■IB. 2 . 
Of the Hiftorie affiants. 
*[ The Place. 
Ir grovveth neere to old walls in themoift cor- 
ners of Churches and ftone baildin2s'aijjon<T rnh- 
. bifh and fuch like places. b 
The Time. 
It commeth vp in May ; it feedeth i n Inly and 
Auguft : the root onely continueth and is to be 
found in Winter. 
T be Names. 
It is commonly called Parieurh,o r by a corrupt 
word Pant aria, becaufe it grovveth neere to wa! Is ; ' 
and for the fame caufe it is named of diners Mm . ’ 
Its : alfo CMiiraluimolpliny and Cc^r. of the Gre- 
cians There is alfo another Helxine fyrnamed 
Ciffampclos :fome call it Pcrdictum, of Partridges 
Vi hich iomtimes leed hereon : fome, Vrccolaris, and 
V Ur aria, becanfe it ferueth to fcoure glafles, pip- 
kins , and fuch like.* it is called in high-Dutcb, 
f it- si hi! b i»-:ivl)t 1 in Spanifh , T ertta del mum * in 
Englilh, Pellitorie of the wall : in French , Parte- 
tairc. 
TheTempcrature. 
Pellitorie of the wall (as Galen faith)hath force 
to fcoure,and is fomething cold and moift. 
«(f The Vertices. 
Pellitory ofthe wall boyled, and the decoAion a 
of it drunken , helpeth fuch as are vexed with an *' 
old cough, the grauell and Hone, and is good a- 
gaxnft the difficultie of making water, and Hop- 
ping ofthe fame, notonely inwardly, butalfoout- 
wardly applied vpon the region of the bladder, in 
manner ot a fomentation or warme bathing, with fpunges or double clouts or fuch like. 
Dio fcor ides faith, That the iuyee tempered with Cerufe or white leade maketh a good ointment 
agaanft Saint Anthonies fire and the Shingles : and mixed with the Ccrot of Alcanna onvith the ° 
male Goats tallow, it helpeth the gout in the feet : which Pliny alfo affirmeth, Lib. z> cap i 7 
Itisapplied (faith he) to paines ofthe feet with Goats fuet and wax of Cyprus’, where in' ftead ^ 
ofwaxof Cyprus there mult be put the Cerot of Alcanna. 1 C 
■ Dio fcor ides addetb,That the iuyee hereof is a remedy for old coughs, and taketh away hot fwel- 
hngs ofthe almonds in the throat,ifit be vfed inagargarilme,or othenvife applied : it miti>ateth 
alio the paines ofthe cares, being poured in with oileofRofes mixed therewith. 
It is affirmed, That if three-ounces of the iuyee bedrunkeit prouoketh vrine out of hand. 
The leaues tempered with oyle of fweet almonds in manner of a pulte(fe,and laid to the pained 
parts, is a remedie for them that be troubled with the ftone, and that can hardly make water. 
D 
C h a p. 51. Of French F\f er curie. 
The Kinder . 
♦pHerebe two kindes of Mercury reckoned forgood,and yet both fomtimeswilde, befides two 
iv iide neuer found in gardens, vnlefle they be brought thither. 
The Description. 
1 r . ■> He male garden Mercurie hath tender ftalks full of ioints and branches whereuoon do 
J grow greene leaues like Pellitorie of the wall , but fnipt about the edses:amon°-ft 
IP or r , ' v,llch coine forth two hairy bullets round, and ioyned together like thofeof Gooft- 
white hairy foings. aCh C ° ntamin§ m “ felfe one rma11 r0L,nd feed : che rooc 15 tender, and full of 
2 1 he female is like vnto the former in leaues,ftalks,and manner of growing.differing blit in 
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