Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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The Temperature. 
Purflane is cold, and that in the third degree, and moift inthefecond .-butwilde Pttrflane is not 
fo moift. 
«|J The Vertues. 
A Ravve Pttrflane is much vfed in fallades,with oile, fait, and vineger : it cooleth an hot ftomacke 
and prouoketh appetite s but the nourifhment which commeth thereof is little, bad, cold, groffe’ 
and moift : being chewed it is good for teeth that are fet on edge or aftonied 3 the juice doth the 
fame being held in the mouth, and alfo the diftilled water. 
B Parflane islikewife commended againftwormes in young children, andis lingular good, efpe- 
cially if they be feuerifli withall, for it, both alkies theouermuchheate,and killeth thewormes • 
which thing is done through the faltnes mixed therewith, which is not only an enemy to wormef 
but alfo to putrifaftion. ’ 
C The leaues of Purflane either rawe, or boiled, and eaten as fallades, are good for thofe that 
haue great heate m their ftomackes and inward parts, and doe cooleand temper the inflamed 
bloud. 
D The fame taken in like manner is good for the bladder and kidnies, and allaieth the outragious 
Iuft of the body : the juicealfo hath the fame vertue. ° 
E The juice of Purflane ftoppeth the bloudy fluxe, the fluxe of the hemorroides, monthly termes ' 
fpittingofbloud,and all other fluxes whatfoeiier. 5 
F The r “ me thrown vp with a mother fyringe,cureth the inflammations, frettings, and vicerations 
of the matrix . and put into the fundament with a clifter pipe,helpeth the vicerations and fluxe of 
the guts. 
G The leaues eaten rawe, take away the paine of the teeth, and fafteneth them • and are good for 
teeth that are fet on edge with eating of fharpe or foure things. 
H The feed being taken, killeth and driueth forth wormes, and ftoppeth the laske. 
HAP. I 
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Of fea Tttrflane , and of the fhrubby Sengreens. 
The Defer if t ion. 
1 Q E , 3 P , L,rfl , anc is f 1 ? 1 a herbe as S arden Purflane, but a little fhrub : the ftalkes whereof be 
hard and wooddy : the leaues fat, full of fubftance, like in forme to common Purflane, 
r i but much whiter and harder: themolfle purple floures ftand round about the vpper 
parts of the ftalkes, as do almoft thofe of Blyte,or of Orach : neither is the feed vnlike, being broad 
and flat: the root is wooddy, long Lifting, as is alfo the plant, which beareth out the winter with 
the lofle of a few leaues. 
. ^ 2 There is another fea Purflane or Haltmut, or after D oderuus J? ortulaca marina, which hath 
leaues like the former, but not altogether fb white, yet are theyfomewhat longer and narrower 
not much vnlike the leaues ofthe Oliue tree. The flender branches are not aboue a cubit or cubit 
and ha] fe long, and commonly lie fpred vpon the ground,and the floures are of a deepe ouerworne 
herby colour, and qfter them follow feedes like thofe of the former, but fmaller. 
. ^ 3 ” rcbr ] ar - v or fea Purflane hath fmall branches fome foot or better lono- ly- 
lng commonly fpred vpon the ground, of an ouerworne gray ifh colour,and fometimes purple- the 
leaues are like thofe ofthe Iaft mentioned, but more fat and thicke, yet lefle hoary. The floures 
grow on the tops ofthe branches,of an herby purple colour, which is fucceeded by fmall feeds like 
to that of the fecond kinde. j: 1 
A , / h ^ re foa " d ano , th « Wlld 5 fea Purflane, whereof I haue thought good to make mention- 
which doth referable the kindes of Aizoons. The firft kinde groweth vprightwith a trunke like 
a (mail tree or fhrub, hailing many vpnght wooddy branches, of an afhe colour, with many thicke, 
c arke,greene leaues like the Imall Stone crop, called Vermicular is ■. the floures are of an herbvycl- 
lovvnBgreene colour: the root is very hard and fibrous : the whole plant is of a fait tangtafte 
and the juice like that of Kaly. r b 5 
5 There is another kinde like the former, and differeth in that, this ftrange plant is greater the 
leaues more fharpe and narrower,and the whole plant more wooddy, and commeth neere to the 
forme of a tree. The floures are of a greenifh colour. 
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