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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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But water Lillie which hath the white floures is of greater force, infomuch as it ftaieth the B 
whites-.but both this and the other that hath the black root muft be drtinke in red wineith'ey haue 
alio a fcouring quality, tberfore they bothclenle away the morphew,and bealfogood attain ft the 
pilling away ofthehaireof the head : again ft themorphew they are fteeped in water, and for the 
pilling away of the haire in Tarre : but for thefe things that is fitter which hath the black root and 
for the other, that which hath the white root. 
Thcopriftu* faith, that being ftamped and laid vpon the wound, it is reported to (lay the bice- C 
ding. 
The Phyfitionsof our age do commend the floures of white Nymphaa againft: the infirmities D 
of the head which come of a hotcaufeiand docertainely aflirme, that the root of the yellow 
cureth hot difeafes of the kidnies and bladder, and is lingular good againft the running" of the 
reines. 0 ° 
The root and feed of the great water Lillie is very good againft venery or flefhly defire, ifone E 
do drinke the deco ftion thereof, or vfe the feed or root in powder in his meates,for it d ryeth vp the 
feed of generation, and focaufeth a man to be chart, efpecially vfed in broth with flefh. 
_ The conferue of the floures is good for the difeafes aforefaid, and is good alfo againft hot bur- F 
ningfeuers. 
The floures being made into oile,as yeedo makeoite of rofes, doth cooleand refrigerate can- G 
ling fweate and quiet lleepe,and putteth away all venereous dreames : the temples of the head and 
palmes of the hands and feet, and the breft being annointed for the one, and the genitcys vpon and 
about them for the other. 
The greene leaues of the great water Lillie, either the white or the yellow laid vpon the region it 
ofthebackeinthe fmall, mightily ceafe the inuoluntary flowing away of the feed called Conor- 
rhxa, or running of the raines, being two or three times a day remooued, and frefti applied thereto. 
hap . zpy. Of c Pond-'Vpced ) or water Spi/^e; 
I Votrtmogeiton loti folium. 
Broadleafed Pondwecd. 
2 Potamogeiton ungujli folium, 
rip n Narrow leafed Pondwecd. 
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