IB. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
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other Sanicles, fo named of moft Herbarifts, as that which is defcribed by the name of DentarU , or 
Coral-wort, and Iikevvife Auricula vrft , or Beares care, which is a kind of Co* flip . and Iikewile 
another fet forth by the name of Stmiculagutidta, whereof we haue entreated among; the kindes of 
Beares cares. ° 
. «[f The Temperature. 
Sanicle as it is in tafte bitter, with a certaine binding qualitie ; fo befide's that it cienfetb and 
by the binding faculty ftrengthneth,it is hot and dry, and that in the fecond degree,and after fome 
Authors, hot in the third degree, and aftringent. 
«[ The Virtues. 
Theiuyce being inwardly taken is good to heale wounds. 
. The decoftion of it alfo made in wine or Water is giuen againft fpitting of blcud,and the bloti- 
die nix : alfo foule and filthy v leers be cured by being bathed therewith. T heherbe boy led in wa- 
ter, and applied in manner of a pultefle, doth diflolue and vvafte away cold fwellings : it isvfed in 
potions which are called Vulnerarie potions, or wound drinkes, which maketh whole and found 
all inward wounds and outward hurts : it alfo helpeth the vicerations of the kidnies ruptures or 
burftings, 5 r 5 
Chap. Of Ladies VCantle t or great Sanicle . 
AlchimilU. 
Lyons foot, or Ladies mantle. 
The Defcription, 
L Adies mantle hath mahy round leaues, with 
lilln Cv»* /Iir ' I I I a 
] cinvc »V ALIA 
fiue or fix corners finely indented about the 
edges, which before they be opened are plai- 
ted and folded together, not vnlike to the leaues 
of Mallowes,but whiter, and more curled: amon°- 
which rife.vp tender ftalks fet with the like leaues 
but much Idler ; on the tops whereof grow fmall 
moffie Houses cluttering thicke together, of a yel- 
Jowifh greene coIout. The feed is fmall and yel- 
low, inclofed in greene husks. The root is thicke, 
and fullofthreday firings. 
*\Tbe Place. 
It groweth ofit felfe wilde in diuers places, as 
in the towne paftures of Andouer,and in many 
other places in Barkfhire and Hampfhire,in their 
paftures and copfes, or low woods, and alfo vpon 
the bankeofamore that inclofeth a houfc in Bu- 
fhey called Bourn hall, fourteen miles from Lon- 
don, and in the high way from thence to Wat- 
ford, a fmall mile diftant from it. 
er The Time. 
It floureth in May and Iunerit flourifiieth in- 
Winter aswell as in Sommer. 
fl The Names. 
It is called of the later Herbarifts AlchimilU 
and of moft, Stellaria, Fes Leonis, PataLeonis and 
S amcuU malar : inliigh-Dutch.-^SpnttautD , and 
. - ,. . Otifcr jftautoeti mantel : in French, P/oW« Lion.- 
i n 3 hlh, Ladies mantle, great Sanicle, Lyons foot, Lyons paw • and of fome, Padelyon. 
The Temperature. 
Ladies manale is like i-n temperature to little Sanicle, yet is it more drying and more binding, 
^1 The Venues . 
. Ic . is applied to wounds after the fame manner that the firuller Sanicle is, being Of like effica- ; 
cle ■ it ftoppeth bleeding, and alfo the ouermuch flowing of the natural ficknefle l it keeps downe 
maidens paps or dugs, and when they be too great or flaggy it maketh them leiT-r or harder. 
