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Of theHiftory of Plants. 
Li B. 2. 
called Tracrium German! cum, and Atripltx factidagaram olens, by Pena and Lot/ cl ; for it fmelleth more 
ftinking than the rammifh male Goat : whereupon fome by a figure haue called it Vulvaria : and 
it may be called in Englith, ftinking Mother-wort. 
A There hath been little or nothing letdown by the Antients,either of his nature or vermes, not- 
withftanding it hath beene thought profitable,by reafon ofhis ftinking fmelI,for fuch as are trou- 
bled with the mother : for as Hyppocrates faith, when the mother doth ftifle or ftrangle, fuch things 
ate to be applied vnto the nofe as haue a rankeand ftinking fmell. 
x / < Oofe-foot is a common herbe, and thought to be a kinde of Orach : it rifeth vp with 
' t T aftalkeacubithighor higher, fomewhat chamfered and branched .-the leaues be 
broad, fmootb,iharpe pointed, fhining, hauing certaine deepe cuts about the edges, 
andfefembling the foot ofa goofe : the floures be fmall,fomething red : the feed ftandeth in clu- 
fters vpon the top of the branches, being very like the feed of wilde Orach, and the root is diuided 
intofundry firings . 
X 2 This differs from the Iaft defcribed,in that the leaues are (harper cut, and more diuided, 
the feed fomewhat (mailer, and the colour of the whole plant is a deeper or darker greene. 
X i Atripltx [ylucjlris latifolia,fiucPes Anferinns. $ 2 Atripltx fy/uejlris latifolia altera* 
Goofe-foot. n The other Goofe-foot. 
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5 ! Tie Place. 
It growes plentifully in obfeure places neere old walls and high-waies, and in defart places. 
«r Tie Time. 
It flourifheth when the Orach doth, whereof this is a wilde kinde. 
«[ Tie Names. 
i The -’l te u H r Crbari , fts hanecalled it Pcs anferinus , and Cienopodium , of the likeneffe the leaues 
haue with the foot of a Goofe : in Englifh, Goofe-foot, and wilde Orach. 
T he Nature and fertues. 
Chap. 47. Of Cf oofe-foot. 
% Tie Vefcription. 
