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572. Digitalis purpurea. Digitalis purpurea L, 



* Foxegloues.' 



' Hereof Loniceros writeth fol. 74 that yt doth attenuate, dense, 



purge, lease, cut flegme or grosse hu mores : and all virtewes and 



qualities which Gentiane hathe, yt allso hathe.' 



589. Tussilago, Farfara. Coltsfoot. Tussilago Farfara L. 



' Foole foote, horse houe (loote leafe, the father before the 



Sonne, coulte foote). 



It may allso be called Coughe vvorte. It groweth moste in 

 wheate lande, and fallowed feildes. This shape aptlie agreeth 

 with the herbe when yt freshe springeth in March and Aprill. 



Tragus colored hathe the herbe moste trewlie shewed, muche 

 better then this, the one syde hoarlye whyte next the grownde, 

 and the upper syde freshe grene ; the leaves then theis more 

 rownde. The roote medicinal against the coughe; and imper- 

 fectiones of the lunges.' 

 594. Nymphaea lutea. Nymphaea lutea L. 



'The Yellowe Nymphye or water lyllye. 



The roote or seede of ether of theis Nymphies sodden in redde 



wyne and drunck (noe remedie otherwyse healpinge) stayth y* 



immoderate courses of women. Lonicerus, fol*'. 177.' 



622. Vitis alba, Bryonia. White Bryony. Bryonia dioica L. 



' Herbe bryane, hedge vyne, agew roote, tetter burye roote, 



and Bryonie. The great whyte roote.' 



625. Vitis, vel Bryonia siluestris. Black Bryony. Tamus communis L. 



' Blacke Bryonie, wylde vyne.' 



625. Peruuiana Mechoaca Mechoacae Prouinciae planta Bryoniae similis. 



Ipomaea Jalapa L. 



' The Mechoane or Mecoacane : from the Indianes muche 

 used in Englande, a'* 1580, untill muche hurte ensewed ye 

 boulde undiscrete practize thereof ; beinge a simple not without 

 great daunger. Hereof Garzias ab Horto, and Monardus the 

 Spaniarde, allso Clusius have wryten. Soe maney other have don, 

 but none doe warraunt yt safe thoughe they commende yt in 

 some cases, beinge prescribed with the advyce of the learner, and 

 those which very well knowe its virtews and qualities thereof. 



The best ys brought from' ye Citie Mexicho : they have 2 sortes, 

 the one lesse daungerous then the other. In my opinione theis 

 2 doe resemble our 2 Bryonies, and of my mynde, I fynde 

 the moste learned of my tyme in Englande, allso diuerse out of 

 Germanye, and Fraunce icompe with us, the difference of Soyle 

 only cause the varietie of effectes in operatione. 



The weight of 7'' or a french crowne in houlder (?), drunck in 

 twelve sponisfuU of seek, will aboundauntly purge bothe wayes in 

 common but in moste by stoale onlye. The rootes only ys used, 

 halfe soe muche of our Bryonie wyll worck wonders if it be prepared 

 specially, or simple of it selfe.' 

 693. Argentina, Potentilla. Silver weed. Foteiitilla Anserina L. 



' Wylde Tansie. Anserina Tragi, fol". 480. 



The herb sodden in wyne redd or Whyte and drunck healpeth 

 those which have paine in their backcs and torments there : allso 

 suche women as be trobled with their whytes immoderately this 



