Lib; 2 . 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
6 zp 
6 The fixt kinde of Veronica hath many vpright branches a foote hieh and 
duudmg rhemfelues into fundry other fmall twigs • at the top whereof do grow ^ "T’ 
bearing bright and (Tuning blew floures.The leaues are fomewhat long indented abo.^H^ ^ 
like a law : the root is compaft of many threds, or firings. outtheedges 
* 7 This hath ftalkes fomc cubit high and fometimes more, and thefe not verv full nfi 
ches, yet hainng diners joints, at each whereof do grow forth two leaues two nr! i . fLr , an ' 
long,and one broad, and thefe leaues are alfo thicke,fmooth,and fhinino- Jightlv fmnr / ^ “k les 
the edges, and of a very aftringent and drying tafte,and at hft SSsK! SeZ ofT 
llalkes grow fpokie tufts or blew floures like thofe of the Iaft mentioned, but ’of fomewha^a Sf 
ter colour, and they begin firft to floure or fliew themfelues below, and fo govpwards . the K" 
« hich is fmall and blacke, is conteyned mflat feedveffels • theroote is thic^ w.vi, ’ 5 
euery yeerc rlirufting vp new (hoots. ThtKi, 
hi,t * ,ons " <* »f »«£ 
% The Place. 
f ertmiea groweth vpon bankes, borders of fields, and grafsie mole-hils in fand v , • 
woods, almofteuery where. B ln lanc 7 grounds, and in 
C ^^Vin^heclo^^i^dloin^t^h'ehoufcofJ^s^fdiie^oftheclerire^c^her 
” e London ' Tht “ - *-*S5tssfc ?ss 
„ _ n y The Time. 
Thefe floure from May to September. 
, The Names. 
them in Englifh, Pauls Betony, or Speedwell in Welch iE called £|L a 
T i r ®1 The Nature. 
nele are of a meane temperature, betweene heateand drineffe. 
, 5T The Vtrtues, 
plant, to wit that which is h m difccibcd in the' fcthpS fnd whuh w« formctl f in tilc fif * aml i 1 ** f 1 U- «> wctealfi. of thcSn* 
Chap. ip8. Of berbe Two p ence. 
if TbcDefcriptiott. 
H ^w^rli m l-h P encc ’!l at j} a .fmall and tender root, fpredirig and difperfing it felfe farre 
• 0 ^ ^S’^ m ' Vhi T h V P man y Httle, tender, flexible ftflkes tailing 
what round, whereof it tooke his nam p P CS T ce k rtaine r P aces ’ with fmooth greene leaues fome- 
de ^h^ 
fpeft, fauing it is altogether lelTerThemilnhey diffT”^ llkC ^ ° therofhlskinde ln each re - 
ches which here and rher f ^ k ^ one y _vvoort: vv h i c ^ hath many very flender creeping bran- 
ftanding by counts ot L P ^ ^ take roota S ai "e : the leaues are fmall and round, 
g y p.es one againft another * and out of the bofomes come flender foote- (talk* 
bearing, 
