Of the Hiftorie of Plants] 



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f Dane-wort.or dwarfe Elder. 



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Dane-wort growes in vntoiled D lac« n~ 

 common wayes , and in the borders o fi 37* r° 

 gtoweth plentifully in the lane a *n ,1' J c 

 by London : alfoin a field bjs /^ tV** 

 ford in Kent . and in the highway at oM 7 r "i 



The floures are perfefted in Summer, and the 

 bernes in Autumne. ' e 



U The Names. 



It is called in Greeke ***«,, that is , Bmmli 

 Samtucus or low Elder : in Larine, Ebulus^ £. 



buliim • ink torfi.TWoli <m«JZZ7>- i. U . 



l^aDt Ci) : i n 1 1 



Spani(h,r^«„ . „, ,_„ 

 wort,and dwarfe Elder. 



3KtttcI) 



Wall 



Wall 



% The Temperature. 



the third degree , and Galen doth attribute a fin- 

 gular qualitie vnto it to wafte and confurac. It 

 hath alfoa ftrangeand fpeciall facultie to purge 



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roots 



leaues haue chiefeft ftrength to digeft and 'con 



fume. 



f The Venues. 



roots of Wall-woort boi 



good againft 



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.... ineieaues 



Iings,if they be applied pu!tifwife,or in a fomentation or bath. 



D/nfi:nri/J/>c faith tTi-ir rhr* rr\r\tc r\f\A7*\l ..^.. j__ }*r 



^ „ jhc dropfie , for rbey 



purge downwards watery humors, . 



The leaues confume and wafte way hard for el- 



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 E 



theinfirmii 



the belly. 



The juic 



The yon 

 good 



ofWali 



the fwelling 



e of the root of Dane wort make th the haire b lacke. 



g and tender leafe quencheth hot inflammations,appIied with Barley meale. Itis with 



(Yc \x\(\ unnn hummer* f/viMinrrc <*nA +U~U :#>;«*«* J ^c ~-„ a j^~.« -«j ...it-Vi "RhIcmIIaw nr 



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Goats fuct it is a remedie for the gout. 



the mofteKcellentpurgerof wate- 



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The kcd of Wall-wort drunke in the quantitie of a dram is the raoft excellent purger of wate- 

 rie humors in the wor!d,and therefore moft fingular againft the dropfie. 



If one fcruple of the feed be bruifed and taken with fyrrup of Roles and a little Secke.it cureth 



the uTC\t\Gp anr! *sf}pth thn rrnnr m tcrhfl In rui>nm>r Jn«i.»«. j« ».../,... k.imn.. Uaincr ral-pfl OtlCe £ 



the 

 weeke. 



HAP 



.SO. 



Of *Beane Trefoile. 



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THefirftkindeofc^*^f 

 many fmall branches like 



IT ThtDefcripion 



fp a legree»cl«u«,al«« 



Cy tifus bufli 



of Broom ; when 



come forth many tufts of floures of a yellow colour 



root 



foft and gentlc,yet of a wooddy 



% 



Stinking 



