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Of the Hifterte of Plants. 
Li b.2. 
E The inice of the leaues drunken doth cure the Jaundice, ar.d ccnifortcth the ftomacke and 
iiuer. 
p Thedecodtion of the roots held in the mouth doth mitigate the paine ofthe teeth, ftaicth putri- 
fa&ion,andall putrifiedvlcers of the mouth,helpeth the inflammations of thealmonds,throa‘t,and 
the parts adioining,it ftaicth the laske,and helpeth thebloudy flix. 
G The root boiled in vineger is good againft the fliingles,appeafeth the rage offretting fores, and 
cankerous vlcers. 
H It is reported, that foure branches hereof cureth quartaine agues, three tertians, and one branch 
quotidians: which things arc moft vaine'and friuolous,as likewife many otherfuch like, which are 
not onely found in Diefcoridcs^ but alfo in other Authors,which we willingly withftand. 
I Ortolpho Morolto a learned Phyfition, commended the leaues being boiled with water, and fours 
Lignum vita added therto, againft the falling ficknefle,if the patient be caufed to fvveat vpon the ta- 
king thereof. He likewife commendeth the extraftion of the roots againft thebloudy flix .• 
J Our Author formerly in his defeription , title, andplaeeof growing mentioned that plan: which he figured, and is yet kepf'n the record place ; and in the 
place he figured the common Cinke foile, and made mention ofir, yet without defeription in the fecond. Thar which formerly was in the fixth place, bythc 
name ofl'er.upbjUurn lupmm, was thefame with chat in the fifth place. 
C h 4 p. 383. Of Setfoile } or Tor went ill. 
T ormentilLi, 
Setfoile. tntx ,l ^ 
J C, X -j tyC. 
JUs 
The Defeription. 
'T'His herbe Tormentill or Setfoile is one of 
the Cinkfoiles.it brings forth many ftalks 
■flender,weake,fcarfe able to lift it felfe vp, but 
ratherl ieth doivne vpon the ground: the leaues 
be Idler than Cinkefoile, butmoe innumber, 
fomtimes flue, but commonly feuen, whereup- 
on it tooke his name Setfoile, which is feuen 
leaues, and thofe fomewhat fnipt about rheed- 
ges : the floures grow on the toppes of llender 
ftalkes, of a yellow colour, like thofe of the 
Cinkfoiles. The root is blacke without, red- 
difh within, thicke, tuberous, or knobbic. 
The Place. 
This plant loueth woods and fhadowie pla- 
ces, and is likewife found in paftures lying open 
to the Sun, almofteuery where. 
*T The Thames. 
Itfloureth from May, vnto the end of Au- 
guft. 
«j The Koines. 
It is called of the later Herbarifts Termers- 
tilU i iome name it after the number of the 
leaues <»*>»»<?, and Septi folium .-in Engli(h,Set- 
foile and Tormentill: in high-Dutch , 23trfe= 
hotlttj I moft take it to be Chryfigenon ■ where- 
of D tofeorides hath made a briefe defeription. 
IT The Temperature. 
The root of ronnentill doth mightily dry, and that in the third degree, and is of thin parts: it 
hath in it very little heat,and is of a binding quality. 
The t'ertues. 
A 1 ormentill is not only cflikevertue with Cinkefoile, butalib ofgreater efficacie: it is much 
vfed againft peftilent difeafes: for it ftrongly refifteth putrifadion, and procureth fweare. 
The 
