4-00 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L i b. 
2 The fmall Biftort groweth in great aboundance in Weftmerland, at Crosby, Rauenfwaith, 
at the head of a Parke belonging to one M‘ . Pickering ■■ from whence xt hath beene difperfed into 
many gardens • as alfo fent vnto me from thence for my garden. 
The Time. 
They-floure in May, and the feed is ripe in Iune. 
4 og The Names. 
Biftorta is called in Englilh Snake-weed : in fome places, Oifterloit : in Chefhire, Paffions, and ! 
Snake-weed and there vfcd for an excellent Pot-herbe. It is called B, fieri a ol his vvrythed roots, . 
and alfo CoMrw«,Serft»t<tria, Britt am ca- Dracomion.Phnij ■ Dracumulus.Vodona, j and Lmonrnm Ge- 
' f The Nature. 
Biftort doth coole and dry in the third degree. 
The Vertues. 
a The inyce of Biftort put into the nofe preuaileth much againft the Difcafe called Polypus, and 
n the biting of Serpents or any venomous bead, being drunke in Wine or the water of Angelica. 
B The root bovled in wineand drunke, iloppeth the laske and bloudy flix ; it ftayeth alfo the ouer- i 
much flowing of womens monethly fickneflesr. 
r The root tajien as aforefaid ftayeth vomiting, and healeth the inflammation and loreneile ol I 
the mouth and throat: it likevvilc faftneth loofe teeth, being holdenin themouthfor acertaine 
fpace,and atfundry times. 
C h a p. 8(5. Of Scurvy- (jraJJejr Spoons or t. 
ThcDefcription. 
I T) Ound leaned Scuruy-Grafle is a low orbafeherbe : it bringeth forth leaucsvpon final , I 
|\ ftems or foot-ft alks of a meanc length, comming immediately from the root , very i 
m any in number, of a (Tuning greene colour, fomewhat broad, thicke, hollow like a i 
little fpoone, but of no great depth, vneuen, or cornered about the edges: among which leaues: 
f D ring vp fmall ftalkes of a fpanne high, whereon doe grow many little white floures : after which 
commeth the feed, fmall and reddifh, contained in little round pouches or feed-veflels : the roots i 
be fmall, white, and th teddy. The whole plant is ofa hot and fpicie tafte. § 
1 The common Scuruy-grafle or Spoone-wort hath leaues fomewhat like a fpoone, hollow in i 
the middle, but altogether vnlike the former : the leaues hereof are bluntly toothed about the ed- 
o- e s (harpe’pointed,and fomewhat long: the ftalkes rife vp among the leaues, of the length of 
halfea foot ■ whereon do grow white floures with fome yellownefle in the middle : which being, 
prft there fucceed fmall feed-veflels like vnto a pouch, not vnlike to thofe of Shepheards purfe, 
greene at the firft, next yellow ilh, and laftly when they be ripe, of a browne colour,or like a filberd- 
nut. The root is fmall and tender, compact ofa number of threddy firings very thicke thruft to- 
gether in manner ofa little turfe. 
•f ‘The Place. 
The firft groweth by the fea fide at Hull, at Bofton, and Lynne, and in many other places of; 
Lincolnfhire neere vnto the fea, as in Whaploade and Holbecke Marfhes in Holland in, the fame 
County. It hath beene found of late growing many miles from the fea fide, vpon a great hill in 
Lancashire called Ingleborough hill - which may feeme ftrange vnto thofe that do not know that 
it will be content with any foile, place, or clyme whatfoeuer : for proofe whereof, my felfe haue 
fowen theVfeeds of it in my garden, and giuen them vnto others, with whom they floure, flonrifh, 
and bring forth their feed, as naturally as by the fea fide - and likewife retaine the fame hot fpicie 
tafte : which proueth that they tefufe no culture, contrary to many other fea-plants. 
The fecond, which is our common feuruie grafle, groweth in diners places vpon thebrimmes 
of the famous riuer Thames, as at Woolwich, Erirh, Greenhithe, Grauefend, as well on the Effex 
(liore as the Kentifh ; at Portfmouth, Briftow, and many other places alongft the Weftern coaft t 
but toward the North I haue not heard that any of this kinde hath growne. 
