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OftheHiftorieofPI 



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( r^orc <ng**m~v~~ ?■ rV 7- r - r ry~r> ^r-Peppcr >? uIw B c >«>a Arfc 



f ff according to the operation and eirea when it is vied intheabfterfionofthatpart. 

 U z ' DcaJ Axfmarcis called Perficariafa Peach-wort, of the likenefTe that the leaues haue with 

 thofc of the Peach-tree It hath beene called Plumbago of the leaden coloured markes which are 

 fcenc vnon it : hilt Wwjf would bane Plumbago not to be fo called of the coIour,but rather of the cf- 



ft by tedfon that it helpeth the infirmitie of the eies called Plumbum. Yet there is another Plum* 

 /rr* which is rather thought to be that olplinhs defcription,as fhal be fhewed in his proper place. 

 J ;li(h wc may call icPeach-worr, anddead Arfmarr,bccaufeit doth not bite thofe places as 

 the other doth. 



X 3 This is by Lobel let forehand called PerficarUpufilla repens ; oiTabernamontanus^ Perftcaria 



./. 



4 



OWcrcurz 



atefiluejlrjs alters • and he alfo calls k Efula : Leomcerus calls xtTithymalus fyluefiris : Gefi 



Cd[alpfousi Catanance altera : in the Hifi 



ouer)it is called befides the names giuen it by others, Chrjfaa t 



rJicAriafiliquoft 



Salfi 



da 



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^[ The Temperature. 



Arfmajt is hot and dry,yet not fohot as Pepper, according to Gakn. 

 Dead Arimart is of temperature cold,and fomething dry. 





m TheVertues. 



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and 



The fame bruited and bound vpon an impoftume in the ioints of the fingers (called among the 

 vulgar fort a fellonor vncome)for the fpace of an houre,taketh away the paine : but(faith the Au- 

 thor) it mud be firft buried vnder a ftone before itbeapplied ; which doth fomewhat difcredit the 



medicine, 



The leaues rubbed vpon a tyred lades backe, and a good hand full or two laid vnder the fiddle, 



and the fame feton againe, wonderfully refrefli the wearied horfe, and caufe him to trauell much 

 the better. ■ 



i • l l re P ort . ed that Dead Arfmart is good againft inflammations and hot fwe Hings,being appli- 

 ed m the beginning : and for greene wounds, if it be ftamped and boyled with oy le Oliue, wa * 



lurpentine. 



and 



Tragus fail 



thing of cer 



V 



h a p. 115. Of c BeU'floum. 



^ The Deft 



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C°RnS Bel J S J auebr0 ** leaues rough and hairy, not vnlike to thof< 



I ■ 



cond WP f f X? ■ :c ° lour: amon g wnicn donievp itirrehairie ftalkcs the Cc 

 ^hc^hSpSSS^^ °I ***** T h i ch fta,kes diuide theraf ^ into fundry 



with fiue'flei^ %$& TndTL W **"*" b f l& ? m ^ ^ J "™' and Cl,C 0n the b "™ 

 ^ moft of the Bel -floS ^ h -aT"! Tn d n, S L hr >T hen the floure ^"^ « fclfe vp, as 



™»chdo,vniehaireZ h Tis n^ 



P u ;piecoloi,r W hich bei nCT olfith T* 5 % '°r fuch hke bcaft ' T1,e w hole floure is of a blew 



infiH^int^j:... . cin S P ai Uhere fucceed ^reat fauarp nr rrmv>™^ f^J ^ir„t. j- •, , . 



The 

 when 



**« " Iongand -rear nL^^"^ 1 *™}*** 1 "*^ man y f ma » browne flat feeds 

 ^^jGdft^Sflte^; In thC feC ° nd yearC after hisfowi 4 and recouererh itlei« 



mi P unc brinffeth forth m kwM f( . fl rt „,^ -* j -k . _i. r„ 



• . c , .' ^"> tt » *vcn m icaues, itaikcs,or r 



nngeth forth milke-white floures,aftd the other not Co. 



W 



The 



