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Show THE SECOND BOOKE THE OF qa > HISTORIE 68r inaditch by Bermondfeyhoufe neer to Londonjand neuer elevvhere sit hathfinal threddie ftri heve OfDuckes meate,and otherfrrimming herbes. (hap287. Lens paluftris. Paces seine pera te y : - OF+ PLANTS sis . infeed oftootes andflalkes ,rifing from the bottome of the waterto the top. v pueebaia SR k % Thedefori Vekes meate is as itwerea certaine green moffe,with very little round leaues ofthe bignes of Lentils : out ofthe middlewhetof onthe neather fide growe downe verie fine threds like haires, whichare to themin fteedeof rootes:it hath neitherftalke, flower nor fiuite, wTheplase. ned{inallleaues {wimming or floting vpon the water. triancled orthree 2. ae ee i , triangledor three corneredlike v1 ofbarraine+44 Iuie,or‘ rather noble Liuerwoort: barraine of fowers and feeds . LOWCTS A cds, There islikewife ‘another herbe of {mall reckoning that foreth x saaschdes fqutica eatica Ot or water Starwoort, which hath Sel vont vpon lade the water called stelari ort, - which hath many{mall graffie {tems like voner fac. wen bay 2 Sines threds,commin os OHLT) bottome of the water vnto the vpper face of the fame: whereupon‘do ¢ row{ mal double Ax agteenith or herbie colour, ; 2 1D 1 Ranunculus a aquatilis M 2 Hederulaaguizti Waternie,oe Water Crowfoote. Iris found in ponds, lakes, citieditches, and in otherftanding waters euery where, se The time. Thetime of Duckes meateis knownetoall, The names. Duckes meatis called in Latine Lens lien/fri, Lens aquatilts, & Lens palufiris : ofthe Apotheca- riesnamed aque Lenticulacin high Dutcher finfent inlowe Dutch Wiaterlinten, & more vinally Enden geuen, that is tofay Anatutuler- ba,Ducks herbe,bicaufe Ducks do fede thetedl whereuponalfo in Englifh it is called Ducks meate:fometerme it after the Greek waterLen- In tils,and oforhers itis named Grajnessthe ans call it Lent di Palude: in French Lenbilled eaue : in Spanith Lenteias de agua. ‘ & Thetemperature, Galen theweth thatit1s cold and moift,after fort inthe fecond degree. & The vertues. A * nt Anthonies ie Diéofecridesfaith that itis a remedie againft a!l manner of inflammations, Sai Tealfo knittewt Je: mea barly parched with e vfed alone,orelf applied they either . andhotagues,if ; ruptures in yoong children. cl ; againft hots Duckes eeolen fine wheaten Mower and applied,preuaileth much : lings,as Phlegmons,Erifipelas,and the paines ofthe ioints. Thefame dothhelpe the fundamentgutte fallen downe in yoong children. Cc B. % The place. Water Crd\y ifs ote i de rhb groweth bymy: . : other moift ditcl Jes andf fhallow {prings , and in Weis: cthin Aprill Apri and May % The time ,and fometime ines sin in Iune h , % The name s. Wat Crows ater called;in Latine silva Coeois called ; Ranuncalusaguatilis, and Polyanthem toniouly name aa. and white water Crowfoote : moft Apothecaries an El U flepat; Cinesin feede of zy i greater errorthey i ee aquaticaan d Hepatica alba,and with mixeit ‘patica alba orgrafle ofParnaflus. Of water Crowfoote. Chap.288. in mec anu % The temperature and vertues. Water towfooteis hot and] ike to common Crowfoote, OfDragons. Chap.289. % The defeription. reyipon do Ater Crowfootehath flenderbraunchestrailirig farre abroade, wT ae leauies vnder the water moft finely cut and iaggedlikethofe of Camm aboue the waterare fomwhat round,indented aboutthe edges in omens ; finall tender leaues ofthe mallow,butleffer: among whichdo growthe flowers {mal hesee ade offine little leaues with fome yellowneffe in the middle like the ee thole oft ofa {weete fmmell: after whichthere come rounde, rough and prickly knaps 4Ke wfoote. The rootes be veric {mall hairie ftrings. “fe bere ‘here is another plant growing inthe water of {mall moment, yetnot aim! rele T found levula aquatica or water Luie,the whichis verie rare to finde jneuerthelels % The kindes, 4 Here be twoforts o f D ragons , the greater and the Jeffer ; and belides thefe a third one whic Broweth js LW. aters, ve _ He SteatDra ife :hth Toundyinoott1onfeth vp wii thP ftraig ea cubitanda halfe hich or higher fte alke ae €. {pots of diuers colorslike thofe of the adderorfakes. The leauesatSte n wi at e th an d wi ep de confi {ting offeauen or moreioined togither in order: eucrie one te n: ng and narrow much like S'Oweth a long hofe or r o the leaues ofDocke,fmoothand flipperie :out of the top huske gteates then that of the Cockow pintle, ofa greenifh o Nae ~ c a sae colour, |