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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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I Verbena commuqjs. 



Common Veruaine, 





2 Verbena facra. 



Holy Veruaine 



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Both of them grow m vntilled places neerc vnto hedges, high-waies, and commonly by ditches 



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haue not feene the fecond.and doubt it it is not to be found tvikle in 



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The Veruaines floure in Iuly and Auguft. 



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Veruaine is called in Greeke, <***«»: in Lztiae, Verbena, &ndrerbenaca t HeHttla»iA i Ferr4m,zn& 

 Exnpra .- of fome, CM. ath calif, and Hitra botane : of others, Fer$iena i and Sacra herba :• Verbena are any 

 manner of herbes that were taken from the Altar,or from fome holy place,which becaufe the Con 



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full or Pretor did cut vp, they were likewife called Sagmina, which oftentimes are mentioned in 

 Liuy ro be graflie herbes cut vp in the Capitoll. Pliny alfo in his two and twentieth booke.and cle- 

 " e u*u Cha P ter witnefTeth, That Verhcn* and Sagmina be all one : and this is manifeft by that 

 which we reade in KAndrta in Terence : Exaraverbenas bine fume. Take herbes here from the Altar i 

 in which place Terence did not meane Veruain to be taken from the Altar,but fome certain herbes i 

 form Menander, out of whom this Comedy was tranflatcd,is read w*», or Myrtle, as Denatus faith, 

 in bpamfh it is called Vrgeb&om : in Italian, VermmacuU : in Dutch, Jftf CWtiU •" French,** 

 * -in Enghfh, Iuno's teares,Mercurics moift bloud, Holy-berbe ; and of fome, Pigeons giafle, 

 writetb bccaufe Paeons are delighted to be amongft it, as alfo to eat thereof, as %Jyto* 



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p • • ., ^ The Temperature. 



isotn tne Veruaines are of temperature very dry,and do meanly binde and coole 



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The Ieaues of Veruaine pound with oyle of Rofes or hogs greafe, doe mitigate and appeafe the 



paines of the mother,bein g applied thereto. * * . - T 



The leauesof Veruaine and Rofes ftamped with a little new hogs greafe,and emplaiftercd after 



the manner of a pulteffe, doe ceafe the inHammation and grieuous paines of wounds, and fufferetn 



them not to come co corruption: and thegreene Ieaues ftamped with hogs greafe takes away WF 



lwelling and paine of hot iropoftumes andtumors.and clenfe corrupt and rotten vlcers. 



It is reported to be of Angular force againft the Tertian and Quartaine Fcuers : but you 



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