54 1 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. t. 
E Diofcorides faith, That the feed drunke for the fpace of fourty dayes together, curcth th tSciati- 
ca. , and all aches that happen in the hips. 
F The fame Author faith, That being taken with Wine it taketh away Tertian and Quartane 
Agues. ^ 
Chap. 159. 
Of Saint Veters wort, or fquare S. Johns (jraJJe. 
1 Jftjrou. 
S. Peters wort. 
51 The Description. 
uyev-e. . 
i C Amt Peters wort groweth to the height 
ofa cnbit and a halfe, bailing a ftraight 
vpright ftalke fomewhat browne, fet by 
couples at certaine diftances,with leaues much like 
thofeofS. Iohns wort, but greater, rougher, and 
rounder pointed : from the bofome of which leaues 
come forth many fmaller leaues, the which are not 
bored through, as thole of S. Iohns wort are • yet 
fometime there be fome few fo bored through /The 
floures grow at the top of the branches of a yellow 
colour : the leaues and floures when they are brui- 
fed do yeeld forth a bloudy iuyee as doth S. Iohns 
wort, whereof this is a kinde. The root is tough, 
and ofa wooddy fubftance. 
t a Vpon diners boggy grounds of this king- 
dome is tobe found growing that S. Peters Wort 
which Clufins delcribes in his A nil ar mm , by the 
nameoSAfcyumfnpinum'ixa^t.’Xhis fends forth di- 
ners round hairy creeping ftalkes, which heere and 
there put otitnew fibres orrootSjand thefe are fet 
at certaine fpaces with very round and bairie leaues 
of a whitifh colour, two at a ioynt, and on the tops 
of thefe ftalkes grow a few finall yellow floures 
which confift of fine leaues a piece ; thefe ftalks fel- 
domefend forth branches, vnlefle it be one or two 
at the tops. It may well be called in Engl'ifh, Round 
leaned S. Peters wort. £ 
5J The Place. 
_S. Peters wort, or S. Iohns Gralfe groweth plentifully in the North part of England, cfpecial- 
ly inLandfdale and Crauen : I haue found it in many places ofKent,efpecialIy inacopfeby Ma- 
iler 5i*&yrhoufeneereSouthfleet. r 
5[ TheTime. 
It floureth and flouriflieth when S .Iohns wort doth. 
5J The Names. 
It is called in Greeke «»■.£,. ■. the Latines haue no other name but this Greeke name Afc-iron. It 
is called of fome Androfsmum : G<j/f»makethitbothakindeofTutfan, and S. Iohns Wort : and 
faith it is named and in Engl ini,S. Peters wort, Square or great S. Iohns gralfe: 
and of lome,Hardhay. Few know it from S. Iohns wort. ; 
51 The Temperature. 
This herbe is of temperature hot and dry. 
51 TheVertuts. 
A It is endued with the fame vertues that S Johns wort is endued withall. The feed, faith TticTce- 
rides, being drunke in foure ounces and a halfe of Meade, doth plentifully purge by fiege chole- 
ricke excrements. Galen doth likewife affirme the fame. 
