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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
f 13 Pent aphyllum fragiferum. 
Strawberry- Cinkfoilc. 
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thofe of the laft defcribed : the tops of the 
branches carry pretty white floures like 
thofe of the lalt defcribed,whereofit feems 
to bea kinde, yet leffe in each refpebt. 
1 2 This from a blackeand fibrous root 
fends forth creeping branches, fet with 
leaues like the common Cinkfoilc, but leffe, 
fomewhat hoary and ihining j the (talks are 
fortie handfull high, and on their fops carry 
large floures in refpebtof the fmalneffeof 
the plant, and thefe of a faire golden colour, 
withfaffron coloured threds in their middles 
the feedeSgrow after the manner of ether 
Cinkfoiles: this floures inlune, anditis 
Clufrus his £htinquefohum 3. aureoflore.% 
1 x There is one of the mountain Cink - 
foiles that hath diuers {lender brittle (talks, 
riling immediatly out of the groundpvhere- 
upon are fet by equall diftances certain rag- 
ged leaues, not vnlike to the (mallei! leaues 
of Aliens : the floures are white and grow at 
the top, hauing in them threds yellow of co- 
lour, and like to the other Cinkfoiles, but 
altogether lefTer.Therootis thicke, tough, 
and of a wooddie fubftance. f The feedes 
grow cluttering together like little Straw- 
berries, whence Clufites calls it Jjftinq tie foli- 
um fragiferum. f 
The Place. 
They grow in low and moi(lmedowes,vp. 
onbanksandby highwaics fides:the ftcond 
is onely to be found in gardens. 
The third growethin tlie woods of Saue- 
naandNarbon, but not in England ; The 
fourth groweth in a marfh ground adioining to the land called Bourne ponds, halfe a mile from 
Colchefter • from whence I brought fome plants for my garden, where they flourifh and profper 
well. 
The fifth groweth vpon Beeftone caftlein Chefhire: the fixth vpon bricke and (tone wals about 
London, efpecially vpon the bricke wall in Liuer-lane. 
The place of the feuenthand eight is fet forth in their deferiptions. 
The Time. 
Thefe plants do floure from the beginning of May to the end of Iune. 
The Names. 
Cinkfoilc is called in Greekewrof »»»•■ inLatin e,£>uinquefolium: the Apothecaries vfe the Greek 
name Pent aphyllous and fometime the Latine name. There be very many baftard names, wherewith I 
will not trouble your eares : in High Dutch, Jutlff flngecfetaut f in Low Dutch , Uttfi ®lmgc« 
Jmint tin Italian, Cinqnefoglio -■ inFrench, Quint e fuet lie : m Symifaftncoenrama: in Engliflp 
Cinkfoile,Fiue finger Gra(fe, Fine leaned gra(fe, and Sinkfield. 
frhe Temperature. 
The roots of Cinkfoile, efpecially of the firft, do vehemently drie, and that in the third degree, 
but without biting : for they haue very little apparant heat or (harpnelfe. 
The Vert ties. 
The decoftionof the roots of Cinkfoile drunke, cureth the bloudy ftixe,and all other fluxes of fr 
the belly, and ftancheth all excefliue bleeding. 
The iuice of the roots while they be yong and tender, is giuen to be drunke againfl the difea(es £ 
oftheliuer and lungs, andallpoifon. . 
The fame drunke in Mead or honied water, or wme wherein (ome pepper hath been mingled, cu- Q 
reth the tertian or quartaine feuers.-and being drunken after the fame manner for thirty daies toge- 
ther,jr helpeth the falling ficknefle.' , . „ r , 
The leaues vfed among herbes appropriate for the fame purpofe, cureth ruptures and burflmgs D 
oftherim,and guts falling into the cbds. 
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