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Show HISTORIE ‘OF PLANTS: THE SECOND BOOKE: OF THE Of Clote Burre, or Barre Docke. Chap.276. % Theplace. waie leading ftom DraiThe fitft eroweth cuctie where: the feconde ffounde in the high in the high waie beton to Iver, two miles ftom Colbrooke, fince which time I haue founde ir A inor. 2 Bardanam 7 1 Bardana maior. The great Burre Docke? 665 clofe fhut bring foorth long fall vnto mens gatihents 5 they do not openat all, but b cing kept nd groweth nordeepe, fedes, The rooteis faftned with very manie ftringsya Theleffe Burre Docke, tweene Stahes andEgehain, ; % The time. Theirfeafonis in Tulie and Auguft. We % The names. ‘The great Burteis called in Greeke #pxsiov: in Latine Perfonata, perfonatia,and _Aremmm: in fhops Bardang, and Lappamaior :in high Dutch ®2ofgkiettens in lowe Durch Gpete cltfiensin French Glowteron:in Englith Great Burre, Burre Docke,or Clot Burre:Apuleius befides thefe doth alfo fetdowne certaine other names belonging to Clot Burre , as Dardana, BacchionElephantofis,Neelion,Manifolinms. v? in Latine Xanthium: infhops Lappa Thelefler Burre Docke is called of the Gracians minor, Lappainuerfaandofdivers Strumaria: Galen {aithitis alfocalledPha/ganion, & P: 02 orherbe Victorie, being but baftarde names, & therefore not properly focalled:in Englifh Loufe Butte, DitchBurre,and leffer Bure Docke; it feemethto be called xanthinm ofthe effeG, for the Burteor ftuite before it be fully withered being ftampedandput intoan earthenveflell, and after- wardswhen need requireth the weight oftwo ounces thereof and fomewhat more,being fteepedin watmewatet and rubbed on,maketh the haires ofthe head red3 yet the head is firft to be drefled or nubbedwith niter,as Dioféorédes writeth. % The temperature. Theleaues of Clot Burre are of temperature moderately drie and wafting; theroote is fome- 4 thinghot; Theleedeofthe leffer Burteas Galen faithhath powerto digeft, thereforeit is hot and drie. % The vertues. The tootes being taken with the kernels of Pine apples, as Dis/corides witnefleth, are good for A them that fpit bloudand corrupt matter. {hii faith that the fame being ftamped with alittle falt and applied to the biting of amadde RB : : the fame,and fo fpeedily fettethfree the ficke man. tahoe bat theiuice of the leaves giuento drinke with honie,procuteth wrine, and tay the paines of the bladder, andthat thefame drunke with olde wine doth.woonderfully \ %& The defeription. he leaues ofGott ; Lot Burre bringeth foorth broad leauesand hairie, far bigger thenth fideateota and ofgreater compafle,thicker alfo,and blacker , which on the vppet ered,thi Ora is :theftalke white fomewhat e neatherfid the on greene colour,and si fet with like leques but farre leffe , ditided into very many wings and branches, great Burres roundlike bullets or bals, which are roughall ouer, and full of eee oO hat Kles, taking holde on mens garmentsas they paffe by ; out of the tops whereo! Be + oo thrummed,or all of threds,ofcolourpurple: the feedcis perfe@ted within the ee and this feedewhenthe burtes open, and the winde bloweth, ts caried away with tHe rooteis long,white within,and blacke without. 2 ourlikeoer Thelefler Burre hath leaues farre fmaller then the former, of alight green col fulloflitt of Orach’, nicked round aboutthe edges :the ftalke is a foote and a halfe high, 1 th do. 1 fpots,diuiding it felfe into manybranches; the flowers before the Burres come hoor the thefinall ftalkes round about, they are burlittle and quickly vade away: then follows : the fruit outofthe bofome ofthe leaues,in formelong, onthe tops of the brancne an Oliuc ora Cornell berrie, rough like the bawles ofche Planetree , an d being couc™ hepeagaintt the bitings oferpents, iaett hia theherbe beaten withfale and laid vpon thefearifying 3 which . made D ismore a, oe tafor,draweth outthe poifon ofthe vipers and thatalfo the tote being a amped ThefhlofChen ferpents & that the'tooteinlike maner is good againft the kings cuil. : fltandpe i : sutre before the buts come foorth, the riride pilled of, being eaten ong with F, Der itin Ppstsor boiled in the broth offar meate,is pleafant to be eaten :being taken in thatmaniy ctealeth feed and ftirreth vp luft. dedini e ie ents efpecially boiled,if the kemell of the Pine appiebe ise a E then theroore is, sandisnolefleanaileable againft the vicer of the lungs ; and {pitting of blou wearer! and {trained with a good draught ofale, is amoft approoued medicine for a G soe hi tomacke. Treacle ee randpregtomachus,and the whites ofegges,of eche alike quantidesiavaiets ina ynadles H s Kmiraculonf| i pears leafe,andfo appliedto the gout, haue beene prooued oftentime ommerey erooth- J feed againfth -Arcion viswith at theee — ‘ eat tersi ‘ Dihoadesc eee aeee ofthe ronteso £ ~— t saa heifithe ies. ee a we A nerev eh to alfo that itis good ile in the mouth: Cleéssand affirtheth thatitmay be drunk with wine againft the ftranguty,& paine in the hip. ; “ re ' te ilsidaeles je Spiceseee the fruit is very goodto be laid yato pis : etic:the whitesin éd,wathed, ftampedand ftrained with Malm ey: pest eee a ro the yolkes ifthere be aaace and ftrengthneth the backe, |latt “SS ,the pond f nwomen,nd “ “ drunkfir andB teanoae togither, ‘Fol acornes,a nutmegs brued or mixed |