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Show HISTORIE THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE 10T » the flowers groweat the top or extremepoint of no certaine know ledge of*5 ynely 1aith the plant,after which followeth fruite in fhape like a figge,full of a reddith iuice, which being tow 2 ched.ftaineth th thehands of the colourof red leads: the tafte is not vnpleafant, 4° Therehath beene broughtft ofthe] h of fixe or foot weret {ceme to be Gead aprickley Reedes of the bignes ofa gdodbig ttaffe, lies redand furrowed, having vpontwofides, growing yntoit ace,as it were aiagge or welt fet vpon the wingofa garmens, sriagge armed with moit fharpe prickles : the wholetruncke is es {uch asis inthehollownes of the brier or bramble; amongftthe ¢ pillings of Onions., wherein are often found living things, thar ; range;and brot tdrie from the Indies,therfore we can we defire, re erring what more might be {aidtoa further confide% The place. Lybia,in moft of the Hands in the Mediterranean t Cruxneere vntothe feafide in a barrenplace hich place is appointed for Marchantstoconn London is: from which place my frjend mafteril ferre of their bufin byhis am Martin, atight expert g {id procure me the plants of themfor mygarden ofdi. I haue receiued plants nt thathe fent thither, as Chirurgion2 of a fhip: fince which time they hauenot haue trauailedinto other ofthofef arts & coafts : notwithftanding vers others that induredt Id of ou reme winter. : %& The time. ‘Theyput fo x time,and wither awayat the approchofwinter. i uetphiov , Exphorbinm : Plinie in one place a Itis called both in Greeke a t Exphorbia: the juice is called alfo Euphor biow , an oe herbe in the Feminine gender, to vie the Latine worde, and to call both ie likewife in fhops, we arefaine Er other name we haue none 5it may be calledin Eng ot f um; Euphorbi of name inice by the gumThiftle. Cth % Thetemperature. ef oe Euphor bium that is to fay the congealediuice which we vie, is ofa very hot, fourth degre’ caufticke or burning facultie,and ofthinne pa alfo hot and dry in the % The , . itle wax fo muchoile, andalitle i oe 12.1 Animplaifter made with the gum Euphorbiun,andad 12.times offinewes fhrinking d cramps,an fies, lamenefle,pal ioints, veryfingular againft all aches of the 5 shichto 5 at large, which ; Galen in his fourth booke de Atedicamentis Secundumgenera, declareth more z ealesofthehext cite at this prefent,would but trouble you ouermuch, B _Euphorbium mingled with oile of Bay and Beares greafe,cureth thefcurfesP,Ts chetewi vroublel A being Babs ae and pildnes,caufing the haireto grow againe,and other bare places C D Thefamemingledwithoile, and applied tothe temples offuch as are very Heeplt> with the lethargie,doth awaken andquickentheirfpiritsagaine. = gine that haue to Ifitbe applied tothe nuque or nape ofthe necke,it bsingeth their fpeech a8 p ts reeed Spo it by reaforrofthe apoplexic. WConouur and euill fauo Euphorbiummingled with vineger and applied,taketh away all foul e ntmentss"; in what part ofthe bodiefoeuertheybe. : any other sther oileot oF i and with Being mixed with oile of Walflowers,as Afe/nes faith, kly heateth fuch parts as are ouer colde, them elpecially that haue foft and tender flefh,and therefore it is betternotto take it inward] ( Itis troublefome tobeate ir, , vnleffe vale loltrels ofof himhim that the noftrels thar]beateth jtmbecatefullfonec’t be carefully ftoppedand I defended , for ifit happen that the ‘Hot hot fharpenes thereofdo iG enter er into into the the nofe it{prcientiy ne prefe fet es caufert ein itching,and mooueth neezing ,andafter that byreafon of the extremitie le heat, h casdathice it draw eth out abundance of flegme and filth,andlaft ofall bloud, not without gre: ‘ 7 3 ore Butagainft the hot fharpnes of“ Euphorbiwm itis reported, that the inhabitants are remedied by M whichof y 2? this this pla plant-" atall hot and(harpe,but coole ole and and fi fli e,alay inggtheheat heat f retin 3 we haue notyet learned that the old writers haue fet downe anie cat ling this1herbes notwithftanding andingit feemeth tobeakinde > of Orpine; of Orpi vhith is whithisthe antitiFotcounterpoifon againft the poifon and venomeof Enphorbiuim ame Antenphor 4 aebictios theeffeétandcontraryfaculties is named bi :Att ofiuice, whichis hichis nothing ce 2 a6. 7 oer ow ‘ OfThree leafedgraffe,or Medow Trefoile. c rf i Re Chap.4.77. Meche ti % Thekindes. osic ain ae of > Three ree leafed gtafles, 7 < fome greater, ant u ¢ a others leflers fome bring foorth seine ; one colour, fomeof another; fome of the water, andothers oftheland; fome of a me others ftinking: Palane? and firft ofe the common . : s cnet ais, Medow Trefoiles, which are calledin Irith Dl Trifoly eal: Medow tefoile, = x The names. Tae the Cucumber: thatis furrowed,guttered, or chamfered alc pitrhe fame, &asitwerelaidby ads rect Jineawith a welt from one end ynto the other :vpon which welt or line do ftandefmall (arlike : of checolour of thofe of the Melon Thiftle,thatis to fay, ofabrovne Thiftles fharpe as needle colour sthe trunke orbodie is of the bignes ofa mans arme,oracable rope; fromthe middle wher. wes of the famefub{tance, & armed withthe likeptickles'that of, thruft foorth divers knobbie thicke, far, & full of a flethic {ub{tanceshaving pla the body or truncke is fet withall: the whole plantis orfinitwehaue much juice like that of Aloes, when itis ha dned,andof a bittet tafte: the flowers Itislikewife a remedie againftold painesinthe H Aetins; Paulus, Aciuariusand Me fues do ret waterand fegme, but withall ic fertec! mouth,but alfo the ftomacke,lix Forthatcaufeitmultnor bé beaten fimall, and itis to he te heateandfharpnefle thereof, and chat ma band flip; it aquantitic as that it maybe {ufticient to couer all ones th tl I rd |part the See Butitisa hard thinggio fo to couerand fold it y Dy or to mixe nixe it it, as itwul burnenorfcorch, K twill not oe canteen forthoughit ab be temperedwith neuer fo much cil oyle, Oyi€, ifit Ir 1t be outwar applied be outwardly lied raife blifters age itit raifeth in 7p 2 Trifoliumpratenfefore alto. MedowTiefoile with white Sass a So SSSees SSee 1016 came to of r viewe broken sit hath divers bunches and valleies, euen as is to be feene in thefides of |