511 



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Hiflorie of PI 



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IB. 2, 



^J The Temftr&ture 



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Purflane is co!d,and that in the third degree,and raoift in the fecond : but wilde P ur nanc « 



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fomoift. 



not 



^j T&? Venues 



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cooleth 



B 



C 



D 



and prouokcth appetite ; but the nounfhmenc which commcth thereof is little, bad, cold gJ? 

 and moift i being chewed it is good for teeth that are fee on edge or aftonied s the juyce dcJh £ 

 fame bcin* held in the moutb,and alfo the diftilled water. * 



Pur/lane is likcvvifc commended againft wormes in young children, and is Angular good eta 

 daily if they be fcuerifla withall, for it both allaies the ouermuch heate, and killeth the *vorm£ 

 which thing is done through the faltnes mixed therewith, which is not only an enemy to wortnet 



btitalfotoputrifa<aion. 



The leaues of Purflane either raw, or boiled, and eaten as fallades 3 are good for thofe chit 

 hauc great heate in their ftomackes and inward parts, and doe coole and temper the inflamed 

 bloud. 



The fame taken in like manner is good for thebladder and kidnies, and allaieth the outragious 



E 



tcnuei 



F 



Juft of the body : the juyce alfo hath the fame vertue. 



The juyce of Purflane ftoppeth the bloudy flix, 

 (pitting of bloud,and all other fluxes whatfoeuer. 



The fame throwne vpwith a mother fyringe,cureth the inflammations,frettings,andvlcerarions 

 of the matrix $and put into the fundamentwithaclifterpipe,helpeth the vlcerations and flux of 



G 



the guts. 



H 



teeth that are fet on edge,with eating of fharpe or fowre things. 

 The feed being taken,killeth and driueth forth wormes, and ftoppeth the laske. 



good 







HAP. I^p. 



Of fea 'Purflane, and of the fbrubby Sengreenes. 



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«0 T6e Defcriftfo*. 



1 



herbe 



aues fat, full of fubftance, like in forme to common Pur fl«*, 

 but much whiter and harder : the moffie purple floures ftand round about the vppct 

 parts of the ftalkes,as doe almoft thofe of Blyte,or of Orachmeither is the feed vnlike,being broad 



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the lode of a few leaues. 



ooddy, long lading, as is alfo the plant, which beareth out the W 



writb 



t 2 There is another fea Purflane or Halimm^ or after Dodondusjtrtulaca mating whicbk* 

 leaues like the former,but not altogether fo white,yet are they fomewhat longer and narrower, noj 

 much vnlike the leaues of the Oliue tree. The flender branches are not abouea cubit or cubit aa* 



halfe long,and commonly lie fpred vpon the ground,and the floures are < 

 co!our,and after them follow feeds like thofe of the former,but fraaller. 



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befbf 



foot 



ing commonly fprcd vpon the ground, of an ouerworne grayifh colour, and fometimes pi"F> 



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hich 



cbe 



flotf* 



like 



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4 There is found another wilde fea Purflane,whereof I haue thought good tomake *^r,^ 

 which doth referable thekindes of Aizoons. The firft kinde groweth vpright, with a nun c 



a Iraall tree or fhrub, hauing many vpright wooddy branches, of an aft colour, with many to 

 darke,greene leaues like the fmall Stone-crop, called VermicuUru ': the floures are of an W ., 

 Jowirti greene colour : the root is very hard and fibrous : the whole plant is of a fait tang »" c » 

 the juyce like that of Kali. y t j. 



5 There is another kinde like the former,and differeth in that, this ftrange plant is gr^S. 

 leaues more fliarpe and narrower, and the whole plant more wooddy, and commeth necre 

 forme of a tree. Theflouresareofiff«»#»n.-rk/^i«r,, 



