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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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The floures are baked with fugar as rofes are, which is called fagar Rofet : as alfo the diftiljed D 
water of them, which isyfed to makethe heart merry ; to make a good colour in the face and to 
make the vital! fpirits more frefh and liuely. ’ ‘ L 
t The lit ft fell', that was formerly in this Ch jp'tcr,ivasafftetf«/B|^i 1 -of ritmi biing a kitide of d=ad Nettle that hath the leaucs fpotted tv i h wlr'te s.- r 
what {mailer than the ordinary one-, the figorc thatlhould haue been here was in the lalt Chapter ;thc third was the fame with the fit flf that fitauldhauc bin 'diffelilf' 
oncly in colour of flourCs,an d that winch fliould hauc becnc in the third place was in the fourth, Mattering 
Chap. 2 36. Of z 5 \ / f other xvoort. 
Cardiaca. 
Mother-woort. 
% The Defc ript ion. 
M Other woortbringeth forth ftalks foure 
fquare,thick,hard,tvvo cubites high, of 
an obfeure or ouerwornred colounthe 
leaues are fomevvhat black,like thofe of Net- 
tles, but greater and broader than the" leaues 
of Horehound, deeply indented or cut on the 
edges. The husks are hard & pricking, which 
do compalfe the ftalks about like wharles,or 
little crownetSjOut of which do growpurplifli 
floures,not vnlike to thofe of dead Nettle, but' 
le ffer ; Theroote is compact of many fmall 
ftrings,the whole plant is ofavery rankefmel 
and bitter tafte. 
The Place. . 
It ioieth among rubbilb, in llony and other 
barren and rough places, efpeciallyabotit Ox- 
ford- it profiteth well in gardens. 
f The Time. 
It flourifheth, floureth, and feedeth from 
Iune to September: the leaues and ftalks pe- 
rifh in winter, but the root indureth. 
5[ The Names. 
It is called in our age Cardiaca : in High 
Dutch, I^ertjgefpojt : in Low Dutch, I^ette- 
gCfptW: in French .Oigripauline : in Englilh, 
Motberwoort. Sometherebe thatmakeita 
kinde oi Bawme, it feemes that it may be al. 
fj referrg(J to Side Hits Uerculana^ or Hercules 
Ironivodrt. 
5 )' T he Temperature. 
Motherwoort is hot and dry in the lecond degree,by reafon of the clenllng aud binding quality 
that it hath. 1 1 
51 The ferities. 
Diners commend it againft the infirmities of the heart: it is iudged to be loforceable, that it & 
is thought it tooke his name Cardiaca of the effetft. 
It is alfo reported to cure convulfions and cramps, and likewife the pallie : to open the obftru- B 
eftions or (toppings of the intrails:to kill all kindes of Wormes of the bellie. 
The pouder of the herbe giueninwine,prouokethnotonely vrine,or the monthly courfe, but c" 
alfo is good for them that are in hard trauell withchilde. 
Moreouer, the fame is commended forgreenewounds:itis alfo a remedie againft ccrtaindifea- D 
fes in cartell,as the cough and murreine.and for that caufe diueis husbandmen oftentimes much 
defire it. 
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