ki.fl.i; Of che Hiftorie of Plants. Aii 



The ~r iter Plantains grow almofl euery where. 

 The iciV.-r Plantain is found on the fea coafts an 

 flicd with brackifa water. 



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places in 

 Bvckncr.a 



The Rofe-Plantaines grow with vs in gardens .• and the fixt with fpoky tufts grows in fome 



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ptember 





keep 



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Lhinum the Gcrmanes^cgrtCft : in lovv.Dutch,*©cC#>$e:in EngliflijPlancain.and Weybred: 

 in Frcnch.P/A*/.*/*. 



<fl The Temperature. 



Plantain(as Galen faith)is of a mixt temperature s for it hath in it a certaihe waterie coldneflcy 

 with a little harlhnelTe,earthy,dry and cold 5 therefore they are cold and dry in the fecond degree 

 To be bricfc.they are dry without biting, and cold without benumraing. The root is of like tem- 



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Plantain is good for vlcefs that are of hard curation,for fluxes,iflues, rheumes, and rotrennefle s 

 anJ for the bloudy flix : it ftayeth bieeding,it heales vp hollow fores and vlcers as well old as new' 

 O; a I the Plantains thegrcateft is the beft,and excelleth the reft in facultie and vertue 



The : juice or decoaion of Plantain drunken ftoppeth the bloudy flix and all other fluxes of the r 

 r^.ftoppcththepiffing^^ 

 man, and the defire to vomit. ■ 



l lantaio Icaucs (lamped and made into a tanfie,with the yelks of esses, ftave th th 

 flux oftheccrmsalthoughithauc continued many yeares. BB * 



The root of Plantaine with rfi#» (<»*A K^;u^ ;« .„u:+~ ...: :*j 1 1 • . 



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The juice dropped mtheeies coo i»« tfo fi M r» 9 n,l ';„A nmm4 «: M .!„.._, ■.% . • u,at ? uer v . 



-' '"'"V s^u-n.orrowes,wmcn l tnin^^ 

 rtltSZSS^^^"^'™^^^*,^ or thepriuypam p 



(which 



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J££ p2r c S et ° rc r ? earfed ) or «** paines of the fundament . prooied 



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bear" d SB 



lany leaues Hat ipred vpon the ground,narrow, ftarre 



part with Hue nerues or finues, and therefore it was 



.Ife* *«* * Ribwo < f .*fefc " «* not from the laft „ lcntio „ e d in any thing 

 ««iribhJ : .„.!.^ ortbatl "t"nvbtoadandlnn»i.„„„,„r,j.., . 



leaues of a darke greenc colour, fharpe pointed. 



ftal- rf? renhue ^«esorfineweslikVrh^; o-u e grcetlc colour » fr ar P e P ointeJ ' 



8fci an J r Wed > cham fcred °o cXd vfr^ f ^ Rlb "r rC : amon gft "hich rife vp naked 

 8 Cat ^ Urge tuft of fuch Iea Ue s as thol ? T" 00 niar P e ed § es ; at the fop whereof griwetf. * 



n leaues as thofe are thatgrow next the ground, making one enrfrc tuft 



or 



