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Biefcorides faitb,That the feed<lrunke for the fpace of fnrrv .Wc ♦ Z ; " 



andallaches that happen in the hips. P aceo "orty d ai es together cureth the Sc 



The fame Author faith,That being taken in vnne it takes away tertian and qaartan Ague, 



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ers wort orfquare SJobtu grafe. 



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S 1 Aim Peters wort groweth to the heig] 

 \o{ a cubit and a halfe, hauing a itraigfac 

 Upright ftalkfomwhatbrown/ctbycou- 

 pies at certainediftances, with leaucsrauch like 

 thofeof S Johns Worr, but greater, rougber,and 

 rounder' pointed : from the boiom of which ieaues 

 come forth many fmall Ieaues , the which arc not 

 bored through 3 as thofe of S. Iohns Wort M ; yet 

 fomtimes there be fome few fo bored through/The 



yellow 



oures 



fed doyeeld forth a bioudy juice as doth S. Iohns 

 wort 5 whereof this is a kind. The root is tough,and 

 of a wooddy fubftance. 



$ 2 Vpon diuers boggy grounds of this king- 

 dome is to be found growing that S . Peters Wort 

 which Clufim defcribesin hhi^iuffdnum by the 



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heere and 



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there put vp new fibres or roots 3 and thefe are fet at 

 certain fpaces with very round and hairy Ieaues of 

 a whitifh colour, two at a joint, and on the tops of 

 thefe ftalks grow a few fmall yellow floures which 

 confift of fiue Ieaues apiece. Thefe ftalks fcldome 

 fend forth branches, vnlefle it be one or two at the 

 tops : it may well becalled in Englifti, Round lea 



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leys houfe neere South-fleet. 

 It floureth and flourifteth when S Johns wore doth. 



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It is called in Greeke *»*** * the Latines 



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fome ^indroUmum : 

 Afaronfyt ^4 [cy aides 



m The Names. r f 



11 -ier name but this Greek name Jfym^ 



i.:«j *cr«tf*t\ and S. Iohns wort, & «"" 



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hot and 



S. Iohns wort. 

 m The Temperature 



It is endued with the fame vertues that 



■tfeorides and 



foute ounces and a halfc of Meade, doth plentifully purge 



ments. 







