gy maior iden? OR. 
tuberous long knobs commonly growing amongft them, of a pale yellowifh or g 
whitifh colour ; the whole plant is of a ftrong {mell fomewhat like unto Stinking 
Horebound. = ; Tae 
, > The Places and Time. | a 
Clownes Alheale groweth frequently in moft of the Countries of this Land, by 
the fides of feverall brooks and ditches,and fometimes by the Path-fides,and Bor- 
ders of fields : It flowreth in Auguft, and bringeth its feed to perfeétionaboutthe 
end of September. cog sa ae a 
; T he Temperature. 2 thew joe aa 
This kind of Siderits is hot in the fecond degree, and dry in the firs, and withal 
of an earthy quality. thiv:en's "a 
oe The Vertues. 7 qt te laldags ont Sire au 
The Leaves of Clownes Wonnd-wort ftamped with Swines greafe, and applyed 
unto green Woundes, in manner ofa Pultis, doth healethem inafhort time aco 
cording tothe frft intention, thatis, by clofing up the lips of them without draw 
ing or bringing them to Suppuration or Matter, in fach abfolute manner, thatitis_ 7 
hard for any one, that bath not had the experience thereof, to believe. It isalfo 
very availeablein ranching of blowd, and to dry upthe Fluxes of humors in ol 
_ fressing Vicers, Cancers, &c. that binder the healing of them. Neither is itexceh 
~ fent onely for outward, but alfo for inward H oands, Ruptures of veines,blonay fui, 
, Sfitring, piffing, ot vomiting bloud, a fyrupe being made thereof, andtakennoWw 
and then a little; and fo Ruptures or burftings of the belly are fpeedily, eventoad- 
miration, cured, ifa Plaiter of the Herb or an oyntment of the fame beapplyed 
tothe place. The faid Plaifter being applyed to any veine that is wollen, or Adnfele 
thatis cur, helpeth it, andifthere bea /istle Comfry added toit, it will befomuch 
the better. pas che ay 
CHAP. CCCXXXIV. be 
Of Arf{mart. 
ote er The Nemes. ee 
z iseatled in Greeke vseyabrser, Hydropiper, ise. Piper aquaticnm, becauleomt 
kind of it hath a burning taffelike Pepper, and Hydropiper in Latine fomecimé’y 
but generally Perficaria,quod folia ejus Perfice folsts fimilia fant becaufe the leav' 
_ of it are like unto thofe of the Peach-tree ; yet fome make this diftinétion, cain 
the mild or gentle fort Perficaria fimply,and the other Hydropiper, five Perpeare 
urens, is Englith water Pepper, and Ar/mart, and infome Countries Red-k 
and of fomz Culrage and Cyderach, : ae 
‘ The Kindes. 
There be foure Sorts of Arfmart growing in’ our owne Country. 1. Dead ' 
tted Ar/mart. 2. Small creeping Arfmart. 3. Godded Asfmart or To 
jot, 4. Biting Arfmart or Water Pepper. ee 
fet at the great red joynts of the Stalkes, with bla 
hereat, perithing yearly: this hath no- biting taft as the water Pepi”. 
which is exceeding hot, But is rather like fowre Sorrell, or elfe a little nye fit 
