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*y The Names. 
Butter-bur is called in Greeke mwnw, of the hugendTeofthe ieafctbatis like to mw.-n, or a bat : 
the Latines call it Pcufites . inhigli- Dutch, : in low -Dutch, ©OCfeeblallCCCn : 
in Englifh it is named Butter-Burre : it is very manifeft that this is like to Colts-foor, and of the 
fame kinde. 
The T cmpcr.it tire . 
Butter-Burre is hot and dry in the fecond degree, and of thinne parts. 
7 he Virtues . 
The roots of Butter-burre ftampedwith ale, and giuen to drinhe in.pefti tent and burning Fe- 
tters, mightily cooleth and abateth the heate thereof. 
The roots dried and beaten to ponder, and drunke in wine, is a foucraigne medicine againft the 
plague and peftilent fetters, becaufe it prouoketh fweat,and driuethfrom the heart all venome and 
ill heate : it killeth wormes, and is of great force againft the fuffocation ofthe mother. 
The fame cureth all naughty filthy vlcers, if the ponder be ftrewed therein. 
The fame kills wormes in the belly : it prouokes vrine, and brings downe the monthly termes. 
} Chap. ryz. Of Mount tine Horfe'foot. 
The Defcriptlon. 
$ I 'TPHis plant (which the moderne Writers hane referred to the Cacalia of the Antients, 
A and tothekindesofColts-foot) I haue thought good to name in Englifh, Horfe- 
foot,for that the leaues exceed Colts-foot inbignefle,yetare like them in fhape : and of this plant 
Clufias (whom 1 here chiefely follow) hath deferibed two-forts : the firft of thefe hath many leaues 
almoft like vnto thofe of Colts-foot , but larger, very round, and fnipt about the edges, 
of a light greene colour aboue,and hoarievndetneath, hailing alfomany veines or nerues running 
vp and downe them , and thefe leaues are of an yngrateful] ta(le,ahd growvpon long purplifh cre- 
dit'd ftalkes : The ftemthe is fome two cubits high, crcfted likewife, and of a pivplifh co- 
lour. fet alfo at ceitaine fpscas with leaues very like vntoihe other, but Idler than thofe 
