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Show “a ee a Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants, Lisis ® Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, Lisié2s . 2 Rucllixs Bucks-horne or Swines Creffes hath many {mal and weake ftragling branchestt ling here andthere vpon the ground, fet with manyfmall cut ot iagged leaues, fomewhat like the former, but fmaller, and nothingat all hairy) as isthe other. The Houres grow among the| e > Cp - < ; , a : TheN ature c The Nature, | Solidago Saracenica, ~ Saracens Confound. aie . in fmall rough clafters,ofan herby greenifh colour: which being patt, there come in lace lit flat pouches broad and rough, in whieh the feed is contained. The root is white, chresdy, aa in tafte like the garden Creffes. @ The Place. Theygrowin barrenplaines, andvntilled places, and fandy grounds ; as in Touthil] field neere Kaas on Confound is dry in the third degree ait h } > manifett heate f Sout be Vertues, Saracens Confoundis not infertour to vnto Weitminfter, at Waltham twyelue miles from London, and vpon Blacke-heath alfo neers London. any of the wound-herbes whatfo inwardly miniftred, or outwardly g The Time, They floure and floutifh when the-Plantaines doe, whereof thefe have beene taken to be kindes. ing aj in ointments or oyles. With it I ct Matter Cartwri¢ht a Gentleman of G Inne,whowas grieuoufly woundedi @ The Names. lungs, and that by Gods perm Bucks-horne is called in Latine Cornu Cerginum, or Harts-horne : divers name it Herbafella, or Stellaria, althoughthere be another herbefo called: in low- Dutch,dertshoozens in Spanifh, Gy. {pace. Theleaues boy abella : in French, Corne de Cerf: Itis thought to Diofcorides his xpartew:, which doth fignific cornici pedem, a Crowes foot. It iscalled alfoby certaine baftard names, as Harenarea, Sanguinaria -atd doth reftraine and ftay of many, Herbe Iuy, or herbe Eue. ping of the fame Jaundice and Feue The decoétion of the wateris excéllent againft thethroat, if it be therew increafeth alfo the vertue at | The Temperature. Bucks-horneis like in temperatureto the commonPlantaine, in that it birdeth, cooleth, and drieth. g The V ertues. The Jeaues of Buckes-horne boyled in drinke, and giuen morning and euening for certaine dayes together, helpeth moft wonderfully thofe that haue fore.eyes, waterie orblafted,, and moft ofthe gricfes that happen vnto the eyes , experimented bya learnéd Phyfition of Colehe: ftercalled Mafter Duke: and the like by an excellent Apothecarie of the fame Townecalled M*. Buckflone. onor wafhing rs,apj maimes,fore mouthes,and mixed therewith, The leaues and roots ftamped with Bayfalr, and tied to the wrefts ofthe armes, take away fits of the Ague : andit is reported to worke thelike effe@ being hanged about the neckeofthe eee in acertaine number, as vnto men nine plants, roots and all ; and vnto women and chil- ren feuen. eee Cuap. 102. Belksheteenth eS CHAP. 103. Of Saracens Confound. Of Golden Rod. s| The Defeription. gq The Defiription. Aracens Confound hath manylong narrowleaues cut or fleightly fitipt about the ed ges :among whichrife vp faire browne hollow ftalkes of the height of foure cubits}, along whicheuen from the bottometo the topit is fet with long and prety largelen likethem of the Peachtree: at the top ofthe ftalkes growfaireftarre-like yellowfloures , whic turne into downe, andare carried away with thewinde, Theroot is very fibrous or threddy. The Place, Saracens Confound groweth bya Rais yetide from creat Dunmowin Effex, vatoa place called-Clare in the faid countrey , from whenceI brought fome plants intomy garden. t I formerly inthe twentyfourth Chapter of this fecond booke told you what plant our Aw Olden Rod hath long broad Jeaues fomwhat hoary and th amongW hich tile vp browneftalkes twofoot high, diuiding themfelues towardthe top into ‘ dry branches , charged or loden with finall yellow floures ;which w tipe turne into downe which is carried away with thewinde. The root is threddyat J colour. ¢ Zobel makes this with vnfhipt leaues. toBethat of. 2 The fecondfort of Golden Rodhathfmall thin leaues brox bed, fmooth, with fomefew cuts or nickes about the « dges, and tafte in the throat being chewed ; which Jeaues are fer vpon a fa name fromthefloures whicl ratthe top of a goldyel ellow Downe, whichis carried away manyftrings or threds. thor tooke for Saracens Confound, and(as I haue been credibly informed) keptin his garden 10 ie Nowthe true Solidago here defcribed and figured was found Anno 1632, by my kinde Frients M*. George Bowles and M* pyilliam Coot, in Shropfhire in Wales, ina hedge inthe wayas one foc from Dudfonin the parith of Cherbery to Guarthlow. + Ff It floureth in Iuly, and thefeed is eh The Tim Acain " . Cc . G The Names. he aracens Dah eee in Latine Solidago Saracenica,or Saracens aa anid Cor aracenica : 10 Dutch, Peidinitey yo feof found, or Saracens Walneoee anENCan Herba fortis in Englith,Saraceas ae Bone ie oud Theyboth gr wood vnto a V rd bya Gentlemat fe Leonard dwelling iefend, | The Time. 1 aurea, becaufe the branches arzlike a got zed or. q Fe |