Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
405 
The Nature . 
Adders-tongueisdryinthe third degree. 
TheVcrtues. 
The leaues of Adders tongue ftaraped in a ftone raorter,and boylod in Oile Oliue vnto the con- \ 
fumptionoftheiuyce,andvntill theherbes be dry and partched, and then ftrained, will yeeld a 
mod excellent greene oyle, or rather a balfam for greene wounds, comparable vnto oyle of S Johns 
wort, if it do not farre furpaffe it by many degrees : ivhofe beauty is fuch, that very many Artifts 
haite thought the fame to be mixed with Verdigreafe. 
Chap. 89. 
2 Lunaria minor. 
Small Moone-wort, 
0 S' mMSYi V UXu 
Of One-berry, or Her be 'True-loue, and £\Toone-Voort. 
1 Herba Paris. 
One-Berry,or Herbe True-loue. 
5T TbeDefcnption. 
H vvhereof corner fnn'V^ 1 tendcr ftalke two hands high; at the very top 
eundiin CrofT! rfr r ° lireIe aucsdire<aiy fet one againft another in manner ofaBur- 
3 an Crone or True-loue knot : forvvhich n,rfMm n n« rim a ,v 1. 
Eundian rmfThr. t , nnettly let one againft another in manner ofaBur- 
:alledHerbe True-loue ' In^heniid’ft k " ot , : , for f ' vhich caufe amon § the Antients it hath bin 
graflie colour ; out of the middeft 1 / f e u° mCS , t0rth 3 ftar ' Ilke floi,re of an herby or 
ongand tender, creeping vnder the ear^ f ^r r " f c thv - P a f )lacklfh br0 , wne berrie:the root is 
2 Thefmall r iiwinfr • , L f ar l 1) and difperfing it felfe hither and thither, 
sr cut on both (ides into fine ° f ^ § round vvith one Ieate llke Adders-tongue,iagged 
Ini or Ceterach ofa meene co lonV d if ° r , n0 f ches , n ° c mi,ch vnlike the leaues of Scofopen- 
■ing at the top many little feeds cluflelh UP ° n d i°* gr< ? W f Pn ? llnaked ftem ofa finger long,bea- 
>r fuch like thina tor the fnaceof rW S ^ 1Cr ; w ^ be ‘ n g g athered and laid in a platter 
jf a vvhitifh cqlour which is rim f . l . < y lveekes J tpere wlP ^ ft 01 ™ the fame a fine duft or meale 
nany fmall threddy firings " CC ^ bnn S^ ort l an y- The root is fiend er, and compaft of 
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