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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Lib. 2 . 
D Itis commended againft the infirmities of the mouth, and efpecially the ruggednefie, blacke- 
ncfTe, and drinefl'e of the tongue, with a kinde of fvvelling in the fame. It is an infirmitie amongft 
fouldiers that lie in campe. The Germans call it be 23jaUtl,which happenc-th not without a con- 
tinuall ague and frenfie. The remedte hereof is thedeco&ion of Selfe-heale,with common water 
after blond letting out of the veins of the tongue:and the mouth and tongue rnuft be often wafted 
with the fame decoftion,and fometimes a littlevineger mixed therewith. This difeafe is thought 
to be vnknowne to the old writers •. but notwithftanding if it be conferred with that which Pattlus 
Aegintta calleth Eryfipel its Cerebri ,an inflammation of the braine.then will it not be thought to bee 
much differing, if it be not the very fame. 
A The leaues of the great Martdleine woort are good againft all burning vlcers and apoftemes,a- 
gainft the inflammation and running of the eics, being applied ther«to. 
B " Tbefame madevp inanvnguentor falue with wax,oi!e, and turpentine, is mod excellent for 
wounds, efpecial !y thofe wherein is any inflammation, and will not come to digeftion or matura- 
tion^ are thofe weeping wounds made in the knees, elbowes, and other ioints. 
q The iuice,deco£lion, or.diftilled water, is drunk to very good purpofe againft the rupture or any 
inward burftings. 
£) The herbe is' good to be put into Vulnerarie drinks or potions, as one Ample belonging thereto 
moft neceflarie^o the which effe<ft,thebeft praftifed do vfe it ; as a fimple in fuch cafes of great ef- 
E 1 1 likewife afllvageth the cruell torments of the gout ,vfed with a few Mallows and butter boi- 
led and made to the forme ofa pultis. 
F The fame receipt aforefaid vfed in Clyfters,ptofitethmuchagainft thevehement heatinagues, 
and ceafcth the torments or wringing of the guts or bowels. 
Chap. 2 oz, OfthegreatT>aijie } or zdA'faudelcn woort. 
% Beilis metier . 
1 t-T' He great Daifle hath very many broad 
X leaues fpred vpon the ground, fome- 
what indented about the edges, of the breadth of 
a finger, not vnlike thofe of groundfwell : among 
which rife vp ftalkesofthe height of a cubit, fet 
with the like leaues, but leffer,in the top whereof 
do grow large white floures with yellow thrums 
in the middle like thofe of the Angle field Daify 
or Mayweed, withoutany fmell at all. The root is 
full of firings. 
f The Place. 
Itgrowethin Medowesand in the borders of 
fields almoft euery where. 
The Time. 
It floureth and flourifheth in May and Iune, 
The Names. 
It is called (as we hauefaid) Beilis major, and 
alfo Confolidamcdia vulmrariorum, tomakeadif- 
rence betweene it and BugitU, which is the true 
Confolidamedia : notwithftanding this isholden 
of all to bezCoxfolida medij generis 3 ora kinde of 
middle Confound : in High Dutch, as Tuchfim 
reporreth, <I5enf?bIunie: in Englifh, the Great 
Daifie and Maudelen woort. 
cond degree, and cold in the beginning ofthe fame. 
This great Daifie is rnoift in the end of the fe- 
ll Vertues. 
feft. 
Chap; 
