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Show 992 — Lyra, Of the Hiftorie of Plants. oe enemies 693 The leaues and roots boiled in wine, or the iuice thereof drunken prouokethfiveat, and by thar p means driveth out all venome from the heart,expellerh poifon,and preferueth the bodie intime of peftilence from the infection thereof, and all other infe tious difeates. faion,andall putrified vlcers.of the mouth,helpeth the in flammations of the almonds,throatand The roots dried made into pouder and drunke in wine doththe fame. C The fame pouder takenas aforefaid,or in the water of a Smiths forge,or rather thewaterwhere- DH theparts adioining,it ftaieth the laske,and helpeth the bloudyflix. J GJ Theroorboiled in vineger is good againft the fhingles,appeafeththe rage offretting fores,and ; ; cankcrous vicers. H Itisreported, that foure branches hereofcureth quartaine agues, three tertians,and one branch quotidians: which things are moft vaineandfriuolous,as likew ife many other fuch like,whichare 1 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Theiuice ofthe leaues drunken doth cure the Taundice, and comforteth the flomackean aa Sch ‘ tiuer. F Thedecoéion ofthe roots held in the mouth doth mitigage the paine ofthe teeth;ftaieth putri- ra Lis. 2. not onely found in Déo/corides, but al{o in other Authors,which wewilling]y withftand, ..ortelpbo Morolto'a learned Phyfition, commended theleaues being boiled with water,andfome Lignum vite added therto,againft thefalling fickne ffe,ifthepatient be canfed to fiveat y onthetaking thereof, He likewifecommendeththe extraétion of the roots againft the bloudyflix - inhot fteele hath been often quenched of purpofe,cureth the laske and bloudy flix, yea although the patienthaue adioined vnto his {eouring.a grieuous feuer. I ftoppeth the fpitting ofbloud,piffing of bloud,and all other iffues ofblond,as wellinmenas © women. The decodtion ofthe leaués and rootes, or the iuice thereof drunke , is excellent good forall F wounds, both outward and inward:it alfo openeth and healeth the ftoppings ofthe liner and lu ngs, and cureth the iaundiceé. The root beaten into pouder,tempered or kneaded with the white ofan egge andeaten, ftaicth G the defite to vomite,and is good againft choler and melancholic. places and inthe . vin hi ripti i d place of crowing mentioned thatplant which he figured, andjs yet keptin the fecond Se Eeen etioninthe fecond. ‘That whicl formerly wasin. the Gathpl, bee fit place he figured nmon Cinke-foile,setteeth andmade mention ofit, yet without deferiptionin Dame of PentaphyHum lupium. was the fame with that in the fifth place. Cuar.384. Of wildeTanfie or Siluer-weed. Cuap, 383. Of Setfoile,or Tormentill. Argentina, Siluerweed,or wilde Tanfe. Ilde Tanfie creepeth along vpon the q The Defcription. VV ground with fine flenderftalkes and clafping tendrels: the leaues are long made vp of manyfmall leaues , likevnto thofe of the garden Tanfie, but leffer ; on the vpper fide greene, and vnder very white. The floures be yellow,and ftand vpon flender ftems, as doe thofe of Cinkfoile, q The Place. It groweth in-moift places neere vato high waies and running brookeseuery where. The Time. It floureth in June and Inly. a7 herbe Tormentill or Setfoileisoneot the Cinkfoiles,it brings forth many falks flender,weake,{carfe able to lift irfelfe vp, but rather lieth downe vpon the ground:the Jeanes be leffer than Cinkefoile, bur moe innumde, fomtimes fiue,but commonly feuen, wheteup ‘ on it tooke his nameSerfoile, which is feuen leaues,and thofe fomew hat fhipt ab ges: the floures growoni che toppso! se the ftalkes, of a yellow colour, like thofe © ae Cinkfoiles. The rooris blacke re difh within, thicke, ee ee The Plat. | The Names. The later Herbarifts do call it Argentina, of the filuer drops that areto be-feene in the diftilled water therofwhenit is put intoa glaffe, which youfhalleafily fee rowling and tumbling vp and downein the bottome, I indge it rather fo called of the fine thining Siluer co- ont This plant loueth woods andtalon cé8,and is likewife found in paftures}yi06 °P to the Sun, almoft euery whet. loured leaues.t It is likewifecalled Potentilla:of gq The Names. diuers, 42rimonia[jlueftris, Anferina, and Tanace. tum fjluefire : in High Dutch , Genferich ¢ in At Tt floureth from May, vnto th eendot gu. 3 LowDutch, @anferich + in French, Argentine: in Englith, Wilde Tanfie,and Siluerweed. | The Temperature. It is of temperature moderatly cold,and dry g The Names. “he Termite It is called ofthe later Herbaril ofde tilla: fome name it after theli See leaues tostégoiny and Septifolsum 10 foile and Tormentill : in bigh-Durc Bit ofDiofcorides hath G The Temperature. qiso f thin pars A almoft in the third degree, hauing wathall a binding faeultie. } ¢ be CANCEtins ourts: moft rake itto made a bricte ce he root of Tormentill doth mightily dry,and that in the third degree, ana #6 hathin it verylitele heat,and ts ofa binding quality. | The Defcription. a i Th ‘0 man orwoman, ; “he fame boiled inwaterandfalt and drunke, diffolueth clottedand congealed bloud in fuch B * | The Vertues. re cacie : itis OP Tormentill isnot only oflike verte with Cinkefoile, butalfo ofgreater at hfiveatty ay vied againft peftilent difeafes: forit ftronglyrefifteth putrifacion, and procure @ The Vertues. te Tanfie boiled in wine and drunk,ftoppeth the laskeand bloudy flix,andall other fluxof A and Cor bruifed with falling from fome highplace. nS cotion hereof madein water,cu the vlcers and cankers of the moitth, if fome honie C x7)0 beadded thereto in the bo ' “©Tanfie hath'manyothero001 »* the priute or fecret parts,¢ s, efpecially againft the ftone,inward wounds, and D p all greeneandfrefh wounds. 0000 3 Fhe CY. |