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Show Lip. 2 OftheHiftroyofPlants. = 1189 The Names, Nicander calleth this Trefoile srt» in Earinerts olium acntum, or tharpe pointed Trefoile sof Pliny,Trifolinm odoratum, but not properly ; of others, Trifolinm Ajphalteum,five Biturminsfimox StonePitch Trefoile. Auicencalleth it Tarfilom,and not Handacocha: Auicendoth comprehend Didfeorides his Lori that 1 Trifolium, realsge Trefoile of America, +2 Trifolium Burgundsacum, Burgundie Trefoile. is to fay, Lotus vrbana (ylueftrisand eAgypia which Diofcorides confoundeth one with another ii one chapter:in Englith at iscalled Clauer gentle,Pitch Trefoile,ftinking Trefoile;& Treacle Clauer, The Temperature, : A B This Trefoile, called 4p halteum,as Galen faith,is hovand dric,as Bitumen is,and that in the third degree. @ TheVertues.. Being drunke,it taketh awaythe painofthe fides,which commethby obftraionsor ftoppings, prouokethvrine,and bringeth downe thedefired fickneffe. Hippocrates writeth,chat ivedoth not onely bring them-downe, but likewife the birth, notonel inwardly taken,but alfo outwardly applied .Ifawoman,faith he,be not well clenfed after herchild GC. bearing,giue her this Trefoile todrinke in white wine. Disfiorides faith,that the feeds and leaues being drunke in water,are'a remediefor the pleurifie, difficultie ofmaking water,the falling fickneffe,the dropfie when itfirft beginneth, and for thole that are troubled with the mother: the quantity to be taken at once is three drams ofthe feedsand foureof the leaues. Theleaues drunkein Oxymel,ora fytrupofvinegermade with honie, is good for thofe thatare bitten with ferpents. E Someafiirme thar the decoction ofthe whole plant, root and leaues, taketh awaypaine fiom thofe whomferpents hate bitten;if they be wathed therewith ; but ifany other man having anvlcer be wathed withthat water wherwith he was bathedthat was bitten of the ferpent,they Yaythat he fhall be troubled in the fame manner that the ftingedpartie was. D FF Somealfo giue with wine three leaues,ora {mall quantitie of the feeds in tertian agues, and in quartaine foureasa fure remedieagainft the fits. i The root alfo is put into antidotes or counterpoifons,faith Dio/corides : but other antient Phy f- tions do not onely mix the root with them,but alfo the feed,aswe mayfee in Galea, bya great mafy compofitions in his 2. booke of Antidotes , thatis to fay, in the Treacles ofAilius Gallus,2070 Landoceus,Clandius Apollonius,Eudemus, H.eraclides,D orotheus,and Heras. H The herbe ftamped and applied vpon any enucnomed wound,or made with poifoned weapon,tt draweththe poifon fromthe depth moft apparantly .Butifit be applied vpon a woundwhere iar is no'vehomons matter to work vpon,itdoth noleffe infe@ that part,than ifit had been bitten with fome ferpent or venomous beaft : which wonderfull effe@ it dothnot perforthein refpect of any vitious qualitie that it hathini felfe,but becaufe it doth notfinde that venomous matter to W' nk SADA aby, vponjwhich it naturally draweth(as the Load-ftone doth iron)wherupon it is conftrained through Sh his atttaGiue qualitie,to drawand gather together humoursfrom far vntothe place,wheteby the soul WW Semen y paine is greatly inereafed. 04 A 4 Z > \ 8 QA VWF SS WA i a= & hy wy Say) f IY Se Cuar. 496. Of diners other Trefoiles. gq The Defcription, 2 5¢ Hree leauedgraffe of America hath diuers crooked round ftalks,leaning this way ee that way,and diuided into diuers branches : whereon do grow leaneslike chow aes medow Trefoile,ofa black greene colour, and ofthefmel ofPitch Trefoile,or, bite Clauer : the floures growat the top ofthe branches,madevp ina Jongfpiked chafhe ane are colour: after whichcommeththe feed, fomewhat flat,almoft like to thofe of Tates :the 100! long firings ofa wooddiefubftance, 2. ee bleatuo pt Thisthree leafed graffe (which Dodonensin his laft Edition calleth Trifolinm 00 oa {ub mum and Lobel, Ranum Burgundiscum) hathdiuers round vpright ftalks,ofawo d Tinto dies fareevst notable ofit felfeto ftand without a prop orftay: which oe a oat . ur olt Mali branches, whereupon do growleaues.ioine 2 ther like the other et heed darke fware Brcene nee :theHoures growat ire ftalks in fhapelike tholeriockiel ded Trefoile; burofa darke purple colour; the feede followeth, contained in {mau ¥ sk Bg dies > futned round,afrer tle manner ofa water fnaile:the root is thick,compofed of diuers tough ue ftrings.and lafteth long inmy gatdenwithgreatincreafe. 2x foo, pbs three leaued graffe of Salmanca,a citi as I take it of Portingale, differeth oe ee a ooh ut Geld Trefoile sit hath manybranches weake and tender,trailing vpon the pronnc, ye Tr ee red fe whereupon doegrowle aues fet whereon togetherdocftand bythree ypon ence teof thrift forth tender foot-ftalkes, aoe wuts a orda = vato purple: after which come the feed wrappedin fmall skinnes, of a red ¢o- . tmte Hart Trefoile hath very nianyflexible branches, fet vpon a flender fg 2 the Tengtl °Or three foog, trailing hither and thither : whereupon doe grow leaues ioined together three |