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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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Typha. 



Cats-taile 



^] The Names. 



It is called in Grecke 7 Typhe : in Latine, Typha : of 



fome, Ccftrum Morionis : in French, Marteau <Jha([es : i n 



DutchXtft^ODemand JDOnfen: in ltd\hu,Ma^af or . 



da ; in Spanifh, Behordo^ and lunco amacorodato ; in Eng. 



lift, Cats-taile or Reed-mace. Of this Cats-taile An. 

 (lophancs makes mention in his Comedy of Frogs.where 

 he bringeth them forth one talking with another, being 

 very glad that they had fpent the whole day in skipping 

 and leaping inter Cyperum & Phleum , among Galingale 

 and Cats taile. tfWfeemes to name this plane Scirpm. 

 for hee termeth the mats made of the leaiies, Cats, taile 

 mats ; as in his fixt booke Fajtorum, 



V 



At Dominns>difceditejiit)plaujir0que mor antes 

 Snfttilit, inplauftrofcirpea mattafuit. 



cold and dry 



foft downe 



m The Nature. 



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fhed,healeth burnes or (balds with fire or water. 



the 



found 



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of Hyp 



hard fodden 3 & fo catenas a moft perfect remedy againft 

 the difeafe in children called Em»^», which is, when the 



eft 



y day fa ft 



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dayes fpace: the quantirie thereof to be miniftred at 

 once 1$ t.5. This being vfed as before is fpecified, doth not onely helpe children and ftriplings, 

 but growne men alfo,if in time of their cure they vfe conuenieut ligature or tradings, and fit con- 

 founding plaiftcrs vponthe grieued place, according to art appointed for that purpofe in Chirur- 

 gerie. 



This downe in fome places of the Ifle of Ely and the Low-countries adioyning thereto, is ga- 

 thered and well fold to make mattreffes thereof for plow- men and poore people. 



Ithath been alfo often proucd to heale kibed or humbled heeles,(as they are termed)being ap- 

 plied to them either before or after the skin is broken. 



HAP. 



Of St itch -wort. 



^ The Defection. 



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1 ^ Titch-wort, or as Ruellius termeth it, Holojieum, is of two kindes, and hath round tender 

 ^ ftalks full of joints leaning toward the ground : at euery ioynt grow two leaues one a- 



gain ft another. The fiourcs be white,confifting of many fmall leaues fet in the manner 

 of a ftar. The roots are fmall, ioynted,and threddy. The feed is contained in fmall heads fome- 

 what long,and {harp at the vpper end • and when it is ripe,it is very fmall,and browne. 



2 The fecond is like the former in (liape of leaues and floures, which are fet in form of a for > 

 but the leaues are orderly placcd,and in good proportion,by couples two together,being of a vvhi- 

 tifli colour. When the floures bevaded,then follow the feeds, which are inciofed in bullets like 

 the Iced of flax, but not fo round. The chiues or threds in the middle of the floure are fomctimes 

 of a rcddiih or blackifli colour, t There are more differences of this plant, or rather varieties, a* 

 differing little but in the largeneffe of the leaues, fioures,and ftalks. 



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«[[ The Place. 



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They grow in the borders of fields vpon banke fides and hedges almoft cucry where. 



iT The Time. 



They flourifh all the Summer, efpecially in May and Iunc. 



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