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Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



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IB. 2. 



^f The Femes, 



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Diofcorides writeth 



B 



C 



D 



ingftamped and Jaid thereon - y whereupon it was called Sigillum Sahmeau y of the fin£u| Un * 

 that it hath in fealing or healing vp wounds, broken bones, and fuch like. Some haue tl o ^ 

 tooke the name sigilhm of the markes vpon the roots : but the firft reafon feemes to be m * 

 bable. P 10- 



The root of Solomons fcale ftamped while it is frefli and greene, and applied, taketh a 

 one night,or two at the moft,any bruife,blacke or blew fpots gotten by fals or womens wilfuS 

 in {tumbling vpon their hafty husbands fifts,or fuch like. c < 



Gdlett faith,that neither herbe nor root hereof is to be giuen inwardly: but notewktexperi 

 hath found our, and of late daies, cfpecially among the vulgar fort of people in HampQure iS 

 GaUn^Diofccrides^ox any other that haue written of plants haue not fo much as dreamed of \w\ 

 is, That if any of what fex or age foeuer chance to haue any bones broken, in what part of their h^ 

 dies foeuer ; their refuge is to ftampe the roots hereof,and giue it vnto the patient in ale to drinkc '■ 

 which fodoreth and glues together thebones in very fhort fpace, and very ftrangely, yea although 

 the bones be but flenderly and vnhandfomely placed and wrapped vp. Moreouer, the faid people 

 do giue it in like manner vnto their cattell,if they chance to haue any bones broken,with good fu C . 

 cefle 5 which they do alfo ftampe and apply outwardly in manner of a pultefle, as well vnto them" 



fa pultefle, and laid vpon members that haue beeoe 



',andknitteththejoyntwy 



felues as their cattell. 



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F 



^MCWA ^IHjaiJUllWTTJJ' lWllUltUlUUIV.il p«»VV,5j MliWLllJ away Hit UdiUW J *UU |k4H II.CUI UJC lO\T 



firmely, and taketh away the inflammation^! therechance to be any. 



The fame ftamped, and the juyce giuen to drinke with ale or white wine, a$aforefaid,orthcdc 

 co£Hon thereof made in wine,helps any inward bruife, difperfeth the congealed and clotted blond 

 in very fiiort lpace. 



That which might be wrttten of this herbe as touching the knitting of bones 5 and that truely, 

 would feeme vnto fome incredible • but common experience teacheth 3 that in the world there is 

 not to be found another herbe comparable to it for the purpofes aforefaid : and therefore inbricie, 



• J^* • m a m * a a 11 ^ « a f f+ m • m Sk % 1 ft • 



roots mu ft be ft 



ucn todrinke. 



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It muft be giuen in the fame manner to knit broken bones,againft bruifes, blackeor blew marks 

 gotten by ftripes,falls 5 or fuch like; againft inflammation, tumors or fwellings that happen vnto 

 members who fe bones are broken, or members out of joy ntj after reftauration :the roots are tobc 

 flampcd fmall 5 and applied pultelTe or plaifterwife, wherewith many great workes haue beene per- 



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m ■ ■ 



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formed beyond credit. 



OMa 



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{Italy 



vfe to fcoure their faces from Sunne-burning, freckles, morphew, or any fuch deformities 



skinne. 



t That which our Authour formerly figured and described in the fifth place of this chapter, br the name 

 in the fourth phec j but the figure was not fo welkxpreft 



that <JefcnWb» 



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C 



HAP. 



33* 



Of KjieeMme, or "Butchers broome 



^ ThcDcfi 



Nee-holme is a low wooddy plant,hauing diuers fmallbranches,or 



like v«o 



d iately from the ground, of the height of a foot ; whereupon are let many jeai ^ 



thofe of the Box-tree,or rather of the Myrtle,but fharpe and pricking at the poin . t 



groweth vpon the middle rib of the Ieafe, greene at the firft, and red as Corall wiien ^ Q c 



f 4$ tragus, but t 



fprouting (hoots 



«]• The Place. , .f oeC ia!Iy 



It groweth plentifully in moft places in England in rough and barrcngiounds, e f ^ 

 Hampfted heath foure miles from London ; indiuers places of Kent, E (Tex, and par* 



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in cuery copfe and low wood. 



^f The Time. 



The young and tender fprouts come forth at the firft of 



hich are eaten » 





