L i b. i. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
TheVertues. 
Thedeco£lion of Graflewith the roots ofParfleydrunke,helpeth the diflliriej and prouoketh A 
vrine. 
The roots of Grafle, according to Galen, doe glevv and confolidate together new and bleeding B 
wounds. 
The iuyce of GraJTe mixed with honey and the pouder of Sothernwood taken in drinke, killeth G 
wormes in children; but if thechilde be young, or tender of nature, it fhall fuifice to rnixe the 
iuyce ofGrafle,and the gall ofan OxeorBuli togethef,and therewith anoint the childes belly; 
and lay a clout wet therein vpon the naucll . 
Fernelius faith, that grade doth helpe the obftrudtions of the liner, reines andkidniesand the D 
inflammation of the raines called Nephritis. 
Hay fodden in water till it be tender, and applied hot to the chaps of beafts that be chap-fal- £ 
len, through long handing in pound or liable without meate, is a prefent remedie. 
Chap, z . Of %ed r D'warfe-(jrajJ'e. 
^ The Defcription. 
i T"NWarfe Grafle is one oftheieaftof Grafles. The root cpnfifts of many little bulbes, 
I couered with a reddilh filme or skinne, with very many final hairy and white firings : 
the tuft or eare is of a reddilh colour, and not much differing froin the grafle called 
lfch#mn } though the eare befofter,broader,andmore beautifull. 
f t Grmen minimum rubrum, fine 
Xerampelintm. 
Red Dwarfe-grafle f 
% Cramen minimum album , 
White Dvvarfe-grafle. 
f s Thiskindeof Graffehath fmallhairy roots ; the leaues are frnall and fhort,as alfo the 
ftalke, which on the top thereof beares apanniclenotmuchvnlikethefmallmedovv Grafle, but 
lefle : the colour thereof is fometimes white, and otherwhiles reddilh ; whence fome haue giuen 
two figures, which I thinking needlefle, haue onely retained the later,and for the former giuen the 
figure of another Grafle, intended by our Author to be comprehended in this Chapter. 
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