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Yarrow is called of the Lacinc Herbarifts MMefoliumnt is Diofcoridcs his «y*«« : in Latine,/fr /?//. 

 ^aoJ Achtfcdfidcrttis • which thing he may very plainejy fee that willcompare with that tfefcrip- 

 tionirhich Diofconies bach fet downe : this was found out, faith Pliny in his 25.booke i c6ap. 5 .by 

 jchilcs fihirons difcip!e,which for that canfe isnamed AMetosioi others, 5/Vw>«r;among'vs,.V;&. 

 /#/<** yet be there other S/denndtf^nd alio another J****/*; Hcr*c/c/t*,\vbcrcot we haue iatreared 



mother place : ^Afuleita fetteth downe duiers names hereof, feme of which are alio found a- 

 moog the baftard names in Dtofcondes : in Latine it is cal led MiUtdrJs, Snpercjl/um Veneris, ^dcrum- 



or Aarum (jluaticum ; of the French men, HifofmUt : in high DuCch.(BartlCtl,fC^arffgta0 t m low* 



Dutcb 5 (S5cnitoc: m Itahan,A////r;%7/<> ; in Spanilli,^///^* jm** : in tngliih, Yarrow, Nofeblecd, 

 common Yarrow,rcd Yarrow,and Milfoilc. 



^[ ThefcmPeraRire. 

 Yarrow as (74/«* faith, is nor vnlike in temperature to the Sideritides; or Iron wort^tbat is to fay, 

 clcnfing^ndmcanelycoldjbutitmoilofallbindcth. *G 



^f T fa Venues. 

 The Ieaues of Yarrow do clofe vpwounds,and keepcthem from inflammation.or fiery (welling : A 

 it ftanchcth bloud in any part of the body, and it is likewifeput into bathes for women to fit in tit 

 ftoppctb the laske,and being drunkc it hclpeth the bloudy flix. 

 Mod men fay that the Ieaues chewed, and efpccially grceneare a remedy for the roorh ache. 

 The Ieaues being put into the nofedocaufe it to bleed,and eafe the paine of the megrim. 



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Itcureth the inward excorations of the yardofaman,commingby rcafon of pollutions or ex- 

 treme flowing of the feed, although theifluedoe caufeinHammationandfwellingofthofe fecret 

 parrs.and though the fpermaticke matter docome downe in great quantity,if the juyce be in jetted 

 with a lyringe,or thcdcco&ion. This hath been proued by a ccrtaine friend of mine, fometimes a 

 Fellow of Kings Colledge in Cambridge, who lightly bhifed the Ieaues of common Y.urow.wirh 

 Hog*-grcafe,and applied it warme vntothe priu'c parts, and thereby did diuers times helpe him- 

 fcife,and others of his fcIIowes,when he wasa lludentanda finglemauliuingin Cambridge. 



One dram in poudcr ofthe herbc giuen m wincprefently taketh away the paincs of the colickc. E 



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OfjeBm ¥arr&yp> or ofMilfotle. 



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l Millefolium lut cum. 



Yellow Yarrow* 





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Achillea, five Millefolium nohiie. 



Achilles Yarrow, (X ^^ *? 



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