Of the Htlforie of Plants. L I b. 2. 
E The didillcd water takcth away freckles, fpots, pimples in the face and Sun-burning , bur the 
herbe laid to inf u fc or fteepe in white wine is far better : but the bed of all is to deepen in drong 
white wine vinegre,the face being often bathed or wafhed therewith. 
Chap. 385. Of zAucns^r HerbeTZennet . 
I CaryopbflhtA. 
The Drfcription. 
i ''T' He common Auens hath leaues 
| not vnlike to Agrimony,rough, 
blackifh, and much clouen or 
deepely cut into diners gafhes : the dalke is 
round and hairy, a foot higb,diuiding it felfc 
at the top intodiuers branches, whereupon 
do giow yellow fioures like thofeof Cinke- 
foileor vvilde Tanfieiwbich being pad, there 
follow round rough reddifb hairy heads or 
knops fulof feed, which being ripewilhang 
vpon garments as the Burs doe. The root is 
th ick e, red d i fh w i tliin, w j th certa i ne y e 1 low 
drings fadered thereunto, (melling like 
vnto Clones or likevntothe roots of Cy- 
2 CaryophylUta mom ana, 
Mountaine Auens. 
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' The Mountain Auens hath greater and thicker leaues than the precedent rougher, and more 
hairie,not parted into three,bur rather round, nicked on the edges : among which rifeth vp en er 
ftalkcs, whereon ooe grow little long ifti fharpe pointed leaues : onthetoppeofeach italke dot 
• grow 
