Lib. z. Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
and therefore it muft be referued lor the poorer fort. The decoftionis thus made : Ri Sapbrtat u 
rid. M .ij ..infuadantur pernottemin lih.vitj . aqua mox excoquantur ad coBuram Saponana . deindt Mr a 
vna cum dimidta aqua cum bejba iam cocia cxcoletur cum expr eft-one, qua referuetur fro fotione malutim ad 
Judores pr oliciendos fumendo $ vij. autviij^qitodvero fupcrejl dulcorctur cum pajfulis aut faccaro fro potto 
cum cibis : aft ate & biliafts naturic addi ipoterit aut Sonchi,aut Cjmbdaria M.j. Valet & promulieribus ad 
mcnftrua alba abfumenda cum M.ft. Cqmbalarix, & addito t ant undent- PhilipenduU . Thus much Septali - 
who faith that he had vfed it (ape acfepius, often and often againe. 
Some haue commended it to be very good to be applied to greene wounds, to hinder inflamma- 
tion, and fpeedily to heale them. $ 
Chap, ii^ Of aArfmart or IVatcr-Tepper. 
Tlic Defcription. 
i A Rfmartbringeth forth ftalkes a cubit high, round, fmootb,ioynted or kneed, dividing 
themfelues into fundry branches ; whereon grow leaues like thofe of the Peach or of 
the Sallow tree. The floures grow in clufters vpon long Items, out of the bofome of 
the branches and leaue-s, and likewife vpon the ftalkes themfelues, ofawhite colourtending toa 
bright purple : after which commeth forth little feeds fomewhat broad, of a reddifh yellow , aud 
fometimes blackifli, of an hot and biting tafte, as is all the reft of the Plant, and like vnto pepper, 
whereof it tooke his name , yet hath it no frnell at all. 
* Dead Arfmart is like vnto the precedent in ftalkes, cluttering floures, roots and feed and 
cuftereth in that, that this plant hath certaine fpots or marks vpon the leaues, in fafhion ofa halfe 
5?°u n e ,0 ^ a • r ^ C ^' aC ^* l ^ 1 - C0 ^ 0l,r ' ^"^ e ' v h°l e plant hath no fharpe or biting tafte asthe other 
f p® as *5 vvcre a little foure fmackevpon the tongue. The toot is likewife full of firings or 
threds, creeping vp and downeih the ground . 
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