Lib. }. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. n 





The fame is drunk with wine and Raifins againft the infirmities of the Iiuer and cheft, fcabs or K 

 fores of the bladder,and difeafesof the kidnies. 



Being melted vndcr the tongue it quencheth thirft:it is good for green wounds being laid ther- p 

 upOD,and for the ftomacke if it bechewed. 



The decoSionof the frefh roots ferueth for the fame purpofes. q 



But the dried root mod finely poudercd is a fingular remedic fora pin and a web in the cic,if it \\ 

 be (hewed thereupon. 



Diefcoridcs and Pliny alfo report,that Licorice is good for the ftoraackeand vlccrs of the mouth, ] 

 being caftvpon them. 



It is good againft hoarfnefle,diflicuItieof breathing, inflammation of the lungs, thcpJcurific, K 

 fpittin^ of bloud or mattcr,confumption and rottcnnelTcof the lungs, all infirmities and rugged - 

 nctfe ofthecheft. 



It rakes away inflammation, mitigateth and tempcrcth the (harpnefle and faltncfTcof humors, L 

 conco&eth raw humors ,and procureth calic fpitting. 



Thedccortion is good for the kidnies and bladder that are cxulccrated. M 



It curcth the ftranguric,and generally all infirmities that proceed of fliarpe fair and biting hu- N 



mors. 



Thefc things concerning Licorice hath alfo Theofhrajlm : viz. That with this and chccfc made O 

 of mares milke the Scythians were reported to be able to liue eleuen or tweluc dayes. 



The Scythian root is good for (hortnelTc of breath, fora dry cough, and generally for all infir- P 

 initicsof tbecheft. 



Morcouer, withhony ithealethvlcers,italfooueneheththirft ifitbehcld in the mouth : for Q 

 which caufe they fay that the Scythians do Hue eleuen or tweluc daics with it and tiippacc ^which 

 is cheefemade of marcs tni\ke,as Hippocrates mtnettcth. • 



tlinyfib. 1 5 .caf.Z. hath thought otherwife than truth^That ff/^rr is an herb focallcd. R 



f Bath the figures formerly ircrc of the firlt described. 



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C h a p • 13. Of <LMilke Trefoile or Shrub STref ode. 



<Q The Kindts. 



^■pHefc be duiers kindes or forts of the fluubby TrefoiIe,the which might very well haue paffed 

 A among the three leaued GrafTes,had it not been for our promife in the proem of our fir ft part, 



booke of our hiftorie the flirubbv or woo 



ighborhood. 



^r The Defer i ft 



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or wooddy bufh two or three cubits high,branching into fundry fmall boughes or 

 armes,fetfullof leaues like the fmall Trefoile, darkeeteene, and not hairv. rhrer 



ofFrench 



containin 



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rocr,but that the whole plant is altogether fmallcr,and the leaues rounder,fet together by couples, 

 *nd" the fmall cods hairy at the ends, which fets forth the difference. X The leaues of this arc al- 



P Vh ^ m V a ^ m\ .* ^ .*■ _ _ 



the 



fraooth 



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Trifoli 



fraooth b 



uidcd into many wings and branches,wheron grow green leaues fmaller than thofe of rncdow Tre- 

 foile : the flours are yeIlow,leu"er than Broom flourcs,othcrwife very Iike } growing about the top* 

 °fthe twiggy branches,diuided into fpoky tufts -which being vaded, there follow thin long nar- 

 row cods lefTerthan thofe of the Broome,whcrin is contained fmall blacke feed . The roo t i s long, 

 deeply growing into the ground, and fometimes waxcth crooked in the earth. $ This alfobnh 

 irnooth green leaues.and differs little (if any thing at all) from the firft idefcribed , wherefore I 

 thought it needlcffe to giue a figure. Our Author called hCjtifnfiliquofus, Codded (hrab Trc- 

 ,0 tle,bccaufe one ofthe branches was faircly in the figure exDreft with cods' iknowflo° tncrrca - 



the Cytifi are codded as Well as this. $ 



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