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belchings : it maketh a man to piffewell : itniitigatcth paine in the kidnies and bladder : it brea- 
keth ftones in the kidnies, and driueth them forth. 
It is alfo good for ruptures, cramps, and convulfions : it is a remedie againft the bitings of mad 
dogs and venomous ferpents, being drunke,andalfo applied to the hurts, and is mod; lingular a - 
gainft poyfon. 
It is commended againft the paine of the Sciatica, dr ache of the huckle bone. 
There is a Conferue made of the floures and fugar good for many things, and cfpecially for the 
head-ache. AdramweighcoftherootofBeroniedried,and taken with meade or honied water, 
procurethvomit,andbringethforthgrofleandtoughhumors,a9 diuersof our age do report. 
The pouder of the dried leaues drunke in wine is good for them that fpit or pifle bIoud,and cu- 
reth all inward wounds, cfpecially the greene leaues boyled in wine and giuen. 
The pouder taken with meate loofeth the belly very gently, and helpeth them that haue the fal- 
ling ficknefle with madnelfe and head-ache. 
It is lingular againft all paines of the head : it killethwormes in the belly ; helpeth the Agu$: 
it eleanfeth the mother, and hath great vertue to heale the body, being hurt within by bruiting or 
fuchlike. 
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Chap. 244 .. Of Water-^Betonj. 
• «j[ The Defcription. 
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A ter Betony hath great fquare hollow and brown ftalks, whereon are fet very broad leaues 
notched about the edges like vnto thofe of Nettles, of a fwart greene colour, growing for 
the molt part by two and two as it were from one ioynt, oppofite, or Handing one right againft ati 
other. The flotires grow at the top of the branches,of a darke purple colour, in (hape like to little 
helmets. The feed is ftnall, contained inround bullets orbutcons. The toot is compaft of many 
and infinite firings. 
Betonicaaquatica. 
Water Betony. 
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«[f The Place, 
Itgrowethby brookesand tunning waters, 
by ditch fides,and by the brinks of riuers, and 
is feldome found in dry places. 
TheTtme. 
It floureth in Iuly and Auguft , and from 
that time the feed waxeth ripe. 
«f[ The Names. 
Water Betonie is called in Latine Betonica 
dquatica.- fomehaue thought it Dio[eondes his 
Clymenum: others, his G.ileopfis . it is Scrophu. 
laria alter a. of Dodonitus : of Turner , Cljmenon .- 
offome, Sefvnoides minus, but not properly : of 
others, Serpent aria : in Dutch , ict, <HrUOtUtjS 
trupD t in Englifh, Water Betonie : and by 
fome, Browne-wort : in Yorke-fhire, Bifhops 
leaues. 
TheTeniperature . * 
Water Betony is hot and dry. 
The Venues. 
The leaues of Water Betony are of a fcou- A 
ring or cleanfing qualitie, and is very good to 
mundifie foule and (linking vlcers, efpecially 
the iuyee boyled with honey. 
It is reported, if the face be wafhed with 
the iuyee thereof, it taketh away the rednefle 
anddeformitieof it. 
