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herbe euen so used cureth : for it byndeth and strengtheneth as 

 Pimpinella Italica, Tragus, foK 481. 



The destined water thereof is very good to cure redd eyes. 

 Idem ibidem. 



Against the Dysenteric and lienterie, which is the blooddie flix 

 and passinge of foode by stoal undigested and against all fluxes 

 and flixes this herbe is used in our adge. Idem, foK 480. 



Tragus estemeth it drye because it bindeth there.' 

 748. Pedicularis. L. 431. 



Marsh Red-rattle. Lousewort. Pedicularis palustris L. 



' Lowzye weede becaus the catle feadynge thereof will become 

 lowzye : thereof very muche groweth in black brookes in 

 Estmallinge in Kent.' 

 757. Capnos, Fumaria. , Fumitory. Fiimaria officinalis L. 



' Fumytarie ; the distilled water thereof wyth Tryacle before 

 the purgatione certaine dayes drunck ys very holesome for suche 

 as labor of the Frenche euyll. Because yt purgeth the infected 

 bloode. Lonicerus, fol^. 167. The same ys good against the 

 Plague and the desease called the Englishe sweate ; allso good 

 when aney shall purpose to Bathe and sweate. The same author 

 there. 



The Decoctione thereof with Fennyll openeth the obstructiones 

 of the Lyuer and forceth oute the Jaundyce by uryne. The Juce 

 thereof and the roote of Esula, eche one drachme which ys in 

 weight 7'1 mixed and drunck with hott water dryueth ye Dropsie 

 and . . . (?). In same author, fol*^. 167.' 

 807. Asplenium. Scolopendria. Ceterach officinarum Willd. 



' Splene worte. Yt groweth uppon the southwest ende of 



Est Peckhani churche in Kent : allso uppon ye Pallace walles in 



Maydston, from where I did transferre y* to my garden walle, 



where it groweth. a^. 83.' 



807. Lunaria racemosa. L. 470. Moonwort. Botrychiutn Lutiaria Sw. 



' I haue sene thys lunarie or Moneworte growe in black 

 heathe ; allso nere Saynt Margaretes, nere Rochester.' 

 810. Adianthum album et nigri Plinii. A. 361. 



Wall Rue. Asplenium Ruta-viurana L. 



'Thus wryteth Matthiolus of Ruta muraria in the chapter of 

 Paronichia. 



Moreover this moueth uryne and grauell.' 



Vol. II. 



180. Rhamnus primus Diosc. creditus. L. 598. 



Evidently intended for Sea-Buckthorn. Hippophae Rhamnoides L. 



' This Rhamnus I founde betweene Douer and Foulkestone 



by the sea syde under the Clyffes, a<^. 1582, with reddish beries 



Orenge colored.' 



280. Cerefolium descriptum. Chervil. Anthriscus Cerefolium L. 



'Cheruyle. It is used with meate as Perslye of a meane 



temperature betwene hott and coulde ; But principally to force 



out clotted or brused bloode " as it is called " the same herbe to 



be of wonderful! efificacie certen sure ejtperience hath approued. 



Tragus, foK 472. The Juce of the herbe, the destilled water 



allso, dissolueth the congealed blood of contusion, or strype, and 



is of force against the stoane in the kydnes. Idem ibidem.' 



