Of the Hiilorie of Plants. 
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bearing prery little whitifh purple floures confiding of fine little leaues Handing together inman- 
ner.of a little bell-floure, and ieldome othcrwife : the feed is fmall,and conteined in round heads. 
This growes in many wet rotten grounds and vpon boggesil firft found it Anno 1 61 6 , in the Bifho- 
pricke of Durham, and in two or three places of Yorkshire, and not thinking any had taken notice 
thereof, I drew a figure of it & called it Nummular lapufilla-florc ex Mo purpurafeente- but fince 1 haue 
found that Bauhine had formerly fet it forth in his Prodrome by the name of ’Nummularia fiort 
purpurafeente. It growes alfoon the bogges vpon the heath, neare Burnt wood in Eifexiit floures 
inluly and Auguft. i 
i Nummularia. t 3 Nummularia flore purpurafeente . 
Itgroweth neere vnto ditches and ftreames,and other watery places, and is fometimes found 
in moitf woods : I found it vpon the banke of the riuer of Thames, right againfl the Queenes pal- 
lace of White hall j andalmoft ineuery countrey where I haue trauelled. 
Herbe Two pence is called in Latine Nummularia, and Centummorb'u > and ofdiucrs Serpent aria. 
It is reported that if ferpents be/hurt or wounded, they do heale tfiemfelues with this herbe, where- 
upon came the name ScrpcMoritt : it is thought to be called Ce«f«»z 7 »or£i 4 ,ofthewonderfulleffe& 
which it hath in curing difeafes ; and it is called Nummularia of the forme of money, whereunto 
the leaues are I i ke : in Dutch, ^cntUtlCfcetUPt *, in Englifh, Money woort, Herbe Two pence, and 
Two penny grade. 
A The floures and leaues {tamped and laid vpon wounds andvlcers- doth cure them : but it wor- 
beth mod effectually being ftaraped and boiled in oile oliue,with fome rolen,wax,and turpentine 
added thereto. 
Herbe Twopence. 
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Purple floured Money-woort. 
(l/W a ci oe fffiwd 1 L AvC.f- £ — . 
The Place. 
«jf The Time. 
It floureth from May till Summer be well fpent. 
The Names, 
fj The Temperature. 
That this herbe is dry, the binding tafte thereof doth fhevv : it is alfo moderate colde. 
The Vertues. 
The 
