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Show OF THE THE SECOND BOOKE STORIE or Betonie. se The de[cription. flightly indented ad, ofa datke greene colour,at rough, afoot Etonie growethvpwith leaues long andis bro I der, fower {quare, fomewh flen ke ftal The . fawe a e hsafter B about the edges lik esreddif dfomtim ,an s,ofa purplifh colIour high more ofleffe.Itbeareth eared flower rings, manyft of fteth confi roote The ede. the flowerscommethin place long corneredfe dent ineach refpe&, faning thattheflowers of this > Betonie with white dowers islikethe prece e ot ted, as aforefaid, Thetime. i feede waxéth ripe, % Thenames. Water Betonic is called imLatine Betowira aquatita: Of Dtofcorides Clymenum, Galeopfis, and Scrophulavia altera of Dodomeus: of Turner Clynenon ; of fome Sefamordes minus, but not properly ; others § trta: in Dutch S .Antomes tt d the others purpl & Theplace. plant are white,andof greater beautie,an owes, an dcopfes,the borders of paftures, and {uch lke Betonie loueth fhadowie woods,hedger : : places. t in awood bya village called Hampfeede E Betonie with white dowers is feldome feene. Lfoundi of the Queenes counfell calledMa Clarks ofthe one houfe, neer vnto a worfhipfull Gentlemans they flourifh asin theit natural where , garden my for Yaode, from whence broughtplants fter!Va in Englifh : place of growing. se Thetime. Iune andIuly. They flowerand floutifh for the moft part in se The names. Betonica sofdivers Vetonica, but vnpropetly, There Betonieis called in Greeke xis wv:inLatine eta de(cribeth, and Galeain his firltbooke of the is likewife another Betonica, which Paulus Aegin thatis tofay, Betonica,Betonie,and alfo Sat xis called is thatit th fhewe th, gouernt ment ofheal er Sarxiphagon. anoth be defcri doth nding phagon: Diofeore. des notwith{ta & The temperature. force to cut,as Galen faith, Betonieis hot antl driein the fecond degree: it hath : x The vertues. fle, and for thofealfo thathail fickne g fallin the to G& e fubie hatb hemt fort A Betonieis good : heads vponacold caufe. s or {toppings ofthe liver, mil, and Itclenfeth the lungs and chef,it taketh awayobftruétion B gallzitis good againft the yellowiaundies. inf fowet : it preuailech aga Itmakethamanto hanea good, ftomacke and appetite to hi smeate neies and bladder itbree C the kid belchings: itmaketh a manto piffe well : irmitigateth paine o f gl 4 3 keth ftones in the kidneies,and driueth themfoorth. ns: itisa remedie again(the biting is D_ Itisalfo good for ruptures,crampes,and conuulfio G that fpit orpill bloo’s Thepowderof the dried leauesdrunke in wine, is good for themand rave te given. reth all inward wounds, efpecially the greene leaues boiled in wine very gently, and helpeth them that haue The powder taken with meate,loofeth the belly ling ficknes,with madnes and headache, elpeth the agit I Ieis fingularagainftall paines ofthe head,itkilleth wormes in the belly,h H_ by brufing,o! feth the mother,and hath great vertue to heale the bodie, being hurt within Of Water Betonie. ddtie. reof a fcowring A for foule and = boiled witi tee . . fuer mitie Of it, away aketh ¢ wafhed with the B the redneffe and defor- ewoort,or Kernell woort. (hap.234. ) The defeription. ewoort {pringeth vp wi uare two cubites high, ofa r me > : lin: lwaies by couples, as it were nt, oppofite or ftanding one right another, broad, fharpe pointed, {nipped inde about the edges’ like the leaues of the ater Nettle,but bigger, blacker, and nothing {tinging whenthey be touched:the flowers xe ops of the branches are ofa darke purple very like in forme to little helmets? then ommeth yplittle {mall feede in pretie rounde buttons, but fharpe at the end: the roote is whi- tith , befet withlittle knobs and bunches as it were knots andkirnels, There is another Fig woort, called Scrophuteria Indrcasthat hath manyandgreat braunches, (hap.233- % The de(cription. “i Ater Betonie hath great {quare,hollow,and er woorts, and Water Betonie: erature. WL againft poifon. sa frt hucklebone. Itiscommended againft the paine ofthe Sciatica,or acheofthe ie s, efpecia and things, many for good fugar and Thereisaconferue made ofthe flowers and taken with meade ot honied watet,p! headach. A dramweight of the roote of Betonie dried of our age do ra nie cureth yomit,and bringeth foorth grofle and tough humors,as diuers vne in Yorkfhir to the hurts, and is moft fing dogs and venemous ferpents, being drunke and alfo applied FE F y and Auguft; and 'from that hyntl very? browne ftalkes, whereon are ze Vy oT 7 art gree 5 of Nettles, ofafw leaues, notched about the edgeslike vnto thofe OPP ioint, ne € growing for the moft part by two and two asit were fromot ofa da" trons ding oneright againft another. The flowers groweat the top ofthe brani ches, s.ot >! dbullet lour,in fhapeliketolitllehelmets. The feede is fmall, conteinedinroun roote is compaét of manyandinfinite ftrings, ’ trailing heere Jeaues,in fath there vpon the ground, full of e the wilde orcommon Thi- ftle, but altogither without prickes :amongthe leaues appeere the flowers in fafhion like an hoode, on the outfide ofa faint colour,and within intermixt with purple, which beingfallen and withered, there come in place Iknopsve asa at hardeto breake,andfharpe Oo 2 |