Lib. 2. 
Of the Hi (lory of Plants. 
3 Prunella flore alto. 
White floured Selfe-hcale, 
6X7, 
if TheDefiriptittti. 
X TARuhell or Brunei hath fquarc hai- 
1 ty ftalksofa foot hi gh,befet with 
Jong, hairy and fiharpe pointed 
Ieaues,& at the top of the ftalks grow floures 
' thicke fet together, likean care orfpiky knap 
ofabrovvne colour mixed with blew floures’ 
and fometiffies white, of which kinde I found’ 
fome plants in Eflexnecre Henningham ca- 
ftle. The root is fmall and very thred^die. 
f 2 PrunelUalnra,o’c after Libel and Pena- 
Symphytum pttraum, hath leaues like the Iaft 
defcribed, but foraewhat narrower, and the 
Jeanes that grow commonly towards the tops 
of the ftalks, are deeply d iuidcd or cut in, af- 
ter die manner of the leaues of the final! Va- 
lerian, and fometimes the lower leaues are al- 
fodiuided, but that is more feidom; the heads 
and floures are like thofc Of the former, And 
the colour of the floures is commonly purple 
yet fomtimes it is found with flefh coloured, 
and otherwhiles with white or afire coloured 
floures-. 
3 The third fort of Selfc-heale is like vn- 
to the Iaft defcribed in root, ftalke, & leaues 
& in euery other point, failing that the floures 
hereof are of a perfeft white colour, and the 
others not fo, which maketh the difference. 
t The figure which our Authour gaue in 
_ , ,. , T . . , this third place, wds of the Prunella fecunda of 
Tabern. which I mdge to be all one with the Prunella i . non vubaris ofc7«/?«*,and that becaufe the 
flotnes m that of Takrnamontanus are expreffed Ventre laxiore, which Clufttes complaines his draw- 
er dtd not obferue.tne other parts alfo agree : now this of Clufim hath much larger floures than 
*{ e or d;nary,and tllorc commonly of a deeper purple colour, yet they are tometimes whitifli,and o- 
tnerwmles of an afire colour : the leaues alfo are fomewhat more hairie, long and ftrarpe pointed, 
than the ordinary, and herein. con fills the greateft difference. $ 
. *f The Place. 
England of PmneIlor Brune11 gtoweth verie Commonly in all our fieldes throughout 
The fecond Brunei or Symphytum pctrxum gr'oweth naturally vpon rocks, ftonie mountaines,and 
graueliy grounds. 3 
r , rll ® thl . rcl ^ an y thlI1 g thac 1 kncw is a ft ranger with vstbut the firft common kinde I hand 
found with white floures. $ j , : 
. %TheTime. 
Tliele plants floure for the moft part all Sommer long. 
. . / The Names. 
runelts called in HnghfhPrunell, Carpenters herbe,Selfe-heaIe, and Hoolce-heale,and Sic- 
klcwoort. it is called of the later Herbarifts Brunslla: and Prunella, of CMatthiolue, Cor/folida minor, 
and Sohdago minor s but faith^sef/t^r, the Daifie is the right Confolida minor, and alfo'th e Soli da- 
go minor. 
. The Nature. 
Thele heroes are of the temperature o{ Bugu/a that is to fay, moderately hot and drie.and fortie- 
th ing binding. 1 1 ’ 
The Vert ties. 
ihe decoblionof Prunel! made with wine orwater, doth ioine together and make whole and A 
found all wounds, both inward and outward, euen as Bugle doth. 
Prune 11 bruifed withoileof Rofes and Vineger, andlaied to the forepart of the head, Awa^eth b 
and helpeth the paine and aking thereof. 
To bee ‘h°rt, it ferueth for the fame that Bugle doth, and in the world there are not two better C 
wound herbs, as hath been often proued. 
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