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The Rape oi the Broome or Broome Rape,bcing boy led in wine,is commended againft the pains N 

 of the kidneyes and b!adder,prouoketh vrine, breakc th the ftone, andcxpellerh it. 



The juyee pre fled forth of Broome rape healeth ^recne wounds, and clenferh old and filthy vl. O 

 cers: the later Phyfitions doaifirmethat it is alio good for old venomous.and audici -us vlcers. 



Thatworthy Prince of famous memory Henry S.King of EnglaiiJ )W as wont todrinkethedifti!- P 

 ]cd water of Broome floures,againft furfets and difeafes thereof ariling. 



Sir Thomas Fitzherbert Knight, was wont to cure the blacke jaundice with this dnnke one/?. 



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to poudcr in the moncth of May,thcn take vnto each handful! of the dried leaues, one fpoonful and 

 ahalfe of the feed of Broome brayed into poudcr \ mingle theft togetl t, and let the fickc drinkc 

 thereof each day a quantity, firft and laft, vntill he finde fome rafe. The nedicine mnft be conrt- 

 nucdand folongvfed,vntiIIitbequiteextinguifhcd:foritisadi^ ifc not very fuddetlly cured [>i?t 

 rauft by little and little be dealt withal!. 



Orobanch or Broome rape diced and put inrooyle Oliuctoinufc or macerate in the fame as yc S 

 JoRofcsforoy!eofRofes 5 fcourethand puttethaway all fpotsjcntils/recklcs^imp] ,w aJ 



pu/hesfrom the face,or any part of thcbody,bcingannointcd therewith, 



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The floures and feeds of Spanifh Broome are good to be drunke with meadeor honied water in V 

 the quantity ofa dram,to caufeone to vomit with great force and vioIcnce,cuen as white 1 leUebo 

 or neefmg poudcr. 



If it be taken alone, it loofeneth the belly, driueth forth great quantitie of wateric and filthy hu- X 



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Of bafe ISroome or greening weed. 



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Hisbafe kinde of Broom called Green weed or Diers weed, hath many KHigb branches 

 proceeding from a wooddy root.whcreon do grow great ftoreofleatie^of a deep green 

 colour, fomwhat long like thofeof Flax: the flours grow at the top of the branches not 



much vnlike the leaues of Broome, but (mailer 5 of an exceeding fairc yellow colour, which turne 



into fmall flat cods.wherein is contained a lirrlr flat (ccA. 



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\(i*s fetteth forth another kinde of Broome, which Dodonttu callcth Gewifc 



^being another fort of Diers weed: it groweth like the Spanifh Broome : vpon whofc branches 

 do grow long and fmall leaues like Flax, greene on the vpper fide, and of an hoary (Inning colour 

 on the other. The flouresgrow at the topofthe ftalkes,fpikc faftiion, in forme and colour like the 



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and lying flat vpon the ground, whofe long branches are nothing elfe, but as ic were ftalkes confi- 

 ning of leaues thickein the middeft, and thinne about thecdges 3 and as it were diuided with fmall 

 nicks -at which place it beginneth to continue the fame leafe to theend : and fo from leafc to leafe, 

 vntill it haueincreafed a great fort, all which doe as it were make oneftalkc-and hath none other 

 leaues, failing that in fome of the nicks or diuifions there commeth forth a fmall leafe like a little 

 eare. At the end of tho'e flat and leafed ftalks come forth the flourcs, much like the floures of the 



common Greening weed .but leiTer, and ofa yellow colour,which turne into fmall cods. The roots 

 are very Iong,tough,and wooddy,full of fibres,clo(ing at the top of the roor,froro whence they pro- 

 ceed as from one body. 



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tvhich rife vpdiuers long leaues, confifting as it were of many pieces fet together like a paire of 

 Bcads(as may better be percciued by the figurc,than expreffed by words)gteenc on the vpper tide, 

 a nd whitifli vnderneath,very tough, and as it were of a rufluc fubftance : among which rife vp very 

 Jnall naked rufhv (hikes • on the top whereof groweth an eare or fpike of a chaffie matter, h^ing 

 tare and there in the faid earns diuers yellow floures like Broome^but very fmall or little 



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