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Show 668 HISTORIE THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE 2 Petafitisfolia. 1 Petafites sfites fiflorens. Butter Burrein flower. OF PLANTS. Of/mall Celandineor Pilewoort. Chap.279. The leaues ofButter Burre, % The kindes. Herebetwokindes of Celandine,according to the olde writers, muchd figure: the one greater,the other leffer, which I intende to deuide into tw matfhalling them as necre as may bewith their like,in forme andfigure , and firft ofthe landine, Chelidoninm minus, Pilewoort, % The defeription. Heleffer Celandine hath greene rounde leaues,fmooth, flipperie, and fhining, lef e then theleaues ofthe Iuie : the 25 are flender, fhort, andfor themoft part cteeping vp- on the ground: they bring foorthlittle yellowe flowers like to thofe of Crowfoote, and after the flowers there fpringethvpa little fine knopo£ head fulloffeede: the roote confifteth offlender ftrings , on which do hang as it were certaine graines , of the bignefle of Wheate cores, or bigger. % Theplace: It groweth in medowes, by commonwaies, by ditches and trenches, & is common euery where; in moift and dankith places. %& The time. It commethfoorth about the Calends of March,and flowreth little after: icbeginneth to fade away in Aprill, itis quite gone in May,afterwards it is harde to be founde, yea {carfely the roote. s+ Thenames. se The place. s and bankes oflakes This groweth in moift placesneerevntoriuers fides, and vpon th ¢ brinke and ponds,almoft euery where. %& The time. n ch continue rillwi ‘The care with the flowersflourifhin Aprill : then come vp the leaues wi hi Itis called in Greeke xeu2ov: of the Latines Chelidoniumminus, and Hirundinaria minor, of ter,with neweones ftill growing vp. % The names. hat: the Latines do alfo calkit Peta/res: inhigh Dutch JPeftilentziwurts + 9 low Coltesfo tt biaveretts in Englith it is named Butter Burres itis very manifett that thisisliketo and ofthefamie kinde. % The temperature. Butter Burre is hot and drie inthe fecond degree,and of thinne parts. rning fea A Therootes ofButter Burre ftampedwith ale,and giuen to drinkin peftil entand bu mightily cooleth,andabateththe heate thereof. fi ne aga! B Thexrootes dried and beaten to powder and drunkein wine, isa foueraigne me dici nomes®® %& The vertues. diuers Scrophularia minor ,Ficaria minor :of Sera pio Memiren:in See high Dutch Feimtourtsenktatt tin French Efc/ere, and Petit anlage Butter Burre iscalled in Greeke mmctnz, of the hugeneffe ofthe leafe that is a ak Darke : l ve lague andpeftilent feauers,bicaufeit prouoketh fweat,and driueth from thehart al eats killeth wormes, and is of great force againft the fuffocation ofthe mother. The fame curethall naughtie filthie vicers,ifthe powder be ftrowed therein. hiya vrine,and bringeth down the monet? D._ Thefame killeth wormesinthe belly;prouoketh d BeBines; Ea mt in Englith little Gianatiastuocsardbieion ona ohh % The temperature. I ; : _tishotan ddrie.alf ag ore biting and hotter thenthe greater: it commeth neereft in facultie the Crowfoo) : mn Bh i 3 7: % The vertues. alen and Diofeorédes affirme , exulcerateth orbli f ftereth the skinne: itma keth A Ruptnailes to fall awaie, ice oft to ‘ . TAGE t deandélchen® toots mixed with honie, and drawnevpinto thenofthrils, purgeththe head of B ‘he late; !€humours, binedtage fe the Tootes andgraines for the piles, which being often bathed with the iuice C Wit Wine orwiththe fickmans vrine, are drawnetogitheranddried vp,andthe paine quite wa) 4 3 qt tebe alfo w paine D aferh, hothinke,thatif the herbe be but caried about one that hath the piles, the wth ce |