1072, 
Of the Hiflory of Plants. L 1 b. z . 
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The Temperature. 
It is cold and drie and aftringent. 
«[ 7 "keVertuei.t > 
It is held to be good for Fiftulaes and hollow vlcers, and today the ouermuch flowing of the 
menfeSjOt any other flux of blond, ifitbe boiled in redwine anddrunke. 
C h a p. 438. Of Yarrow t or Jfofe-bleed. 
%The V if crip ion. 
j s~\ Ommon Yarrow hath very many flalkes comming vp a cubit high, round, and fome- 
C .what hard: aboutwhich ftand 1 ong leaues, cut in the Aides fundry wile, and as it were 
made vp of many fmall iagged leaues, euery one of which feeme to come neereto the 
flender leaues of Coriander : there fland at the top tufts or fpoked rundles : the floures whereof arc 
either white or purple,which being rubbed do yeeldaftrongfmell, but vnpleafant ; the root fcn- 
deth downe many firings. 1 ] 
I Millefolium tern fire vulgar*. 2 tJKillefoliumflorc rubrt. 
Common Yarrow. ■ Red floured Yarrow. 
2 The fecondkinde of Milfoileor Yarrow hath flalkes, leaues and roots like vnto the former, 
failing that his fpokie tufts are of an excellent faire red or crimfon colour, and being a little rubbed , 
in the hand, of a reafonable good fauour. 
The Place. 
The firftgroweth euery where in drie paftures and medowes :red Milfoile groweth in a field by ( 
Sutton in Kent called Holly-Deane, from whence I brought thofe plants that do grow in my Gar- 
den j but it is not common euery where as the other is. 
The Time. 
They floure from May to the end of October. 
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