Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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it with any other plant. Bauhine fets it betweene fledera T cm fir is, and Naflunium Indtcnm ; and 
Coltimna refers it to the Unarms, but I mull confelfe I cannot referre it to any ; wherefore I thinke 
itas proper togiue ithereas in any other place. Thebranehes of this are manyjong, (lender, and 
creeping, vpon which grow without any certaine order many little fmooth thicke leaues fafhi'o- 
ned like thofe of Ivie,and fattened to ftalkesof fome inch long: and together with thefb (Hikes 
come forth others of the fame length, that carry fpur- fafhioned tloures, of the fhape and bignefle 
of thofe of the female Fluellen : their outlidc is purple, their mf.de blew, with a fpotofyellow in 
the opening. The root is final!, creeping, and threddie. It floures toward the end of Sommer, and 
growes wilde vpon trails in Italic, but in gardens with vs. Matthioluscalh [x.CymbaLri.i (to which 
Lobel addes) It alien Hederaceo folio : Lorncerus termes it Vmbilicus Veneris Officinarum ■ and laftly co* 
lumna cals it Limriahcdcra folio. % 
•J The place. 
The firft kindofPenniwoort groweth plentifully in Northampton vponeuefy ftone wall about 
thetowne,at Briftow, Bathe, Wells, and mold places of the Weft Countrievpon ftone walls, it 
groweth vpon Weftminfter Abbey, oner the doore that leadeth from Chaucers torabe to the old 
palace, fin this laft place it is not now to be found. 
The fecond, third, and fourth growvpon the Alpesneere Piedmont, and Bauier.and vpon the 
mountaines of Germanie: I found the third growingvpon Biefton Caftlein Chefhire. 
* -f The fifth growes vpon the Bogges vpon Hampftead Heath, and many fuch rotten grounds 
in other places. | 
, «[j The Time. 
They are greene and flouriiTi efpecially in Winter : They flourealfo in the beginning of 
Sommer. 
t^T he Names. 
T Nauelwoort is called in Greeke ; in Latine, Vmbilicus V ener'is, and Acetabulum : officers, 
Herba Coxendicum Iacobu-s Manlius naraeth it Scutum Cotli, and Scatellum : in Dutch, 0auelcttll>t I 
in Italian, Ctipertoiule : in French, Efcuelles : in Spanifh, Capadella of fome, Bonus Veneris, ox Venus 
garden, and T errs vmbilicus, ox the Nauel of the earth : in Engiifh,Penniwdort,Wall-penniwoort, 
Ladies nauell,Hipwoort and Kidney-woort. _ 
Water Penniwoort is called in Latine Cotyledon paluttrit . in Englifh, Sheepe-killing Penni- 
graffe, Penny-rot,and in the North Countrey White-rot : for there is a 113 Red-rot, which is Roft w?. 
foils : in Northfolkeit is called Flowkwoort. f ColumnaaniBauhine dt\y referthis to the Ranun- 
culi ,or Crowfeet ; for it hath no affinitie at all with the Cotyledons (butonelyintheroundneffe 
of the leafe) the former of them cals it Ranunculus aquaticus vmbilicatofolio, and the later, amnculus 
aquat. Cotyledon is folio. 
T he Temperature . 
Nauelwoort is of a moift fubftance and fomewhat cold, and of a certaine obfeure binding qua- 
iitie : it cooleth,repelleth,or driueth backe,fcoureth,and confumeth, or wafteth away,as Galen te- 
llifieth. 
t The Water Pennywoort is of an hot and vicerating qualitie, like to the Crowfeet, whereof 
it is a kinde. The baftard Italian Nauelwoort feemes to partake with the true in cold and moi- 
flure. t 
^ | A venues. 
The iuice of Wall Pennywoort is a lingular remedie againft all inflammations and hot tumors, A 
as Jlryfipelas, Saint Anthonies fire, and fuch like ; and is good for kibed heeles, being bathed ther- 
witb,and one or more of the leaues laid vpon the heele. 
The leaues and rootes eaten doe breake the ftone, prouok'evrine,and preuaile much againft the B 
dropfie. 
The ignorant Apothecaries doe vfe the Water Pennywoort in Head of this of the wall, which c 
they cannot doe without great error, and much danger to the patient : for husbandmen know well, 
that it is noifomc vnto Sheepe, and other cattell that feed thereon,and for the moft part bringeth 
death vnto them,much more to men by a ftronger reafon. 
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