274. ‘The feven and twentieth Booke a 
fant is borne: or if awoman defire to fee her monthly ficknefle,inisgoodto drinka dtamweight G 
of the leaves in wine cuitAnd in that manner they aregiven tothofewhobecthortwindedsbut 
in old wine againft he ftingiof the venomous fpidersPhalangia, ‘Theroot is fingular to beepue 
to thofe plafters which either doe refolveor maturat any impollumed place. The feed chewed, 
ftaicth immoderat vomits.’ wi Dalat odds igizocitldeiks cia abelu Vincennes 
ere ee *Anonyios,finding nonameto be calledby,got rherupon the name*Anonymos.A plant 
Selfefeale.  thisis broughtout of Scythia unto usshighly commended by Azcefiw a Phyfician of great name 
*Nameleffe. and authoritie,alfo by Arzffegiton,for an excellentvulnerarie,if ibe bruifed or ftamped in watet 
and fo applied: buttaken inwardly indrinke, i¢ is good for womens breafts aind the precordiall 
parts about the heart, if they have gottena {tripe,arbe bruifed: alfoforfuch as reach up bloud: 
_~ Some have ordained a vulnerarie drinketo be made therof forthofethat be wounded.Butwhat fy 
* is {aid moreover as touching this heatbe,I hold meere fabulous :and namely,that if two peeces - 
of yron or braffe bee putinto the fireand burne cogether with this hearbe, fre(h and new gathe- 
red,they will fouder and joineagaine. 7 (18 10.379 571), 1A DOR 
i 2 Cuap. Vo 
Zarstaleven: 2& Of Erith or Goofe grafe.of the Clot-Bur.Of *Ceterach.o yf Afclepias and After or 
driv. oe - Buboniim Of Afcyrum or Afeyroides Of A phace, Aleibinm, 
and: Alectorolophus, = Tacs 
Reith is by fomecalledin Greek Aparine, by others Omphalocarposand Philanthropos. | 
An hearbe given to be full of braunches,rough and prickly,carying five or fix leaves grow- 
inground together about the faid branchesin order like a ftarre,and a pretie diftance there 
is betweene every of thefe roundles, The feed is round, hard, hollow, and{weetifh. It groweth in 
* Whereupon core fields, in gardens ,and meddowes: rough itis,that it is readie to*catch hold of folks cloths 
Rae cali P4:- as they pafle by,and to fticke unto them. AneffeGuall hearbe againft Serpents, if a dram of the 
loverof nen, ed be drunk in wine : alfo for them who ate pricked with the {piders Phalangia. The leaves have 
a fingular vertue to repreffe the abundant flux ofbloud out of wounds,if they be ourwardlyappli- 
ed: like as the juice hath a {peciall propertie tohelpe the infirmities of the eares,beeing dropped 
orpouredintothem, | 
Ar@ionwhich fome rather name Ardturus,is like in leafe tothe great Mullen or Taperwort, x 
but chat itis more rough : the {tem tall and foft,and the feed refembling Cumin.|t groweth ordi- 
narily in ftony grounds witha root tender, foft,& fweer.B eing fodden in wine, it eafeth the tooth- 
ach,fo that the patient hold the decodtion in his mouth.For the Sciatica & {iranguric itis good 
to be taken at the mouth in wine :and outwardly applied, it healeth burns and cureth kibed heels: 
In which cafes the root is much commended, if together withthe feed itbee ftamped with wine, 
and afomentation made with the decoétion thereof. 
As touching Afplenum,fome there be who call it Hemionion :an hearb putting forth many 
* Trientalibus. Jeaves™foure inches long: the root is given to have crankes and holes, and chofe full of mud or 
durt:much what doe the leaves grow like to Fearne: the root is white and rough. It beareth nei- 
"ther ftalke,ftem, nor feed It delighteth to grow among rockes and ftones, upon wals ftandingin 7 
. the fhade,and in moilt grounds, [he beft is that which we have out of Candie. Itis commonly 
faid,that if the decoction of the Icaves boiled in vinegrebe drunke fortie daies together, it wa- 
fteth the {welled fpleene. The fame may be applied in a liniment for that purpofe,and fo alfo they 
do ftay the exceflive yex or hocket, I his hearbe would notbe given towomen,for it caufeth them 
to be barren, 
__ Afclepias beareth leaves refembling Ivie,long braunches,many {mall roots, and thofe odo- 
riferous :howbeit the flowers have a {trong and rank ftinking fmell with them,the feed much like. 
tothe Axvitch.I loveth to grow upon mountaines, [he roots of this hearbe not only taken in- 
wardly in drinke,but alfo applied outwardly ina liniment, doe eafe the wrings of the bellie, and 
refift the fling of ferpents. After, is by fome named Bubonium, for that itisa prefent remedic M 
for the tumours rifing in the {hare. This hearbe putteth up a {mall {tem, with two or three 
leaves fomewhat long. Inthetop thereof it §earegh certaine little headsenvironned with fpo- k 
kie leaves, and thofe difpefed roundin manner of attarre.Taken in drinke,itisthoughttobeea t 
pretervative againft the yenome of ferpents.But ro make amedicine for the {hare betorenamed, | 
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