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Show 564. Of the Hiftory of Plants. Set The fixth Milke-wortis like vnto thereft ineach re{pect, fauing that the floures are ofa 6 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lis. 2. Lis, 2 1 Polygonum mas vulgare. ouerworneil] fauoured colour, which makethit to differ fromall the other of his kinde, CommonKnot-grafle, q The Place, ' Thefe plants or Milke-worts. grow commonly in euery woodorfertil pafture wherefoeuer Lhaue trauelled, G The Time. They floure from Mayto Auguf, 5 Polygala purpurea. Purple Milke-wort. tumnodia, and Corrigiola : of Apu ca:inhigh-Dutch, (poagbdepe t Werkens gras, and Duyfeut knop ; an, Polygono : in Spanith, Cor7zola The Names, i Renonee : in Wallon, Mariolain glith, Knot-graffe , and Swines ; North; Birds tongue. The Temperature, Knot-graffe (as Galen teacheth) is of a ding qualitie, yet is it coldin the fecon¢ inthe beginningofthe third degree. @ TheVertues. The iuyce of Knot-graffe is goodagain& / floure, Rogation-floure, and Milkewort, oftheit vertues in procuring milkein the brefts ofnurfes, Hieronymus Tragus,as alfo Djoftorides callethit? lygalon, + Gefner calls this Crucis flos and in his Epiftles he nameth itAmarella: it is vulgarly knowne in Cheapfide.to the herbe-women bythe the fpitting of bloud, the piffing of bloud, and all otheriffues or fluxes of bloud,as Brafanolys reporteth : and Camerarius faith he hath cured many with the ityce thereof, that haue vomi- ted bloud, giuenina little ftipticke Wine. {t name of Hedge-Hyfop ; for they take it for G7 tiola, or Hedge-Hyflop, and fell it to fuch as ar ignorantforthe fame. ¢ greatly preuaileth againft the Gonorrhea, that is, the running of the reines, and the weaknefle ofthe backe commingby meanes thereof, be- q The Vertues, ing fhred and made intanfie with egges and Galen, Diofcorides,andT heophraftus doe account eaten. thefe for Milkeworts, and that they may withont error be vfed for thofe purpofes whereunto Glan ferueth. i + Idoubetharthis isnot the Polygalon of [corides , for Gefner affirmes that an handful Rie pert es Pa all night in wine, and drunke in the morning,will purge cholereffectually by ftoolewiti outany danger, ashehimfelfe had tried. + Cuar. 170. q The Names. Fe Knot-gtaffe is called of the Grecians, mans div: that is to fay, Polyg Male Knot-graffe :in Latine naria : ofColumella, Sangui : Milke-wort is called by Dodonaws,Flos Ambirw. alis focalled becaufe it doth efpecially flourith in the Crofle or Gang wecke, or Rogation weeke; of which floures the maidens whichve in the countries towalke the Proceffion doe make them felues garlands and nofegaies :in Englifh we may call it Croffe-floure, Proceffion-floure , Gang. fteeped 565 ; {aid in as ample manner as the tuycé: or giuen in pouderin a teare egge it helpeth the backe very much. The herbe boyled in wine and hony cureth the vicers and inflammationsof the feeret parts of C man or woman, adding theretoa little allom,andthe parts wafhed therewith, Diofcorides faith that it prouokethvrinc, and helpethfuchas dopiffe dropafter drop , when the D vrine is hot and fharpe. ‘ It is giuen vnto Swine with good fucceffe, when they are ficke and will not eate their meate ; — whereuponthe countrey people docall it Swines graffe and Swinesskir. Of Knot-Graffe. Cuar. 191. Offundryforts ofKnot-Grafes. | The Defcription. I Te common male Knot-graffe creepes along vpon the ground,with long flenderetie branchesfull of knots or ioynts,whereof it tooke his name. The leaues grow vpant . weake branches,like thofe of {mall $.lohns wort, but longer and narrower. The floures a a uellouslittle, and grow outofthe knots, ofan herby colour in their places comevp trian! feed. The rootis long,flender,andfull of ftrings. z ee leffer, whee 2 The feconddiffereth not from the former, but onely thatit is altogether {pecially confifteth the difference. + Becaufe the difference is no otherwife,I hane thougits to omitthefigure. 3 : ‘The Authors of the Aduerfaria mention anotherlarger Knot-graffe which grow es in diuels branches and leauess “ and larger hauing ay cae fea, growat Mdllechon of thecolour. coat are ee ofe ofa white fhining ‘Thefeeds the ioynts in chaffie white huskes s an wholeplantis ofa falt and afttingent tafte. They callit Polyeomsms marinum maxitiin. @ The Place. Thefe Knot-graffes do growin batrena nd ftony places almoft euery where. 3 The Time. They arein floure and feed all the Saiemtst hoes 3 The decoGion ofit cures the difeafe afore- B @| The Defcription. He fnowie white andleaft kinde of Polygonum or Knot-graffe,called of (lufius, Parony--* chia Hifpanica,is a ftrange and worthyplant tobehold, handle, and confider,althoughit be but {mall. It is feldome aboueafoot long, hauing {mall branches; thicke, tough,hard,andfull ofioynts < out ofwhichthe leaues come forthlike {mall teeth, leffer than the leaues of Herniaria, orThyraum tenuifolium, Atthe top of the ftalkes ftand moft delicate floures framed by nature as it n ereswith fine parchment leaues about them, ftanding intheir fingular whiteneffe and fhowie c olour, refembling the perfeé& white filke, fo many in number at the top, and fo thicke, that they x ouerfhadow the reftofthe plant beneath. Therootis flender, and of a wooddy fubftance, The , wry coueredas it were with chaffe,as it were with chaffe,andis as {mall as duft,or the motesin the 2 ounne, Aathyllis of Valentia, being likewife a kinde of Knot-graffe, hath fmall leauies like Glaux “gua, Or ratherlike Chamefyce, fet orderly by couples at the ioynts ‘among, which come floures ee ig of fourelittle whitith purple leaues,and otherfmall leaueslike the firft bur altogether te Her. The root is fmall, blacke, and long, and ofa wooddyfubftance. Ls Our Author, though he meant to haue giuen vs the figure ofKnawell in thethird place, as wie} DC perceived by the title, yet he deferibedit in the fourth,andin the third place went about |