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Show [yi Bs:23 Matidelein, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 649 q The Names. Coftmarie is called in Latine Balfamita maior or mas - offome,Coffus hortorum: itis alfcalled Mentha Grace : and Saracenica Officinarum : of Tragus,Alifma : of Matthiolus,H crba Graca : Of others,: : in Saluia Romuna,and Herbalaffelata:of {ome,Herba D Maria: in Englith,Coftmarie,and Ale-coaft High Dutch, Frautoenbraut s in low Dutch,Deponttcy windkraut ¢in French,Coq. : Giulia:| ofValeri Maudlein is withoutdoubt a kinde of Coftmarie,called ofthe Italians Herba his Ageraus Cordus, hentha Corymbifira minor:and Eupatorinm Mefues It is iudged to be Diofiorides tumand it is the Coftus minor hortenfis ofGefner:we call it in Englith Maudlein. The Nature. They are’hot and drie in the fecond degree, q The Vertues. / + Thefe plants are very effectual, efpecially Maudlein, takeneither inwardly or elfe outward- lyto prouokevrine; and the fumethereofdoth the fame, and mollifieth the hardneffe of the Matrix. Coftmarie is put into Ale to fteepe, as alfo into the barrels and Stands among{ft thofe herbes wherewith they doe make Sage Ale ; whichdrinkeis very profitable for the difeafes before {po- a en Lis.2. 2 Balfamitafemina,five Ageratum, Tt 1 Balfamita mas. Cofkmarie. ——SS C an necnae st eee eaters ae Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. ken of, The leautes of Maudleine and Adders tongue ftamped and boiled in Oile Oliue, adding thereto alittle wax rofin,and little turpentine,maketh an excellenthealing vnSuent,or incarnatiue falue toraife or bringvp flefh froma deepe and hollow woundor vicer,whereof I hauehad long expe- rience. The Conferue made with the leaues of Coftmarie and Sugar, doth warme and drie the braine, D and openeththe toppings of the fame: ftoppeth all Catarrhes,rheumesand diftillations,taken in the quantitie ofa beane. The leaues of Coftmarie boiled in wine and drunken,cureth the griping paine of the bellie, the E guts and bowels,and cureth the blondieflix. » Itis goodfor them tliat hauethe greene fickneffe,or the dropfie,efpeciallyin the beginning;and p ithelpethall that hauea weake and cold liuer. Thefeed expelleth all manner ofwormesout ofthe belly, as wormfeed doth. Ly ¥ 3 Ageratumfolys non (erratis. : 4 Ageratum floribus albis, yellow likeas the former, and youmdy Maudelein with vncutleaues,VVhite floured Maudlein, call cach-of thefe lait deferibed at your at pleafure,either 4geratum,ot Balfamita: We Grecianscall it ayeem,whichisin Latine (though vneruly) Eupatorinm Meus. The Ageratum, vel non [enefcens, called in fhops floures ate. of a beautifull and feemely excellenfhew, which will not lofe their cieof grace in growing, vneill they beve: ty old, and therefore called Ageraum, Won(ene/eens,as before,and are Like intuit to Eliochry/en, but of awhite colour 5am this is choughtto be the crueand right4° thee geratum Of Diofcorides althoughfhould be been great, controuerfie which P the true plant. £4 This differeth not from theco™- the mon Mandelein, but inthe colourof as thofeot floures,which are white, when + yellow: are fort ie ordinar the @ The Place» a They stowevery wherein gardens,i Houres are cherifhed for theit fweet leaues. : i The Time. fs \ They. bring forth their tu'ts ofyellow floures inthe Sommer moneths. wg ' Cuarp. 209, Of Tanfie. @ The Defcription, me | ~Anfie groweth vpwith many ftalkes, bearing on the tops of them certaine cluftered se i floures like the round buttons ofyellow Romane Cammomill, or F euer- Sen cor ew (without any leaues paled about them)as yellowas gold. Theleaues be long,made Ee ne Ma a Brest many fet togethervponone ftalke,like thofe of Agrimony,or rather wild Tanre s ce a female Ferne,but fofter andJeffer,and cuery one of themflafhed in the edges as etheleaucs of Ferne. Theroot is tough and ofa wooddie fubftance, The whole plantis bitter in tafte,and of a ftrong {mell,but yet pleafant. . . i : : c Tha T - doubLink ‘ Englith Tanfie hath leauesinfinitly iagged andnicked,andcurled withall, like td f lune of pies : + is altogether like vnto the other, bothin {mell and tafte, as alfo in — ‘0ures, but moore pleafantly {melling i i efpecially by] many degrees, wherein i i confifteth the diffeThe third ape ki a oe co : in fic hath leaues, roots, ftalkes,and branches like i the other, and differet em,in that fi gelesen” : at this this hath no {mell or fauourat al!,and the: floures are like 1 the commonfin- F 4 Clufiust ti be : tfiusfonhath doe et ofvnfauorie ) i Tanfiewhofefigure here we giue ‘ yout proms another bigger kind Aatks thanthok abetA sia high,with crefted ftalks,hauingleaues fet ypon fomwhat longer talk Dar 101e C la > ihe ¢ ike i . eiGctn a2 is ¢ es otherwife muchlike them thefloures are muchlarger, be-; . sof thethickn : ‘. ee aifie,and of the fame colour the feede is long and blacke: The 5, and itlafts esce Reetsatin vponthe furface of the ground,& putting forth fome teil ane ant aa - yeares, fo that the plant may beencreafed thereby. This floures in May, sfws wilde vpon diuershills in Hungary andAuftria, ¢ 5 The |