5?3 1 Of the Hiftorie of PJ 



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mho (j^'4//«4^ > ofthefaItnefle J becaule the Mallow growethin faltifh and old ' lr t0n g* 

 in dung. hills and fuch like, which in mod abundant manner yeeldeth forth Sa^' n ° USplaces,ai 



like matter: for nho cJK */^ fienifieth fait, as the learnt know. I am perfuad d \f Cteran<1 ^ 



Mattucha, 



tine 



in g left ou t 



«fT The Temperature. 



The wilde :Mal!ovves haue a certaine moderate and middle heate,andmoiftn e fTewith 9 l! * 



:re thereof is flimic.c ammie.orp 11 na rhf- wh,Vfc im ^ K. ^r„ .j i_ r l "V lcwlCfia 'h»e 



Ldtbms, 



that the wilde mallow is better than that of the garden : although fome doeSStTi*' 

 w hereunto we may not confent, neither yet yeeld vnto Gden, who is partly of that minde n ' 

 deth he doubtfull : for the wilde Mallow without controuer fie is fitter to be eaten,and mH£ 

 faor than thofe of the garden s except the French Mallow, which is genera! !y holden the wholE 



by He fit do 

 & rraui ] 



I Malutfalubres 



Mallow (fairh Galen) doth nourifli moderately, i\ 



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alfo by reafon it is flimie. 



A 



bound. It eafily defcendetb,not one 



% TheVertues. 



The leaues ot Mallowesare good againft the flinging of Scorpions,Bees,Wafps 5 and fuch like: 

 and if a man be fjrft annointed with the leaues ftamped with a little oiIe,he dial not be ftungacail, 



ifcorides faith. 



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o 



B ~ The deco&ion of mallowes with their roots drunken are good againft all venome and poyfon, 

 if it be incontinently taken after the poy fonjo that it be vomited vp againe. 



C The leaues of malfowes boiled till they be foftand applied, doe mollifie tumors and hard fal- 

 lings of the mother,if they do withall fit otaer the fume thereof, and bathe themfelues therewith. 



D The decb&ion vfed in clifters is good againft the roughnefle and fretting of the guts, bladder, 



and fundament. 



E 



ofcorides and ? aulas *Aig 



being druuke 







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Chap. 353. Of <£\£arjh a5\£ a II on? . 





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^f The Dcfcripion. 



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MArfh-Mallow is alfoa certaine kinde of wilde Mallow : it hath broad Ieaues,fmall to- 

 ward the point,faft,white,and freefed or cottoned, and fligbtly nicked about the 

 » edges : the ftalkes be round and ftraight, three or foure foot high, of a w *""*^ 



colour -jwhereon dogrow floures like vnto thofe of the wilde Mallowcs,yetnot red as they arjw 

 commonly white,orofa very light purple colour out of thewhite.-theknop or round button *» • 

 mthefeeds lie is like that ofthefirft wilde mallow. The root is thicke, tougb,wbiteffitfiifl ) «' u 



containethinitaclamroyandflimyjuyce. . m *,(h 



' Ti * _ Thlsftra nge kinde ofMaHow is holden amongft the beft writers to be a kindeotM 



mallow : fome excellent Herbarifts bauefet it downe for Sid* r%>4™//,wheretoitdotb not it 

 anfwer : it hath ftalks two cubits high,whereon are let without order many broad leaues noartf 



vmic ,u " l,u ""we" 01 a pale colour, in fliape like the fruit or feeds of round ^ ri J^"''"r. tQ (^ 



wort, wherein is contained round blacke feed. The root is thicke and tough,much like tn« 



common mallow. 



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