L I B. 1. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants . 



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9 Eri-rcroMomtntofum altcrum. 



Ti other Cotton Groundfcll 



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«JJ" The Names. 



Grounfel is called in Greeke, i^'ew = in Latine 

 5f»fw,becaufe it waxeth old quickly : by a baftard 

 name Herbutnm : in Germany , CttUf^DUEtJ : in 



low- Dutch, Ctupg erupt, and Crupffcen erupt : 



in Spam{h t rervaca»a .• in Italian >Car don ceffo 3 Speli- 

 ciefa .- in Engli(n,Groundfel. 



Cotton Groundfcl feems to beall one with The- 

 upbrafius his Aphace : he maketh mention oUphace 

 Ltb.j. which is not onely a kinde of pulfe, bittan 

 herbealfo, vntowhich this kinde of Groundfcll is 

 very like. For as Theophraftus faiib.Theherbe o/- 

 fhace is one of the pot-herbs & a kind of Succorie: 

 adding further , That it floureth in hafte , but yet 

 loon is old^and turneth into down ; and fuch a one 



that 



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as the fpring lafteth 5 as my felfe haue often feene 

 this Groundfcll do. 



^T The Nature. 



Groundfel hath mixt faculties : itcoolcth, and 

 withall digefteth,as Paulas *&gincta writetb. 



If The Vertues. 



Theleaues of Groundfel boiled in wine or wa- A 

 ter,and drunke, healc the paine and ach of the fto- 

 i* macke that proceed s of Choler. 



The lcaues and floures ftamped with a little B 

 hogs greafeceafe the burning heat of the ftones 

 and fundament. By adding to a little Saffron or 



ti,~u a i in . . ""^fielpeththeSrTwwaorKirLtfsemll 



d The leaue, ftamped and ftramedinto milke and drunke , help* the red guL^nd frets in Chii- C 



ia^tt 6 ta& t 4^^J^°SS!f? & i' heaieth W onnd s in .he finues.The D 

 d-lj • . , , r°, wne ot tne noures mixed with vineger. 



ft. Zs of S£ bmy Md vine S«.* P^oketh vomi t) efpecia!Iy if you adde thereto a E 



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HAP. 2,8. 



Of Saint lames his Wort, 



^u , % The Ki ndes. 



J ofi, hVthet t'fu^Z'r^ r " ; ? 1 ot withoiIt caufe thya & hc t0 b « '■'•"' °f Groundfel • 



5f The Deft 



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^ "ted kS2 ^e g ar rt i s r y t? kno r ? uer y where > and ^ 



but broader ^rh 7^! 1!!^ d ^ und ? b P ut . Ilk . e to theleaues of common VV 



vpabou^, l , 4Ucr .tnicker, 



bout 



_ t tullJur)WKna itaike which rifeth 



,and fpm^hatred withall. Thearmes or wingsa e fet 



or wilde Rocker. Th/» A n „». -. a.. _ , „& b are . Iec 



E^ow 



nourcsasin anvmbei!,whichareofadarke red colour before they open 



rhemfelues^ 



