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7P4- Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 1 
H The decoftion of Emit drunken, prouoketh vrine.and is good for themthatare grieued with in- 
ward burftings,orhaite any member out of ioint. 
I The root taken with honie or fugar , made in an eleftuarie, clenfeth the breft,ripeneth tough 
flegme,and maketh it eafie to be fpet forth, and preuaileth mightily ag'ainft the cough and-fhort- 
nefle ofbreath.comforteth the ftomacke aIfo,and helpeth digeftion. 
The roots condited after the manner of Fringes ferueth for the purpofes aforefaid. 
The root of Emit boiled very foft,and mixed in a morter with frefh butter and the pouder of 
Ginger, maketh an excellent ointment againft the itch, fcabs.manginefle, and fuch like. 
M The roots are to be gathered in the end of September,and kept for fundrie vfes,but it is efpeci- 
ally preferued by thofe that make Succade and fuch like. ^ 
L h a p. zbo. Of S due e alone facile by the hedge. 
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Alii aria. 
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^ The Defcription. 
S Auce alone hath affinitie with Garlicke in 
name, not becaufe it is like it in forme, but in 
fmell : for if it be bruifed or ftamped it fmel. 
leth altogether like Garlicke: the leaues hereof 
are broad, of a light green colour, nicked round a- 
bout,and fharpe pointed : the ftalke is (lender, a- 
bout a cubit high, about the branches whereof 
grow little white floures- after which come vp 
(lender fmal and long cods,& in thefe black feed: 
the root is long, (lender, and fomerhing hard. 
«ff The Place. 
It groweth of it felfe by garden hedges.by old 
wals.by highwaies (ides, or oftentimes in the bor- 
ders of fields. 
The Time. 
It flouretji chiefely in Iune and Iuly, the feed 
waxeth ripe in the meane (ealon.The leaues are v- 
fed for a fauce in March or Aprill. 
The Names. 
The later writers call it *_ A Maria , and Alliaris: 
of fom tjRitnd Maria : it is not Scordium^ or water 
Germander, which the apothecaries in times paft 
miftookefor this herbe : neither is it Scordjjfci- 
<r,ora kinde of water Germander, whereof wee 
-haue written : it is named of fome,P« Afinintts .- it 
is called in High Dutch,fcnOblaUtl)fctaUt JUtH 
tljeland g>a(?hraut J and in Low Dutch, jlootfe 
. fonher mooch: you may name it in Latine, Allium 
<^ilhayre :in Enghrti,Saucealone,and Iacke of the hedge. 
5T The T emperature. 
rJnS7 FChe hCdg T u° : and drie ’r T T C 1 lelTc than Garlicke,that is to fa y, in the end of the 
lecond degree, or in the beginning of the third. 1 
vonlnlbafum . -in 
, If The Vertices. 
in SS b ? lc thc i Icaues in ^ lifte n VV i h , ich are vfed a s ainft the paine of the collicke and (lone, 
eafed " ' >' wmde is notably wafted, but the pain alfo of the (lone mitigated and very much 
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