2 
480 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. 
% The names of fuch as I haue added haue been fufficiently fet forth intheir titles and Hi- 
ftories. t 
7 he Nature. 
The yellow Ljfwiachi/t ,which is the chiefe and beft for Phy ficke vies, is cold and drie, and very 
aftringent. 
The Vert tics. 
A The iuice, according to Diefcorides^is good againft the bloudy flix, being taken either by potion 
or Clifter. 
B It is excellent good for greene wounds, and ftancheth the bloud : being alfo put into the no- 
fthrils,it ftoppeth the bleeding at the nofe. 
C Thefmoke of the burned herbedriueth away ferpents, and killeth flies and gnats in ahoufe ; 
which Pliny fpeakethof in his 2 5.book,cbap.8. Snakes, faith he,craull away at the lmell ofLoof- 
ftrife. The fame Authour affirmeth in his 26 booke,laft chap. that it dietkhair'e yellow , which is 
notvery vnlike to be done by reafon the floures are yellow. 
D The others haue not been experimented, wherefore vntillfome matter worthy the noting doth 
offer it felfe vntoour confideration, I will omit further todifeourfe hereof. 
E The iuice of yellow LjJimachia taken inwardly, ftoppeth all fiuxe of blond, and the Dyfenteria 
or bloudy flix. 
F The iuice put into the nofe, ftoppeththe bleeding of the fame, and the bleeding of wounds,and 
mightily clofeth and healeth them, being made into an vnguent or falue. 
G The fame taken in a mother fuppofitorie of wooll or cotton, bound vp with threds (astheman- 
nerthereof is, well knownc to women) ftaieth the inordinate flux orouermuch flowing ofwomens 
termes. 
H It is reported, that the fume or fmoke of the herbe burned, doth driuc away flies and gnats, and 
all manner of venomous beafts. 
Chap* 130, Of BarrenAvoorti 
Ep medium. 
Barren Woort. 
The Vefiriftion. 
TT His rare and ftrange plant was fent to 
■*- me from the French Kings Hcrbarift: 
Robitws 1 dwelling in Paris at the Agile of 
theblacke head, in the ftreet called Use 
Bout dti Monde , in Englifh, The end of the 
world. T his herbe I planted in my garden, 
& in the beginning of May it came forth 
of the ground, with fmall,hard & woodie 
crooked ftalks: whereupon grow rough 8c 
fharpe pointed leaues,almoft like Alliarin , 
that is to fay, Sauce alone,or lacke by the 
bedge.ZoMand Dod.C&y, that the leaues 
are fomewhat like Iuie but in my iudge- 
ment they are rather like A Uiariojbmw hat 
fnipt about the edges, and turning them, 
felues flat vpright, as amanturneth his 
hand vpwards when hee receiueth money. 
Vpon the fame ftalkes come forth fmall 
floures, confiding of foure leaues, whofe 
outfides are purple, the edges on the inner 
fide red, the bottomeyellow,8c the middle 
part of a bright red colour,andthewhole 
floure fomewhat hollow. Theroot is final, 
and creepeth almoft vpon the vppermoft 
face of the earth. It bcaretb his feed in ve- 
ry fmall cods like Saracens Confound, 
f h to wit that of our Authour for- 
merly 
