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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 328 Liev, ; xe it fmelleth inote called Traginm Germanicum, and Atriplex fetidagarumoléns by Pena and Lobel called it Yulvaia? ang ftinking than the ramrhith ae cei ern pon fome by afigtite haue : i Englifh, eli St .abe {tin cing5Mothef-wort may be called in it Therehath beenlittle or nothing fet down by the Antients,cither of his natureOf vertues,notwith@anding it hath beene thought profitable,by reafon ofhis ftinkingfmell,for fuch asare tote bled with themother: for as Hyppocrates faith,when the mother doth ftifle or ftrangle,fuch things are to b eapplied vnto thenofeas hauea ranke and ftinking fmell: eeoninwagiions Lis, 2. ~~OF theory of Plans The Temperature. Thisherbeis cold and moift,and that no leffer than Orach,but asit appeareth more cold. G The Vertues. Itis reported thar it killethfivine ifthey do eate thereof: it is not vfed in Phyficke :and much lefleasa fallade herbe, Of Englifh Mercurie. Cuar.48. Cuar. 47. Of Goofe-foot. q The Defiription, : eet O6fe-foot is acommon herbe, and thought to be a kinde of Orach: it rifeth vp with Ood Henrie called Tota bona,fo named J ofthe later Herbarifts, is accounted of them to be one ofthe Dockes, but nor properly. This bringeth forth very many thicke ftalkes, fet with leaues two foothigh, on the branches wherof towardsthe top ftand greene floures in clufters, thicke thruft together. The feed is flat like that ofthe Orach, whereof this is akinde. The leauesbefaftened to long foote-ftalkes, broad behinde, and fharpe pointed, fafhioned like the leaues of Aron, or: Wake-robin, white, or grayith of colour,and as it were couered ouer witha fine meale: in handlingit is fat andolious, witha very thicke root,and parted into many diuifions,ofa yellow colour within,like the fharpe pointed Docke. a ftalke a, cubithighor highet, fomewhat chamfered and branched : the leaues be broad, fmooth;tharpe pointed, fhining, hauing certaine deepecuts about theedges, and refembling the foot ofa goofe $ the floures be {mall,fomethingred : the feed ftandethin clu fiers vpon the top ofthe branches; being very like the feed ofwilde Orach, andthe rootis diuided ‘a Bare into fundry ftrings. +. 2. Thisdiffers ftom thelaft defcribed;in that the leaues are fharper cut,and mote dittidel, the feed fomewhat fimaller, and the colour of the whole plant is a deeper or darker greene, Atriplex fylueftris latifolia; fine Pes Anferinus, pie Goofe-foot. re ties @ The Defiription, Bonus Henricus. Englith Mercurie,or good Henrie. $ 2 Atriplex. fylueftris latifoliadkon Theother Goofe-foor, @ The Place. It is commonly found. in yntilled places, and among rubbifh neete common waies, old walls, and by hedgesinfields. q The Time. It floureth in Tune and Iuly efpecially. ; ; q The Names. Itis called of fome Pes 4ufirinus,and Tota bona :in Englith,All-Good,and Good Henrie: in Cambridg fhire it is called Good king Harry : the Germanes call it Suter Heinrich, of a certaine good qualitie ir hath, as they alfo namea Certaine pernicious herbe, Malus Henricus, or bad Henry. It is taken for a kinde of Mercurie, butv nproperly, for that it hath no participation with Mercuric,either in formeor quality,except ycewill call euery herbe Mercurie which hath powerto loofe thebelly. q The Temperature. Bonus Henricus,or Good Henrie is moderately hot anddry, clenfing and fcouring withall, : 3 ; q The Place. {t growesplentifully in obfcure places neere old walls and 3 Q The Vertues. Th The wi etlea s ues boil : ed i th otlter pot-herbes and eaten,make ; © The Time, high-waies, and in defart plac Tt fourifheth whenthe Orach doth,whereof this is a wilde kinde. hotel Hedbart s q The Names, i ne later Herbarifts haue called ie Pes anferinus , and Chenopodium , ofthe likenefie the Ieanes haue withthe foot of a Goole: in Englith,Goofe-foot,and wilde Orach, a q* th the body foluble. he Cinta kal i vpon gree . i € Le andlaid le andold vicers, doth feoure, mundifie p ne wounds, or fou i “4c Deale th en, : - €; H AY. |