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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ee 812 : | Li ot ae hite “en 7 py fh colourfathioned many broad leaues,green aboue,and next the ground ofaw lorfe- 100fe : feldomeor never like an horfe foot; for which caufe it was called Fole-foot, an ar@patt before the leaves comeoutof the tall youfind Jeaues and flouresat once, but the floures ftalkes and floures, and poate: may _— by the eee forth thenaked nd, which pourtraiteth the lea sah t, there are other two final! eae efices a commonly growing and defcribed Colts-foo whereot I will here refent youwith, but the firft the ; es byClufit defcribed t Colts-fee ntaine i This 1 nameof farina Mattholi, i the fics rou fhall finde hereafter in thethecchapterof Afarum, by ofe,of a darke thining green thofe of Aleho a hathfiue or fix leaues not muchvnlike naked fome handfull high,hollow and colour aboue,and very white and downy below: the ftalke is threds,and flying <— in downe:aftr downy,bearing one floure at the top compofed of purplifh the reft of the yeare the root whichthe ftalke falls away, and fothe leaues'onely remaine during Auftrian and Stirian acces it the of thetops on growes It creeping. and is fmall : itytufilagn Al. in Aprill. eae flouresin Iune or Auguft. Brought into gardens it floures giue you by the fametitles as he pinay. and he hath given two figures thereof, both whichI here hath them. ¢ “bretOftheHiftoryof Plants. alfoagreeth with them; thewingthat fome thinke,that Bechiumis called b lee, inbis twenty fixth booke, cap, 6. and it may be that D/ofcorides hath {elf fame herbe in fundry places, and by diuers names. Bechium and? Englithed Coughwort,focalled ofthe effe&,and Farfara,of the [ lar tree,tow iris like; which was named of the Antients Farfarws , as Plavtuswriteth inhis Comedie Prentalias:s wifeumlegioni dedi. fundafquecos profiernebamvt folia Farfari. Tothe company I gaue both lime bufhandfling, Thatto the grouindas Poplarleaues I might them fling. + Dodonews (fromwhom our Author tooke this) fetsdowne this place in Plastws as you finde it here,but not well ; for the laftverfe fhould be Funda(que, to prafternebantfolia Farfari, Thusit is in mofteditions of Plavtus,and that rightly, as the enfuing words in that place declare. + Thewiire Poplarttee is called in Greeke ais, and hereupon Bechion ot Colts-foot wasalfoealled Charmelence, @| The Temperature and Vertues. $ 2 -Tufilaco Alpinafloreevanide, Mountaine Colts-footwith the $ 2 Tufilago Alpinaflore aperto. Mountaine Colts-footfull in floure. floure fading. P The leaties of Colts-foot being frefh andgreeneare foniething cold,and haue withall 2 drying qualities they ate good for vicers and inflammations: but the dried leaueg are hot and drie, and fomewhat biting. A decoction made ofthe greene leaues androots, or elfe a fyrruip thereof, is good for the cough that proceedeth ofa thin rheumie. The green leaues of Fole-foot pound with hony, do cure and heale the hot inflammation called Saint Anthoniesfire, andall other inflammations. The fume of the dried Jeaues faken through a funnell ortuinell, burned vpon coles, effetually helpeth thofe that are troubled with the fhortneff ofbreath, andfetchtheir winde thicke and of ten,and breaketh withoutperill the impoftumesof the brett. } oe taken in mannerasthey take Tobaco,it mightily preuaileth againft thedifeafes afore. E aid. Cuar.2gt Of Butter-Burre, S| The Defeription, Vtter-Burre dothin like matiner bring forth floures before the leautes , as doth Coltsfoot, but theyare fmal!, moffie, tending toa purple colour; which being made vp into abig areas it were, do quickly (togetherwith the ftem, whichis thicke, full of fab. fance, and brittle) wither and fall away : the leaues are very great like toa round cap or hat, called in Latine P i ctafus, of fuch a widenefle, as thatofit felfe ir is big and large enoughto keepea mans Sc G The Place. 3 far This groweth ofir felfe neere yato Springs, and on the brinkes ofbroakes andri uers,inwet ft every Whee* rowes,by ditches fides,and in other moift and watery places neere vato the fea,almo @ The Time. h Thefloures,which quickly fade, are tobe feenein the end of March, and aboutthe es Aprill,which {peedily wither together with the ftems : after them grow forth the is io pe with remaine greene all Sommer long : and hereupon it came that Colts-foot was thoug ce, cap» 6 outfloures; which thing alfo P/imy hath mentioned in his fixe and twentieth booke, The Names, sn {hops Fe Folefootis called in Greeke shun : of the Latines likewife Bechion, and Tufilage 4 ghd fara, and Vagula Caballana : of diuers, Pata equina: in Italian, Vnghiad Cauallé : 10 vt nt TE centre or n anor a cubit long, thicke, full of fubftance ; vpoa which ftandeth the leafe inthe jae ae lemoft part of the circumference,or very neere,like to sae o the greatett Mutheet atithath a cleft that ftandeth about the ftem, efpecia ly when they are in perifhing and ene zat the firft the vpper fupetficiall or outfide of the Mufhroms ftandethout, outfidea ne are inwithering ftandethmorein , and evenforthele af a! ur hath on the tafte ee thallow hollowneffe : the root is thicke, long, blacke without, white within, of Mewhat bitter, and is oftentimes worme-eaten. be likewife called Farfuginm,and Farranum; if there benot atvertorin the copy: me ito Aétius inhis fief booke affirméth, pretermitting the name-ofBechinn, and ria ro be the vertues and faculties of Rechiam or Colts-foots. Whofe opinion Orabafins ee only in his-fifteenth bookcofhis medicinable Colléétions; making mention oh: Cheats @ The Place. This org Wweth in moitt places neere vito riuers fides,and vponthe brinks and banks oflakes an¢d Ponds’ af, of “dS, alm euer y where, afno : in French, Pas d’ afve : in Englith, Fole-foot, Colts-foot, Horfe-hoofe, an = eporret! fame is alfo Chameleuce, which Pliny in his twenty eighth booke,and fifteenth chapter - Feng rain and from the heate of the Sunne : and therefore they be greater than the leauesof the at, +. of ofcolour fomewhatwhite, yet whiter vnderneath: cuery ftem nearer his leafe; 4 qj The Time. five.oo ith the floures flourith in A prill or fooner:then comevp the leanes, whichcontinue iter, with new ones ftill growing vp, ¥yy3 |