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rising that was fallen down, and it saved life even beyond 

 hope ; it were good to keep an ointment and plaister of it, 

 if it were but for that. 



Cuckow-point. (?. {h. d. 3.) 



It is called Aron, Janus, Barba-aron, Cal?e's-fo3t, 

 Ramp, Starchwort, Cuckovv-pint and Wake-Robin. 



Descript.'] This shooteth forth three, four, or five leaves 

 at the most, from one root, every one whereof is some- 

 %vhat large and long, broad at the bottom next the stalk, 

 and forked, but ending in a point, without a cut on the 

 edge, of a full greeu colour, each slanding upon a thick 

 round stalk, of a hand-breath long, or more, among 

 Avhich, after two or three months that ihcy begin to wither 

 riieth up a bare, round, whitish green stalk, spotted and 

 streaked with purple, somewhat higher than the leaves : 

 at the top whereof standeth a long hollow husks close 

 at the bottom, but open from the middle upwards, ending 

 in a point ; in the middle whereof stand the small long 

 pestle or clapper, smaller at the bottom than at the top, 

 of a dark purple colour, as the husk is on the inside, 

 thcugh green without, which, after it hath so abided for 

 some time, the husk with the clapper decayeth, and the 

 foot or bottom thereof grow eth to be a small long bunch of 

 berries, green at the first, and of a yellowish red colour 

 w hen they are ripe, of the bigness of a hazel-nut kernel, 

 ^vhich abideth thereon almost until Winter ; the root is 

 round and somewhat long, for the most part lying along, 

 the leaves shooting forth at the largest end, which, when 

 it bfsreth his berries, are somewiiat wrinkled and loose, 

 another growing under it, which is solid and firm, \\ita 

 many small threads hanging thereat. The whole plant is 

 of a very sharp biting taste, pricking the tongue as net- 

 tles do the hands, and so abideth for a great while without 

 alteration. The root llienol was anciently used insiead 

 of starch to starch linen with. 



There is another sort of Cuckow-point, with lesser 



leaves than the former, and sometimes harder, having 



blackish spots upon them, which tor the must part abiclu 



longer green in Summer than the formerj and both leaves 



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