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Show THE THIRD HISTORIE BOOKE oor PLANTS 112g ov eiut %& Theplace, Thefeplants were firtt brovght iiito Italy and: Greece from onéofthe Iles Cyclades, called Cyntho The horned fhrub Trefoile. or Cynthufa, and fince founde in many places of Fraunce jas about Montpelier, Veganiutnsand other places ; theyare firangets in Englande;thorigh they grow, very pleritifully in Scotland.as itis reported whereof Thavetwo fortsin my garden: tharis tolay Cytifud maranthe, orthe homed Cy#i/us,andlikewife one ofthe finalleftythat is tofay,the thi¢dinnumber. % Thetime, Theleplants for the moft partdoflowerin June and uly, and fomewhiat!after: the feeds istie inSeptember, é f % The vames. TheGrecians and Latities do cal) this fhrublwnzis; ofCynthufa,-an and before mentiéned, in which place they arein great eftimation for that they do fo woonderf ully feedecattle and increale milke in their dugs;nou tifh theepe &goates which bring yoong ones ‘or ftore andincreafe: oneauthor doth-call thefe plants in Greeke ku0y, thatis in Latine Fecwnc fertil orfruitfull Haie, for chat the kindes heereof cauferilke to increafe; maketh good dandiuigesaugmer tethfttengthsand multipliech the naturall fede of generation: they may beca ing] Trefolle,of the tore of milke which they increafe, % Thetemperature, Theleaues ofmilke Trefoile docoole as Diofcorides writeth , theyaflwagefwelli ngs in the be. ginning ifthey be ftamped and laid vnto themwith bread: the decoétion therofdrunke prouoketh Wine: Galenteacheth, that the leanes ofMilketrefoile hauea digefting or wattirig qualitie, mixed witha waterie and temperatefacultie,as haue thofe ofthe Mallow. %& The vertues. Womenfaith Columella,if they want milke mutt fteep drie Milktrefoilein faire warer,& whenit is A thotwly foked,they muft the next day mixe a quart or thereabouts ofthe fame pref {trained forth with a little wine,andfo let it be giuen vato themtodrinke, and by thatmeanes they them. lies thallrecéine ftrength,and their children comfott by abundanceof milke, Hippocrates reckoneth vp Milktrefoile among thofe thingsthatincreafe milke,inhis bookeofthe B atiteof women, and ofwomens difeafés, lo Arifomachie ofAthensin Pliay , commandethtogive with wine the dry plant, and the @ ‘anlikewife boiledin water, tonurfes to drinke whenth ei ; inne _ Demiratusand Ariffoma chws do prtomife chat youfhall want noBees, if you haue Milke Tre- D taleforthem to feede on; for all Writers with one confent do conclude as Gafew faith, that Bee sihetofthe flowers of Milktrefoile very great {tore ofhonie, . Calumela teacheth that milke Trefoileisnotable goodfor hens, bees, goates,kine,and all kinde B Ucattlewhich quickly growfat byeating theteof and thatity eeldeth verie cat {tore of milke, people ofBoetica.and Valentia (wherethereis great ftore of Cytifig ) doe vic it very much helilke worme to hang their Ott zo eRe [as which Peneict erkind of CyHi//#i* web yponafter they haue beene well fed with the leanes of Mul. es Mile Trefoile islikewife a matueilous remedie againft the Sciatica,and Ofbaftardmilke Trefoiles. Chap.12. [itbeallsorhee-T Tight milke Lrefoi refoites,being wosraliTh ¢aendkin ihdes nu.bie plants, of whic ich h fofomeme be like’to' the le, or rather eth weth 1 ed vpvp lik 1KCe ftance,hauir whereon dogrow hairie! one f f uers fet yponone reft: the flowers ¢ of the ftocke € roote is tough and woodle. i rcteead be ols D ce lik The deferiptions * in Pile ny og : ANY Hisrifeth Vp with little ftalkes fromthe roote-, brittle, uy ue in number, patted eott p10 all other kinds of gouts, G ae fe rtches, about which grow manyleaves leffer ey Wwolaced inmaner like ¢ colour ereensthe flowers about the tops of the twigs ie eae dd : |