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Show 120 ~~ OftheHiftorieofPlanes, A Lire. 2 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Do ee @ The Vertues: —stL__ which proceedeth of an hot caufe, a Trisreportedtobe g ood againft the weakenefle of the liuer for it cooleth aid ftrengthreth it nora little. vertue is in the root; ifa {poonfull of Baptifta Savdus commendethit, and writeth that the chiefe or with fome kinde ofbroth, it wine, with together dayes certaine giuen thereofbe pouder the \ ele, Zmteroc called e difeaf profiteth muchagainit the 3 Thethird kind ofMelilot hath[ round alk satidtagged leaui ag eaties fet dab rar 1 like the leaues of Fenugreeke,alwaies three growing together like tlie Tein ee eli a ouer with an hoarineffe,as though meale had been ftrewed vpon them Thefc a lowatid fmall, growing thicke togetherin a tuft, which turne intollittle cods, y he eiathe feed ane ee rootis {mall, tough, and pliant. Soaandra u kinde of Melilot growésto the height 4 The fourth its, fet fet ful g oftbr ce cubits, of leaues like rh = oe and of the fame fauour: the flouresgrow alongft the top posepee: aa Cuar.so5. colour, which turne into fmall foft huskes, wherein is containedlittle blackifh feed :si pee Is alfotough and pliant. Of Melilot, orplaifter Clauer. 3 Melilotus Coromatas gG The Defiription 4 Melilotus Germanica. Kings Clatier. GermaneClauer. and twiggy branches, and mile firftkinde of Melilot hath great plenty of fmall tough full of leaues three together, ftalkes full ofioynts or knees, in’ height two cubits, fet ofapal e yellowcolour, fan. the ftalke, like vnto Burgondie hay. The floures grow at the top of the floures ofSecaridaca altera: like very rowes, orderor r,in togethe é compa and. fet ding thickly g or turnin vpward with a fharpe I whichbeing vaded, there followcertaine crooked cods bendin ned feed like Fenugrecke, bet is contai : point, in fafhion notauch vnlikeaParrets bill,wherein honey,and very the wholeplantis ofa reafonable good {mell,much like vnto flatter and flenderer : full of iuyce : the root is very tough andpliant. 2 Melilotws Italica oh Patauina. Italian Clauer. 1 cMelilot us Syriacaodora. Affyrian Clauer. sc[ e: orger, eeying ee ne e a oue fo is onelye (whereit gardens in fome one to vende, mon eetwithyhite eee and many branches :the whole fhape thereof ee oe bien oo, sae ae er. The common Melilot hath weake cornered greene ftalkes fome 8:5, ofa fret aod ae ne oe longith leaues {nipt and oftentimes eatenabout the edMie fethict ne oer t he ofomes of the leaues come little: ftalkes fome handfull being taal ser “oe nepe floures hanging downe and turning vp again,éach mdernoft {esa thefeed! =~ Milebein aire d foree it hihigh, ane ftalk es, acuboe it boar the + The fecond kinde of Melilot hath {mall and tender vpright what more, ofareddith colour,fet full of round Jeaues three together, not {nipt a fol: of greene colour, thicke, ne like the other Trefoiles ; and they are of avery deepe into: rou talkes, of a yellow colour, “ hich turne of honey> 2 ofthef tops the alongft grow floures The fauout the alfo feeds as big as a Tare, and ofapale colour. The whole plant hath perifheth when it hath borne hisfeed. : 3 1 ite e yellow leaues, whereot' the vppermoft turnes vp againjand the es tobe partedintothree. The floures paft, there fueceed little cods wherein is , q@) The Place. comarcs: e Cac Englifh Melilot Pena fetteth forth for aelilotiss od efreciallyEfex » for I ha PB : : the world doth enioy fo great part thereof as England, from: —e10 Heninghameandfr ue “i etweene Sudbury in Suffolkejand Clare in Effex,and ble Bafhure ees a wr E a to Ouendon, Bulmare, and Pedmiarth, very mdny acresiof - ythe fame; infomuchthar it doth:novonely {poyle their land, but tcornealfo,as ae €or Darnel, and as aweed that generally {preadérh oucr thatcornerof phe Shire, Teiti @] The |