L I B. 1 . 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
93? 
The herbe and roots dried.beaten into mo ft fine ponder, and giuen halfe a fpoonfull faftin g,and E 
the like quantitie to bedvvards in red wine, or old claret, for the fpace of one and tvventie daies to- 
gether, cureth miraculoufly ruptures or burftings, as my felfe hane often prboued, whereby I haue 
gotten crownes and credit: if the ruptures be in aged perfons, it (ball be needfull to adde thereto 
the powder ofredfnailes (thofe whithoutfhelsj dried in an ouen, in number nine, which fortifL 
B the herbs in fuch fort, that it neuer faileth, although the rupture be great- and of long continuance: 
it likewife profiteth much thofe that are wounded into the body, and the decoftion of the herbe 
made in wine,preuaileth mightily in healing inward wounds,as my felfe haue likewife proued , 
Chap. 357. Oj Herbe Robert. 
Geranium Robert iaemm , 
Herbe Robert, 
OvJLsdi 
*\Tbc Description. 
H Erbe Robert bringeth forth (lender weakc 
and brittle flalks,lomewhat hairie,and ofa 
reddiib colour, as are oftentimes the leaues al- 
fo,which are iagged and deepely cut, like vnto 
thofe of Cheruile,ofa moll loathfome ftinking 
fmell. The floures are ofa moll bright purple 
colour ; which being pad, there follow certaine 
fmal heads, with fharpe beaks or bils like thole 
of birds : the root is fmall and threddic. 
51 The Place. 
Herbe Robert groweth vpon old walls, as wel 
thofe made of brick e apd Hone, as thofe of mud 
or earthdt groweth likewife among rubbiih, in 
the bodies of trees that arecutdowne, and in 
moilt and fhadowie ditch banks.- 
51 The Time. 
It fioureth from Aprill till Sommer be al- 
mofl fpent:the herbe is green in winter alfo,and 
is hardly hurt with cold. 
51 The Names. 
It is called in high Dutch.ftUJjjetfttjSferaUt ; 
m low Dutch, KObJMtytSi Imitt: andthefeup- 
on it is named in Latine,fi»£<r/vi,and Robert i her. 
ba : Ruellius calleth it Robert iana ; and we, Rober- 
tiantim: olTabernamontamtsfiipertiantini .- inEn- 
glilh, Herbe Robert. Hee that conferreth this 
Cranes bill with Diofcorides his third Stderitis 
, , C , .... fhallplainelyperceiue, that they are both one, 
and that this is moll apparently S, dentes Z .Diofcor,dis . for Diofcorides fettethdowne thr ttSideritu 
desonc with the leafe of Horehound . the next with the leafe of Fearne . and the third groweth in 
walls and Vineyards : the natiuefoileof Herbe Robert agree thereunto, and likewife the leaues, 
bmnglikevnto CherulIe ’ andnotvnlikcto ^ofe of Corianders, according to Diofcorides deferip . 
. *f The Temperature. 
Herbe Robert is of temperature fornew hat cold : and yet both fcouring and fosnewhat binding 
participating ofmixt faculties. 05 
•J The Vert ties. 
It is good for wounds and vlcers of the dugs & fecret parts ; it is thought to llanch bloud, which A 
thing Diofcorides doth attribute to his third Stderitis: the vertue of this, faith he, is applied to heale 
vpbloudy wounds. ' 
