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rT aA sk, sly skars,by meanes wherof,reduceth them to their frefla and former'colour.The 
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fame allo applied fcoureth away the morphew,andbringeth the skinto the native hue,anfwera- 
bleto thereftofthe bodie, = se un : fi ie i 35 
* ‘Kaor-grafleis that hearbe,whichthe Greekes name Polygondn,and we in Latine,Sanguina- 
ria :in leate it refembleth Rue, in {eedcommon quich graffe; and rifeth nor fromthe ground 
butcreepeth along, The juice of this hearbe conveighed up intothe ofthrils, ftauncheth blee- 
ding at the nofey They-whoferdowne many kinds of Polygonon,dochold that this isto bee tat 
ken for the male,and by reafon of the multitude of feed which it beareth'' calléd * Polygonons *ofmatemany? 
or for tharit growetli fo thicke in'tufts,Calligonon Others name iv*Polygonaton for thenum- ape eats 
ber of *knots orknees which ivcarieth:There be againewho give irthe name Theuthalis: fome. boning vith a 
eallit Cateinetron, others C lemajand many Myrtopetalon. Aid yet] meet with fome writers, is called Poly- 
who fay chat thisis thé femaleknor gtaffe:and thatthe maleis the greater, and notalrogerher pele ne 
fo darke of colour,growing alfo thicker with knots,& {welling wich feed under every:leafe. Well; ry wherefo 
howfoever itis, the properti¢ of them both, the one.as well as the other, is to bind andcoole :and Aciee - 
yet their feed *doth loofen the bellie; which ific be taken in:any great quantitie,isdiureticalland ferh if ae # 
reprefleth any rheums,providedalwaies that the patientbe troubled therwithyatherwifeitdorla knot. » : 
ho good: The leaves are fingular goodto be applied unto,the ftomacke;for toaflwage the heat ete 
thereof:in a linimentthey mitigatthe greefe of che bladder,and {tap the conrfeof fhinglesand plac be nor 
fuch like wild fires. The juice is {overaigne to be dropped alonebyirfelfe into the eares that rum, GormuPh a5! 
and into the eyes to abate their paine, It is ufually given to the quantitie of two eyaths inTertian 
apues,and Quartanes efpecially,before the fitcommeth ; likewife forthe feebienefle of the {to- 
macke when it will keepe nothing:for thebloudie fix, and the rage of chollericke humours both’ | 
upward and downeward.A third kind thereis,which they call.*Oreon growing upon the moun- *oreonab tees, 
taines refermbling a tenderreed:rifing up in one fingle ftem,burfullof littlekneesorknots, and 2 mosntaine. 
thofe’*couched and thruft together. Leated itis like the Pitch trees the root needleffe, and of no eee : 
ufe : and generally the whole hearbe of Jeffe ftrength and operation than the former. Howbeit, othsrs sje0,for 
this fingular property hath it,to help thefciatica.A fourch Polygonum thereis,called the Wild; jHaritsrometh 
and this bufheth likea thrub or a preti¢ treerather:the root is of awoodiefubfance,& the {tock iver seer 
or plant of areddith colour,refembling the Cedar: it beareth braunches much.like to Spare or hearbs Hippus 
Spanifh broomie,two'fpans long, jointed into thiree or four knots,and thofe of ablackifh colour. "th ifr 
oubtitis. 
‘Thisalto hath an aftringent nature,and tafteth in the mouth like unto a Quince. The decoétion 
‘thereof in water,untill the third part bee confumed, or the pouder of it dried, is commended for 
the fores'in the mouth,and for any partthatis fretted and galled. And the very tubftance there- 
ofis good'to be chewed, in cafe the gums be fore. Itreprefiecl the malignitie ofeating corrofive 
ulcers and cankers :and in one word, ftaieth the mallice of all fores that run on end, and be unto- 
ward forto be healed : but a peculiar propertie it hath by it felfe to cure any ulcer occafioned by 
the Snow.OurHerbarifts ufe chis kind much for the Squinancie : and to eafe the headach,make 
a guirland thereof, appointing itto be fet upon the head : but to reprefle any violent catarrhes, 
they prefcribe to weare itaboutthenecke. In Tertian agues,fome give direction to plucke irout 
of the ground with the left hand,and then to tie itto the agme or other part of the patient. And 
there is not an hearbe orplant that they be more carefull to keepe drie and to have alwaies ready 
at hand,than Polygonon,for to ftanch any iflue or flix of bloud whatfoever. © 
Pancration,whichfome chufe rather to call the little Squilla or fea-onion, beareth leavesre- 
fembling the white Lillie,but thatthey be longer and thicker 5 with a great bulbous root, and the 
fame in colour red. The juice of ir taken with the flower of Ervile, maketh the bellie laxative : and = 
outwardly applied, mundifieth ulcers, For the dropfie and hardnefle of the fpleene, itis given 
with honey ia ‘manner of a fyrrup. Some take the root and boile it in water-untill the liquor bee 
fweet,which they poure forth; and then ftampe the {aid root, and reduce it into bals ortrofches, 
which they lay to drie in the Sunne :and ufe them afterwards as occafion ferveth for the skals or 
ulcers of the head,and all other fores that require mundification. Semblably, they give thereof 
as nuch as one may take up with three fingers inwine, for the cough, andina liquid eleQuari¢ 
ot lohoch for the pleurifie and peripnewmonie, They prefcribe it likewife to bee drunke in wine 
- forthe Sciatica : to allay alfothe gripes and wrings of the bellie, andto procure the monethly 
tearniesofwomen. | | *Akind of 
*Peplos,called by fome Syce,by others Meconion*A phrodes,from one {mall root bufheth Pils. 
NEO Poppie. 
