Yj\ B. 2 



I 



Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 



939 



The herbe and roots dricd,beaten into moft fine pouder,and giuenhalfeafpoonfull fading, and B 

 h like qtuntitie to bed wards in red wine,oroldclaretjforthe fpAceof one add twenty daies toge- 

 Ver cure miraculoufly ruptures or burftings,as my felfe haue often proued,whereby I haue gotten 

 r ' ncsan d credit : if the ruptures be in aged perfons, it fhall beneedfull to adde thereto the pow- 

 d roi red fnailes(thofe without (hels)dricd in anouen in number nine 3 whic:h forrifierh the herbes 

 in och forr, that it neiier failcth, although the rupture be great and of long continuance : it like- 

 wife profiteth much thofe that are wounded into the body, and the decoction of the herbe made in 

 wioc,preuaileth mightily in healing inward wounds,as my felfe hauc likewife proucd. 



HAP. 



3*7 



Of Herbe 'Robert 





Gcrxnium Robcrtianum, 



Herbe Robert. 





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H Defc 



TJErbe Robert bringeth forth flenderweake 

 1 *and brittle ftalks, fomewhat hairie,and ot a 

 reddifh colour.as are oftentimes the leaues al- 

 fo,which are jagged and decpely cut. like vnto 

 thofe of CheruiIe,of a mod loathfome (lin- 

 king fraell.The flotirs are of a moft bright pur- 

 ple colour s wbich being part, there follow cer- 

 taine fmal heads, with fharpc beaks or bils like 

 thofe of birds : the root is fmalland threddy. 



^[ The Place. 



Herb Robert groweth vpon old wals,as wel 

 thofe made of brick and ftone, as thofe of mud 

 or earthut groweth likewife among rubbifh,in 

 the bodies of trees that are cut downe,and in 

 moift and (hadowie ditch banks. 



^ The Time. 



It floureth from A prill till Summer be al- 

 moft fpent : the herbe is green in Winter alfo, 

 and is hardly hurt with cold, 



% The NamX. 



It is called in high Dutch,&upjec!)tSf fcrattt: 

 in low Dutch, ISotyMtytf fctUtttand thereup- 

 on it is named in Latine, Ruberta } and Robcrti 

 berba:Ruetlit4s calleth it Robert iana • and we Ro- 

 bertUnttm : of Tabernnmontanm^Rupertidnum : in 



Enghfh, Herbe Robert.He that conferreth this 

 Cranes-bill with Diofcorides his third SiderttU 

 dial I plainely perceiue,that they are both one, 



$TcoriJ« r * n zndthatthisismofk apparently Sitkritut Di- 



lithZxL Dto l £0rides ^ tt ^ h d °wnc thxttSideritides, one with the leafcof Horehound . the nAt 



Roi rr FearnC 5 * nd thC third S r0wcth in * aIls ™d Vineyards : the natiue foile of Herbe 



vwrr agree thereunto, and likewife the leaues, being like vnto Cheruiie, and not vnlike to thofe 

 1 ^ orian ders,according to Ditfcerides defcriotion. 



H .crbe Robert is of temperature f< 

 Palpating of mixt qualities. 



^J The Temperature. 



binding, 



good 



^ TheYertues. 



lT, u cnin g Diofcor ides i 



K^lcvpbloudy wounds 







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3 



A 



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Ch* k 



