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CHAP. CCXCvII. ei ce a 
| Of mall Moonwort. 
: The Names. > 
iscalledin Latine Luxaria Minor, becaufe there be many. bigger, (for its 
Greek name cannot be learned by any meanes, though it-hath been diligently 
enquired after, and therefore it is thought by fome never to have had any) 4 fo 
hiss Luna cre{centis modo falcatis, the divifions of the Leafe being much like unto 
an half Moon, asalfo, Botrytis five rano(a, ast racemofa, a capitibus in moduns 
ratemi formatrs, fromthe {piky head thereof, which fomewhat refembles a bunch 
— Of Grapes : itis alfocalled Lusaria Petraa,and Taura, as Gener faith, becaufe 
if Kine feed where it groweth, they will prefently goe to Bull ; as fome Heardf- 
men, where it groweth plentifully have obferved. Countrey people callitinEn: 
glith, Vxfboo the Horfe, becaufe it is faid to unfhioo fach Horfes as tread uponit; 
but Smal! AZoouwort is its ordinary name. ed 
Some have made divers forts hereof, but others, who have ferioufly confide- 
redit, doe conceive that the. differences that are found in this plant are onely 
sccidentall, and therefore not fufficient to confticute diftin@ forts e 
The Forme, . es 
Small Mogrwort rifeth up but with one darke, green, thick, and fat Leafe, 
ftanding upon. {mall footftalke, not above. an inch high, unleffe it be when it isin 
flower, and then it may be faid ta bear a fmall {lender talke, about three inches 
high, the upper part whereof groweth out of the bofome of the faid Leafe, which 
is much divided on both fides, into five,.fometimes feaven, and fometimes more 
parts ona fide; yea fome have thoughr, (and but onely thought) chatit beareth a 
The Temperature. 
Small Moomport is more cold and drying then Adders tongue, asmay be gathe- 
= The Vertues and Signature. a ae 
_. The Leaves of the faa! Afoofwort,boiled in Red Wine,and drank,isanincompa- 
fable Medicine to ftay che immederate F/nxe of Womens ordinary Cour{es, oes : 
| Whites a\fo,and being ufed in the fame manner it flayeth biceding, vomiting , z 
