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^J The Time. 



It floureth in Iune and Iuly : the feed is ripe in the end of Auguft, 



^f The Names. 



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The later Herbarifts narae it FraxinelU ? mo&#*inmm,to though they fliouW r 



nm or a low aft : in Engli<h,baftard,or falfe Dittanie : the {hops call it Dia A Zu T' 1 " Frtxi ' 



but not truly, and vfe oftentimes the roots hereof in ftead of the right Dittanv rT ■?'*""""> 



right Dittany it is better knowne than needfull at all to be confuted; and it is .j tKiSnot ^e 



fame is not Diofcoridcs his Pfeudodtciammm,ot baftard Dittanie : but It is nlain^' u lhat the 



Tragium 



vfcoridcs his Ffeudodictamnum. 



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t The root of this is onely vfed in {hops, and there knowne by the nameoffij* n ■« • 



Dittamni. X l / , »'"»»/,or 



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and opening faculty. 



dry 



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It bringeth downe the rnenfes,it alfo bringeth away the birth and after birth,it helpethcolddif 

 ealcs of the matrix : and it is reported to be good for thofe that haue ill ftomackes and arc tt 



g winded. 



They alfo fay,that it is profitable againft the ftingings and bitings of venomous ferpents-aeainft 

 deadly poifons, again (1 contagious and peftilent difeafes,and that it is with good fuccefleSd 

 C with counterpoifons. & ^mucu 



The feed of Baftard Dittanie taken in the quantity ofa dram is good againft the ftrangury pro- 

 D uokethvnne.brcaketh the {tone in the bladder, and driueth it forth. 



The like vertue hath the Icaues and juyce taken after the fame fort 

 E Iy,itdraweththornes and fplinters outof the flefli. 

 p The root taken with a little Rubarb killeth and driueth forth wormes. 



Diofcoridcs reporteth, that the wilde Goats being ftrikenwith darts or arrowes, will eat Ditlm, 

 and thereby caufe them to fall out of their bodiesjwhich is meant of the right Diftam, though Dt- 

 dontus reporteth that this plant will do the like(which I do notbeleeue) % nor JW<w**» affirme. J 



apd being 



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Tribulus Terreflrls, 



Land Caltrops. 



h a p. 52,5, Of hand Caltrops. 





^ The Dcfcriptw. 



And Caltrops hath long branches full of 

 joynts,fpred abroad vpon the groundj gar- 

 nifhed with many leauesfet vpon a mid- 

 dle rib, a{ter the manner of Fetches j atnongft 

 which grow little yellow branches, con fitting 

 of flue fmall leaues,like vnto the floures of Tor- 

 mentill : I neuer faw the plant beare yellow, 

 but white floures, agreeing with the defcripti- 

 on of Vodoruus in each refpeft, faue m tne co- 

 Jour of the floures, which doe turne into idmu 

 fquare fruit, rough,and full of prickles, wherein 

 is a fmall kernell or feed : the root is white, an 

 fullofftrings. 



It groweth 

 itishurtfullto 



^ The Place. 



the fields: 



plentifully in Spain in the «eiu>. 



it is nurtruil to corne,but yet as Phn) -»"J q{ 

 rather to bee accounted among the diie* ^ 

 corne, than among the plagues o trie eariu . 

 alfo found in mo! places £^J*& 

 found it growing in a moift medow • ■ ) 1 

 to the wood or Parke of Sir ^cuC^% 

 Croidon, not farre fro* .London and not 

 where ; from whence I brought plants 1 

 garden. 





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