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Show 1252 Of the Hiftory of Plants. Linz, theftalkes are crefted or freaked, of a purple colour, growing to the height of two cubits : at the top whereof grow many {malland hairy white floures, and after them come {mall narrowhuskes like little cods, foure offiue growing together : the rooris yellow, long, round, and knotty, di. fperfing it felfefar abroad on the vpper cruft of theearth, 2 Thefmall baftard Rubarb is very like vnto the precedent, butthat it is altogether leffer: his ftalkes area fpan ora foot long : his Ieaues be thin and tender the rootfine and flender : the little floures growtogetherin {mall bundlesortufts, of a light yellowcolour, almoft white, and : F areofa gricuousfauour. 3. Theréis keptin fome gardensa plant ofthis kinde growing vp withlargeftalkestothe Of theHiftoryofPlants: gg, [p1B.i2. Fratafforius. calleth it Herbs Galleca: the He- Galega. trufcians, Lawanefe , and, it-is alfo called by diuers other names in fundry placesof Italy, Goats Rue. PQ <> } ON ) G a i) tge~ ; J r as Gefner faith,as are Caffracane, Lavanna,Tho- NY, seein’ height ofthree cubits : the leaues are verylike thofe of Columbines: the floures are made ofma- nywhite threds:it fouresinIune,and is called Thalictrum maius Hifpanicum, Great Spanifh Baftard Rubarb.. + a The Place. Thefe Plants doe grow alongftthe Ditch fides leading from Kentith ftreetvnto Saint Tho- masa-Waterings (the place of Execution) on therighthand. They grow alfovponthe bankes lon, the verydefcription al{o of Polyalon is gain{t them: for Galega is higher and grea- | The Time. ter than that itmay be The floure for the moft part in Iuly and Auguft. Diuers ofthe later Herbarifts do call it Pigamam,as though it were ntxe, that is, Rue; where- upon moft call it Ruta paluftris, or Fen Rue : others, P/éudo.Rhabarbarum, and Rhabarbarum Mona ho- rum, by reafon ofthe yellow colour of the root. But neithet of their indgements is greatly to be efteemedof: they iudge better that would haueit to be Thalietrum, which Diofcorides defcribeth kill and driue them forth, if the juice be gi- to haue leaues fomething flatter than thofe of Coriander; and the ftalke like that of Rue, vpon uento little children to drinke. It is of like vertue if it be fryed with which the leaues doe grow. Pena calleth it Thalictrum, Thalidtrum,and Rutapratenfis : in Enghth baftard Rubarb,or Englifh Rubarb :which namesare taken of the colour, and tafte of the roots. Linefeed oyle,and-bound vponthe childes SS @ The Temperature. calleda little fhrub onely of an hand bredth high. @ The Temperature. This plant is ina meane temperature betweenehot and cold. q] The Vertues. Goats Rue isa fingular herbe againft all veniome and poifon, and again{t wermes, to q The Names. nauell. _Ttisminiftred vnto children which are poffeffed withthefalling euill, a {poonefull eulery morlg in milke, Thefe herbesare hotand dry ofcomplexion, q The Vertues. A B C rina,OX Tanrina,Martanica,Sarracena,Capragina, Herbzne{a, Faenumgracumfyluefire, and as Brafauolus witneffeth, Giarza.Jt is named in Englifh, Italian Fitch,and Goats Rue. Some iudge thatthe old Phyfitions were wont tocall it Oxobrych#: others, Glauce-diuers would haue it tobe Polemonium, but not fo much Petr; And Mathiowws in his comm mentaries,~as euery one of the’ deferiptions mentioned ‘by Déofcorrdes do gainfay them; asalfothofe, whothinke that Galera, is Poly. galon,& that the name of Galega came of Poly- of the Thames, leading from Blacke-wall to Woolwich, neere London,andin fundry other pla- ces alfo. ; , \ : The leaues of baftard Rubarb withother pot-herbes do fomewhat mouethe belly. The decoétion of the root doth more effe ually, _Disfcorides faith,that the leaues being ftamped do perfectly cure old vicers. Galen addeth,hat they dry without biting. Being boiled in vineger, and drunke withalittle Treacle, it is very good againft the infe@ion eplague, efpecially if the medicine be taken within twelue houres. herbe it felfe is eaten, being boiled withfleth,as we vfe to eate Cabbage and otherwoorts, aulikewife in fallades,withoile,vinegerand pepper,as we doeate boiled Spinage,andfuch like; Whichis mot excellent being foeaten, againft all poifon andpeftilence, or any venomous infir- titewhatfoeuer, and procurethfiveat. talfohelpeth the bitings and ftingings of venomous beafts,ifeither the juice or the herbe “ped be laid vpon the wound. Cuar. 529. Halfean ounce ofthe juice inwardly taken is reported to helpe thofe that are troubled with “Miiltions, crampes, andall other thedifeafes aforefaid. Thefeedes do feed pullen exceedingly, and cauife them to yeeld greater ftore of egs than ordinary, ; Of Goats Rue. ‘ The juice of the leaues, or the Jeaues themfelues bruifedand applied. to any part'fwollen “Iiefing ofa bee or wafpe, mitigate the paine,andare a prefent remedy,as M*.Cannon alouer q The Defiription. *Plants, and frind of mine, hath aflired mehe hathfeen by frequent experience, c4lega ot Goats Rue hath round hard ftalkes two cubits or more high, fet full of Jeaues difplayed orwingedabroad euerie leafe confifting offundrie {mall leaues fet vpon 4 fles der rib 5, refembling the leaues ofthe field Vetch or Tare, but greater and longer. Tbe floures growat the topof theftalke, cluftering together after the mannerof thewilde Vetch, of # light skie colour , which turne into Jong cods fmall and round wherein thefeedis contained.15¢ roor is great, thicke, and ofa white colour, q The Place. on Tegrowethplentifully in Italy euery where in fat groundsand by riuersfides : it growet “* wife in my garden. q The Time, It flourethin Iuly and Auguit. a The Names, The Italians. call it. Galega,and. Ruta Capraria: divers name it corruptly Gralega4? Hire” Fracspa™ Cuar. 530. Of Pliny hu Leadwoot. © The Defiription, te Or Pentrilaria hayh offended in the {uperlatiue degree,in that hehath hid himfelfe to the plant Lepidium, “s<atunnagate fouldier, when the affault fhould haue beengiuen tleffeirisakinde. Butif the fault be mine, as without queftion it is, I craue do intreate thee gentle reader to cenfure me with favour, whereby erfight, and to leaueit yntouched. 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