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"Tr^^TTmaketh a man pifle well : it mitigateth paine in the kidnies and bladdet : it brea- 

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a as and venomous ferpents,being drunk,and alfo applied to the hurt^and is moft Angular againft 



^ids commended againft the paine of the Sciatica,or ache of the buckle bone. 



There is a conferue made of the floures and fugar good for many things, and efpecially for the F, 

 headache. A dram weight of the root of Betony dried,and taken with meade or honied water, pro- 

 curcrb vomit.and bringeth forth grotfe and tough humors,as diuers of our age do report. 



The ponder of the dried leaues drunke in wine is good for them that fpit or pifle bloud, and cu- G 

 jerb all inward wounds^efpecially the greene leaues boylcd in wine and giuen. 



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WAter Betony hath great fquare hollow and brown ftalks,whereon are fet very broad leaues 

 notched about the edges like vnto thofe of Nettles, of a fwart greene colour, growing for 

 the moft part by two and two as it were from one joynt, oppofite or (landing one right 

 agamft another. The floures grow at the top of the branches, of a darke purple colour,in fhape like 



fmalljcontaincd in round bullets or buttons. The 



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Ittonica aquatica. 



Water Betony. 



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oweth by brookes and running waters, 



h fides,and by the brinks ofriuers.and 



is feldorae found in dry places. 



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It floureth in Iuly and Aug 

 that time the feed vvaxeth ripe. 



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erh all inward wounas^ipccuuiy uic giccuc icauesooyica in wine ana giuen. 



The pouder taken with meate loofeth the belly very gently, and helpeth them that haue the fal- 

 ling fickenefTe with roadnelTe and head-ache. 



It is Angular againft all paines of the head : it killeth wormes in the belly j helpeth the ague : it I 

 cleanieth the motherland hath great vertuc to heale the body, being hurt within by bruifing or 



lar/a Altera, of Dcdon&us : of Turner , Clymenon : 

 o((ome y Scfamoides minus^ but not properlyrof 

 others > Serpcntaria : in Dutch, &+3ntatltC# 



CCUPtrin Englifti, Water Betony : and by 



fome, Browne-wort : in Yorke-fture, Bifhops 



leaues. . 



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Water Betony is hot and dry. 



<ff The Venues. 



The leaues of Water Betony are of a fcou- \ 

 ring or cleaning quality ,and are very good to 

 mundifie fouleand (linking vlcersjefpecially 

 the juyce boyled with hony. 

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and deformity of it. 



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