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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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Of ftoeet Trefoile, or garden Clauer. 



Tr 1 folium odor At urn m 



Sweet Trefoile. 



f The Defer ipt ion. 



Weet 



and of the height of two cubits,diuidingit 

 felfe intodiuers branches; whereon do grow 

 Ieaues by three and three like to the other Tre- 

 foiles, fteightly and (uperficioudy nicked in the 

 cdges:from thebofom whereof come the floures, 

 cueryoneitandingonhisownc Gnglcfoot-ftalfc* 

 confi fting of little chaflie husks,of a light or pale 

 blevvifh colour : after which come vp little heads 

 or knops,in which lieth thefeed,ofawhitifh yel- 

 low colour, and Idler than that of Fenugreeke r 

 the root hath diuers firings; the whole plant is 

 not onely of a whiti fh greene colour, but al fo of a 

 fweet fmell,and of a llrong atomaticall or fbicie 

 fent, and more fweet whenit i> dncd;vvhich faxol 

 in the gathered and dried plant doth Ifkewife 

 continue long : and in moift and rainy weather, 

 it fmelleth more than in Lot and dry weather: 

 and alfo when it is yet frefh and greene it lolech 

 and recouereth again hi. f-nell fcuen times a day- 

 whereupon rhe oldwiues in Germany do cat.' 



JbiWm gejettCtl kraut,thacis,thelu:rbe it 

 changeth fcuen times a Jay. 



f The Place. 



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It is fowne in Gardens not onely beyond the 



li The Time. 



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It is fowne in May, it floureth in Iune and It*. 

 ]y,andpcrfe&eth his iced in the end of Aug«ft > 

 thefameycare it is fowne. 



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it is called Commonly in LatincTrifil, 



pttm in low Dutch^euentttytijeraift 



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that is to fay,an herbe of fcuon tiroes i t i^calied in Spa- 

 u. M , 1 rw* rc«i : u rrcncn,7 reffle odenferam : inEnglifh, Sweet Trefoile, and garden Clauer: ic 

 feemcth to be Lotus Frfa»4,oT pttitta, of which Diefcerides tvriteth in his fourth book : ncncrtheleffe 

 diuers Authors fetdowncMelilo^forZ^/w^r^arfjand Trifoliumodoratum^wi not properly. % The 

 Gardmersand herbevvomen in Cheapfide commonly callit,and know it by the name ofLalfam or 

 garden Balfam. * ' 



^f The Temperature. 



C*/m faith , that fweet Trefoile doth in a meaneconcoft and dry, and is in a mcane temperate 

 Jacultie betweene hot and cold: the which faculties vndoubtedly are plainely pcrceiucd in this 

 'weet Trefoile. 



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call °, e,uyce P reflrcd forth, faith ZHofitrides, with hony added thereto,clenfeth the vlcers of the eies 

 "led in Latine Argemajnd taketh away fpots in the fame, called ^ilbugines > and remoueth fuch 



taings as do hinder the fight. 



The oilc wherein the floures are infufed or fteeped, doth pcrfedly cure greene wounds in very 



p a „wi pace 5 lta PP cafcth the paineof the gout, and all other aches, and is highly commended a- 

 gwnft ruptures,and burftings in young children. ° 





giuen in white W 



conffPiiV j "m** v v iuc wuiuu uiuic ludiimue iauen irom lome nisfipiac a 



bruif and c ^tted bloud, and alfo helpeth thofe that do pilTebloud, by mcan.es of Cm 

 e > as was prooued lately vpon a boy .in Fanchurch Greet, whomacartvvenr'- :cr > 



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