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Lib. 3 



Of the HiHorie of Plant 



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Gdlega. 



Goats Rue. 



Frdcajti 



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'a .the He- 



diucrs other names in fundry places of Itsly 



as Gefner faith,as are Cajiracan^ Lattanna, Jbol 



rwdfti Taurind, Mdrtanica^drratcna^Cdfrag t ni y 



fauotcis 



efa, Fanumgrdcumfylucft 



lirti,Italian Fitch,and Goats Rue. 



Some iudge that the old Phy firions were 

 wont to call it Onobr^chis : others, Glance : di- 

 ucrs would hauc it to bee Polcwomum, but not 

 fo much Pctr.^dnd. CM at thiol us in his com- 

 mentarics, as cuciy one of the defections 



mentioned by Diojcor ides doe gaine (a v them ; 

 as alfo thofe,who thinkc that Gd/rg^is Po/ygt- 

 lon^ and that the name of Gdlega came of / <?/y- 

 galon^ the very dcfcriptionalloof Polygalon is 

 againft them : for Galega is higher and greater 



than that it may be calicd a little flirub oncly 

 of an hand breadth high. 



^ The Temperature. 



• This plant is in a raeanc temperature be- 

 tweene hot aod cold. 



q The Venues. 



Goats Rue is a fingular hcibc ag.iinfl all A 

 venome andpoifon, and againft wormt% to 

 kill and driucthemforth,if the juycebc giucn 

 to little children to drinke. 



It is of like vertue if it bee fryed with & 



Linefeed oyle, and bound vpon the childcs 

 nauell. 



It is miniflred vntochildren which are poflefled with a falling euill, a fpoonfull cucry morning C 

 inmilkc. 



Being boiled in vincgcr,and drunke with a little Treacle, it is very good againft the infeftion of D 

 theplague,efpecially if the medicine be taken within twelue houres. 



Theherbeitfelfe is eaten, being boy led with flefh, as we vfe to eat Cabbage and other worts, E 

 and like wife in falladcs,with oy Ie P vineger and pepper, as we doe eat boy led Spinage, and fuch like - 



Which is moft excellent being fo eaten, againft all noifnnanrlnrftilrnr/vnr anuv^nnmnnclnfir, 



mitie whatfoeuer,and procureth fweat. 



It alfo helpeth the bitings and ftingings of venomous beafts, if cither the juyce or thcherbe F 

 ftamped be laid vpon the wound. 



Halfc an ounce of the juyce inwardly taken is reported tohelpe thofc that are troubled with G 

 convulfions,crampes>and all other the difeafesaforefaid. 

 The feeds do feed pullen exceedingly , and caufe them to yccld greater ftore of egges than or- H 



dinary. 



* 



The juyce of the leaucs, or the leaues themfelues bruifed and applied to any part fwollen I 



by theftingofaBeeor wafpe,mitigatethepaine,andarea prcfent remedy, as M r .C4##<waloucrof 



fifur 



Chap. 530. Of Pliny his Leadveort. 





^J The Defcriftion. 



E*tdrU or Demllaria bath offended in the fupcrlatiue degree, in that he hath hid himfelfe 

 like a runnagate fouldier, when the affault fhould haue beene giuen to the y\iv£Lcj>idwm 9 

 thereof doubtleffe it is a kinde. Butifthe fault be minc,as without queft ion it is, I craue 



I 



doe 



ma y be more bold to infert it in this place,rather than to leaue it vn touched. The learned of Ndr- 



ially RmdelctiusJ 



Nnnnn 



thereof, 



