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Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 



32,9 



^J TheTentperature. 

 This herb is cold and moift,and that no Icffc than Orach,but as it a ppeareth more cold, 



» ^j" The Virtues* 



It is reporrcdrhat it killeth fwine,if they do eat thereof; itisnotvfedinphyfick,&much lefle 



as a 



(a! lad herbe. 



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Chap. 48. 



I 



OfEngli/h Mercury 



Bonus HenrTtus. 



Englifh Mercury, or good Henry. 



1 



^f T£<? Defcriftio*. 



Ood Henry,called 7V*4 £004, fo named of 

 the Jater Herbarifts,is accounted of them 

 to be one of the Docks,but not properly. 

 Thisbringeth forth very many thick ftalks fet 

 with ieaues two foot high ; on the branches 

 whereof toward the top ftand greene floures in 

 clufters thicke thruft together. The feed is flat 

 like that of the Orach, whereof this is a kinde. 

 The ieaues be faQned to long footftalks, broad 

 behind and fharpe pointed , fafhioned like the 

 Ieaues of Aron or Wake- robin, white or gray- 

 ifli of colour, and as it were couered oner with a 

 fine meale : in handling ic is foft and oleous, 

 with a very thick root,and parted inro many di- 

 uifions,of a yellow colour within,Iike the fharp 

 pointed Docke. 







«ff The Place. 



It is commonly found in vntilled p!aces,and 

 among rubbifh neere common waies,old wals 

 and by hedges in fields. * 



% The Time \ 



, It floureth in Iune and Iuly efpecially. 



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F 



ood 



i^Anfe 



tMalus 



\ 



Mercurie either i fo rme 1 ij^ "™' but vn P ro P«Iy, for that it hath no participa t \m 

 loofe the belly. ' qUahtIe > cxce P z Y™ wiI1 «II euery herbe Mercury that 21 LZ 





moderatly 



% TheTemj>< 



T, »c Ieaues b 1 A ' The Virtues. 



^ 6mc bm7fed and fe her ? ° trheAi and e "en,make the body foluble 



« then, ** vpon green wounds or foule and old vLr^ fcoure.mund.fic, and 



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Chap- 



