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Show —ceerertenn n t=nhF Of Mou/e-care. Cuap. 204. q The Defcription. ° He great Moufe-eare hath greatand large Jeaues greater than ourcommonPylofile, ot Moufe-eare, thicke, andfull of fubftance :the ftalkes and leaucs be hoatie and white,with filken moffineffe in handling like filke,pleafant andfaire in view it bea- reth three or foure quadrangled ftalkes, fomewhat knotty,a foot lotig’: the roogs afe hardwood, andfull of ftrings : the floures comeferth at the topof the ftalke, like vito the fimall Piffeabed,or Dandelion, ofa bright yellowcolour. yt 2 The fecond kinde of Py/afélla is that which we call Auricula mrss, of Moufe-cate,being a very commonherb,but few mote worthy ofconfideration becaufe of his good effeatandyertlean vnremembred of the old Writers. It is called Pylofella ofthe roughehairy ard, whitith fobtiance growing onthe leaues, which are fomewhatlonglikethelittle Daifte, butthat they havea {mall hollowneffe inthem refembling the eare of a Moufe: vponthewhich ¢onfideration fomehate calledit1¢yofors ; wherein they were greatly decciucd, foritis nothing likeynto the Mafia Diofiorides : his {mall ftalkes are likewife hairy , flender, and creeping vpon the ground his — are double, andofapale yellowcolour, muchlike vnto Somthus,or Hieharium, or Hayke weed, os » 2 Pylofella repens: = NM Creeping Moule-eare. <= 1 Pylofelamajor. Great Moufe-eare. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis. 2 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. fuitie admixed. | Thevertues. The decoétionof Py/o/el/a drunke doth cure and healeall wounds, both inward and outward : it eureth hernies, ruptures, or burftings. ; Theleaues dried and made into pouder, do profit muchin healing’ofwounds, being ftrewed thereupon. The deco&tion of the iuyceis of fuch excellencie, thatif fteele-edged tooles red hot be dren- ched and cooled therein oftentimes, it maketh themfo hard, that they will cut ffoneor iron, be they neuer fohard, without turning the edge or waxingdull. This herbe being vfed ingargarifmescureth the loofeneffe of the Vuula. Being taken in drinke it healeth the fluxes of thewombe, as alfo the difeafes called Dyfznteria and Enterocele : it glueth and confoundeth wounds,ftayeth thefelling of the fpleene , and the bloudy excrements procured thereby. ~ =a The Apothecaries ofthe Low-countries make a fyirup ofthe iuyce ofthis herb,which they vfe for the cough,confumption,and ptificke. _ Uhaue inthis chapter omitced two figures and one defcription : the firltof the,two omitted figures, which fhould haue beene thethird, differs little from the ficft batin the finallne(fe of the ftalke, and fewneffe ofthe foures at the top thersof- che other, which was in the fourth place, was figured and deferibed by me formerlyin the fourth place of the 54 chapter of this booke. Cuar,. 205. 3 Gnaphalinum Anchicum. Englifh Cudweed, ites ehencioetr oeae vponthe ground ; among which growes pa ie ee g > rand two or three fmall ye caried away with the winde, being ri nto downet @ The Place. ; y bank es and vntoiled placesthat lie open to the aire. | The Time. Thefe plants do crow vpon fand Theyfloure in Mayand June: ich Pr Houses, whichbeing ripe turne v 2 : The Names. Great Moufe-care is called ofthe later herbarifts Pylofella: the fmaller likewife Pylofella, and Auricyla murs : in Dutch, Magelorutjt, and PPuploog 3 Lacuna thinkes it Holoflinm - in French,oreille devat, oufouris : in Italian, Pelofélla : in Englifh,Moufe-care. n @ The Temperature. 5 They are hot and dry of temperatute, of an excellent aftringent facultie,with a certaine hotte- —_ eae. bs=Monee with broad leaves hath's Maal! tough root,from which rilevp many 620 Of Cotton-weed or Cud-weed. 2 Gnaphaliugs vulgare, Common Cudweed, |