Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiitorie of Plants, 
75 ? 
Alexandre , that is to fay, Fes Alexandnmu , or Alexanders foot : in high and low Dutch IScrtrailt • 
inEnghfh,PellitorieofSpaine;andoffome, Bertnm, alter the Dutch name rand tins is the 
right Pji/«/;/ww,orPelIitorie of Spame-for that which diners here in England cake to be the 
right, is not fo,as I liaue before noted. 
The root of Pellitorie of Spaine is very hot and burning, by reafon whereof it taketh away the A 
cold fhiuering of Agues, that haue been of long continuance, and is good lor cliofe that are takeri 
with a dead palfie, as Diofcorides writeth . 
The fame is with good fuccelfe mixed with Antidbtcsorcountcrpoyfons which feme againfl B 
the megrim or continuall paine of the head, thedizzineffe called Vertigo, theapoplexie,the fallino- 
fickneffe, the trembling of the fmewes,and pallies, for it is a fingular good andeffeftuall remedy 
for all cold and continuall infirmities of the head and (inewes. 
Pirtthrum taken with honey is good againft all cold difeafes of the braine. 
Therootchewed in the mouth draweth forth great (lore of rheume,flime,and filthy waterifh 
humors, and eafeth the paine ofthe teeth, efpeeially ifit be damped with a little Srauef-acre,and 
tied in afmallbag,and put into the mouth, and there differed to remaine a certaine fpace. 
If it be bovled in V ineger, and kept warme in the mouth it hath the fame effeft. 
The oy le wherein I^ellirorie hath been boyled is good to anoint the body to procure fvveating, 
and isexcellcntgoodtoanointanypartthatisbruifedand blacke, although the member be de- 
clining to mortification : it is good alfofor fuchasare ftricken with the palfie. 
TtismoftfingularfortheSurgeonsofthe Hofpitals to put into their vnftions contra Neapolita- q 
vtm morbunty and fuch other difeafes that be coufin germanes thereunto. 
i F this Plant Voronicum there be fundry kindes, whereof I will onely touch foiire •• Dg- 
donates vnproperly calleth it Aconitum pirdalianchcs, which hath hapned ( through the 
negligence 
The Temperature andVertues. 
Chap. 2 &j.. Of Leopards bane. 
t I Voronicum minus officinarum. 
Small Leopards bane. 
f 2 Voronicummaiia officinarum. 
The Vefifiptiorl. 
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