Lib. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
6tf 
4 Polmm monUtnum minimum . 
Creeping Poley. 
I 5 folium LiwanduUfeiio, flare aLt 
Lavander leaued Poley. 
Another figure of'theLauander leaued Poley. 
«|f The -Thames. 
Poley mountaine is called it) Greeks < Am, 
ofhis hoarinelfe, and in Latine alfo folium. Di- 
ners fufpeSt that folium is Leudis % and that Diof- 
condes hath ttvife intreated of that herbe .vnder 
diners names ; the kinJes.the occafion of, the 
name, and likewife the faculties do agree. There 
bee two of the Leucades^ onc;p«’»: that is of the 
mountaineithe other, s«v«, which is that with 
the broader leafe: it is called Leucao of the whT 
tifh colour, and Polion of the hoartnelfe,becaufe 
it feemeth like to a mans hoarie head; for what- 
foeuer vvaxeth hoarie, is faid to be white. 
^[7 he T emperature. 
Poley is of temperature drie in the third de- 
gree, and hot in the end of the fecohd. 
y The Verities ■ 
Diofcorides faith.it is a remedie for them that A 
haue the droplie, the yellow iaundice, and that 
are troubled with thefpleene. 
Itprouokethvrine.&is put into Mithridate, B 
treacle, and counterpoifons. 
It profitethmuchagainft thebitings of ve- C 
nomous beads, and driueth away all venomous 
beads from the place where it is ftrewed or 
burnt. 
The fame drunke with vineger, is good for D 
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