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88 . Of the Hiftorie of PI 





^J The Names. 



Meander calls this Trefoile *&w*«xo> x in Latine, Tri folium tcutum or (h 

 ny J ri folium odoratum>bui not properly : of other s.Trifolinm Afbhduuml 



Pitch Trefoile. 



"dolled 



Avicen cal leth it 7>/ta»,and not Handacocha : Avian doth comprehend r> • r ■ j , 

 is to fay,£*«f vrbtmfilveftm, and ^ f y ^« , which 2>w^r/^ cMfounderiT^ • J" 1 *^ 

 one Chapter. In Engliih it is called Clauer gentlc^tch Tid^Sto S!? ^ 

 Claiier. ' & * rc *oue 3 and Tread* 



A B 



ode 



^f The Temperature. 



^hduum^ Gden faith,is hot and dry in the third degree^ jfr^ 



«f T^<? Vermes. 



B 



prouoketh vrine,and bringeth downe thedefired ficknefle. T * ° Wtrua,0noi %P«R 



war 

 bca 



C 



d 



prides faith,that the /eeds and leaues being drunkein water are a remediefortheDlcurifr 

 Hue 'of making .water the .falling fickenefle.The dropfiewhenitfirftbeginnetS 



D 



E 



foure of the leaues. 



The leaues drunke in Oxymel or a fyrrupof vineger made with hony 

 bitten with fcrpents. 



oftbefceduflj 



th 



MM 



oftheftmgor fcrpcnrs,ittbepartbewafhed therewith: but if any other man hairing an vlctgs 

 wafhed with that water wherewith he was bathed that was bitten of the ferpent, thev fay thatbee 

 (hall be troubled in the fame manner that the (Hnsed oarcv was. 



F Some al fog 

 Qua rtane foure. 



V 



o 



Diofcorides 



of^B/j 



H 



' fitions do not only mix the root with them,buc alfo the £ed,as we may fee in Gdtnjifastifo* 

 tidots,in many compositions • that is to fay,in the Treacles 



dius ApeUonius^Eudemus.HeraclideSyDorotljM^^w^ Herat. 



Thehcrbeftamped and applied vpon apy invenomed wound or made with poifoned *e;p<H 

 drawes the poifon from the depth mod: apparantly : but if it be applied vpon a wound where rheir 

 is no venomous matter to work vpon,itdoth nolefleinfed that part,than if it had bin birreo with 

 fomc ferpent or venomous beaft : which wonderful effeft it doth not performeinrefpetfofany u- 

 tious qualitie that it hath in it felfe,but becaufe it doth not finde that venomous matter roirortc 

 vpon.which it naturally dravveth(as the Load-ftonedoth iron)wherupon it is conftraiw*/ 01 * 

 his attraftitie qualitie,to draw and gather together humors from ftrre vnto the placed*? 

 paine is greatly increafed. 



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Chap. 496. Ofdiuers other Tre foiles. 



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4fi TbeDefcripion. 



Rcc Jcaued Grafie of America hath diuers crooked round ftalks ^"'"^'oftfcei*- 

 that way,and diuided into diuers branches, whereon grow leaues ^<* Xreadc 

 , d o*Trefoile,of a blackegreene colour, and ofehefmell of pitch Trer bite of 



C aver : the flo% s grow at the top of the branches.made vp in a long fpiked ch»™ e arC j** 

 colour : after wkjch comes the feed.fomwhat flat } almoft like to thofc of Tares.-tfie 

 firings of a w< idy fubftaflce fr mcecbh^f" 



2 This ttifce leafed Grafle(which Ptdomus in his laft edition calkth WjVj.. ^ 

 mum . and Lobel Fwmm BurgmdUcum ) hath diuers round vpright flakes <*' 6ei \ m ^ 

 ftance,yet notableof it fblfe to ftand without a prop or ftay : which ftalkcs reo Tr( , foiJc5 ,but^ 

 fmall branches,whereupon doe grow leaues joined three together like the : ore • ^ oft bc &\ 

 darke fwart greene colour : the floures grow at the tops of the ftalks,m (hapc j ff;in ^. 



ded Trefoile, bur of a dirkc purple cSlour : the feed followeth, contained mi b *>a 



