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Show OftheHiftoryofPlants. q The Names. The great Hare-foot Trefoile is calledof Tragus,Cytifits:of Corde §, Trifolium magaum:of Lobeliys Lagopum maximum,and Lagopodium: in Greeke, Mapdimmve: in Englith, the grear Hares- foor, Lis, 2. The laft, being the fmalleft of thefe kindes of Trefoiles, is called Lagopusand OftheHiftory of Planes. Cuar. 499 Offwect Trefoile, orgarden Claner. Pes Leporis:in Dutch, Halen pootkens ¢ in high Dutch, Halen fuls sin French, Piedde leure in Englith Hare. foot. q The Temperature and Vertues. The temperature and faculties are referred vnto the other Trefoiles, whereof thee are kindess notwithftanding Drofcortdes {aith,that the {mall Hares-foot doth binde and dry. It ftoppeth, faith he, the laske,if it be drunke with red wine. But it muft be giuento fuchasare feuerith with water, $ Our Author in thefirft place formerly caucthe figureof Tabern. his Lagopodiuw flore albo, being only a variety feribedb the name of .dntbylla legumanofasnowhe made the defeription fomewhat in the leaues to agree with the fie beintended ro deferibe,for asiis euident by the names) he inreuded to deferibe boththe ill and fecond (which he hath confounded them both togetherin the names. Cuar. 498.. ifolinm odoratum:, ‘os tee Trefoile. ] The Defiviption, WeetTrefoile hathanvpright ftalk,hollow, and ofthe height oftwo cubits, diuiding it felfe into diuers branches :whereondo grow leaues by three andthree liketo the other [re- of that plant: youthall hereafterfj ugh naching almoft with the taith that hets nowdeleibody eg ft place, ter P foiles, fleightly and fuperficionfly nickedin the edges:from the bofom wherof comiethe floures, OfWater Trefoile, or Bucks Beanes, eucty one ftanding onhis ownefing!e foot: fta! ks confifting oflittle chaffie husks,ofa light orpale blewith colour :after which come vp little heads or knops,in whichlieth the feed,otawhitith yel- low colour,and Ieffer than that ofFenu-greeke: the root hathdiuers ftrings : the whole plant is not onely of a whitith green colour,butalfo ofa fweet {mell,and ofa {trong aromaticall or {picie fent,and more fiveet whenit is dried:which fmel inthe gathered and dried plant doth likewife continue long: and in moift and rainie weather, it {melleth more than in hot and drie weathes': and alfo. whenitis yet freth and greene it Jofeth and recouereth againe his fmell feuen times 2 Trifoliumpaludofum. Marth Trefoile. | The Defeviption. I + great Marth Trefoile haththicke fat ttalkes,weakeandtender, full ofa {pungious pith,very {mooth,and ofa cubitlong: whereondo growleaueslike tothofe of thegarden Beane,fet vponthe ftalkes three joinedtogetherlike the orher Trefoiles,{mooth,fhining, and of a deepe greene colour: amongwhichtoward the topof theftalkes ftandeth a buihof feather like floures ofa white colour,dafht ouet day ; whereupon the oldwiues in Germaniedo callit Séenen geseiters kraut, that is, theherbe that changeth feuen timesa day. flightly with a wath of light carnation after which the feed followeth, contained in {mall buttons, or knobby huskes, ofa browne yellowith colour likevnto Millet,and ofa bitter talte: the roots creepe diuers waiesin the middle mae tifh ground, being fullofjoints, white wi i: and full ofpores,and {pungie, bringing forth diuers by-fhoots, ftalkes, and leaues, by ve meanesit is eafily increafed, and largely multt- plied. 2 : The feconddiffereth notfromthe prece- dent,fauing itis altogether leffer, wherein cme fifteth the difference, ifthere beany: for doubt leffe I thinke it is the felfe fame ineach and is made greaterandIeffer, according place ofgrowing, clymate,and countrey. q The Place. ani Thefe growin marith and Hennypasate = vpon boggie grounds almofteucry wnetss @ The Time. They floureand flourith from Tune to the end of Aug, that is to fay,F af:lus Hircinus, Ox BeonaHircina : the later Herbarifts call it Trifolin Paludofum:offome,l[opyrum : in Englith, marth-C lauer,marfh-Trefoile, and Buckes-Bee §). The Temperature and vertues. SF : | The Time. It is fowne in May,it floureth in Iune and Iu: lyand perfecteth his {eed in theend ofAuguft,the fameyereit is fowne. @ The Names. a Tt is commonly ealled in Latine Trifolium odoratum:in high Dutch as we hae faid Sieuen ges *inlow Dutch,Seuenghetijcenijt, that isto fay,an herb ofeuen times :itis called in Spa- nih, Tehol real = in French, Treffle oderiferant : in Englifh, Sweet Trefoile,and garden Clafier : it “cemeth tebe Lotus Vrbanaor fatina, ofwhich Diofcorédes writeth in his fourth booke:neuerthel efle 7ets Authors fet downe Melilot, for Lotus urbana,and Trifolium odoratumybut hot properly. + The adiners and herbe women in Cheapfide commonly callit,and knowit by the name of.Balfam,or Satden Balfam, ¢ G The Temperature. _alen faith ,that fweet Trefoile doth in ameane concoé anddrie, andis in a meanc and tempe~ tefacultic betweene hot and cold : the which faculties yndoubtedly are plainely perceived in UUs fiver Trefoile, : |. The Names, sy Marith Trefoile is called in high Dutch, Biberblee,that isto fay, Cafforis Trifolium,or1” va fbrinum ‘in low Dutch,of the likeneffe that the leaues hauewiththe garden Beanes, Boe zb00! Ps A @ The Place. It is fowne in gardens not onely beyond the feas,but in diuers gardens in England, ae 5 de The feed of Z/opyrum, faith Diofcorides,if it be taken with meade or honied water, is 00% *5 thecough and paine.in the cheft. i It isalfoa remedy for thofe that haue weakeliuers and fpet bloud,foras Galen fait and cutteth tough humours, hauingalfo adjoined withit an aftringent or binding ag The Vertues. , ent inice preffed forth, faith Dioforides,with hony added thereto,clenfeth the vicers ofthe cies , A’ od it Latine argema,and taketh away {pots inthe fame,called C4/bugines,and remooueth fuch » e848doe hinderthe fight. 3 , the oilewhrein the floures are infufed or fteeped, doth perfeatly cure greene woundsin yery os; Pace; it appeaferk the paine of the gout,and all otheraches, and is highly commended aay Mptutes.and burftings in young children. : . conpealed given in white wine cureth thofe that haue fallen from fome high pare seoer Cc bruit 4€¢ and clotred bloud,and alfo helpeth thofe that do piffe bloud,by meanes of fome great ~*3 4S Was prooued lately vpon aboy in Fanchurch ftreet, whom cart went ouer, whereHhbhh 3 upon |