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*Linaria or 
- Toads-flax. 
* According 
to Diofcorédes. 
*Cuckowes 
 meat,or 
Wood-forell, 
The feven and twentieth Booke , 
betweene the ftalke and them, there put forth other fmall branches witha blew flower. Theroot. 
is of thethickneffe ofa mans finger, bearded with many {mall ftrings refembling hairs. This toot 
is of a corrofive nature,fretting and exulcerating any place whereunto it is applied: in which re- 
gard it healeth up the fiftulous ulcers called Pawel growing betweene thenofe andangles of | 
the eyes. The Zgyptians are of opinion, Thatif upon the feven and twentieth day of thatmonth 
which they call Thiatis(and which an{wereth very neare to our month Auguft)a man or woman 
doe annoint themfelves with the juice of this hearbe in a morning before they have {poken one 
word, he or fhe flall not be troubled with bleared eyes all that yeare long. OiGRG! 
Myagrosis an hearbe growing up with {tems in manner of Fennell-geant, in leaves refembling 
Madder,and rifeth to the height of three foot. The feed which it beareth is oleous, and out of it 
there is an oile drawne,which is good forthe fores in the mouth, if they be annointed therwith, 
The hearbe called Nigina,hath three long leaves like unto thofe of Succorie: wherewith if 
skars(remaining after ulcers and wounds)be rubbed ,it will reduce them to the naturall colour of 
the other skin. 
There is an hearbe, which in Latineisnamed Natrix, the root whereof being pulled out of 
the ground, hath aranke fmell like unto a Goar ; with this hearbe they ufe in the Picene coun- 
trey to drive away thofe hob-goblins which they have a marvellous opinionto befpirits, called 
Fatui: butformineowne part, I am verely perfuaded they bee nothing els bur fantafticall illufi. 
ons of fuch as bee troubled in mind and beftravght, the which may beechafedand rid away by 
the ufe of this medicinable hearbe, - ; 19 | LE 251 
Odontitis may be reckoned among the kinds of hey-grafle, putting forth many {mall {lems 
growing thicke together from one root,and thofe knotted and full of joints, triangled and blac- 
kith withall: in every joint {mall leaves it hath, relembling thofe of knorgraffe, howbeir fome- 
what longer: in the concavities becweene the faid leaves and the {tem there is contained afeed 
likeunto Barley cornes: the flower is of a purple colour, andveryfinall. legroweth ordinarily 
in meddow grounds. The decoétion of the braunches and tender ftalkes of this hearbe, to the 
quantity of one handfull, boiled in fome aftringent wine,cureth the toothach, if the patient hold 
the fame in the mouth. tort ove 
Othonne groweth plenteoufly in Scythia, like unto Rocket: the leavesbee full of holes, and 
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the flower refembleth Saffron : which is the caufe that fome have calledit Anemone. Thejuice 
of this hearbe entreth very well into thofe medicines which are appropriat tothe eyes ; for itis 
fomewhat mordicative, and heareth gently: befides exiccative itis, andbythat meanes afttin- 
gent.Itcleanfeth the eyes of thofe filmes and clouds which darken the fight,and removeth what- 
{oever hindereth the fame.Some ordaine for this purpofe that it fhould be wafhed firft,andafter 
itis dried againe made into certaine bals or trofchisks. : : 
Onofma beareth leaves well neare three fingers long, and thofe lying flat upon the ground : 
_ three in number,and indented or cut after the manner of Orchanet,withont ftem,without flour, 
without feed. If a woman with child eat thereof,or doe but ftep over it,(he fhall caft her untime- 
ly birth out of her wombe, 
As for Onopordon,they fay if Affes eat thereof, they will falla fizzeling and farting. Howbe- 
it of vertue it 1s to provoke urine,and the monthly ficknefle of women : to ftop a laske, to dif- 
cuffe and refolve impoftumes,and to heale them when they be broken and doe run. 
*Ofyris putteth forth {mall braunches of a browne colour sflender,pliable,and eafie to wind 3. 
the fame bee garnifhed with leaves *refembling thofe of Line or Flax, of a darke and duskifh 
greene at firft,but afterwards chaunging colour, and enclining to ared colour, and the feed is © 
contained in thofe braunches . Of thefe leaves are made certaine wafhing bals, to fcoure wo- 
mens skin and make them looke faire. The decoétion of the root beeing drunke, cureth thofe 
that have the jaundife, The fame roots, gathered before the feed bee ripe, cut into roundlesjand 
dried in the Sunne, doe ftop the laske : but drawne after that the {eed is ripe, they reprefle all ca- 
tarrhes‘and fluxes of the bellie, if thepatient drinke the fupping wherein they are boiled, Alfo— 
ftammped fimply,and fo given in raine water,they have the fame effet. 
*Oxys beareth three leaves and no more. This hearbeis fingular to be given fora feeble fto- 
macke which hath loft all appetiteto meat. They alfo who havea rupture,and whole guts be fal- 
len downe,eat thereof to very good fuccefle. 
Polyanthemum,which fome call Batrachion, hath a caufticke qualitie,whereby it dgoth ‘a 
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