L 



OftiheHiftorieofPIa 



It is called in Greeke 

 bot vntruly : ofWrcettas 



20 



in Latine alio Anagallis: ofdiuers, (as Pliny report 

 Writer, KJHacia • the word is extant in Diefcorides 



»««»« »*• v " v * ' ■ — t*i ^-"* , "'*» , "<« num istAwm *u uivjionaes amOD<r the ba- 

 ited names.That with the crimfon floure, being the male, is named Ph«mcion,w& CoraUton of this 

 is nude tbecompofition or receit called Ditarallien^ thatis vfed againft the goutjwhich compofi. 

 tion rmtus ^.gtneta fetteth dovvne m his feuenth booke. Amongft the baftard names it hath been 



.it-j tiiitit .jRoirit.&nd S<tttritis : in Enzlifh.red Pimnprtvll <tnA Ktm,r o; m iv.«inii 



called Aetitis,**, 



% The Temper Mure. 



Both the forts of Pimpernel! arc of a drying faculty without biting, and foraewbathor, with a 

 raioc drawing quality, mforauch that it doth draw forth fplinters and things fixed in the flefli 



i/s/iivritctb. ^ * 



rrrtainc 

 asGi/r/nvriteth. 



% The Vcrtucs. 



ffcorides 



lings,to draw out of the body and flelh thornes 3 fplinters,or fliiuers of wood,and to hclpe the Kings 

 Euill. t 8 



The iuyce purgeth the head bygargarifingor waging the throat therewith , it cures the tooth- B 

 ach being fnift vp into the nofethrils.efpecially into the contrary nofethrill. 



It hclpcth thofe that be dim fighted : the juyce mixed with hony clean fes the v Jeers of the eve C 



called in Latine ^sirgema. -y / 



Moreouer he aflirmeth, That it is good againft the flinging of Vipers, and other venomous D 



beads, 



« h G C l ai J et V ga i nft th • infirmitl f^ th « Jiuer and kidnies, if the juyce be drunke with wine. E 

 Hcaddeth further how it is reported That Pimpernel with the blew floure helpeth vp the funda^ 

 aient thatis fallen downe, and that red Pimnemelann!iVfl/.«n» M « m :^u.:-_ At. ■" . p c Il,naa * 



Pi mpernell applied 





HAP. 



184.. Of "Broo^lime^ or water Timpernell. 



1 "H Rooke 



% The Dcfcriptimt 



Imooth 



on fmall tender fooTESke wh icChr?*(i TT f rc t f ne ~ ,our - The floures grow vp- 

 ^notvnliketo^e^;^ 





not 

 and 



poind orlaVrlea ^Koulf 6 T° the P?« dcnt > fauin g *at this plant hath harper 

 *J AedifeJncc. J the Hourcs ** of a more whitifli or a paler blew colour, wherein con fi. 



* There i 

 next 



thot. 



2? Wes of the fta uL r °" nd > g^cne and fcining, ftandin £ not bv counts h ™.! Ji^ • ) vpon 



c, nanv m bcl jb u ta A' f °i one Icafc diuided into flue parts . and thev 





h "*felfe fitly 



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Fff 2 ' 4 rem- 



