Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
Febrifuga. of Fuchfws, Artcrmfm Terni folia , in Italian, AmarelU . in Dutch, Sffloet*fCCrui>t • in 
French, Eftargoutt : in Englilh.Fedderfcvv and Feuerfew, taken from his force of drum- avvavV 
gucs. ' ,£> J 
«] The Temperature. 
Feuerfew doth manifeftly heat, it is hot in the third degree, and drie in the fecond . i t clerfi-tb 
pnrgeth,or fcoureth,openeth and fully performeth all that bitter things can do. 
... ^ Tk y enues . 
. a great remedie againft the difeafes of the matrix'; it procureth womens iicknes with fnec-d A 
ltbringeth forth the after birth and the dead childe, whether it bee drunice hi a decoction or boi- 
led tna bath and the woman fit ouerit;Or the herbes fodden and applied to the prune part in man- 
ner ofacataplafme or pultis. 1 ’ 
•Djofcorides alfo teacheth,thatit is profitably applied to Saint Anthonies fire, toall hot inflara- p 
mations,and hot (Veilings, if it be laid vnto, both leaues and floures. a 
The fame Author arJirmeth.that the pouder of Feuerfew drunkc with Oxymell, or fyrup ofVi r 
megcr, orwme for want of the others, draweth away flegme and melancholy, and is a 0 od for them 
that are pur(ie,andhaue their lungs fluffed with flegme , and is profitable Ukcwife to be drunkea 
gainft the ftone.as the fame Author faith. 
Feuerfew dried and made into pouder, and two drams of it taken with lionie or fweet wine pur- T) 
geth by fiege melancholy and flegme ., wherefore it is very good for them that are giddie in the 
head,or which haue the turning called Vertigo, thatisa fwimming and turning in the head Alfo it 
is good for fueh as' be me!ancholike,(ad, penfiue.and without fpeecb . 
The herbe is good againft the fuffocation of the mother, that is, the hardneffe and (lopping of v 
tne lame, being boiled m wine, and applied to the place. no 
The decoftion.of the fame is good for women to fit oner, for the purpofes aforefaid . p 
It is vied both in drinks, and bound to the wrefts with bay fait, and the pouder of glafi'c ftamped C 
together,as a moftfingular experiment againft the ague < ° y ‘ 
Chap. 211. Of 'Voley , or P cllamountaine . 
1 Folium montanum album. 
White Poley mountaine. 
2 Poliitmmontanum luttum. 
Yellow Poley mountaine. 
