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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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dies foeuer • their refuge is to ltampe me ruuis uaaji f mu g.uv ^ — y — 
which fodoreth and glues together the bones in very fhort fpace and very ftrangely,yea althougn 
. *■ i . i 1 I /' 1 .. 1, ~ 1 „ J i.rm r • N/f AroAiir. f no i i wi r\oAnl/» 
vvmcn lUUUlLllldllu e,tuv.a - j i ' * i r • J t 
the bones be but flenderly and vnhandfomely placed and wrapped vp Moreouer, the faid people 
do giue it in like manner vnto their cattcll.if they chance to haue any bones broken.with good fuc- 
cele ; which they do alfo ftampe and apply outwardly in manner of a pulteffe, as well vnto them- 
n ^^TherooT^amped and applied in mannerof a pulteffe, and layd vpon members that haue been 
outofioynt and newly reftored to their places, driueth away the paine, and knitteth the ioynt 
very firmely,and taketh away the inflammation, if there chance to be any. 
E The fame ftam r ed,and the iuyee giuen to drinke with ale orwhitewine, as aforefaid,or the de- 
coftion thereof made in wine, helps any inward brufe,difperfcth the congealed and clotted blond 
F 111 Thatv^hich mi°ht be written ofthis herbe as touching the knitting of bones, and that truely, 
would feeme vnto tome incredible • but common experience teacheth, that in the world there is 
not to be found another herbe comparable to it for the purpofes aforefaid : and therefore in briefe, 
if it be for bruifes inward the roots mud be damped, fome ale or wine put thereto, drained, and gi- 
G Ue Vt muftbe’giuen in the fame manner to knit broken bones, againft bruifes, black or blew marks 
gotten by ftripes falls, or fuch like •, againft inflammation, tumors or fwellings that happen vnto 
members whofe bones are broken, or members out of ioynt, after reftauration : the roots are to be 
damped fmall, and applied pulteiTe or plaifterwife, wherewith many great works haue beene per- 
formed beyond credit. „ , . ... fT . 
H CMatthiolus teacheth, That a water is drawne out of the roots, wherew ith the women of Italy 
vfe to fcoure their faces from funne-burmng, freckles, morphew, or any fuch deformities of the 
T Th« .rhich o„, A„ t h OT formcrl. figured ind defe^di. the Sf.h place of .hi. copter, by the o.mc of «««• *« dercribed b? 
_ * _ 1 _ r I _ I . 1_ . . . 1. . CZ a — - not fi, w.ll .vnrffl- 
K Nee-holme is a low vvooddy plant, hailing diuers fmall branches, or rather ftems,rifing im- 
mediately from the ground, of the height of a foot ; whereupon are fet many leaues like vn- 
to thofe of the Box tree, or rather of the Myrtle, but fharpe and pricking at the point. The 
fruit groweth vpon the middle rib of the leafe,greeneat the firft,and red as Coral 1 when it isripe, 
like thofe of Aftaragta, but bigger. The roots are white, branched, of a meane thicknefle, and f ini 
of tough fprouting (hoots thrufting forth in other places, whereby it greatly encreafeth. 
Itgrowetb plentifully in moft places in England in rough and. barren grounds, efpecial y vpon 
Hampfted heath foure miles from London; in diuers places of Kent, E (Tex, and Barkfhire,almoi 
in euery copfe and low wood. 
The young and tender fprouts come forth at the firftofthe Spring, which are eaten in fom? 
skinne. 
bim in the fourth place > butthefigu.ewas not fo wcllexpreft. 
Chap. 538. Of I\nee^holme,or ‘Butchers broom , 
•J The ‘Description J 
The Place. 
The Time. 
