Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Li b. 2. 
1 Hedcraterrejhis. 
Ale-hoofe. . 
^ 2 Hcderafixatilis. 
Rocke Ale-hoofe. 
%The Names. 
It iscommonly called Bedera terreflris : in Greeke,*****'*™ : alfo [orona terra : in high-Dutch, 
(KUUiJElttb t in low-Dutch, ©tlftCttyaue t in French, Lierrc ter refire • He dir a hum Ms of fome, and 
Chamacijfum : in Englifh, Ground-Iuy, Ale-hoofe, Gill go by ground, Tune-hoofe,and Cats- ! 
foot. % Many queftion whether this be the Chamacifius of the Antients : which controuerfie Do- j 
donatu hath largely handled, Pemft. 3 . lib. 3 . cap. 4. f 
*[ TheTcmperature. 
Ground-Iuie is hot and dry, and becaufe it is bitter it fcoureth, and remoueth ftoppings out of 
theintrals. 
«j The Vert ues. 
A Ground-Iuy is commended againil the humming novfe and ringing found of the eares, being j 
put into them, and for them that are hard of'hearing. 
B M atthiolus writeth. That the iuyce being tempered with Verdugreafe, is good againft fiftulaes | 
and hollow vlcers. 
C »/0/cw7*/ateacheth,Thatha!feadramoftheleauesbeingdrunkeinfoure ouncesand a halfe ; 
of faire water, for fourty or fifty dayes together, is a remedie againft the Sciatica , or ache in the j 
huckle bone. 
D The fame taken in like fort fix or feuen dayes doth alfo cure the yellow jaundice. Galen hath at- * 
tributed (aswe haue faid) all the remit- vnto the floures : Seeing the floures of Ground-Iuy (faith 
lie) are very bitter, they remoue ftoppings out of the liner, and are giuen to them that are vexed 1 
with tfie-§ciatica. 
E Ground-Iuy, Celandine, and Dailies. of each a like quantitie, damped and drained, and a little i 
fugar and rofe water put thereto, and dropped with a feather into the eyes,taketh away all manner I 
ofinflammation, fpots, webs, itch, fmartingjOr any griefe whatfoeuerin the eyes, yea although 
the fight were nigh hand gone: it is proued to be the beft medicine in the world. 
* Theherbes ftamped asaforefaid,and mixed with a little ale and honey, and ftrained, takes away | 
the pinne and web, or any griefe out of the eyes of horfe or cow, or any other beaft, being fquirred Ij 
into the fame withafyringe,or I might haue faid the liquor iniedled into the eyes with a fyringe. 
ButI liftnot to be ouer eloquent among Gentlewomen, to whom efpecially my Worksaremoft , 
neceffarie. 
G The women ofour Northerne parts, efpeciallv about Wales and Chefhire, do tunne the herbe - 
Ale-hoof into their Ale •, but the reafon thereof I know not : notwithftanding without all contro- -I 
D uerfie 
