jfi8 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 





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q The Deftript 



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>weth after the n 



W 



Hit 



uifions 



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low leafe, but fmaller : the floures do g 



low leare, out imaiier : me noures ao grow at the vppermoft parts of the branch^ Tu Wl[ - 



eares,cluftering together about the branches,of a light purple or blew colour and v 7™° f f ikic 

 the fruit is fmall and round,like vnto the graines or cornes of pepper ' y et " ncl1 : 



1 haue it growing in my garden. 



and other hot regions, by water courfes and 



running ftreames : 



it 



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% The Time, ' 



jes in May, and the floures come forth in Aueuft 



f The Names. 5 



,) Cafi 



Thcfmofh 



i$ 



nour of C*w,dcfirous to kecpe themfelues chafte, doe lay the leaues in their beds vndcr them • the 

 Latmes name it r^andofdiuersitistermed^asweefinde among the baftard and counterfeit 



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Pipmstgrtfte : in high Dutch- &riiarT 



muH^fteuft^baum : in low Dutch,and alfo of the Apothecaries, Agnm Cafius: the Italian^"* 

 Agno eafio : m SpuaQ^Gdttiiecap.-in Englifh, Chaftetrce,Hempc tree, and ofdiuers,^*«««L 

 * The name x^ignus Cafim comes by confounding the Greekename Agnos with Cafiut % the Latim 

 interpretation thereof. ± ' 



tfi, 



<$ The Temp 



Iry in the third degree : they are of very thinue 

 parts, and wafte or confume winde. 



^ TheVertues. 



A utgntu Cafttu is a Angular medicine and remedy for fuch as would willingly liue chafte,for it 

 withftandeth all vncleannes,or defire to the fleflh, confuming and drying vp the feed of generation, 

 in what fort foeuer it bee taken, whether in pouder onely, or the deco&ion drunke, or whether the 



and pure. 



carried about the body j for which caufc it was called Cafi 



B The feed oi\jignus Cafim drunken, driueth away, and diflblueth all windinefle of the ftomacke 



b 



and cureth the (loppings of the Iiuerand fpleeniand in the beginning of dropfies,it is good 



C The leaues (lamped with butter, dilfolue and aiTwage the (Welling of the genitories and cods. 



D 



being applied thereto. 



ifwom 



iced is good 



downe the raenfes, as it doth alfo both in a fume and in a pelTarie 



reth the head-ache, the Phrenticke, and thofe that haue 



ivitb^oife and vineger being added thereto. .. 



E The leaues vfed in a furae,and alfo flrowed,driue away ferpents • and being laid on do cure tUcir 



bitings. . . 



V The feed laied on with water doth heale the clifts or rifts of the fundamenttwith the leaues, it is 



for wound 



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G It is reported that if fuch as journey or trauell do carry with them a branch oi 

 fit* in their hand,it will kecpe them from Mcrry-galls,and wearineffe : Viefceride, 



id of *g 



Chap, ft, Of the Willov Tt 



U The Defiriftion 



I *T«He common Willow is an high trec,with a body of a mcane thicknefle,and "k^PjJ* 

 i± fcgh as other trees doe if it be not topped in the beginning,foone alter it v ^ 



