfweete flowers and leaues, ; %& The time. Tanfie, 2 Tanacetwncr Double Ex QO eer monethes, Theybring foorth their tuftes of yellow flowers,in the {ommer % The naties. Coftmarieis calledin Latine Bal/amita maior ormas : of fome Costus hortorum: it is alfocalled MenthaGracaand Saracenica officinlarum : of Tragus Alifina: ofAtathiolus HerbaGreea: ofothers e,and Alecoat Saluic Romana,and Herba laffulata : offome Herba D.Marze: in Englith Coftmari in high Dutch frauiwenktaut :in lowe Dutch epouttch windkraut + in French coq, Gila: of Valerimcn. Mandelein is without doubt akinde of Coftmarie, called of the Italians Costsminer hortai dus Mentha Corymbiferaand Eupatorium Mefue: ofDiofcorides Ageratum,& F in Englifh Maudelein. s The nature. They are hot and drie in thefecond degree. se The vertues. or outwardly do A Thefe plants are very effeétuall,efpecially Maudelein,and takeneither inwardly matrix, prouokevrine,and the fume thereof doththe like,and mollifieth the hardnesof the fe herbes whet Coftmaricis putinto ale to fteepe,as alfo intothe barrels and ftands amongtho B with they do make fageales which drinke is very profitable forthe difeafes aforefaid. , adding thereto C The leaues ofMaudleine and Adders toong ftamped and boiledin oile oline r incarnatineflue little waxe,rofin, anda little turpentine,maketh an excellent healing vnguent,o hadlongape to raife or bring vp flefh from a deepe andhollowe woundeor vicer, whereofhaue rience. D th warme and drie the brainegnd The conferue made with the leaues ofCoftmarie and fugar,do ,and deftillations,takem int rheumes s, Cartarrhe l {toppethal fame: the of s {topping e openethth quantitic ofa beane. ti Theleaues of Coftmatie boiled in wine and drunken, cureth the griping paine ofthe bellie, guts,and bowels,and cureththe bloodieflixe. F Itis good for themthat haue the greene ficknes, or the dropfie, efpecially in the beginning, ant ithelpeth all that haue a weake and cold liuer. E Thefcede expelleth all manner ofwormesout ofthe belly,as wormfeede doth. G Of Tanfie. Chap.199. %e The defierption. Anfie gtoweth vp with many ftalkes bearing on the tops ofthemrcertaine cluftercat Cammomill,or Feuerfewe(" with flowers like the rounde buttons ofyellow Romaine out anyleaues paled about them)as yellowe as golde. The leauesbelong, made ast , ot rather wilde Tanfie, : of a great manyfet togither vponone ftalke,like thofe of Agrimoni¢ like tothe female Ferne.but fofter andleffer, and euerie one of themflafhedin the edgesasi Icaues ofFerne, Therooteis tough,and ofa wooddie fubftance, The whole plant is baxter m™ i : and ofa {trongefmell,but yet pleafant. and curled witha,” 2 Thedouble Englith Tanfie hath leaues infinitely iageedand nicked, the other,bothin fmell and tafte,asallo inflow vntoa plumeoffeathers:it is altogither like vntowherin efpecially confifteth thedifference: but more pleafantlyfinelling by many degrees, 3 Thethirdekindeof Tanfie hathleaues, rootes, {talkes, and brauriches ike the other, 2° fereth fromthem,inthatchis hath nofmell or fauouratalljand the flowersare like thecomm gle Fetherfewe. , i 4 The fourth kinde of Tanfie hath broad leaues muchiagged and well cut, Tike the leaves” therfew,but{mallerand more deepely cut, Theftalke is fmall, a foote long, whereupo” Cel anda Milfoi herbeis+in fmc#* little tufts oflittle white flowers, like the tufttofof Milfoil i ee ; the commonTanfie,but not altogitherfo firon eo like Ss 3 Tae 4. Tanacetiun Small Tanfie. EY |