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Goklcn Rod. ?. (/?. a??. l\) 



This is by some people also called Woundwort. 



Dcscript.'] This aribcth up with brownish sinail round 

 stalks, two (ect high, and sometimes more, having thereon 

 many narrow and long dark green leaves, very scldooi 

 ^\hh any dents about the edges or any stalks or white 

 spots therein, yet they are sometimes so found divided 

 at the tops into many small branches, with divers small 

 yellow flowers on every one of them, all which arc 

 turned one way, and being ripe, do turn into down, 

 and arc carried away by the wind. The root consists 

 of many small fibres, Avhich grow not deep in the ground, 

 but abideth all the W inter therein, shooting forth new 

 branches every year, the old one lying down to the 

 ground. 



Place.2 It groweth in the open places of woods and 

 copses, both moist and dry grounds, in many places of 

 this land. 



Time.'] It flowereth about the month of July. 



Government and Virtues.'] Venus claims the herb, and 

 therefore to be sure it rcspe6ls beauty lost. Arnoldus do 

 Villa Nova commends it much against the stone in the 

 reins and kidnies, and to provoke urine in abundance, 

 Avhereby also all the gravel and stone may be voided. 

 The deco6lion of the herb, green or dry, or the distilled 

 water thereof, is very elle^iual for inward bruises ; as also 

 to be outwardly applied, it sfayeth bleeding in any part 

 of the body, and of wounds ; also the fluxes of humours, 

 the bloody flux, and women's courses ; and is no less pre. 

 Talfent in all ruptures or burstings, being drank inwardly, 

 and outwardly applied. It is a sovereign wound herb, 

 inferior to none, both for inward and outward hurts ; 

 green wounds, old sores and ulcers, are qxiickly cured 

 therewith. It also is of especial use in all lotions for 

 sores or ulcers in the mouth, throat, or privy parts in man 

 or woman. Thedccoftion also helpeth to fasten the tcolh 

 that arc loose in the gums. 



