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Lib. 2. 



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Of the Hiftorieof Plants. 



82,5 



ca 



iltbe 



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" ts : moft do 



^f T/^ Temperature. 



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Water Caltrop is of a cold nature,it confifteth of a moift efTence, which in this is more waterie 

 than in the land Caltrops,wherein an earthy cold is predominances Galen faith. 



% Thevertucs. 



The herb vfed in manner of a ptiltis,as Diofiondes teacbeth,is good againft all inflammatory ur 

 hoc AvcIImgsrboilcd I with hony and neater it perfedly cureth cankers of the raouth,fore gums and 

 the almonds of the throat. - .*.... 3 & j 



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B 



and they thcmfelues feed of the kernels,making very fweet bread thereof, whkh bindes the bell/ 



The green nuts or fruit of TriM* ,,«*/,«, or Saligot, drunke in wine^rgood for them that C 

 arc troubled with the (tone and grauell. , v ' & 



The famedrunke in like manner, or laid outwardly tothe place, helpeth thofe that arc bitten D 

 with any venomous beaft,and reftfteth all venome and poifon. 



Thclcaucs of Saligot be giuen againft all Mammations and vlcers of the mouth, the putrifa- E 

 flion and corruption of the jawes,and againft the Kings euill. r«""« 



A ponder madeof the nuts is giuen tofuchas piffe bloud and are troubled with grauellrit bin- P 



deth the belly very touch. B ' 



X The two lefler water Caltrops here defcribed are in my opinion , 

 to the great one,and 1 are much fitter Succidanea fot it than Aron. which ft 

 VngHintum Agrif^n haue appointed for it. % 



ie in the compofition of 



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Of Water Sengreen, or Frefbwur Sonldier 



z 99 



^Miliuris Afaides 



Frcfh-water Souldier. 





JS* 



Dtfc 



Water 



hath leaues like thofe of the Herb Aloe or 

 Semfervivuvty but fliorrerandleifcr, fee 

 round about the edges with certainc ftiffe and 

 fliort prickles : amongft which comraeth fojtb 

 diucrs cafes or husks very like to crabs claivcs- 

 out of which when they open grow white 

 flourcs, confifting of three leaues altogether 



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n 



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hauing 



roots 



be long ftrings,round, white, very like to great 

 harp firings or long worms,which falling down 

 from a fhort head that brought forth the 

 leaues,go to the bottome of the water,and yet 



ftrin 



Ho 



the plant is multiplied after the manner or 



Frogs, bit. 



t 



^T The Place. 



a- u ! f ° und * is growing plentifully in the 

 ditches about Rotfey a fmall village in Hoi! 



dernelferand mv fr?«r^ \ntt,rin P . : . 



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W#4W 



The 



S U ?nfi fl0UrS grow v P° n thc cop of the m- 

 ter, and the roots are fent downe through the 



water to the mud . 



It flnn,«. • t % The Time. 



urcs ,n Iune,and fornetimes m Auguft. 



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