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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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^f The Temper attire. 



The leaues and roots of thefe herbs are bitter, alfo hot and dry in the fecond degree : they ha* 

 vertue to fcourc and open,to attenuat or make thin thicke and grofle humors>and to expel or driue 





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«y 7 he Vettuts^ which chiefely belong to the lafi deft 



hereof 



and 



likevvife to fuch as Inane their fplecn and liucr flopped or fwolnc • for it takes away the flopping gf 

 both rhofc intrals,andalfo of the gall .-wherefore it is good for them that haue the jaundice eA 



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daily ioroewhat after the beginning, 



The herb boiled in wine or water is Angular good againft tertian fcuers. 



The dcco&ion drunke,and the leaues outwardly applied,do healc all wounds both inward and 



outward. 



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efner in 

 Wine 



firmcth,that he boiled' about zpngil of the fibres of the root of this plant ir 

 which an houre after gaue him one ftoole,and afterwards twelue vomits, whereby he caft vp much 

 fiegme : Co that it works (faith he) like white Hellebor,but much more eafily and fafely,and itdij 

 me very much good. $ 



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Chap. 2141. Of Egrimonie 



Aar interna. 



Agrimonie. 



^j T ht Description, 



He leaues of Agrimonie are long and hainc, 



green aboue,and fomtwhat grayifh vndeineath, 



parted intodiuers other fmal leaues fnipt round 



rjabout the edges,almoft like the leaues of Hemp: the 



^ ftalke is two toot and a halfe long, rough and hairic ; 



y whereupon grow many fmal yellow flours one abouc 



: another vpwards toward the toprafter the flours const 



the feeds fomwhat long and rough,like to fmall burs 



hanging downewards ; which when they be ripe doc 



catch hold vpon peoples garments thatpaffeby h 



The root isgreat^long^and blacke. 



qf 7 he Place. 



It grows in barren places by highwayes, inclofures 

 of medowes, and of corne fields, almoft euery where 

 and oftentimes in woods and copfes. 



^T The Time. 



It floureth in Iune and foroewhat later,and feedcth 

 a great part of Summer after that. 



^f The Names. 



The Grecians call it m» : and the Latines alio 



Eupatorium : Pliny, Eupatoria : yet there is another U 

 patorium iti K^ipuleim^ and that is CMarrubtum, Ho«- 

 hound : in like manner the Apothecaries of GermajJ 

 haue another Hepatorium that is there commooty 

 ■ vied, being defcribed in the la ft chapter, and may Dc 

 named Hepatorium adult erinam. Agrimonie is nam r 

 Lappa inuerfa:btin% (o called,becaufe the feed j > wl" 

 are rough like btures,do hangdownewards : of iom % 

 Philanthropes , of the cleauing qualitie of ™^ ec " 

 mens garments :the Italians and Spaniards call it Aqramonia: in high-Dutch, fi/Pn 

 mcn&SjMCfctoUtt? tin low-Dutch,inFrcnch,and in Englifh, Agrimonie,and Egrimonie : .^% " 

 Urium Uketh thenameof Enpmt the finder of it out : and(faith Pliny) it hath a royal and prw 7 

 aurhoritie, 



T • , , . , 1F The Temperature. A ,;monvi» 



It is hor,and doth moderatly binde,and is of a temperat drincfle. Galen faith,tbar «g T, ^,- nn . 

 of fine and fubrill parts,cutting and fcourin* : therei©re,faith he.it remoues obftrutfionso. 



banging ro 



pings of the Iiuer,and doth likevvife ftrengthen it by reafon of it's binding qualme. 



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