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ju Of the Hiflorie of Plants. Lib. 2. 
The p'crtues, which chiefcly belong tothelajl defcribed. 
A The decoftion liereofis profitably giuen to thofe that be fcabbed and haue filthy skinnes • and 
hkewife to fuch as haue their fpleen and liuer flopped or fwolne : for it taketh away the ftopp’in<rs 
of both thofe intrals, and alfo of the gall: wherefore it is good for them that haue the jaundice 
efpecially fomevvhat after the beginning. 
The herbe boyled in wine or water is Angular good againft tertiah Feners. 
The dccodion drunke, and the leaues outwardly applied, do heale all wounds both inward and 
outward. 
ljl t Fnchftus faith that the fecond is very effeduall againft poyfon. And Gefher in his Epiftles 
affirmeth, that he boyled about a pugil of the fibres of the root of this plant in wine, and drunke it 
whichan houreafter gaue him one ftoole, and afterwards tweluevomits, whereby he caft vp much 
flegme : Co that it workes (faith he) like white Hellebor, but much more eafily and fafely and it 
did me very much good, t n 
C hap. 2^.r. Of Egrimonie. 
A grime nit. 
Agrimonie. 
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The Defer iption. 
Ov/Lfi 'V'A_CX_ . 
T He leaues of Agrimonie are long & hai- 
rie, greene aboue,and fomevvhat grayifih 
vnderneath , parted into diners other fmall 
leaues fnipt round about the edges, almoft 
like the leaues of hempe : the flalke is two 
foot and a hal fe long, rough & hairy, where- 
upon grow many fmall yellow floures one a- 
boue another vpwards toward the top after 
the floures come the feeds fomewhat long 
and rough, like to fmall burs hanging down- 
wards 5 which when they be ripe doe catch 
hold vpon peoples garments that pafle by it. 
The root is great, long, and blacke. 
The Place. 
It growes in barren places by highwayes^ 
inclofures of medowes,and of corne fields, 
and oftentimes in woods and copfes, andal- 
mofl euery where. 
TheTime. 
It floUreth in lune and fomwhat later, and 
feedeth After that a great part of Sommer. 
The Names. 
The Grecians call it iv,7H7wgiJj : and the La- 
tines alfo Eupatorium: Pliny , Eupatoria : yet 
there is another Eupatorium in dpuleius , and 
that is A/ 4 tt»AV( 7 »,Horehound. In like rnaner 
the Apothecaries of Germany haue another 
Hcpatorium that is there commonly vfed, be- 
■ ing defcribed inthe laft chapter, and may be 
named Ihpaterium adulterimm. Agrimonie is named Lappa inner fa : and it is fo called, becaufe the 
feeds which are rough like burres do hang downwards : of Comefhilantbropos , of the cleaning qua- 
lnie of the feeds hanging to mens garments : the Italians and Spaniards call it Jr ramonia : in high 
Dutch, <DDetmetSg, ©^UthlXIUCtJ : in low-Dutch, in French, and in Englifh, Agrimonie, and Egri. 
monie :■ Eupatorium taketh the name of Eupator, the finder of it out : and (faith plim) it hath a roy- ' 
all and princely authorise. ' 
The 7 emperaturc. 
It is hot, and doth moderately |>inde, and is of a temperate drineffe. Galen faith that Agrimonie 
is of fine and mbtil! par tsy_ii.it it cutteth and fcoureth therefore, faith he, it remoucs obftrityftions 
or /toppings out oi the liner, and doth Hkewife flrengthen it by reafbn of the binding cinalitv that 
is in it. 1 ' 
