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Show 786 THE SECOND BOOKEOOF\THE HISTORIE ve The defeription. The crifpe or curled Mallowe, called of thev ulgat fort French Mallowes , hath manyfal yp- ightn ftalkes,erowing to the height ofacubite, and fometimeshigher ; whereondo growe broade fomewhat round & {mooth,ofalight greene colour, plaited or curled about the btims likes F PLANTS. 787 f ith the che leanes leaned{tar flan withath alittle a Tieklw oile, ist he fhall not be mdifaman be firftannoi; nted with fing ar alt asDigforides faith, : vied rooted drunken dre daadawh ‘ - Thedeco€tion ofMall ves W wiith their roor s drun are good apaintt all! venome and poifon; B be vomited vpagaine ficbeincontinently takerafter the poifon,fo that he flowersbefinall and white. Lhe rooteperifheth whenit hath perfeétedhis feéde, veruaine Mallowe hath manyftraigl ks,whereon do growe divers leaves deepely cur, deuen to the middle rib, not vnlike to the leaves of Veruaine, whereofit tooke hisname: hcomefoorth faire and pleafant flowers Jike vnto thofe. of the common Mallowe in but ofa more brightred colour,mixedwith ftripes of purple, whichfetteth foorth the beau. 1c roote is thicke and continueth manyveeres. % The place, applied,domollifieiatumours and ‘harde fvel’ C tifthey be ke { Natledtill they The leaves of Mallowesie boiled 1 Ingsofthe mother,if they do withall fit ouer the g 00d a againft The decoction vied in‘glifters is good ind fundament, filme theteof.and bathe t] emifelues therewith and ofthe gues, bladders ndfretting Ap ofche sladd D the roughnes t . . $5.3 1 ° * ohy:m Mallowe do healethe blhe udie flixe and inward burftings, if they be E dunkewithwine and water,as Diofcoridesand Paulus A egineta teltifie, ; The twofirft Mallowes growein vntoiled places among potherbes, by high waies andthebor- cench Malloweis an excellent potherbe,for the which cauleit is fowenin gatdens, and ig » found wilde that [knowof, Veruaine Mallowe growethnot eueryihere itgroweéth bytheiditch fides, on the lefthand ace of execution by London, called Tyborne: alfo isa fielde neere yntoa villagefourteene Londoncalled Buthey ; on the backfide of agentlemans houfe named mattet. Robert Wylbrabam; \ikewile among the buihes and hedgesas yougofrom Londontoa bathing placecals led the Old Foorde’$ and in.the bufhes as yo to Hackney.a village by Londoninthe clofes next the towne, and diuers other places, as at Baffingburnein Hartford{hire three milesfron Roifton. Of Marfhe Mallowe. Chap i. %. The kindes. Thetebe dinets forts ofMarfh Mallowes.d 1 Althea Ibifeus, 2 Altheapaluft10, Marth Mallowe, Water Mallowe, se The time. Thefe wilde Mallowes doflower from Tune till foramerbe well pent: in the meane’ time thet féede alfo waxethripe. * The names. The wilde Mallowe is called in Latineatalua /ylue frissin Greekedvoms, as though they fhoulde y amitigator ofpaine : of fome Offriaca : in b igh DutchjPappetits in lowe Dutch Balutwe, and (eens crite? in Enelifh Mallowe: né Malloweis called of Diofcorides Alcea: in Greeke alf daviz, offome Herba Humgle allowe: in Englith Veruaine Mallowe and:cut Mallowes ocome tromthe Hebrewes; whocall icin cheir toong mp, Af shh dunghils and fe the Mallowe growethin faltith and.olde ruinousplaces, the faltnefi fiichlike, which in moft abuddant maneryeeldeth forth falepeter & ftrchlike matte A fignifiethfalt as the learned knowe:1 am perfwadedthat. the Latine worde Adalat, om the Chaldee name a4allucha, the gutturall letrer® Ch, being left out for good fo thatit were better in this word Stile to read.gasa vowell, then 4s confonait, which wordes are vttered by thelearned< r Rabb: Danid Rimbi& {eeme tocarriea great thew of truth:in Englithit is called Mallowe, which name commethfo neete as may be tothe Hebrews worde, % The temperature. and middle heate,andmoiftnes withall ethe nice The wilde Mallowes haue acertaine moderate thereofis flimie,clammic, or gluing, the whichare to be preferred before the garden Mallowe . Hollihocke , as Diphilus Siphinus in Athenaws doth rightlythinke, whoplainly Aaeweth, tht wilde Mallowe is better then that of the garden zalthough fome do preferre the Holliger untowe may not confent,neither yet yeeld vnto Galen , who ispartlyof that minde, yet fan ea he doubefull : for the wilde Mallowe without controuerfie is fitter to be eaten , and more pit! then thofe ofthe garden,except the French Mallowe, which is generally holden fae of whofe opinion was fome ft,and among the potherbes not the leaft commended by Hefiodwss race, writing in his feconde Ode ofhis Epodon, Lraut Malue fulubres corpor:. If chat ofhealth you hatie any {peciall care, Vie French Mallowes that to the body holfomeare. se bodit The MallowfaithGaérz dothnourith moderately ; ingendreth grofle bloude :keepeth co ft. Due it, foluble, andloofeththe belly thatis bound, It eafily defcendeth not onely bicaufe itisimo! alfo byreafonivisflimies — + %Pages The vertues,wt foes. and Lud Dt tee AChR tne walpes.™ A Theleaues of Mallowes are good againft theftinging of(corpions,bees, % The defeription. fo'acertaine kindeof wilde Mallowexit hath broade leaues, final toinet Le 7 « : 5 t,loft, white,and fr¢ezedor cottoned, and {lightly nicked abourtheedges: kes2 €rounde has ; 3 : Ey and ftraight, three or fower fooré high, ofa whitith graiczolours M0 Brow 4) alywt ate;putconi. Thite MOF a veryetslike fish ynto.thoféof the wilde Mallowes yetnotred as they ; ; very light putple colour ont of a white; rhe knoppe or sound biiston whetein Ddd 2 the |