Ll B. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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The leaues and roots boiled in wine, or the iitice thereof drunken prOuoketh fvvear, and by that r 
means driupth out all venorae from the heart, expelleth poifon,and preferueth the bodie in time of 
peftilence from theinfedfion thereof, and all other infedtious difeafes. 
The roots dried made into poudcr and drunke in wine doth the fame. 
The fame ponder taken as aforefaid,or in the water of a Smiths forge, or rather the water where- 
in hot fteele hath been often quenched of purpofe,cureth thelaske and bloudy flix, yes although 
the patient haueadioined vntohis fcouring a grieuous fetter. 
It ftoppeth the fpitting of blond, pifluig of blond, and all other iffues ofbloud,as well in men as ^ 
women. 
The deco&ion of the leaues and rootes, or the iuice thereof drunke , is excellent good for all F 
wounds, both outward and inward.-it alfo openeth and healeth the ftoppings of the liuer and lungs, 
and cLfrethtlldi'aundice. - • » 
The root beaten into pouder, tempered or kneaded with the white ofan egge and eaten, ftaieth G 
the defire to vomite,and is good againft choler and melancholic. 
Chap. 384. Of wide Tanjie or Siluer-weed, 
Argentina. 
SiluerweedjOr wilde Tanfie. 
The Defcripion. 
W ilde Tanfie creepcth along vpon the 
ground with fine flender Italkes and 
ciafping tendrels: the leaues are long 
made vp of many fmall leaues , likevntothofe 
of the garden Tanfie, but lefler ; on thevpper 
fide greene, and vnder very white . The floures 
be yellow, and Hand vpon flender Hems, as doe 
thofe of Cinkfoile, 
^y The Vince. 
Itgroweth in moift places neerevnto high 
waies and running brookes euery where. 
The Time. 
It floureth in Iune and Iuly. 
«f The Names. 
The later Herbarifts do call it Argentina, of 
the filuer drops that are to be feene in the di- 
ffilled water therof when it is put into a glade, 
which you fhalleafily feerowling and tumb- 
ling vp and downe in the bottome- f I iudge ic 
rather fo called of the fine fhining Siluer co- 
loured leaues.f It is likewifecalIedP0/e»fz//.:of 
diners, Agrimoniafyineflris.Anferintt , and Tanace - 
turn fyluejlre in-High Dutch , (Scnfcricl) t in 
Low Dutch, dganfcrfcft *. in French, Argentine: 
in Englifh, Wilde Tanfie, and Siluerweed. 
^y The Temperature. 
Itisoftemperaturemoderatly cold, and dry 
alrnoft in the third degree, hauing withall a 
binding facitltie. 
^y The Vert ties. . , 
Wilde Tanfie boiled in wine and drunk, ftoppeth the laskeand bloudy flix, and ail other flux of A 
The fome boiled in water and fait and drunke, diffolueth clotted and congealed bloud in fuch B 
The Hctersand cankers of the mouth, if fomehonie C 
Wilde Tanfiehath 1 many o^her goal ver'tuQS, efpecklly againft the done inward wounds, and D 
rounds of the priuie or fecret parts,and clofeth vp all greene and freffci w oun s. 
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