4°2, Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 



2 



% The Fertucs. 



A The juice of S poonewort giuen to drinke in Ale or Beere,is a Angular medicine againft the m 

 ruptand rotten vlcers,and (tench of the mouth : it perfectly cureth the difeafe called of ///W 

 tes ^Volvulus Hematites : of plw h Stomacace : of CMarcell^Ofcedo : and of the later writers It T' 

 turn .-of the Hollanders and Frifians,Scuerbuyck : in Englifh,the Scuruie : either eiuine the Zt ' 

 in drmke as aforefaid or putting fix great handfuls to fteepe,with long pepper^rainkannif'e C 

 and liquorice, of each one ounce, the fpices beingbraied, and the herbe bruifed with your hani 



and lODlltintOaDOr. fuchaSlS before menrinnpH In rk» />k,. n t» «fk.A„J TJ..U..L ' . : Ui > 



B 



effed. 



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m 



C 



The juice dr unke once in a day fafting with any liquor^beere^r wine,doth caufe the forefiM 

 medicine more fpeedily to worke his rife* incuring this filthy, lothfome, heauy,and dull dSe 

 vvhich is very troublefome and of long continuance. The gums are loofed fwolne 5 and exulcZ 

 the mouth greeuoufly (linking -the thighes and legs are withall very often full of blew fS 

 much vnlikethofe that come ofbruifes: the face and the reft of the body is oftentimes of S 

 colour : and the feet are fwolne as in a dropfie. 7 P le 



There is a difeafe (faith ola M mag nm in his hiftorie of the Northerne regions) hauntins tbc 

 campes, vvhich vexes them that are befieged and pinnedvp:andit feemethtocomeby eating of 

 faltmeates, which is increafed and cherifhed with the cold vapors of the ftone walls. The Get- 



manes cal this HHmO r acum hm fC*:A\ c An .k.. n i..L.r. ~* «* _ .... . . 



of the mouth Ofcedo 



(JUv 



cold and tough bloud,fuch as melancholy juice is,not by aduftion,but offucb bloud as is the fecu- 

 lent or droffie part thereof : which is gathered in the body by ill diet, flothfulnefle to workeJaifi- 

 nefle (as we terme it) much fleepe and reft on fhip-boord,and not looking to makecleane the bif- 

 quet from the meal inefTe, and vncleane keeping their bodies, which are the caufesoftbis difeafe 

 called the fcuruie or fcyrby ; which difeafe doth not onely touch the outer parts, but the inward a!- 

 io : for the liner oftentimes,but mod commonly the fpleene,is filled with this kinde of tbicke,cold 

 and tough juice, and is fwolne by rcafon that the fubftance thereof is flacke, fpungie and porous, 

 very apt to rcceiue fuch kinde of thickc and cold humors. Which thing *1(q Hippocrates hath 

 written of in the fecondbooke of his Prorrhetikes: their gums (faith he) are infec>ed,and their 



oeuer 



bleed, can hardly be cured of this maladie, efpecially of the vlcers in the legs, and blacke fpots 



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thedifFerencebetweenethis difeafe and theblacke jaunders, which many times are fo confounded 

 together,that the diftin&ion or difference is hard to be kflowne, but by the expert chirurgioniwbo 

 oftentimes fcruing in the (hips, as well her Majefties as merchants, are greatly peftered with & 



:h them the herbe dried : the 



narrow 



tb oile 



oliue,to keep it from putrifa&ion : the which preparations difcreetly v£ed,will ftand them ia%^ 1 



ftcad for the difeafe aforefaid. 



D The herbe (lamped and laid vpon fpots and blemifhes of the face> will take them away witbifl 



hath 







C h a p. 87. 0/^ Twajblade, or herbe Hi/oile. 



«0 TheDefcription. 



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1 



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fattened vnto a fmall knot* 



root,f rom which rifeth vd a flender ftera or ftalke.tender.fat. and full of juice ; » 



middle whereof are placed in comely order two broad leaues, ribbed and cb*£* - k 

 the leaues of Plantainc : vpon the top of the ftalke groweth a flender greemij \\ 



; final! flnnrPc^1,i;«!.iL ^Jli- 1 LS-^t /i:^ M «lvhaCCnw v 



Chape like the leaues of Plantain 



ry like thofcofthe third fort of Serapias ft ones. 



fembling agnat,or little gofli 



^w Trifoltipt Trefoile Twaiblade,hath roots.tender ftalkes,and a bufh of fl<w* ^ ^ 



butdifferetii 



/ 



flall' c 



