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rifing ofthe Dog-ftar :and for that itisliketoa kind of birdlime,jt is called Ixiat ourwomenufe G 
thisinftead of Mafticke. Andthe reafon whythisheatbe is named Chameleon, is by occafion 
of the variable leaves which it beareth: for according to the nature of the foile where it groweth, 
it chaungeth hew ; whereby in one place you fhall have itblacke, in another greene; here you 
fhallfce it looke blew, and there yellow, andevermoré altéring she coloursOtwhich@k 
leons, the white cureth fuch as are ima dropfie, if theroot be boiled andthe juicethergofraken 
tothe quantitie of adram in {weet wine cuit. Thémeafure of on¢.acetableofjthefamezjuice, if 
one drinke ina greene har(h wine made of the hedge unripe grape, wherein cettain bunchésiof 
Origanum have lien infofed, it is thought to bea fingularremedie tokill che worthes that breed 
inthe guts. Itavaileth much alfo to helpe thofe who pifle with difficultieandyetithis juicebees 
ing given to doggs or {wine in barley groats, killeth them. If there bee water and oile mingled 
thereto, ic draweth rats and myce to it, but itis their bane, unleffe prefently they drinke water. 
Some prefcribe for to cut the roor thereof into thinroundles, and to keepe them-enfiled up, or 
hanging bya ftring, and then tofeeth them; for to be eaten againit the flux of humours, which 
the Greeks name Kheumatifms, Of the blacke kind, fome have named that the male which hath 
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neth the teeth which fhake andbeloofein the head. The juice of thisroot; healeth the feab. of 
mange in foure-footedbeatts. Herewith alfo.folke ufetokill the ticks thacbteed indogs:burit 
ftoppeth the windof heifers and young fteers in manner of a {quinancie: and therefore of fome 
it iscalled Viophonon and Cynozolon, in regard of the {trong and ftinking fmell that it hath, , 
Thefe Chameleons doe beare a certaine vifcous gum, moft proper forulcers. And the roots of 
all che fort of them,as well blacke as white, are fingularagainftthe poifon of ferpents, 
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ee Of Coronopus or Harts-borne with the medicinable vertues thereof. 
Oronopus is an hearb bearing long leaves,and thofe cloven into certainfiffures & knags? 
and howfoever it groweth wild,yet otherwhiles it is fet and fowne in gardens, for the excel- 
lencie of the root; which beeing rofted under the afhes, is foveraigne for the flux,’ and 
weakeneffe of the ftomacke. Sob bid- bog adhe i obibeld 
Cuapasinn oO; 
ey Of Orchanet or Alkanet,aswell the right asthebaftard, and theif 
properties in Phyficke, | Fob caih Is 
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He root of Orchanet is muchufed about medicines: of the thicknefleitis of a finger: it 
will rendandcleavein manner of the papyr reed: and itcoloureth the hands of as many 
ashandle it, with ared and bloudie colour: it prepareth-wooll and woollen cloth for to 
take rich and deepe colours. If it be incorporat into the forme of a cerot, it healeth ulcers,efpe- 
cially in old men sas alfo placesthat beburnt. Itcannotbee refolved in water, butit is oile that 
mutt diffolve it: and verely this isa good experiment of that which is true and nothing fophifti- 
cat. A dram thereof given in wine to drinke, is fingular good for the paine in the kidnies :butin 
*Haplyhee > Cafethe Patient have a fever upon him, then it oughtto be taken in the decoction of * Balanos. 
meaneth Phe» In like mannerisittohee ufedin the opilations or obftruétions of the liver, ofthe fplene, andin 
nicobalinon id the jaundife, A liniment made of itand vinegre, cureth the leprofic,and the red pimples arifing 
ef,the Hgyp: . ‘ , : : . 
tianDatezor intheface, The leaves ftampedwith honey and meale untill they be incorporat togither, and 
Oxypharice, {o applied asa cataplatine,arethought to be good for diflocations :butifthey be taken inward. 
our Tamae- 
rindsia kind of LY tothe quantitie of two drams in honied winesthey bind and knit the belly. Therootboiledin 
Dates appro. water,isfaidtokill fleas. | Ly dyaoooundl 2200 si eget yon | 
prist for Another hearb there is much like unto ir,and thereupon called Pfeudanchula [#. baftard Or- 
AUCs. h £ {¢ b f Fi ae = a 3 : 3 ok b fid " 
chanet | of foie, but of others Enchufa or Doris; and many other names it hath befides.More 
full of downe or haitie moffe iris, and lefle fartie; but the leaves are {maller, more ranke an? 
feeble, 
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