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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



Lib. i 



l Virgaattrea,. 



Golden Rod 





2 Virgaaurea AntoUirillanoutni, 



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A Golden Rod prouoketh vrine, wafteth away the ftones in the kidnies,and expelleth them, and 



Witnall brincethdoivnetoimhanH raw flpomanVt I«.mft« a:^M»™ :_ .l • r m. l-l - 



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and then do hinder thecommingawayofthe ftones,andcaufeth thegrauellor fand which is brit- 

 tle to be gathered together into one ftone *—»-*-—*— »'° ••• • • '•- 



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hath commended it againft the Hone and paine of thekidnies. 



It is of the number of thofe plants that fcrue for wound-drinkes,and is reported that it can fully 

 performe all thofe things that Saracens confound can 3 and in my praftife ftall be placed in the for- 



rnoft ranke. 



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Arnoldm writetb,That the diftilled water drunke with wine for fome few daies together, wor 



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the fame cffe^that is,for the ftone and grauell in the kidnies. 



Itisextolledaboueallotherherbes for the flopping of bloud in fanguinolent vlcers and blee- 

 ding wounds • and hath in times paft beene had in great eftimation and regard than in thefc daic? 

 for in my remembrance I haue known the dry herbe which came from beyond the fea fold in B* 

 lersbury in London forhalfe a crownean ounce. But fince it was found in Hampftead wooden 

 as it were at our townes end, no man will giue halfe a crowne for an hundred weight of it : w& ich 

 plainely fetteth forth our inconftancie and fudden mutabilitie, efteeming no longer ofany tbij& 

 how pretious foeuer it be,than. whileft it is ftrange and rare. This verifieth our Englim prouc.^; 

 Far fetcht and deare bought is beft for Ladies. Yet it may be more truely faid of phanta^* 1 

 Ph y fit ions, who when they haue found an approued medicine and perfect remedy neere boo* 

 againft any diieafe ., yet not content therewith, they willfeeke for a new farther off, and by ®* 

 meanes many times hurt more than they helpe. Thus much I haue fpoken to bring tbcfe ncnrtfj 



fflcd relIowcsbackeacrainpfnpn. Q « m «i — .. c~u:„ -j_- r t. _«__I_i t k^.,»^r,nc wine- 1 



g!ed fellowcs backe againe toefteerne better of this admirable plant than they haue done, "Hie- 

 no doubt haue the fame vertuc now that then it had, although it growes (o neerc our otvne howc 



in neucr fo great quantity. 



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