L r b. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
49? 
tures, not onely outwardly applied to the wound, but alfo taken inwardly in ddfkf~ 
Alfo it is commended again!! the infedion Of the Plague ; feme for thefe reafons terme irrhe m 
rucana-Mat. £ • 1 ^une HThe. g 
Chap. \yj. Of Stnues^acrei 
Stafh/s-agria. 
C? 4) liA- I 
•'l/vtA-W 
Staues-acre. 
$ vu*-' 
if The i) ejeriptiin. 
S taues.acre hath ftraight ftalkes of a browne 
; - U ’ ' 
i colour, with leaues clouen or cut into fundry 
fedtions, almoft like the leaues of the wilde 
Vine. The floures do grow vpon ihort ftems,fa- 
Ihioned fomewhat like vnto oar common Monks 
hood, of a perfedl blew colour ; which beimr paft 
there luebeed welted huskes like thofe of VVoIfs- 
bane, wherein is contained triangular, brownifa 
rough feed. The root is of a wooddy fubftance 
and perilheth when it hath perfected his feed. 
% The Place. 
Itis with great difficultie preferued in our cold 
countries, albeit in fome milde Winters I haue 
kept it couered ouer with a little Feme, to defend 
it from the iniury of the March winde, which doth 
niore harme vnto plants that come forth of hot 
Countries, than doth the greateft frofts. 
, «f The Time. 
It floureth in Iune,and the feed is ripe the fe- 
condyeareofhis fovving. 
51 The Names. 
It is called in Greeke re *; ■. in Latine,Hft^ 
Pedictdans, and Peduncttlaria.z s Marcellas reporteth. 
Plivj in his ^ 6 Booke,chap. r 3 . fsemeth to name it 
VuaTaminia t of fome, Pituttaria, and Paffh/a mon- 
tana .■ in (hops, Staphif-agria : in Spanifh, Teruapi. 
cleme : in French, Hnbe aux poulx .■ in high-Dutch, 
’Aetlg feraut t in low-Dutch, jLut>fCtUtt t in Eng. 
ltfh, Staues-acre, Loufe-wort, and Loufe-pouder. 
T , r , If Jk Temperature. 
qualitie 6 ° f S taU£S - aCre are extreame hot > almoft in ^ fourth degree, ofa biting and burning 
51 TheV'ertues. 
Fifteene feeds of Staues-acre taken iffth honied water, will caufe one to vomit grolTe fle^me A 
and flume matter, but with great violence and therefore thofe that haue taken them ou£ 
walke without Haying, and to drinke honied water, becaufe it bringeth danger of chokin'* ana bur- 
nmg the throat, as D.ofiortJes noteth. And for this caufe they are reiecTed,and not vfed of the phy. 
fitions,eith er in prouoking vomit, or elfe in mixing them with other inward medicines P Y 
„ f ?£ d rai ng ,td WItl }°/le or grcafe,dnueth away lice from the head, beard, and all other parts B 
of the body, and cureth all feuruy itch and manginelTe. 1 h 
The fame boyled in Vineger, and holden in the mouth,a(Twageth the tooth-ache. 
hr J 1C r C ^ u VVC r 7 th i C m r °7 h draW£ ? h fo | dl much moifture from the head, and cleanfeth the 
braine, efpecially ,f a little of the root of Pellitorie of Spaine be added thereto. 
away Lice? C tCmpered Wlth VinCger IS g0od t0 be ‘' ubbed v P on apparell,to deftroy and driue g 
The feeds hereofare perillous to be taken inwardly without good aduice, and correftion of the p 
SS.SSSS 1 a Y e ^7T ntn 7 tobeo " e ^ 
t> er0lls that many times death enfueth vpon the taking, of it. 
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