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Of the Historic of Plant 



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deepe green colour : from the bofome of which thorns and Icaues come forth the flam,.. i;i i~7 



of Peafon,of a purple colour : after which doe come the cods, in which do lie flat feed^th 

 !ong,and runneth far abroad, very rough,and hard to be torne in pieces with the ploueh .nf^™ 2 

 that theoxen can hardly paiTe forward, but are contained to ftand ftiU , whereupon it\vasSS 

 Reft-PloughjOr Reft- harrow. v ^as called 



Ononis, /rue Spna lute, 

 Yellow Reft- Harrow. 



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We 



mk in other places,one of the Reft-Harrowes, no*t 

 differing from the precedent in ftalkes, leaues or 

 prickles: the onely diffcrncc is, that this plant 

 brmgeth forth white flours, and the others nor fo t 



whence we may call it Anonisfiore 40#,Camroocke 

 with white flourcs. 



3 Rcft-harrow without thornes harh a touch 

 hoaryroughftalke,diuidcd into otlurroueh bra,, 

 ches, whereon arc fet without order, long Jcaue* 

 fharpe pointcd,fleightly cut about the edges of .in 

 hoary colour, and fomewhat hairic.-from rhc bo- 

 fome whereof commcth forth purple Peafc like 

 floures ofa reafonable good fmell : the root is very 

 tough,long,andwooddy. ' 



4 TbeyellowflouredCammockisaftraro-er 

 in thefe parts, it is only found in the cold Ea frcrne 

 countries,for ought that I can learncjit d i ff t rs not 

 from the laft defcribed, failing that the flourcs 

 hereof are ofa darke yellow eolour.whercin it dif- 

 fereth from all the other of his kinde. 



f The Place. 



Thefe grow in earable grounds in ferti'e pa- 

 ftures.andin the borders of helds,in a fat, fruitful! 

 and long lafting foile :it is fooncr found than de- 

 firedofhusbandmcn,bccaufe the tough and woo J. 

 die roots are ccmberfomc vnto them,for that ihcy 

 ftay the plougb,and make theoxen ftand. 



They 



q The7ime. 



growne in Auturane, and then thofe that of nanac 



in luly and Auguft. 



fliarpe 



n i • t. . • H The Names. 



Cammocke is called in Greeke, aw,, or w, and Iikewifein Latine o*»»* f and ononk : 



Herbanfts commonly ^irefia S*«tf,and Remera aratri, becaufc it maketh the Oxen whileft thei 

 in plowing to reft or ftand ftill ; it is alfo called AcuteBapUhe ftiffe and fharpe rhorns which pri 

 thole that pafle by : in French,o//r/k ieuf.and Boucrande. 



Cratev* wmeth it ^gfirus .in high Dutch, £>taifcWUt tin low Dutch, ^Jftnfttooitflc 

 italianJW* ; in Spanifti,G atttlfos .- m Vteoch^rreftc k*f.Bt*f& Scuerande: in Enelifo, C 

 mockejReft-harrow^ettyWhinn^and ground Furze. 



t** % I he 7 emferature. 



The root of Cammockeishoc in the third degree, as Galen faith : it cutteth alfo and mal 



uth be often wa- b 



if T ke Vertues. 



The barke of the root drunke with Wine prouoketh vrine, breaketh th 



The root boy led in water andvineger allayeththepaineoftheteetLif 

 ined therewith hot. 



*% reporteth, That being boyled in Oxymel (or the fyrrup made with 

 tne one halfc be wafted, it is giuen ro thofe that haue the falling fickenefle. 



gethcr knW * man CUred ° f 3 rUpri,re ' by taki " S ° f ChC P ° Uder ° f this r00t WI raan y moaetu> *T 

 an Jul tCnder fpri S* or «>P*o*d»"fl»nib .before thethornes come fortb,are prcferued ia pickle, D 



™ De very pLafant fauce to be eaten wrick meat as a faltad, as Diefeorides ce 



tjtiatthioluf reported), 



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