; 
of Plinies Naturall Hiftorie; 
groweth onely in Zigypt, and namely in floten grounds where the river Nils hath dverflovied : 
and likeitis unto Sengreene or Houfleeke, but that it hath bigger leaves. It is exceeding reftige- 
- rative sand a great healer of greene wounds, beeing made into a liniment with vinegre: more- 
_ caufeth haire to come againe, in cafethe place whichis bare and bald, be annointed therewith 
over it cureth S: _4athonies fire, and all apoftumes which are broken and run matter: if it be 
taken in drinke with the male-frankincenfe, it is wonderfull to fee how effeQuall ic is to reprefié _ 
the flux of bloudtrom the reins. 
Cuar xix. : 
gee Of the hearbs that zrow upon the head and chapter of Images and Statues. Of hearbs found 
wt 3 : ; : ; 
im rivers. Of the hearb called Lingua. Of hearbs crowing through a fieve,and upon dung- 
hills, Of Roodora and Impia, two hearbs, Of Pectes Venerts. Of Nodia. Of Clavers, ov 
Gaofe-graffe,calied otherw:f Philanthropes. Of the little Bur named Canaria : of Tordile, 
Of the ordinarie Coich-graffe, Stitchwort, or Dent-de-chien, Of the bearbe Dactylus,and 
Fenigreeke-with their medicinable vertues. | 
Tis commonly faid, That the hearbs or weeds growing upon the head of any ftatue or image; 
| anne allay the head-ach (if they bee gathered in the lappet or any part of fome garment) 
foasthe Patient weare them tiedabout the necke, by red linnen thread, orenfolded within 
fome red linnen clout. Any hearbe whatfoever gathered out of fome riveret,brooke,or great ri- 
ver, before the fun-rifing, fo as no man fee the partie daring the time of the gathering, provided 
alwaies thatit be sied rorhe left arme of the ficke Patient, and he or fhee not know what it is,dri- 
> veth away any tercian ague, if itbe true which is commonly faid. There is an herb gtowing about 
fountains called Lingua,z.a Tongue: the root thereof being burnt into afhes, and incorporat 
with the greafe of a {wine (but you mutt looke, fay they, that che {wine beblacke and barraine) 
in thefun; Cafta fieve or riddle foorth into any beaten path or high-way, the grafle or weeds 
comming up underreath, and growing through the fame, if they be gathered and bound aboue 
the necke orany other part of women with child, doe haften their travaile and deliverie . Thofe 
hearbsaghich be found growing upon muckhills about countrey ferms,are pafling goodand ef- 
fectualkfor che fquinancie, ifthey be drunke with water. The graflé or hearbe neare unto which 
a dog lifts up his leg andpiffech, ific bee plucked out of the ground without touching knife or 
yron inftrusment, cureth any diflocation or bone out of joynt,moft {peedily. 
Touching the tree (ia manner of an Opiet or Poplar) called Rumbotinus, I have defcribed 
itin my treanfe of Horryards and Tree-plots, Neareto one of thefe (and namely, when there is 
no vine coupled or married to it) there yroweth a certain herb, which in Fraunce they call Rho- 
dora :itrifeth up with a ftem pointed and knotted in manner of a figtree rod or wand;beareth. 
leaves refembling nettles, fomwhat whitifh in the mids, but the fame in proceflz of ime become 
red all over ; anda floure of filver colonr : This hearbe ftamped and mixed with old hogs greaie, 
makech afoveraigne linimentior all {wellings, inflammations, and impoftumes gathering to an 
head ; provided alwatesthatno edge toole come near to touch itjand that the partie whos deci 
fed or annointed therewich turne the head to the right hand, and {pitthrice upun che ground on 
that fide, And the operation of this medicine will be the moreefieCtuall, if three fuadrie mea of 
three divers nations, ftand on the right handwhen they annoint the Patient. 
Concerning the hearb Impia, which is of a hoarie colour and white withall, it refembleth in 
fhew the Rofemarie,rifing up with a maine ftem, leafed and headed in manner ofa Cole-ftocke: 
from which principall bodie, there grow foorth other fall braunches, every one bearing iiitle 
tufts or heads rifing and mountin g above the mother {tocke (whereupon they calleditin Lanne’ - 
_ Ampia,for that the children over-topped their parents; ) yerthere beothers who have thought it 
rather focalled,becaufe there is no beaft will touch or taftit. This hearb,if itbe ground between 
two ftones, waxcth as hotasfire, andyeeldeth a juice which isexcellent for the {quinancie,ifthe 
fame becempeted with milke and wine. But this is ftraunge that isteported moreover, namely, 
That whofoever hath once tafted of this hearbe, fhall never be troubled with that difeafe; and 
therefore they ufe to give itin wath and {will,co wine: but looke which of them refufe to drinke 
¢ this medicine, thall die of the faid {quinancie, Some are of opinion, That in birds neftsthere 
is fome of this hearbe commonly ferand twifted among other fticks, whereby it commeth to 
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