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Of the Wiflorie of Plan 



?lumbag$ Plinf 

 Leadwort. 









A 



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extremity, te^.fflfe' *■ » (3 



mans hand • f™ «,t,:. L ra . llc . °Mers VI y* . 



? accounted it ifc,' 



rifts call it DenurU^xBmtil 



•Mziiteta 



vpoo 

 - oi the Jea r . 



new Herba. 

 via RondtUt, 



who made the like vlehereof a h '/,' r '' 

 **™»,and fuch burning S£ s Q e * d ** 



immoderate paine of tSeW °J P ** a /^ 



of a wooddy fubftance, from whence 2 

 vp long and tough ftalks two cubits n gft 

 fufedly garmmed & befet with long ]££? 



Woad 



The floures grow- at the top of the ftalkesota* 

 purple colourjwhich being paft there fcccced 

 clofe glittering and hairy huskes, wherein is 

 contained fmali blackifli feed. 



5f The Place. 



tern reporteth that VemiforU growetb a- 

 bout Rome,nigh the hedges and come fields : 

 it likewife groweth in my Garden in great 



plenty 



flourcth 



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V The time. 

 » Iuly and Auguf 



q[ The Names. 



i called UHelybl 



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ft icke quality 



% The Temp 



fanellaitht Romanes,// erba S.ulntwq 

 n^Citcurida ; in Englifh Leadworr. 



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1 t helpcth the tooth-ache,and that as fome fay if it be holden in the hand forae fmall while. 





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hap. 53 1* Of c Rge > or berbe i Cjrace. 



% The Vefc rip ion. 



Arden Rue or planted Rue, is a fhrub full of branches, now and then a yard high, or 

 higher : the ftalkes whereof are couered with a whitifh barke, the branches are more 

 greemthe leaues hereof confift of diuers parts,and be diuided into wingSjabout which 

 are certaine little ones, of an odde number, fomething broad, more long than round, fmooth and 

 fomewhat fat,ofa gray colour orgreenifh blew : the floures in the top of the branches are of a pate 

 yellow con filling of fou re little leaues, fomething hollow tin the middle of which ftandetbypa 

 little head or button foure fauare, feldocne fiue fquare, containing as many little coffers as it batn 



being 



the feed groweth in the little coffers : the root is wooddy 



firings : this Rue hath a very ftrong and ranke frnell,and a biting tafte. 



i thefecond being thewild ormountaineRuejCalled Rutafylueftr*,,** , w , — -- „ ( ,. 

 ja ftalkes, leaues, floures, feed, colour, tafte, and fauour, fauing that euery little leafe ha mini ai 

 cuts,and is much narrower : the whole plant dieth at the approch of Winter,being an anuan pj j 

 and muft either ftand till it doe fow himfelfe, or elfemuft be fowne of others. * Thisiecona 

 variety ofthe garden Rue differing from the former oncly in fmallneiTe. t , mo «vi- 



- This plant is likewife a wilde kinde of Rue, and of all the reft the fmalleft, and yet mo* 



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refp 



reene, agree 

 c venomous 



«« 6 rr« u i»«.x«.n ^ 1V i C mentioned meacnrcipecT, laucju giwi»«i.,«;- iiuinn the former. 



fumes or vapors that come from this fmall wild Rue are more noifome & hnrtjuii rnaD u* of 

 * Thcleauesiie fpred vpon the ground, and are very finely cutanddiw'ded: the wflo£ #«' ^ 



